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Odaily News: According to Hyperbot data, Hyperliquid LIT's largest short position opened a new 20x leverage long position on Bitcoin this morning, currently holding 230.52942 BTC with unrealized profit of approximately $172,000. In addition, all SOL and AVAX short positions have been closed, while the 3x leverage LIT short position still holds 2.528 million LIT, with unrealized losses of $5.13 million.As of now, among this whale's positions, the long side is valued at approximately $32.25 million and the short side at approximately $85.4 million, with overall unrealized losses of approximately $4.778 million and a return on investment of -40.15%.
According to Bitcoin.com, Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (MSTR), introduced the concept of "Bitcoin Reformation" in a published article, arguing that Bitcoin should move beyond dogmatic interpretations of early tenets such as Satoshi Nakamoto, the whitepaper, and the "must self-custody" principle, and further integrate into banking, exchanges, corporate sectors, securities markets, and government systems. Saylor stated that while self-custody remains an essential right allowing holders to freely opt out of intermediary systems, it should not be imposed as a mandatory obligation on everyone; users can also evaluate institutional services based on criteria such as custody segregation, collateral, audits, insurance, and withdrawal rights. He believes that Bitcoin has gradually evolved from a peer-to-peer electronic cash system and "digital gold" into "digital capital" capable of supporting credit, equity, currency, and machine economies.
According to Glassnode, Bitcoin has rebounded approximately 26% from its mid-August low, driven primarily by record short liquidations. August 19 marked the largest single-day short liquidation day monitored since 2019, with shorts accounting for 85% of total liquidations within the squeeze window. Over the same period, coin-denominated BTC futures open interest fell by 11%, while perpetual contract funding rates remained largely neutral, indicating that the rally was not accompanied by significant new leveraged long positioning. On the capital flow front, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded cumulative net inflows of $2.23 billion during this window, with no single-day net outflows, marking the strongest consecutive seven-day inflow streak of the year. The 30-day accumulation trend scores for wallets across all size categories remained above 0.5, reflecting broad-based buying coverage throughout the market. However, Glassnode notes that the $81,000–$86,000 zone concentrates the cost basis of long-term holders, sell orders, options market maker negative gamma positioning, and potential short liquidation bands, forming the primary resistance to the current rebound. The report suggests that if BTC holds above $83,300 alongside sustained ETF inflows, it may signal that this supply zone is being absorbed. Downside focus should then shift to the $70,000 short-term holder cost basis, followed by the $62,000–$65,000 support range.
Odaily News, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, an address 0x604…0b21d shorted $45.17 million worth of BTC between 08.24 and 08.25, exiting with a loss of $831,000. Early this morning, the address switched to opening a 12x long position on 554.71 BTC, valued at approximately $43.72 million, making it the eighth-largest BTC position on Hyperliquid, with an entry price of $80,140.6 and an unrealized loss of $748,000.
According to monitoring by on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a US government-linked wallet holding seized FTX/Alameda funds transferred out 24.41 BTC approximately five hours ago, valued at roughly $1.92 million at the time.
Odaily News - U.S. mortgage lender Better Mortgage and cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase have announced the launch of a bitcoin-backed mortgage product that allows U.S. homebuyers to use BTC as collateral for their down payment loan, eliminating the need to sell their bitcoin holdings. The product is now officially open for applications.The product consists of a Fannie Mae-backed mortgage paired with a separate down payment loan. Borrowers are required to pledge BTC valued at least 250% of the down payment loan amount, with the collateral transferred to Better's custody account on Coinbase Prime. Both loans carry the same interest rate and amortization period, and are repaid through a single monthly payment.A decline in the bitcoin price will not independently trigger a margin call or alter the mortgage terms, but if a borrower falls 60 days or more behind on payments, Better may liquidate the pledged BTC. Applicants must be U.S. residents with a verified Coinbase account, and Coinbase One members can also earn a 1% rebate of up to $10,000, which can be applied toward closing costs and fees. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News reported that Galaxy Research tracking found that 6 bitcoin wallets, dormant since 2011, 2012, and 2014, transferred a total of 553.59 BTC between August 16 and 26, valued at $40.15 million at the time of transfer. Two of the wallets carry the "Salomon Client Dusted" tag linked to a New York lawsuit involving Noah Doe.One of the transfers involved 40 BTC from a wallet dormant since May 28, 2012, with the funds moved on August 26 to German crypto custodian bank Boerse Stuttgart Digital. Calculated at a cost of approximately $5, the funds appreciated by roughly 1,535,911%.The remaining transfers included 212 BTC, 150 BTC, and 132.31 BTC, originating from wallets inactive since 2012, 2014, and 2011, respectively. The Noah Doe lawsuit seeks to declare 39,069 dormant bitcoin addresses in New York State as lost property. Additionally, several long-term holding addresses moved funds following the July Coldcard hardware wallet vulnerability incident. (Decrypt)
