According to CoinMeta, based on early monitoring of in, on July 31st, the day of the Coldcard attack, the exchange saw a net inflow of 11,163 BTC. Of this, River flowed into 3,679 units, Binance received 3,224 units, Kraken received 2,848 units, and OKX received 1,291 units. Centralized entities and unknown addresses, as well as individual investors, received a total of 15,205 BTC units. As of August 1st at 07:51 (UTC +8), centralized exchanges held a total of 3,651,438 BTC units. Comments on Bitcoin News suggest that users are transferring their funds from Coldcard to other storage solutions.

According to CoinMeta, the hacker incident involving Hugging Face of OpenAI has confirmed the cybersecurity warnings that have been in place for months. Cybersecurity experts warn that artificial intelligence will reshape the threat landscape, compressing network attacks that used to take weeks or days into just a few minutes. The proxy hacker incidents involving OpenAI indicate that this era has not only arrived but also brings new challenges: proxies are now using extreme methods to achieve their goals in an unpredictable manner. The Chief Information Security Officer of Zscaler, Sam Curry, stated, "The reality is that Pandora's box has been opened, and we need to accept AI as a fact of future life."

According to CoinMeta, Strategy announced an expansion of its Bitcoin sales plan, allowing the company to sell Bitcoin not only for purchases but also to use the newly raised funds for reserves, debt costs, and stock repurchases. This shift marks a more flexible strategy in managing Bitcoin holdings by the company. Strategy can now use these funds for US dollar reserves, preferred stock dividends, interest payments, and stock repurchases. Strategy reported that as of July 26, it had earned $218.4 million from Bitcoin sales, with nearly all of this coming from the sale of 3,588 Bitcoins between June 29 and July 5. Strategy still considers Bitcoin its main financial reserve asset, but management now views Bitcoin as a source of liquidity to support the company's broader financial obligations.

According to CoinMeta, MARA CEO Fred Thiel indicates that Bitcoin has missed the opportunity to become a common means of daily payment. He points out that stablecoins are now more suitable for everyday transactions, while Bitcoin's future lies in long-term value storage. Thiel believes that companies that process thousands of transactions per second cannot afford price fluctuations, even minor ones. He mentions that Bitcoin was initially designed as a digital currency, but the market has changed; stablecoins are now more suitable for payments, and Bitcoin has evolved into another type of asset. MARA is still diverting more electrical resources towards artificial intelligence data centers to achieve higher long-term returns. To support this transition, MARA sold about 20,000 Bitcoins over the past year, reducing nearly $1 billion in convertible debt. Nevertheless, the company still holds 36,303 Bitcoins, making it one of the largest corporate Bitcoin holders. Although Thiel believes that Bitcoin has lost its competitiveness in the payment sector, he remains confident in its long-term value.

According to CoinMeta, Bitget has announced an upgrade to its Bitcoin-supported BGBTC asset, introducing new rewards valued at BTC per day, and enabling cross-chain transfers through Chainlink CCIP. Additionally, Gauntlet will provide independent supervision. The upgraded BGBTC will distribute rewards valued at BTC on a daily basis.

According to CoinMeta, after experiencing chaos related to margin calls, Citadel acquired technology assets worth $1.6 billion from the Aschenbrenner fund. This incident highlights the risks associated with high leverage and industry concentration, which may have a volatile impact on the tech and crypto markets.

According to CoinMeta, Hu Xiaowei (also known as Hu Shi), a key figure in the Taizi Group, left Japan on July 29 and was deported to the United States. Personnel from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have already made contact with him. In June this year, Hu Xiaowei was arrested by Japanese police for suspected violations of Japanese immigration laws, and on July 24, he was fined approximately 100,000 yuan by the Japanese prosecution authorities.

According to CoinMeta, Binance founder CZ stated: "We may be in a bear market... but there is still a large amount of capital looking for investment opportunities."

According to CoinMeta, based on monitoring by A for an early issuance of in, a large whale user (a significant holder of Chainlink) transferred all 266,410 LINK (approximately $2.15 million) that they had accumulated from Binance over the past month to a multi-signature wallet of Gnosis Safe.

According to CoinMeta, on-chain data shows that a whale investor purchased a total of 266,410 LINK (approximately $2.15 million) from Binance over the past month and has transferred the entire balance to a multi-signature wallet of Gnosis Safe, with the address being 0x8f8cd3731f919b6a241309d3648934addc4aaccd.

