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According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale (0x117...baeb) opened a 4x ASTER long position on Aster DEX, involving 7.2 million ASTER, worth 4.33 million USD.At the same time, 4.02 million ASTER were staked, worth 2.42 million USD, for a duration of 4 years.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "LoL BNK FearX Youth vs HANJIN BRION Challengers," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both sides kill a dragon" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich disclosed that the company's revenue for the first half of the fiscal year 2026 was 4.94 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 134%; operating profit was 3.33 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 136%; and net assets were 340.88 billion yen, a decrease of 25.7% compared to the end of the fiscal year 2025.

According to the Financial Times, JPMorgan Chase terminated its banking services for Polymarket last October due to regulatory concerns, requiring the company to seek new banking institutions. Previously, Polymarket was banned from providing services to U.S. customers after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission took enforcement action in 2022.Currently, Polymarket has partnered with a new bank, but the specific name has not been disclosed. JPMorgan Chase still maintains business dealings with Polymarket and invited its CEO Shayne Coplan to participate in a private banking client meeting held in Miami this February, where he spoke alongside former NFL player Tom Brady. Polymarket stated that the two parties continue to maintain a close and active relationship in various areas, including multiple entities, operational integration, and customer fund flow management.Since 2026, prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi have faced legal actions from multiple U.S. states regarding their alleged operation as illegal sports bookmakers, while the relevant platforms argue that they operate as exchanges facilitating trades between buyers and sellers, rather than as bookmakers. According to user aggregated data, the nominal trading volume of prediction markets has exceeded $250 billion since 2026.Meanwhile, Polymarket is seeking over $1 billion in financing, with a target valuation of $20 billion, more than doubling from the approximately $8 billion valuation during the last round of financing in 2025.

According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 30, an increase of 0 points from yesterday. The average over the past 7 days is 29, and the average over the past 30 days is 28.

According to Gate market data, on August 14, the Hang Seng Index continued its sluggish performance from the previous day, closing down 0.93% at 25,160.25 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index closed down 1.79%.JD's stock price fell 10.08% after earnings, and CK Hutchison closed down 5.12%. The total market turnover reached HKD 135.724 billion.

According to a report by Reuters, influenced by multiple factors such as the tense Sino-U.S. relations, China's push for domestic software alternatives, and U.S. export controls, Microsoft has closed at least 15 branches and joint ventures in China over the past five years, executing a strategic contraction. In 2023, the company internally considered exiting the Chinese market, as some executives believed that "the geopolitical risks outweighed the limited economic returns," but ultimately did not proceed with the exit. Microsoft disclosed in 2024 that its business in China accounted for only about 1.5% of its global revenue.The report states that Microsoft's final decision to remain in China was primarily due to the establishment of a profitable path—providing Azure cloud and AI services to Chinese companies like ByteDance and Shein, helping them operate compliantly in overseas markets. Additionally, the company believes that retaining its business in China remains strategically significant for acquiring engineering talent. However, analysts question the sustainability of this AI business model: the service relies on third-party models like OpenAI, and Chinese companies are increasingly adopting domestic alternatives like Kimi, which offer comparable performance at lower costs.Microsoft's research and development presence in China is also contracting. Its predecessor, Microsoft Research Asia, has successively established new labs in Vancouver, Singapore, and Tokyo. In 2024, the company offered job opportunities to 1,000 top engineers to relocate to the U.S. and three other countries, but only about one-third accepted, with most senior engineers moving to domestic universities and tech companies. A Microsoft spokesperson responded that the company will continue to commit to the Chinese market but did not comment on specific decision details. ByteDance and Shein did not respond to related inquiries.

According to on-chain analysts, a Bitcoin whale who has held their position for three years has a cost basis as low as $20,000, with peak unrealized profits exceeding $15.31 million.This address deposited 158.7 BTC, worth $10.01 million, to Coinbase 8 hours ago, with the funds sourced from another address that withdrew the relevant Bitcoin from Kraken on March 11, 2023. During the holding period, this whale did not choose to take profits; if they sell now, they will make a profit of $6.206 million, which is more than a 40% reduction from the peak profit.

ChianCatcher news, cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced its Q2 2026 financial report, with total revenue of $45.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 37%. Revenue from credit card operations surged 231% year-on-year to $16.2 million, helping to offset the impact of a 38% year-on-year decline in exchange business revenue to $12.5 million. Trading volume fell from $11.3 billion to $3.8 billion year-on-year. Forecast market trading volume nearly doubled quarter-on-quarter (up 93%), contributing $500,000 in revenue. The net loss for the quarter was $107.7 million, narrowing by 19% year-on-year.Gemini's stock price fell over 7% in after-hours trading. CEO Tyler Winklevoss stated that the company still has work to do, and the results for this quarter reflect ongoing efforts to reduce operating expenses and diversify revenue.

