According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the “Yes” option in the sub-market “Both teams’ kills of the Baron” for the Polymarket market event “LoL: G2 Esports vs Fnatic - LEC regular season” has fluctuated sharply, jumping from 50.5% one hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation range of 39.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.
ChainCatcher reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suddenly canceled a meeting originally scheduled for last Friday. The meeting was intended to advance the rulemaking of crypto regulation and separately release multiple innovation exemption arrangements that had been repeatedly postponed; the related pauses may be related to the Clarity Act.
The SEC announced earlier last week that it would hold a public meeting where commissioners would discuss the Reg Crypto proposal, which covers how companies can finance through token issuance and how they ultimately exit SEC oversight after issuing their own digital assets. The SEC had originally planned to announce at least part of the innovation exemption arrangements, including how issuers of security token offerings should handle underlying securities. Neither of the two arrangements was carried out as scheduled.
ChainCatcher message, according to Coinglass data: if BTC breaks through $65,917, the liquidation intensity of cumulative short positions on major CEXs will reach $315 million. Conversely, if BTC falls below $60,392, the liquidation intensity of cumulative long positions on major CEXs will reach $315 million.
According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the market on Polymarket for the event “Counter-Strike: Astralis vs NIP - Esports World Cup Group B” has seen dramatic fluctuations in the win rate of the “Astralis” option in the “Match Winner” sub-market. It has plummeted from 79.5% from one hour ago to the current 55.5% (a fluctuation of 24%). Please note the impact of any relevant breaking news.
According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket market for the event “Counter-Strike: 9z vs magic - Esports World Cup Group D”, the win probability of the “9z” option in the sub-market “Map 2 Winner” has fluctuated sharply, surging from 62% an hour ago to the current 81% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of any relevant breaking news.
Data: UNI whale withdrawals on Binance hit a five-year high, and large investors are positioning themselves at lower prices
ChainCatcher message: CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said that although Uniswap’s native token UNI has fallen more than 93% from its 2021 high of $43 to around $3, whale accumulation is at its strongest in five years. Data shows that among the top 10 Binance transactions with the largest UNI outflows, the average daily outflow is 7,300 UNI, the highest in five years. Even now, the average remains elevated, and this group still accumulates 5,600 UNI per day. Darkfost pointed out that despite a tough overall environment for altcoins, some tokens are still drawing attention—especially those being actively accumulated by whales. UNI’s accumulation strength hit an all-time peak during the current downturn, indicating that large investors are making positions at lower levels.
ChainCatcher message, according to CoinDesk, Swiss banking giant UBS increased its bullish options exposure on BlackRock’s Bitcoin spot ETF (IBIT) in the second quarter from 80,000 contracts in the first quarter to 1.95 million contracts, a rise of more than 24 times; direct holdings of IBIT shares increased by about 12% to 407,890 shares, worth approximately $13.6 million; bearish options exposure fell by about 53% to 143,300 contracts.
UBS manages assets exceeding $7 trillion. Earlier this year, it began preparing Bitcoin and Ethereum trading services for Swiss private banking clients, but the regulatory filings did not specify whether this options buildup is related to its client business.
ChainCatcher message, according to monitoring by Galaxy Research, attacks targeting Coldcard are still ongoing. Users who continue to use Coldcard should remain vigilant and verify their device settings.
It continues to assist victims and collect intelligence about the attacker. It also stated that victims whose stolen funds need to be tracked can contact it via private message for help.
ChainCatcher message, according to CoinDesk, a South Korean court this week sentenced a cryptocurrency platform operator to 15 years in prison. The amount involved was about US$50 million. The ruling is considered one of the longest sentences handed down in South Korea to date for cryptocurrency fraud.
The report says the case occurred amid South Korea’s intensified scrutiny of outbound fund transfers and restrictions imposed on related platforms such as Binance. It reflects that local regulators are continuing to tighten their crackdown on crypto fraud and capital outflows.
Zhao Changpeng: Will disable the public address to avoid community over-interpretation of actions; BNB and “Binance Life” will be donated to Giggle Academy
ChainCatcher message: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said at Binance Square: Too many people try to over-interpret, “What does it mean that he does this?” Today I tested Trust Wallet and found that there were so many Meme tokens in the wallet that it was even hard to find BNB, so I tried to destroy some tokens. As a result, even this action triggered quite a bit of community discussion. I realized that I will never be able to “clean up” the meme coins on this address completely. The more I burn, the more people will send coins to this address. The transparent nature of the blockchain means that any action by this address will be over-interpreted by the community.
ChainCatcher message: according to Binance spot data, the market saw significant volatility. HEI’s 24-hour increase was 10.71%, HEMI’s 24-hour increase was 11.24%, and the market showed a bottoming and rebound pattern.
