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Odaily News: Bitcoin has once again shown a "kimchi premium" in the South Korean market. On September 1, the price of Bitcoin on Upbit, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, was approximately 1% higher in Korean won compared to Binance's dollar price. This premium has persisted for one week, marking the longest duration since early May.Bitcoin was priced at around $79,000 in early September, briefly surpassing $80,000 in August. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of approximately $1.92 billion in the week of August 17, the highest single-week total in ten months; an additional $923 million flowed in during the week ending at the end of August.According to Upbit data, Bitcoin traded at a discount to international prices in the South Korean market for most of the summer, reaching a discount of 3.1% in early June and averaging a 0.25% discount in August. 10x Research noted that the premium in South Korea has turned positive, but spot trading volumes have not increased correspondingly. (Bloomberg)
CryptoQuant analyst Amr Taha stated that the 60-day accumulation for Bitcoin holders in the 100–1,000 BTC range reached 73,300 BTC, marking the highest level since April 21. Meanwhile, the group holding over 10,000 BTC continues to maintain significant positive accumulation, amounting to 43,300 BTC.
According to data from Farside Investors, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total daily net inflow of $216.7 million yesterday. Among them, BlackRock IBIT saw a net inflow of $205.9 million, Fidelity FBTC $6.9 million, Bitwise BITB $4.3 million, Grayscale BTC $9.4 million, and MSBT $3.6 million. VanEck HODL posted a net outflow of $13.4 million, while all other products registered zero net flow for the day.
According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), two major crypto treasury companies completed new rounds of acquisitions last week: • Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) sold $600 million worth of stock last week to purchase approximately 4,603 BTC at an average price of around $80,318, totaling roughly $370 million. The company currently holds 845,050 BTC with an average cost basis of $75,412, resulting in an unrealized profit of approximately $2.542 billion (+4%). • Bitmine acquired approximately 53,501 ETH last week at an average price of around $2,464, totaling roughly $132 million. The company currently holds 5,901,112 ETH with an average cost basis of $3,351, reflecting an unrealized loss of approximately $5.293 billion (-26.7%).
According to on-chain analyst Willy Woo (@willywoo), approximately 5% of the global population currently holds BTC, surpassing the 4.5% who hold gold and the 4% who hold the S&P 500. Woo noted that if BTC adoption remains at 5%, it is merely a conventional financial asset; however, if it rises to 50%, it could enable a separation between currency and the state.
According to Cointelegraph, BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) recently expressed a bullish view on Ethereum, noting that ETH had previously suffered massive market sell-offs and was almost "forgotten," but its ratio against Bitcoin has recently rebounded significantly, which he sees as a signal of the market waking up again.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Metaplanet has transferred 1,600 BTC to two newly created wallets, valued at approximately $124.36 million.
According to Lookonchain data, Bitcoin mining company Metaplanet transferred 2,400 BTC, worth approximately $186 million, to Coinbase Prime over the past three hours. The institution had previously purchased 43,000 BTC at an average price of $96,191, totaling approximately $3.48 billion.
According to data from Trader T, Bitcoin spot ETFs posted a net inflow of $924.5 million last week, with a trading volume of $15.5 billion. Over the past two weeks, Bitcoin spot ETFs have accumulated a net inflow of $2.8 billion, following a period where capital flows were generally flat to net outflows. Specifically, BlackRock's IBIT recorded net subscriptions of $938.3 million, equivalent to approximately 11,845 BTC; Grayscale's Mini BTC Trust saw net inflows of $81.9 million, representing about 1,034 BTC; Fidelity's FBTC attracted $62 million, roughly 783 BTC; and MSBT logged net inflows of $25.3 million, amounting to approximately 319 BTC.
According to Trader T data, Ethereum spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $815.7 million last week, with trading volume reaching $4.9 billion. Among them, BlackRock's ETHA saw net subscriptions of $567 million, equivalent to approximately 229,317 ETH, marking the 10th consecutive trading day of fund inflows; BlackRock's Staked Ethereum ETF ETHB recorded net inflows of $77.3 million, equivalent to approximately 31,300 ETH, with $42.6 million flowing in on Friday. On Friday, Ethereum spot ETFs still recorded net inflows of $102.2 million, while Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net outflows.
According to Onchain Lens, Metaplanet transferred 800 BTC to Coinbase Prime, valued at approximately $62.19 million, likely for sale.
According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, Wintermute transferred 5,100 BTC to Binance over the past two days, valued at approximately $399 million.
Odaily News: Analyst Rekt Fencer has published a 3-day ratio chart of BTC versus the Nasdaq, marking three significant drawdowns: approximately -84.9% in 2018, approximately -80.7% in 2022, and the current level of approximately -54.3% in 2026.Rekt Fencer stated that following the previous two instances where Bitcoin lagged the Nasdaq by such a large margin, it subsequently experienced very strong independent rallies, with prices surging straight upward. With the current ratio once again pulling back sharply, history may be repeating itself for a third time. The bottom is approaching, and BTC is set to regain strength.
