according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale qianbaidu.eth deposited $5.72 million into Hyperliquid, bought 81,572.11 HYPE tokens for $3.94 million, still holding $1.787 million USDC, and holding open orders for HYPE at a price of $48.20.

 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 the 13F filing, Goldman Sachs holds $721 million worth of Ethereum ETF, making it the largest institutional holder, followed by Jane Street (holding $190 million) and Millennium (holding $186 million).

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 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. 

 former US Treasury Secretary Yellen wrote in response to the controversy caused by Trump's dismissal of Federal Reserve Board member Powell: Trump claimed to "dismiss" Powell with "just cause", this move is not only illegal, but also extremely dangerous. This is a direct attempt to politicize the Federal Reserve, it is intimidation of its leadership, and an attempt to force monetary policy to conform to the will of the president. This move could end the independence of the Federal Reserve - and what will follow is the collapse of the credibility of US monetary policy at home and abroad. Yellen called on Congress to defend the independence of the Federal Reserve, the courts must reject this illegal abuse of power, and the financial sector must also speak out against this direct attack on the credibility of the US dollar.

in the past 30 hours, 4 new wallets (possibly related to Bitmine) have received 78,891 ETH (worth approximately $358.16 million).

 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.

On August 28th, SOON Foundation announced the first batch of airdrop rules for the Hyperliquid copy-trading platform simpfor.fun, with an expected distribution of 1,500,000 $SOON tokens.

Musk tweeted that Grok Imagine has been opened to all SuperGrok and Premium+ subscribers. New features of Grok Imagine include: text-to-video generation (users can quickly create short videos with sound through text prompts, with a maximum length of 6 seconds), image-to-video conversion (can convert static images into dynamic videos, supporting animated artwork, sculptures, or other images), etc.

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.

 Paul Lee, co-founder and managing partner of Lobo Ventures, announced at the 2025 Asian Bitcoin Conference that Bitplanet plans to establish a company specifically for holding Bitcoin in custody, and will invest $40 million in Bitcoin acquisitions.

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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.