Meanwhile, WLFI and ROBO also reached new highs today, with gains of 11.94% and 14.46%, respectively. On the other hand, CHIP is showing a “spike then pullback” trend, with a 24-hour drop of 8.63%, while PYR touched a new daily low, with a decline of 21.57%.
ChainCatcher message: On the X platform, on-chain sleuth Specter stated that considering the time period covered by the stolen data, this may mean the data breach occurred as early as April—no later than early May. However, the parties involved only chose to stay silent recently, roughly at the same time as Trezor announced its own data breach.
Some users had already received phishing attacks and suffered asset losses at the time, but the parties involved did not remain transparent, did not warn users, or provide risk alerts, while they denied the data breach.
Vitalik: The Bitcoin community deserves credit for UTXO innovation; Ethereum scaling will combine the advantages of multiple state models
ChainCatcher report: On the X platform, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said in a post that the Bitcoin community deserves recognition for advancing related technical ideas, including Utreexo and other UTXO (unspent transaction output) state-optimization solutions. The scaling path Ethereum is currently exploring is precisely one that, in practice, integrates the strengths of different blockchain state models. Vitalik Buterin pointed out that Ethereum hopes to simultaneously have the advantages of the UTXO-mode state, dynamic state, and solutions that combine the two, so that the vast majority of network activity can achieve “hyperscaling” (hyperscale) without sacrificing decentralization, ease of node operation, or resistance to censorship. Vitalik Buterin said that future Ethereum scaling is not about simply copying a single architecture, but about combining different design philosophies to improve throughput while keeping the network open and secure. Among them, Utreexo is a state-compression scheme proposed by the Bitcoin ecosystem. By introducing accumulator technology, it reduces the storage burden on nodes, making running full nodes more lightweight, and is considered helpful for improving Bitcoin’s long-term scalability.
B.AI Announces Full Free Release of DeepSeek-V4-Flash on August 17
ChainCatcher message: only 1 day remains until DeepSeek-V4-Flash is fully and freely opened on the B.AI platform on August 17. At that time, the web app and API will launch simultaneously, allowing users to enjoy all-scenario experiences for free, including code execution, complex agent tasks, and long-text processing. To help developers use DeepSeek without fear of costs, B.AI has simultaneously launched three sets of perks: new users who log in via Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, or imToken wallets can claim 1,000,000 free Credits; entering an invitation code can add another 300,000, for a total of up to 1,300,000; both new and existing users who top up can receive additional Bonus Credits of up to $100.
Tom Lee: OpenAI and Robinhood’s success comes from founders’ vision, not reliance on AI tools
ChainCatcher message: In an interview, Bitmine chairman Tom Lee said that in the age of AI, entrepreneurs’ vision and judgment are more important than ever. What truly drives company growth is not asking AI questions, but the ability to create a direction for the future. The reason OpenAI could exist is inseparable from Sam Altman’s vision. The same is true for Anthropic and AI-related companies backed by Elon Musk. The core value of these founders lies in proposing long-term strategy and direction, rather than simply asking their own AI model what to do next.
ChainCatcher message: According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $1,962, the cumulative liquidation intensity of short positions on major CEXs will reach $233 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $1,801, the cumulative liquidation intensity of long positions on major CEXs will also reach $233 million.
DeFiLlama Founder: Due to Phishing Apps on the App Store, Mobile Launch Delayed
ChainCatcher message, according to Cointelegraph: DeFiLlama founder 0xngmi said that, due to the long-standing presence of phishing apps impersonating DeFiLlama on the Apple App Store, the team had previously postponed the release of its official mobile application. The team will release the official mobile app only after all counterfeit apps have been removed, in order to reduce the risk of users falling victim to scams. Yesterday, DeFiLlama founder 0xngmi said, “For months, we have been trying to get the Apple app store to take down a fake app impersonating DeFiLlama, and we have continued to report it to Apple for trademark infringement and impersonating the official app.”
ChainCatcher message: Next week, China’s July economic data will be released, including retail sales of consumer goods and industrial value-added. The Federal Reserve will publish minutes from its monetary policy meeting, and the market is focused on its guidance for future policy. In addition, Bessent has previewed “unprecedented” economic pressure to be imposed on Iran. Several companies such as Alibaba, Baidu, and others will release their earnings reports.
ChainCatcher message: According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, liquidations across the entire network totaled $36.4778 million. Long positions were liquidated by $23.1949 million, and short positions by $13.2829 million. Of this, Bitcoin long liquidations were $0.3883 million, Bitcoin short liquidations were $0.4392 million, Ethereum long liquidations were $0.5764 million, and Ethereum short liquidations were $0.4071 million.
In addition, in the past 24 hours, a total of 46,773 people worldwide were liquidated. The largest single liquidation order occurred on Binance - BTCUSDT, worth $0.2522 million.