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According to PR Newswire, AI data center company Hyperscale Data (NYSE: GPUS) announced that it has completed the sale of approximately 685 bitcoins, cashing out about 43 million dollars at recent market prices.The funds will primarily be used for the ongoing development and expansion of the Michigan data center, while repaying approximately 30 million dollars in debt to optimize the capital structure. After the sale, the company still holds about 275 bitcoins. The company's Executive Chairman Todd Ault stated that this move is part of a capital allocation decision and not a abandonment of the long-term bitcoin accumulation strategy. The company will continue to engage in bitcoin mining and plans to gradually rebuild its bitcoin holdings over time.

According to Bloomberg, the stablecoin payment company RedotPay has postponed its plans for an IPO in the United States. Sources reveal that the company previously aimed to complete its IPO as early as this year, but the listing date may now be delayed until next year or even later. RedotPay needs to obtain regulatory approval from the country where it operates before advancing its IPO, and the company is also facing related legal issues that need to be addressed.

Duan Yongping responded on Xueqiu regarding the recent changes in his holdings of Pop Mart, stating that he has "never directly sold a single share of Pop Mart." The changes in his holdings mainly come from options trading and expiration exercises, and do not indicate a long-term bearish view on Pop Mart.Duan Yongping mentioned that when the position of selling puts approaches the limit, he will adopt the strategy of "buying stocks + selling calls." After expiration, if the stocks are called away, it is essentially a similar trading strategy to selling puts that are exercised at expiration. Currently, the options premium for Pop Mart is about 5% per month, and this strategy may continue to be used for a longer period in the future.Regarding the valuation of Pop Mart, Duan Yongping stated, "Currently, I believe the price of Pop Mart is not expensive in the long term, but I don't know about the short term." He emphasized that there is no specific time or price set for selling Pop Mart, and it may be a long time before that happens.

According to The Block, Bitwise has partnered with Superstate to explore the tokenization of its Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL).ETF expert Nate Geraci commented that in the coming months, asset management companies will release a large number of such press releases.

Solstice Finance launches strcUSX on Solana, splitting the dividend income and price risk of the Nasdaq-listed company Strategy's Series A perpetual preferred stock STRC into two types of tokens: senior and junior. The annual dividend yield of STRC is 12%.The senior tranche SR-strcUSX targets an annual yield of approximately 7%, with priority for dividend income and principal repayment; the junior tranche JR-strcUSX bears the first loss from market value fluctuations and receives the remaining income after payments to the senior tranche, targeting an annual yield of over 20%. Users can deposit USX into the strcUSX vault to receive tokens corresponding to the risk level. Both types of tokens are native assets on Solana, tradable, usable as collateral, or accessible for DeFi applications.Solstice Finance will also integrate USX into Zebec Network's payroll infrastructure, which processes over $500 million in payroll annually and has over 50,000 monthly active users.

Forward Industries has resumed purchasing SOL. As the largest holder of Solana, the company acquired an additional 254,000 SOL at an average price of $75 between July and August 3, bringing its total SOL holdings to over 7.8 million.

Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Kaplan stated that the Federal Reserve's decision not to raise interest rates in July was "absolutely" correct and urged policymakers to keep an open mind before September, citing the complex factors influencing inflation, and that rigid forward guidance could be counterproductive.Kaplan said, "If I see meaningful improvement, I might be willing to stay put, but I want to make full use of every moment before September to make judgments, avoiding rigidity or preconceived notions." Kaplan believes that the current forces at play include: inflationary pressures from AI development, tariffs, labor constraints, and soaring oil prices; meanwhile, the application of AI works in the opposite direction, accelerating the trend of declining inflation.He stated that Waller should use his speech at this month's Jackson Hole symposium to briefly explain the reasons for the Federal Reserve's inaction in July, rather than delivering a purely "philosophical" speech. Kaplan expressed that his concerns about long-term U.S. Treasury yields are greater than his concerns about the federal funds rate itself.He indicated that the rise in long-term Treasury yields globally reflects a structural supply-demand imbalance driven by persistent large fiscal deficits, rather than Federal Reserve policy.

According to monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the mining company Riot Platforms has sold 4,300 bitcoins to cover operational needs and data center expansion costs, and currently holds a total of 11,380 bitcoins.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Machi (@machibigbrother) withdrew 1,540 USDC from Binance and sold Bored Ape #5715 for 8.3 ETH (worth $15,600).This NFT was purchased by him 3 years ago for 34.17 ETH. Machi currently holds 2,800 ETH long positions, valued at $5,300,000, with a liquidation price of $1,863.08.