Odaily News Bitcoin has rebounded strongly recently. Analysts believe that record-breaking short squeeze activity, along with policy signals from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, may be pushing the market into a new phase of bull market cycle adjustment.Data shows that Bitcoin has risen approximately 23% over the past week, marking its largest weekly gain since the post-U.S. election rally in November 2024. Crypto market trading activity has also recovered in tandem, with spot and perpetual contract trading volume surging 188%. CME Bitcoin futures volume rose 152%, and the annualized futures basis climbed to 11.1%—the highest level since January 2025. Additionally, Bitcoin ETF products recorded net inflows of approximately 31,740 BTC over the week, the strongest capital inflow since the market peak in October 2025.Vetle Lunde, Head of Research at crypto research firm K33 Research, stated that the early phase of this rally was primarily driven by short covering. On August 19, Bitcoin short positions saw a single-day liquidation scale of $1.37 billion, a record high, followed by another $739 million in short liquidations on August 21. The massive short squeeze pushed open interest in perpetual contracts down to 284,000 BTC, the lowest level since May, while market funding rates also returned to neutral.On the macro front, policy signals from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent regarding increased long-term Treasury buybacks are also viewed by analysts as a market catalyst. K33 believes that the Treasury buyback program could lower long-term interest rates and boost demand for scarce assets. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's correlation with gold has risen, with the 90-day correlation coefficient reaching 0.52—the highest since October 2020—while its correlation with the Nasdaq index has declined to 0.38, a one-year low.Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at crypto investment firm Bitwise Asset Management, believes that Bessent's recent remarks on sanctions against Iran's financial network have further strengthened Bitcoin's investment thesis: as the global financial system becomes increasingly influenced by geopolitics, the value of assets that are decentralized and do not rely on any single nation's financial system may appreciate further. (The Block)
Bernstein analysts expect that, as the "devaluation trade" becomes a macro theme, Bitcoin is poised to rise to $150,000 by mid-2027 under a base case scenario and reach a cyclical peak of approximately $300,000 in 2029. Analysts believe that rising global sovereign debt and interest expenditures may prompt policymakers to lean toward currency devaluation to ease fiscal pressures, thereby enhancing the appeal of scarce assets like Bitcoin.
Jiang Zhuo'er, founder of B.TOP Mining Pool, noted that ETF fund flows hold critical reference value on the first US equity trading day following a sharp rally in the cryptocurrency market. Data reveals BTC ETF inflows reached $314 million, while ETH ETF inflows hit $180 million, indicating that US capital is actively positioning long. The probability of this rally retracing below its initial breakout level of $67,000 is relatively low.
Odaily News: CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on X, stating that as BTC price approaches $80,000, selling activity among long-term holders (LTH) has increased significantly. Data shows that long-term holders had been in a continuous net accumulation state, with their monthly average net supply growth reaching 286,000 BTC in early June. However, this has now shifted to a net decrease of approximately 21,000 BTC — the first time this year that the amount of BTC sold or transferred by long-term holders has exceeded the amount newly entering long-term holding status.Meanwhile, the amount of BTC transferred by long-term holders to exchanges has risen to its highest level since 2026, with holders of 6 to 18 months being the most active, transferring over 297,000 BTC to exchanges. This signal warrants close attention. Although market demand has improved, increased selling pressure from long-term holders could once again tilt the market's supply-demand balance in favor of sellers.
CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that Bitcoin fund flows turned positive for the first time in nearly three months, though the inflow stood at just 0.21%, making it one of the weaker positive readings in recent years. The current shift primarily reflects the flip in flow direction to positive, with no signs yet of a return to strong demand.
