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A former BNB Chain employee unauthorizedly issued the ASTEROID token, then used four newly created wallets to spend $10,000 buying 796.7 million ASTEROID, or 79.67% of the total supply, Lookonchain reported. The former employee later sold 718.8 million ASTEROID for 1,103 BNB, or about $638,000, generating an estimated profit of about $628,000.

Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy (MSTR), said on X that as of Bitcoin block height 960,561, BIP-110 signaling appeared in just 24 of 946 blocks, or 2.54%, and all of those signals came from DATUM miners in Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN. Saylor said reaching the 55% threshold for voluntary approval had become mathematically impossible during the period and argued this did not represent miner consensus. He added that OCEAN had enabled BIP-110 signaling by default on its legacy endpoint and said BIP-110 was effectively functioning like a vertically integrated marketing campaign for Bitcoin Knots and DATUM. Saylor also said BIP-110 software rejected all non-signaling blocks in the 961,632-961,647 block range, meaning the 100% signaling rate during that span was the result of rule enforcement rather than voluntary support.

Uniswap v4 accounted for about half of quarterly decentralized exchange trading volume around 18 months after launch, Sentora said.

River, a Bitcoin financial services firm, saw inflows of 3,679 BTC in a single day last Friday, Bitcoin News reported. The outlet said the move reflected users shifting funds in the wake of a vulnerability affecting Coldcard hardware wallets as they sought safer custody options.

Crypto analyst Darkfost said about $2.2 billion in stablecoins saw net outflows from Binance in July, bringing cumulative net outflows since the start of the year to $7 billion. Darkfost added that persistent stablecoin outflows suggest investors are pulling funds out of the market rather than reinvesting them, reflecting risk-off sentiment rather than transfers between exchanges. While BTC has remained resilient above $60,000, Darkfost said a recovery in stablecoin demand is needed for a broader market rebound.

A vulnerability in an unverified contract was exploited to steal about 16.6 WETH, blockchain security firm SlowMist said. According to SlowMist, the contract lacked access controls and target data validation, allowing the attacker to exploit an existing ERC-20 token approval and bypass the owner verification process.

BNB Chain said it is pursuing legal action over an unauthorized token issuance by a former employee. In a post on X, BNB Chain said the employee had created a wallet address and token while producing a video tutorial in the past, then accessed the wallet’s seed phrase without authorization after leaving the company to generate a new private key. The address was later used to issue a new memecoin, according to BNB Chain. BNB Chain added the token was neither created, approved, promoted, nor supported by the company and has no affiliation with it. The company said it is working with relevant authorities on the legal response.

Bitcoin has entered a bottoming phase, prominent Bitcoin analyst PlanB said on X. PlanB said BTC closed July at $62,818, while its 200-week moving average stood at around $63,000. PlanB added BTC appears to have begun a bottoming process, which typically takes one to three months, and said the price could decline further during that period.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao warned that no security measure is 100% safe in connection with the recent $70 million Coldcard hardware wallet hack, according to CoinDesk. Zhao said hardware wallets can also have bugs and recommended spreading assets across multiple wallets, while noting that diversification brings other risks and users should stay informed and manage assets safely.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes sold 6.16 million SYN worth $658,000 and bought 3.05 million ENA worth $248,000, according to Lookonchain.

DeFi Kingdoms’ Avalanche-based DFK Chain for JEWEL will officially shut down on Aug. 28, while the broader DeFi Kingdoms project will continue. DeFi Kingdoms said its top priority is to safely migrate user assets to the Avalanche C-Chain. The project also plans to release an SDK to support third-party developers building on DeFi Kingdoms’ systems, mechanics, and assets. It added that more details on the asset migration will be disclosed in the coming weeks.