Odaily News: The sandwich attack bot operated by JaredfromSubway.eth has extracted a cumulative total of 117,007 ETH since March 2023, worth approximately $295 million at current prices. In June 2026, an anonymous attacker deployed 66 counterfeit token contracts, exploiting the bot's automated trading logic to steal at least $7.5 million in ETH and stablecoins, and funneled the funds into Tornado Cash. The stolen assets have not yet been recovered.Sandwich attacks are a form of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV): the bot monitors large transactions in Ethereum's public mempool, buys ahead of the target transaction, and sells after the transaction pushes the price up, capturing profits from the spread. The bot's primary contract had received a cumulative total of 117,007 ETH as of August 28.MEV-Boost block construction is centralized among a small group of participants, with relay.ultrasound.money, Titan Relay, and bloXroute regulated relays collectively forwarding approximately 85% to 88% of related blocks within a 24-hour window; Titan's builder independently assembled 50.3% of the blocks. Monthly sandwich attack extraction amounts have declined from approximately $10 million in late 2024 to roughly $2.5 million in October 2025. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, address 0x77d…ae0e9 opened a 10x leveraged long position of 403.44 BTC and a 12x leveraged long position of 4,781 ETH on Hyperliquid around 3 AM today. The positions were valued at approximately $31.49 million and $11.75 million, respectively, totaling around $43.24 million. At present, the aforementioned long positions held by this address are showing an unrealized loss of approximately $362,000, marking its first contract trading activity on Hyperliquid.
Odaily News Cryptoquant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju stated that the peak of Bitcoin's current bull market cycle may be driven by institutional capital outside the United States and ETF demand. He pointed out that deeper stablecoin liquidity and tokenized asset infrastructure will expand global market participation.Ki Young Ju cited South Korea as an example, noting that the country currently has no spot Bitcoin ETFs, retail investors cannot purchase overseas-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs, and most companies are unable to open trading accounts to buy BTC. South Korea has gradually opened up corporate participation in phases, with the Financial Services Commission (FSC) roadmap covering approximately 3,500 listed companies and qualified professional investors, but financial institutions and other businesses remain excluded.Strategy's Bitcoin bank adoption index evaluated 25 major institutions covering trading, custody, digital asset products, financing, and corporate participation, with an overall adoption rate of 32%. As of August 29, RWA.xyz data shows that the distributed asset value of global tokenized assets is $38.63 billion, up 2.65% from 30 days ago.The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) stated that stablecoins have the potential to enable faster, programmable payments, but current designs may pose financial integrity, liquidity, and monetary risks. Ki Young Ju pointed out that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded cumulative net inflows of approximately $57 billion in the first two years since launch, and the next phase will be global institutionalization, with more institutions adopting BTC as a strategic asset, and countries lacking ETFs will also improve relevant investment channels. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ember's monitoring, over the past few days BTC and ETH prices have been fluctuating at high levels, and Machi Big Brother's funds have fallen from $11.15 million to $8.8 million. Ember stated that the decline in funds was due to frequent stop-loss position reductions during minor price dips. Machi Big Brother's ETH long position has an entry price of $2,463 and a liquidation price of $2,307.
Odaily News: The US government transferred a small amount of Bitcoin this week, which was seized three years ago from Alameda Research's Binance US account. The US government has not yet disclosed the purpose of this transfer or its plan for disposing of the remaining Bitcoin assets.
Odaily News: Numa Lunah, co-founder of the crypto project Refi Hub, stated that he was hacked after using a download link provided in a Claude chat window to install a transcription application. The link pointed to a fake website bundled with malware, which attempted to steal all information from his device upon execution.Numa Lunah said he wiped and reinstalled the affected laptop and found no signs of sensitive data leakage. Subsequently, he discovered a contaminated Claude Code skill file named SKILL.md in his backups. The file was disguised as a style guide written by himself and contained instructions to re-download malware and steal credentials every time it was loaded.Microsoft Defender Experts previously warned that attackers have shifted from search engine optimization poisoning to large language model response poisoning. These tactics include recommending attacker-controlled download links, AI-branded fake installers, and contaminated code repositories and agent skills. Individuals working in the crypto industry may hold irrevocable credentials such as mnemonic phrases, private key files, hot wallet JSONs, exchange API keys with withdrawal permissions, and deployer keys. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Digital asset infrastructure company BitGo has announced the completion of its acquisition of NYDIG's institutional trading business. The transaction employs a two-step merger structure, with total consideration of approximately $42.5 million, including $7 million in cash and approximately $35.5 million in BitGo stock.The business brings approximately 30 NYDIG employees and institutional client relationships into BitGo, offering derivatives, structured products, financing, and capital markets solutions to asset management firms, hedge funds, corporations, and family offices.The transaction also includes performance-based incentive provisions, including a $10 million cash payment tied to a revenue milestone, up to $5 million in cash and additional shares tied to a second milestone, as well as retention incentives for transferred employees.NYDIG will focus on power generation, Bitcoin mining, and high-performance computing data center operations, with the company disclosing a development pipeline exceeding 3 gigawatts. BitGo recently completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with a post-issuance valuation of approximately $2 billion, and launched the USDS token. (Decrypt)