Founder of Formula News, Vida, stated that he has hedged through the BTC/USD1 perpetual contract when Bitcoin was around $63,000, exiting about one-third of his BTC position, while still retaining two-thirds of his spot holdings.He indicated that he remains optimistic about Bitcoin in the long term, but the current BTC narrative has been significantly overshadowed by AI, and he expects that a new core narrative will be difficult to emerge in the next 1 to 2 years. He believes that the next bull market for Bitcoin may need to be driven by issues with U.S. Treasuries or the dollar, or rising concerns about fiat currency devaluation, and that prior to this, global assets may first experience repricing.Based on this judgment, he anticipates the opportunity to buy back the positions he exited in the range of $45,000 to $55,000 over the next 1 to 3 years, while retaining two-thirds of his BTC spot as a long-term base.

According to monitoring by Bitcoin News, new research published by @PraveenPerera shows that Coldcard attackers seem to first identify addresses with vulnerabilities, then sort them by the amount of Bitcoin held, starting to transfer in batches from the addresses with the highest holdings. The transfer software used was relatively crude.One address had 225 spendable UTXOs, and the attackers extracted exactly the latest 200, leaving the earliest 25, which included a UTXO worth 0.16 BTC. This aligns perfectly with the limitation of a blockchain API investigated by researchers, which defaults to returning 200 records, indicating that the attackers may have failed to load the next page of data. The software even spent a UTXO of 294 satoshis, reportedly increasing the transaction fee by about 2040 satoshis, with the spent amount significantly higher than the value of the UTXO itself.The authors of the study believe that the builders of this tool may have a better understanding of the account balance system than of the Bitcoin UTXO model. Although the attackers seem to have obtained the complete seed of the victims, at least 75 BTC still remain in other addresses derived from the same seed. The biggest suspicion currently is that among the 153 stolen addresses, there are still 132.95 BTC, and researchers have been unable to reproduce the seed behind these addresses, so it cannot be ruled out that the attackers obtained undisclosed private device data or candidate data.

The Chief Financial Officer of SanDisk stated that it is expected to obtain a total contract amount of $93.9 billion from 8 customers during the contract period, with a Non-GAAP gross margin of approximately 80% for the fiscal years 2028 to 2030, and a Non-GAAP operating profit margin expected to reach about 75%. It is anticipated that the adjusted free cash flow profit margin will remain at 50% for the fiscal years 2028 to 2030. The company stated that in the future, after fulfilling strategic investment and business development needs, it will return 100% of excess cash to shareholders.SanDisk expects that as the storage industry cycle improves and the demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence infrastructure grows, the company's profitability will further enhance, and shareholder value will be increased through high-margin businesses and capital return strategies. This capital allocation plan shows that SanDisk will prioritize business expansion and strategic investments in the future while returning remaining cash to investors through stock buybacks, dividends, and other means.

ChianCatcher news, Terence Lee, one of the early co-founders of BitMart (GBM Global Holding Company Limited), stated, "In recent years, I have not been responsible for the main business of the exchange, and my work has mainly focused on exploring new products and new business. I will withdraw from all company affairs on July 31, 2026, and will not participate in any operations, management, or asset-related matters of the company or any of its affiliated entities. The procedures for resigning from relevant positions and canceling registrations are currently being processed. I deeply regret the difficulties and impacts caused to users by the platform's cessation of operations. However, I currently have no authority to handle matters related to platform assets, accounts, or user funds, nor can I answer questions related to platform operations or asset disposal. Relevant requests should be made through the channels indicated in the official announcement and through legal means. Recently, my identification information, photos, and several false pieces of information have been circulated, and I have reported this to law enforcement and reserved the right to pursue legal responsibility. This statement is my only public explanation regarding this matter, and I will no longer respond to related inquiries individually."

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq 100 Index rose by 1%; the S&P 500 Index increased by nearly 0.6.

According to CoinDesk, financial services company Swissquote Group has lowered its full-year revenue and profit expectations after a 66.2% decline in net cryptocurrency income in the first half of the year.In the first half of the year, the company's cryptocurrency trading volume fell by 63.5% to 2.58 billion Swiss francs, approximately 3.2 billion US dollars. After the announcement, Swissquote Group's stock price dropped by 14%.

The U.S. July PPI annual rate is 4.7%, expected 4.9%, previous value 5.50%.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a certain address (0xb37...a66ca) is using a TWAP strategy to long XYZ100 (Nasdaq 100 Index) with 20x leverage, accumulating a total of 1006.8 XYZ100. Currently, approximately 32 million dollars worth of positions have been executed, corresponding to 1065 shares, with an opening price of 29778 dollars. The remaining portion is still being gradually executed.

According to data statistics from Castle Labs, Uniswap has repurchased and burned approximately 28.4 million USD worth of UNI this year through its fee mechanism, with most of the fees coming from Ethereum.Since the fee switch was activated, the fees generated by Robinhood Chain have significantly increased, contributing approximately 2.26 million USD to the UNI repurchase. Since late July, Robinhood Chain has contributed about 50% or more of the daily UNI burn amount on most days, with some days approaching 70%.