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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 Crowdfund Insider, Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings disclosed in its latest quarterly SEC filing that it has pledged 18,750 BTC as collateral for two Bitcoin-backed loans, with a total principal of $750 million.The financing provided by Coinbase Credit includes refinancing of an existing $150 million credit line and an additional $300 million; Two Prime Lending also provided a $300 million loan. Both loans have been fully drawn, with a combined financing cost of approximately 7.56%, primarily maturing in August 2028.The pledged 18,750 BTC was valued at approximately $1.2 billion at the time of the transaction. If the price of Bitcoin falls and the collateral ratio drops below the agreed level, MARA may face additional collateral requirements; otherwise, the related BTC is at risk of liquidation. The new funds will primarily be used for general corporate purposes and to support MARA's acquisition of Long Ridge Energy & Power.The transaction values the company at approximately $1.5 billion, with Long Ridge owning a natural gas power plant in Ohio, USA, with an expected installed capacity of 505 MW, as well as over 1,600 acres of industrial land. MARA plans to further develop the area into a base for Bitcoin mining, AI, and high-performance computing infrastructure.

Bitcoin mining company MARA has completed two loans, obtaining $600 million in new debt after pledging 18,750 bitcoins to expand its power generation and AI infrastructure business. The collateral was valued at approximately $1.2 billion at the time of the transaction. The total principal of the two loans is $750 million, with Coinbase Credit providing $450 million, which includes refinancing of the existing $150 million credit line and an additional $300 million; Two Prime Lending provides another $300 million, and both loans have been fully drawn.The interest rate on the Coinbase loan is the midpoint of the Federal Reserve's target rate range plus 3.875 percentage points, maturing on August 4, 2028; the Two Prime loan has a fixed interest rate of 7.65%, maturing on August 3, 2028. If the principal remains unchanged, the annual interest expense for both loans is approximately $56.7 million. MARA stated that the loan funds will be used for general corporate purposes, including paying part of the cash consideration for the acquisition of Long Ridge Energy & Power LLC. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately $1.5 billion, and Long Ridge owns a 505-megawatt gas power plant and over 1,600 acres of industrial land, which MARA plans to use for power generation, bitcoin mining, and potential AI and high-performance computing parks.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale staked 4,000 ETH through Lido 2 hours ago after being silent for 3 months, worth approximately 7.68 million USD, and received 4,000 stETH in return.Previously, this address supplied 1.216 million USDC to Aave, worth approximately 1.22 million USD.

According to BBX data, yesterday and in recent days, globally listed companies disclosed the latest developments in cryptocurrency assets and debt restructuring, with the core information as follows:Cipher Digital reports losses in the second quarter due to Bitcoin sell-off: Bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company Cipher Digital (NASDAQ: CIFR) released its financial report for the second quarter of 2026. Its total revenue was $24.84 million (entirely from mining), with a net loss of $267.5 million (mainly impacted by a $150.5 million loss due to changes in the fair value of warrants), and adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $29.99 million. As of June 30, its total cash and restricted cash amounted to approximately $4.56 billion. Notably, the company's Bitcoin holdings have significantly decreased in book value from $125.4 million at the end of 2025 to $37.8 million, with realized Bitcoin sale losses of approximately $23.51 million in the second quarter.PowerCompute restructures debt with Bitcoin collateral to lower interest rates: Bitcoin mining company PowerCompute successfully restructured three debts totaling $18 million using 307 Bitcoins from its reserves as collateral, replacing previous loans from institutions such as Galaxy Digital. The new financing adopts a non-recourse, 30-day revolving structure with an annual interest rate of about 2% (far lower than some old loans at 12%), allowing the company to significantly reduce interest expenses without selling Bitcoin spot.West Main Self Storage slightly increases holdings: Storage company West Main Self Storage disclosed an increase of 0.155 Bitcoins in the secondary market, bringing its total holdings to 16.188 BTC.

According to MLM monitoring, a whale address that previously accumulated 2.94 million HYPE (approximately $172 million) from September to October last year has staked 2.785 million HYPE through 20 wallets in the past 11 hours, currently valued at approximately $164 million.On-chain analysts speculate that this address may belong to a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), but this has not yet been officially confirmed. This large staking indicates that the whale is transferring a significant amount of HYPE into the staking system, which may suggest confidence in the long-term development of the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

According to Mlm monitoring, a certain HYPE whale staked 2.785 million HYPE through 20 wallets in the past 11 hours, worth approximately 164 million USD.This whale accumulated a total of 2.94 million HYPE from September to October last year, currently valued at about 172 million USD, making it one of the largest holders of HYPE. This whale may be related to a16z, but this has not yet been confirmed.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Hyperliquid whale that had been silent since November 2025 has staked HYPE again, staking 387,800 HYPE (approximately $23.42 million) across two wallets.This whale had previously staked 619,120 HYPE in November 2025, with a total of 1,006,000 HYPE staked (approximately $61.16 million).

