Vasiliy Shapovalov, co-founder of Lido, announced that, due to cost considerations, Lido Labs, Lido Ecosystem, and Lido Alliance have made the difficult decision to cut about 15% of their staff. This adjustment is not due to performance issues, and those affected are important members who have been deeply involved in protocol and community development. Shapovalov stated that, although the market is currently in an upward phase, this decision reflects a commitment to long-term resilience and sustainable growth, aiming to focus on operational priorities, optimize resource allocation, and align with the interests of LDO token holders.

 according to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale 0x4a20 with total profits exceeding $62 million in Hyperliquid started to go long again 30 minutes ago, including:

 according to an official announcement, Web3 role-playing game Aria (ARIA) announced that it has successfully raised $5 million in its latest round of financing. This round of financing was led by Folius Ventures, The Spartan Group, and Beam FDN, with participation from Animoca Brands, Galaxy, and others.

according to official sources, the Solana ecological coin issuance platform Letsbonk announced that, based on market value + community participation statistics, it has purchased the top 11 tokens on BONKfun, with 89 of each kind of SOL. Letsbonk's list of purchased tokens is as follows:

according to the on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, Big Brother Ma Ji deposited 284,000 USDC into Hyperliquid after being liquidated to continue to long ETH. Its current position is 2,300 ETH (about $8.8 million), with a liquidation price of $3,680.92. Its profit of $44.84 million has now turned into a loss of over $13.7 million.

 according to Coinglass data, in the 12 August markets since 2013, Bitcoin has risen 4 times and fallen 8 times. The largest increase occurred in August 2017, when the monthly increase reached 65.32%; the largest decrease occurred in August 2015, when the monthly decrease reached 18.67%. From 2013 to now, the average return rate of Bitcoin in August market is 1.75%, and the median return rate is -8.04%.

 the Bank of Japan kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5%, staying put for the fourth consecutive meeting, in line with market expectations. 

according to Lookonchain statistics, after today's increase holding announcement, Strategy holds a total of 628,791 bitcoins, with an overall average holding price of $73,277, and unrealized profits of $28.18 billion.

 UXLINK announced on X platform that it has reached a strategic partnership with Conflux Network Official. Conflux is a Layer-1 blockchain that is committed to transforming stablecoins and payment infrastructure to achieve a smooth user payment experience.

 according to official sources, the Japanese listed company Metaplanet once again increased its holdings of 463 bitcoins, with a total holding of 17,595 BTC.

according to the official announcement, Binance is expected to suspend token deposits and withdrawals for the Injective (INJ) network at 21:00 on July 31, 2025 (UTC+8) to support its network upgrade and hard fork.

 according to rockflow market data, Ethereum reserve concept stocks in the US stock market continued to rise in the night session, including:

 according to The Data Nerd monitoring, within 12 hours, market maker (MM) GSR deposited multiple types of tokens into Binance, as follows:

according to EmberCN monitoring, a whale who has accumulated a profit of $73.96 million in ETH trading has started buying ETH again. The address transferred 173 million USDT to Wintermute in the past 4 hours, and then received 20,000 ETH, worth about $74.06 million. The whale previously bought 132,000 ETH at an average price of $2540 in June, and sold 113,600 ETH at an average price of $2923 in July, realizing a profit of $43.5 million. Currently, the address holds 40,000 ETH with an average holding price of $3121.

according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale address sold 1000 ETH at a price of $3853 in the past half hour, making a profit of $56,000. The address then placed a limit order to sell 1000 ETH at $3878 on Cowswap, potentially making an additional profit of $81,000 if sold.

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Golden Finance reported that, according to The Data Nerd monitoring, 30 minutes ago, the whale address 0x929 deposited 304,700 LINK tokens (approximately $5.28 million) into Binance (#Binance).

according to the official announcement, the Japanese listed company Metaplanet has repurchased 463 BTC, with a total holding of 17,595 coins.

according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), a certain whale address has withdrawn a total of 113,028.97 ETH from FalconX in the past 6 days, worth $424 million, with an average withdrawal price of $3,752. Currently, there is a floating profit of $12.044 million.

 according to CNBC, artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is in talks with investors to raise between $3 billion and $5 billion in a financing round led by Iconiq Capital, with a valuation of $170 billion. As a competitor to OpenAI, Anthropic's valuation has grown rapidly in the past few months.