According to BeInCrypto, Nasdaq-listed company Forward Industries reported a net loss of $69 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, primarily due to impairment losses resulting from fair value adjustments of its Solana assets in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The company held approximately 7.55 million SOL at the end of the quarter, with the per-share SOL holding increasing by 9% quarter-over-quarter to 0.073; during the quarter, it increased its holdings by over 500,000 SOL through purchases and staking, and repurchased 2.5 million shares of stock.Revenue for the quarter increased more than fourfold year-over-year to $10.8 million, mainly from SOL staking and other financial services income. As of August 3, the company held approximately 7.8 million SOL, with the per-share SOL holding rising to 0.0754. After the earnings report was released, FWDI's stock price fell slightly by 1.36% in after-hours trading.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale associated with Paxos sold 800 BTC (worth $50.72 million) again through Wintermute 8 hours ago.In the past two months, this whale has sold a total of 2500 BTC (worth $154 million).

According to Cointelegraph, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich stated that the company transferred 5,014 bitcoins between custody addresses, which is a routine operation.He emphasized that no bitcoins were sold, and the company's holdings remain at 43,000 bitcoins.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, on June 7, a certain whale borrowed 30,000,000 USDS through circular lending collateralized by ETH and purchased 18,212 ETH at an average price of 1,647 USD.Today, the whale sold 15,993 ETH at a price of 1,889 USD, repaying a loan of 30,200,000 USDS, with a leveraged profit of 4.3 million USD.

The Kobeissi Letter posted on platform X, stating that institutional investors are selling off U.S. tech stocks. According to Goldman Sachs data, for the week ending August 4, hedge funds, asset management companies, and other institutional investors sold $21.6 billion in Nasdaq futures, setting a record for the highest weekly amount. Short selling dominated, accounting for 72% of total sales. Among them, hedge funds sold $11.9 billion, and asset management companies sold $7.4 billion.The total net position of institutional investors in Nasdaq futures has dropped to negative $5 billion, marking the first negative position since May 2025. In contrast, this figure was as high as $54 billion in October 2025. Institutional investors are taking advantage of the market strength to sell off.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, USDC Treasury has minted 250 million USDC on Solana.

According to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research associated addresses transferred a total of 8.25 million USD in SOL to BitGo custody wallets through 24 transactions, presumably for distribution of compensation to FTX creditors.Arkham data shows that Alameda currently still holds over 200 million USD in SOL.

Marinade Finance posted on platform X that the Solana network nearly came to a halt this morning, with 28.83% of staked SOL going offline, approaching the 33.34% halt trigger threshold, involving 90 validator nodes, resulting in a loss of approximately 333 SOL rewards.The fault originated from a routing error by the service provider Teraswitch: the erroneous routing from the Miami node was broadcast to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, causing 12 nodes (LON1, AMS1-3, DUB1-2, FRA2, SGP1-2, TYO1-3) to lose effective routing, while North America was unaffected, and the fault was resolved after 10 minutes.Marinade Finance pointed out that ASN AS20326 hosts more than a quarter of the total staking volume on the network, and during the fault, 94% of that staking volume was offline simultaneously, accounting for 27.34%, which has exceeded the 25% limit set by SFDP. The second-largest node on the network, Helius, was offline for 33 minutes, with only a few nodes achieving smooth failover. Marinade Finance stated that it will review the staking concentration limit and promote the disclosure of failover capability information by validator nodes.

According to CoinDesk, data from Blockware Intelligence shows that publicly listed Bitcoin miners held a total of 127,000 BTC at the beginning of the year, which has now decreased to 99,000 BTC, with a cumulative sale of approximately 28,000 BTC this year, valued at about $1.78 billion at current prices.Analysis indicates that although the scale of this sell-off is smaller than the net outflow of over $4.4 billion from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, the continuous and stable marginal selling pressure in the context of a declining market and weak buying interest is often underestimated in its impact on prices. BTC has fallen a total of 27% since the beginning of 2026, underperforming major assets including the S&P 500. Additionally, due to narrowing mining profits (the current average production cost per BTC is about $74,300), an increasing number of miners are transitioning to AI computing power businesses. Meanwhile, the overall mining difficulty has decreased by about 18% from its peak in November, resulting in an approximate 18% increase in mining revenue for remaining miners, reshaping the competitive landscape of the industry.

According to the latest data from the Gate platform, the total staking amount of its SOL mining (staking) products has reached 661,200 SOL, setting a new historical high, with a reference annualized yield of 7.91%. Users staking SOL can receive an equivalent amount of GTSOL assets, achieving asset appreciation.This service supports instant redemption, releasing liquidity and obtaining stable returns. In addition to SOL, the platform also offers multi-currency staking options. As of the time of publication, the reference annualized yields are: GUSD 3.80%, BTC 2.67%, ETH 4.03%, USD1 7.64%, and USDT 3.27%.