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According to monitoring by Lookonchain, wallets related to the fund Monetalis are suspected of asset rotation operations. The Monetalis associated wallet sold approximately 3.72 million UNI through Cumberland, worth about 13 million USD, and then purchased 171,543 HYPE, worth about 9.56 million USD.It is currently unclear whether this transaction represents a formal adjustment of the fund's position, but on-chain data shows that its capital flow has shifted from UNI to HYPE.

The French Minister of Finance confirmed that hackers breached the French Public Finance Directorate system at the end of June and stole personal and corporate taxpayer data. According to the platform FrenchBreaches, which tracks cyberattacks in France, this incident affected approximately 678,437 people, equivalent to about 1% of the French population, but the exact number is still under investigation and has not been finally confirmed.The leaked data reportedly includes sensitive information such as names, birth dates, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, tax identification information, and income data. Among them, nearly 27,000 individuals had tax incomes of at least 100,000 euros, 386 exceeded 1 million euros, and another 8 exceeded 10 million euros. Reports indicate that the database has been sold on the dark web market for thousands of euros. The attackers, calling themselves ZeroBytes, claimed they extracted the relevant records using an internal search tool, which was only discovered later when access was cut off.This incident has raised concerns in the cryptocurrency industry, as there has been a noticeable increase in "wrench attack" violent robbery incidents targeting cryptocurrency holders in France in recent years. If high-income individuals' addresses and contact information are leaked, it could provide criminals with a more precise target list.

According to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $62,000, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $803 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks through $64,000, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $888 million.The liquidation chart does not show the exact number of contracts to be liquidated or the exact value of contracts being liquidated. The bars on the liquidation chart actually represent the importance of each liquidation cluster relative to nearby liquidation clusters, that is, the intensity. Therefore, the liquidation chart shows to what extent the underlying price reaching a certain position will be affected. A higher "liquidation bar" indicates that once the price reaches that point, there will be a stronger reaction due to liquidity waves.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $65,757, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.758 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $60,037, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.482 billion.

He Yi posted on the X platform stating that he will not contact users via email, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Although he serves as an official administrator for Binance in some Telegram groups, he will not send private messages to any Telegram accounts. For public communication, please contact through this X account or the Binance Square account, and be wary of scams impersonating Binance staff.

According to Talking Biz News citing Courthouse News Service, The Wall Street Journal requested a federal judge on Wednesday afternoon to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by Binance. The lawsuit targets the newspaper's reports regarding Binance covering up internal investigations, obstructing compliance, and allowing sanctioned entities to trade.In the motion to dismiss, The Wall Street Journal stated that Binance's complaint from March 2026 failed to prove actual malice at the time the relevant reports were published. Binance claimed that the reports were false because it had issued a denial statement to the newspaper, but the newspaper argued that merely repeating a self-defensive denial is insufficient to constitute a defamation claim. During the hearing, The Wall Street Journal's lawyer pointed out that Binance did not deny the core content of the three reports.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $1,975, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $788 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $1,791, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $697 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $66,499, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.273 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $60,389, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.033 billion.

ChianCatcher news, Ethena announced a partnership with digital asset prime broker FalconX, becoming its institutional lending partner. As part of the collaboration, Ethena will include stablecoin lending arrangements as part of its institutional lending configuration, investing in FalconX through over-collateralization.FalconX can use this to expand its balance sheet, while Ethena benefits from FalconX's expertise in loan origination and secured lending, thus obtaining risk-adjusted terms superior to other channels.

According to official news, Saturn announced a partnership with Ondo to bring institutional-grade tokenized assets into Saturn's (STRC) structured products.At the same time, Ondo also made a strategic investment in Saturn.

EtherFi announced that the existing lending infrastructure of EtherFi Cash can no longer meet development needs. A dedicated Aave V4 instance is currently being deployed on the Optimism chain to support the credit card backend.EtherFi Cash currently has an active loan amount of 22 million USD, and it is expected that the lending capacity will reach 500 million USD by 2027. There are already 70,000 cardholders using cryptocurrency for consumption without the need to sell their cryptocurrency.

In July, the US CPI rose by 0.1% month-on-month and 3.4% year-on-year, while the core CPI increased by 2.5% year-on-year, overall in line with market expectations. As the market continues to assess the Federal Reserve's subsequent policy path, the impact of macro changes on asset allocation and trading strategies is continuously strengthening, further enhancing institutions' focus on liquidity management and trading execution efficiency.Against this backdrop, Gate institutions are continuously improving professional trading infrastructure. According to the transparency report released by the platform in July, Gate CrossEx added one mainstream exchange and 23 trading pairs, launched RPI Orders, reduced the highest fees of multiple exchanges by 50%, and introduced new APIs for market data, funding rates, batch order cancellations, and several WebSocket features; by optimizing concurrent order placement and execution feedback delays, system performance improved by 50%, while the launch of Colo services further reduced trading latency.In addition, SuperLink continues to optimize Fireblocks Gas management and settlement processes, further enhancing institutions' cross-platform asset management and trading collaboration capabilities. In the future, Gate institutions will continue to advance infrastructure upgrades around core capabilities such as trading execution, liquidity, and cross-platform collaboration, providing professional investors with more efficient and stable institutional-level trading services.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $1,980, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $859 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $1,798, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $669 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $66,745, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.388 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $60,739, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.229 billion.

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 Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale withdrew 4,650 ETH from Coinbase, FalconX, Galaxy Digital, and Cumberland in the past hour, worth approximately 8.77 million dollars.

Japan's largest banking group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), plans to utilize blockchain technology to provide instant settlement services for certain Japanese Government Bonds (JGB) transactions.According to reports, MUFG plans to conduct blockchain-based Japanese Government Bond repurchase transactions using tokenized money market funds and stablecoins to shorten the settlement process of traditional securities transactions.

According to Decrypt, the prediction market platform Kalshi announced a partnership with DoubleZero to provide real-time market data subscription services to trading institutions through DoubleZero Edge.The initial data covers Kalshi sports event contracts and cryptocurrency perpetual futures, including Level 1 (best quotes and transaction records) and Level 2 (multiple buy and sell orders) data, which can be directly used for pricing, hedging, and automated trading strategies. DoubleZero uses a multicast system to synchronize and push machine-readable data to all connected parties, significantly lowering the access threshold.

Bitget announced the launch of the "Project Archimedes," establishing a special fund with a total scale of $300 million to provide capital support for quantitative trading firms, asset management institutions, and market makers. The plan includes two sub-projects: a $100 million "Capital Support Program," which focuses on supporting emerging and growth-oriented quantitative institutions that adopt market-neutral strategies; and a $200 million "Interest-Free Lending Program," aimed at institutions with mature strategies and a certain trading scale, which can obtain interest-free funds by meeting corresponding trading volume or position standards to reduce financing costs and expand strategy scale.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that as competition in institutional trading intensifies, capital, execution efficiency, and risk control are becoming important factors in whether strategies can achieve scalability. The Archimedes plan aims to help capable teams expand their strategy scale through capital support, with expectations to support over 50 projects in the next six months. Meanwhile, relying on Bitget's Unified Trading Account (UTA), institutions can use rToken spot positions as collateral for derivatives, allowing them to maintain tokenized stock exposure and contract strategies simultaneously without cross-account transfers, further enhancing capital efficiency.The Archimedes plan will adopt a long-term cooperation framework, implementing rolling access and phased deployment, and will regularly disclose progress such as the number of participating institutions, capital deployment scale, and strategy distribution.