According to Odaily, the Iranian rial hit a record low this week, with the open market exchange rate falling to approximately 2.02 million rials per US dollar on August 24, compared to around 1.53 million rials in the first quarter. During the same period, the US government launched "Operation Economic Exodus," adding more than 60 entities to the Treasury Department's blacklist and, for the first time, designating digital assets as a sanctionable category.State-controlled farms linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) control approximately 65% of Iran's Bitcoin mining capacity. Iranian miners have accounted for roughly 3% to 7% of global Bitcoin hashrate since 2019, with the mined Bitcoin valued at an estimated $1.35 billion to $3.15 billion at various stages.Iran legalized Bitcoin mining in 2019, allowing licensed operators to use industrial electricity at approximately $0.004 per kilowatt-hour and sell the mined tokens to the Central Bank of Iran. Chainalysis estimates that IRGC-affiliated wallets received over $3 billion in Q4 2025; Elliptic states that the Central Bank of Iran holds at least $507 million in USDT.The US Treasury sanctioned Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex in June. Nobitex had processed more than half of Iran's digital asset inflows; in April, the US Treasury seized nearly $500 million in Iran-linked crypto assets. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: According to Lookonchain monitoring, an address on Aster_DEX turned $24,000 into $275,000 in less than a month, achieving an 11x return. The address deposited $24,000 into Aster and used up to 100x leverage to go long on Bitcoin, ETH, and LINK, realizing over 10x gains on each trade. The address has withdrawn $91,000 in profits and still holds $184,000 on Aster.
Odaily News Since August 23, Bitcoin long positions have remained at a relatively stable level, with the market showing a neutral consolidation trend following the price increase. Since August 17, Bitcoin short positions have been continuously declining, with some short capital steadily exiting the market. At present, longs have yet to show any significant further accumulation.
Odaily News: As of August, cumulative top-ups on USDC- and USDT-linked stablecoin cards have reached $13.8 billion, an increase of nearly $10 billion over the past 12 months. Stablecoin cards are shifting USDC and USDT from trading balances toward everyday consumer use cases.USDC currently leads in tracked card spending, while USDT is accelerating its catch-up. The two follow different adoption paths: USDC benefits more from fintech integrations and payment infrastructure, whereas USDT is more active across exchanges, remittances, and emerging markets.On-chain settlement also reflects a multi-chain distribution, with Base leading at approximately $1.2 billion, followed by Solana at $635 million, Polygon at $544 million, and Optimism at $509 million. Networks such as Arbitrum, Scroll, Ethereum, and Stellar are also carrying significant activity.Stablecoin cards still rely on traditional payment networks like Visa and Mastercard, shifting the competitive focus toward custody, FX costs, cashback, and capital efficiency. Meanwhile, Circle has renewed its USDC partnership with Coinbase under the original terms, excluding any dividend arrangements. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News, ETF Store President Nate Geraci stated that BlackRock has lowered the minimum threshold for in-kind subscription to its Bitcoin spot ETF IBIT for private clients to $1 million, which has already facilitated over $5 billion in related transactions from private wallets.Geraci noted that this indicates some Bitcoin holders are shifting from self-custody to holding Bitcoin exposure through IBIT. He believes that risks such as kidnapping, extortion, and custody security incidents are prompting some holders to move all or part of their assets to ETFs.
According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), as BTC pulled back slightly after breaking $80,000, the Garrett Jin whale entity added 600 BTC long positions in the early hours at around $79,000, valued at approximately $47.4 million. The entity has held its BTC longs for about three months. Its current total position stands at 1,868 BTC, worth roughly $147 million, with an average entry price of around $77,090. It briefly faced an unrealized loss of roughly $23 million in early July, but the recent rally has flipped this to an unrealized profit of about $2.78 million. Meanwhile, it holds a short position in 32,700 ZEC, with an average short entry price of approximately $444 and a position value of roughly $25.28 million, currently carrying an unrealized loss of about $10.74 million.
According to Cointelegraph, analysts pointed out that Bitcoin (BTC) has entered the early stages of a new bull market, but $83,000 remains a key resistance level for confirming the uptrend.
Odaily News: Recent Bitcoin volatility has triggered a wave of leveraged long position liquidations. On August 22, hourly liquidations reached $529 million, with long positions accounting for $478 million; on August 23, an additional $84 million in crypto long positions were liquidated within one hour.Prediction market Kalshi launched the first spot Bitcoin perpetual futures contract approved by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on June 3, with liquidations reaching $5.5 billion in the first two weeks. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour stated that the product offers U.S. institutions regulated onshore perpetual contract trading.Benjamin Schiffrin, Director of Securities Policy at Better Markets, pointed out that perpetual futures are high-risk crypto products for retail investors, and the CFTC did not impose additional investor protections when approving them. Analysis account Qmo noted that there are significant Bitcoin long liquidation pools in the $62,000 to $67,000 range; trader Money Bunny disclosed that short liquidations reached $2.7 billion to $3.5 billion within 24 hours. (Forbes Digital Assets)