According to CoinMeta, Trump's policies are driving up inflation, which has resulted in larger annual salary increases for social security recipients. Analysis indicates that the cost-of-living adjustments to social security in 2027 ( COLA ) may pose severe challenges to America's major retirement programs.

According to CoinMeta, Berkshire Hathaway, which holds Greg Abel, may have repurchased up to $11 billion of its own shares in the second quarter of 2026, which is seen as a bullish signal to shareholders. According to the SEC document, Berkshire Hathaway did indeed repurchase shares in the second quarter.

According to CoinMeta, based on early data of in, Gate recorded a capital inflow of 547 million US dollars in the past 24 hours, which is 471 million US dollars more than the second-ranked exchange in terms of net inflows.

According to CoinMeta, Fun Coffee carried out virtual currency fraud in Hong Kong under the guise of investing in a coffee business, offering an annual interest rate as high as 222%, and collapsed in July 2026. The project entered Hong Kong at the end of 2025 and was warned by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in July 2026. There were 4,000 victims, with the amount involved exceeding HK$1 billion. The police have received 115 reports, and the case is being followed up by the Fraud Investigation Team of the Commercial Crimes Investigation Department.

According to CoinMeta, the White House is reviewing the ethical compromises of the CLARITY legislation, and the voting results in the Senate are still uncertain. The potential passage of this legislation could significantly impact digital asset regulation in the United States, provided that it receives bipartisan support and Senate approval.

According to CoinMeta, Bitget has announced an upgrade to its Bitcoin-backed BGBTC asset, introducing new daily rewards valued at BTC. Cross-chain transfers will be facilitated through Chainlink using CCIP, with independent supervision by Gauntlet. The upgraded BGBTC will distribute daily rewards of BTC to holders, aiming to maintain a 1:1 peg with Bitcoin while allowing users to earn profits without selling the underlying asset. This asset can be used for futures margin, lending collateral, or participation in Bitget's Launchpool and PoolX products. Bitget also introduces support for large-scale and rapid redemptions, as well as enhanced institutional-level risk control and transparency.

According to CoinMeta, the SlowMist security team detected an unverified contract that exposed an unrestricted low-level call vulnerability due to a selector of 0x42be3129. Lacking access control and target data validation, 16.6 WETH were stolen. The attackers exploited the contract's existing ERC20 authorization limit to bypass owner checks and perform unauthorized transferFrom operations.

According to CoinMeta, City Holder is a very active construction and earning game on Telegram. New challenges are released daily through daily combinations and daily quizzes. Completing these two tasks can earn up to 7.5 million in-game coins before the daily reset. Today's combination and quiz answers have been updated, and players need to upgrade buildings in the specified order within the official Telegram mini-program. Correct combinations can earn up to 5 million in-game coins, while correct answers to the quizzes can earn up to 2.5 million in-game coins, totaling 7.5 million coins for both tasks. The current price of Bitcoin (BTC) is around $63,002, with a 2.70% decline over the past 24 hours; the price of Ethereum (ETH) is around $1,868, with a 2.60% decline over the same period. Market sentiment is cautious, and traders are focusing on support levels. MEXC exchanges offer a variety of spot and futures trading pairs with transaction fees as low as 0%.

According to CoinMeta, the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to recover approximately $47,000 in cryptocurrency that is alleged to have been obtained from five victims through a scheme involving technical support and government impersonation fraud. This case reflects the ongoing efforts to recover digital assets after scammers converted the victims' cash into cryptocurrency ATM. The U.S. Attorney's Office has initiated a civil forfeiture action, aiming to confiscate $47,461.73111 in USDT.

According to CoinMeta, SpaceX's stock price was near the $107 support level before the release of its financial report and has been under pressure recently, approaching historical lows. The closing price on July 31st was $108, a decrease of about 36% from $171 on July 1st. As the company's first IPO financial report approaches, the unlocking of 911.5 million internal shares will also expire on August 6th, which could lead to significant fluctuations in stock prices. Wall Street expects SpaceX to report quarterly revenue between $6.72 billion and $6.9 billion; exceeding expectations could alleviate market concerns regarding the company's valuation. In the short term, management's guidance on Starlink, launch operations, and data center business is also of great interest. According to S3 Partners's data, investors have gone short on 219.3 million shares, accounting for 39% of the publicly traded shares.