Selini Capital has just requested to unstake 504,000 HYPE, worth $31.7 million. This address deployed the HIP-3 Dreamcash market.After announcing the closure of the market, Selini is unstaking the HYPE required for the deployment and maintenance of the market, having profited nearly $20 million from this "investment."

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Hyperliquid whale with a historical profit of 2.37 million USD has staked 249,243 HYPE (approximately 15.5 million USD).

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain Hyperliquid whale closed a $3.5 million short position on Micron (MU) with a profit of $439,000, and a $2.42 million short position on SK Hynix (SKHX) with a profit of $582,000, totaling over $1 million in profit.Subsequently, the address staked 115,000 HYPE (approximately $7.2 million), currently holding a staked position of 115,000 HYPE, 100,000 HYPE in spot, and $1.1 million in USDC.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Erik Voorhees' associated address staked 341,690 VVV to Venice, worth 3.98 million USD.Nine hours after receiving 3,630 VVV (42,320 USD) staking rewards, he increased the position.

According to on-chain analysts, a certain whale withdrew 45.495 million USDT from Binance three and a half hours ago, then staked it into Aave and borrowed 10,000 ETH to short sell, worth approximately 17.25 million dollars. Currently, this whale has staked a total of 156 million dollars in stablecoins, borrowed 35,388.4 ETH, with an average selling price of 1,682.14 dollars, and is currently facing an unrealized loss of 1.098 million dollars. Liquidation will be triggered when the ETH price rises to 3,453.36 dollars.

According to Crypto.news, Grayscale has submitted its Form 8-A12B for the spot Hyperliquid ETF to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is the final registration step before listing on Nasdaq, and trading is expected to begin within 1 to 4 days.In addition, the ETF code is GHYP, and it has been renamed from "Grayscale HYPE ETF" to "Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF," which is suspected to include new features allowing for staking.

Forward Industries, a Solana treasury company, announced its quarterly financial report for the period ending March 31, 2026, showing a year-on-year revenue increase of 319% to $13 million. However, due to the decline in the fair value of crypto assets, net losses widened to $283.1 million.The company stated that the growth this quarter was mainly driven by increased staking rewards from Solana (SOL). However, during the same period, it recorded a digital asset loss of $201.7 million and an asset impairment of $85.1 million, primarily due to the price volatility of SOL leading to a decrease in the valuation of holdings.The financial report indicated that the company held approximately 7.04 million SOL during the quarter and earned about 201,200 SOL in rewards through staking, with nearly all SOL assets being staked. Solana fell approximately 33.7% during the reporting period, closing at $82.44. Price volatility is considered the core factor dragging down financial performance.Additionally, Forward Industries signed a loan agreement with Galaxy Digital in March and drew the first tranche of $40 million in financing, using fwdSOL as collateral, with a comprehensive annual interest rate of about 3.4%. The company stated that this financing is used to optimize its liquidity structure.Company management indicated that they have adjusted the balance sheet through cost reductions, debt instruments, and stock buybacks to cope with market volatility and enhance long-term value. Despite a significant widening of quarterly losses, the company's stock price slightly declined in after-hours trading following the financial report, but it still recorded a monthly increase recently.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the whale 0x4E53 bought 151,000 HYPE ($6.09 million) and staked it 2 hours ago. In the past week, this whale has accumulated a total of 500,998 HYPE ($21.3 million) in purchases and staking.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Grapefruit Trading has staked 33,370 ETH ($76.13 million) to Eth2.

According to Prnewswire, Nasdaq-listed company Aurelion disclosed that it currently holds 33,318 Tether Gold (XAUT), with a holding value exceeding $157 million based on a price of $4,719.15 per ounce. Additionally, the company revealed that it has staked 10,000 XAUT, transforming the gold token from a mere reserve asset into a yield-generating collateral asset, while another 23,318 XAUT remain unstaked.

According to Jin Shi reports, the U.S. Congress will hold a confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve Chair nominee Waller on Tuesday local time. Waller has pledged to maintain strict independence on interest rate issues. He stated that interest rate decisions must be independent of political considerations, monetary policy should not be a tool for short-term political goals, and emphasized that the credibility of the Federal Reserve comes from institutional constraints and policy discipline. Waller also warned against extending the central bank's functions into areas of fiscal policy or social policy where it lacks statutory authority.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has staked 50,000 ETH on the Everstake platform, worth approximately $116.97 million.