Bitcoin could see sharp price swings as sell-side supply has rapidly built up in the $62,000-$63,000 range, crypto analyst Murphy said on X. Murphy said the on-chain supply metric URPD shows a massive concentration at $63,000, with 890,000 BTC accumulated at that price level so far. Murphy added that such intense buying and selling around a single price band has not been seen since late 2025. Murphy said holdings in the $63,000 range would likely have already exceeded 1 million BTC if Coinbase had not locked up 550,000 BTC in the $83,000-$84,000 range. Murphy noted that 1 million BTC would equal 5% of circulating supply, and historically, when holdings at a single price level surpassed that scale, the market saw major volatility. Murphy said excessive concentration in short-term holdings sharply increases price sensitivity. Murphy pointed to late October 2022, just before the FTX collapse, when 1 million BTC had already accumulated around $19,000 and 870,000 BTC around $18,000. Combined, those two price bands accounted for 9.7% of circulating supply, Murphy said. Murphy added that a single event then acted as a trigger and, combined with a fragile holding structure, led to large-scale volatility. Murphy said the combined share of holdings in the current $62,000 and $63,000 ranges has already reached 8%.

BTC perp long/short ratios on top exchanges by open interest The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 49.72% long, 50.28% short - Binance: 48.86% long, 51.14% short - OKX: 48.73% long, 51.27% short - Bybit: 49.29% long, 50.71% short

24-hour crypto futures liquidations The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $94.36 million liquidated (95.41% longs) - ETH: $49.31 million liquidated (89.47% longs) - HYPE: $6.29 million liquidated (98.29% longs)

The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has remained in negative territory for 75 straight days since May 19, according to CoinGlass, with the latest reading at -0.0973%. Earlier this year, the index posted a 40-day negative streak from Jan. 16 to Feb. 24, setting what was then the longest run since the index was introduced. That surpassed the roughly 30-day negative stretch seen during the sharp market drop on Oct. 11 last year. Historical data shows extended negative premiums have often coincided with outflows from U.S. institutional investors.

Bitcoin sentiment has deteriorated sharply across major social platforms including X, Reddit and Telegram, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment. Santiment said a Coldcard firmware vulnerability had severely worsened market sentiment by undermining confidence in self-custody. The firm explained that while past shocks such as the collapses of FTX and Mt. Gox and the COVID-19 pandemic were larger market events, this incident heightened anxiety among retail investors because it raised questions about the security of cold wallets themselves rather than exchanges. Santiment added that positive Bitcoin commentary currently stands at 0.58 comments for every one negative comment, a reading it said reflects stronger fear than during this year’s period of heightened geopolitical tensions and past major negative events.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes sold part of his ETH holdings at a realized loss of about $241,000, according to Lookonchain. Over the past six hours, Hayes sold 2,364.38 ETH through Cumberland and Galaxy Digital at an average price of $1,821 per ETH, below his previous average purchase price of about $1,923, for a loss of roughly 5.3%. Hayes had earlier bought 7,213 ETH worth about $13.87 million, and the latest sale was confirmed as a partial disposal of that position.

XRP Ledger plans to reintroduce five new features in software version 'xrpld 3.3.0,' which is scheduled for release next week, CoinDesk reported. Some of the features were previously withdrawn over a critical security flaw, but they have been improved and are now back under review. Jaazi Cooper, head of product at RippleX, said the release will include five amendments: confidential MPT, batch, permission delegation, fee sponsorship and reserves, and dynamic MPT. Cooper added, "XRPL has already proven it can handle asset tokenization at scale. Going forward, the focus will be on expanding real-world use cases such as global remittances, trading, collateral use, and payments."

Nasdaq-listed TRON said it bought an additional 152,136 TRX, bringing its total TRX holdings to more than 700.78 million. The company added that it plans to continue increasing its TRX holdings.

SushiSwap announced the launch of Sushi Launch, a platform on Robinhood Chain that lets users create and deploy tokens paired for trading with real-world asset tokens. Users can create and issue tokens linked to tokenized real-world assets such as stock tokens, and a Sushi V3-based liquidity pool is opened automatically once a token goes live.

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner Bitdeer (BTDR) said on its official X account that it mined 271.3 BTC this week and sold the entire amount. The company has maintained a zero-BTC treasury strategy since February, under which it has sold all BTC it mined. Bitdeer reduced its Bitcoin holdings to zero as of Feb. 20 and has since immediately converted newly mined BTC into cash.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded about $9 million in net inflows on July 31, according to Farside Investors, marking a second straight trading day of net inflows. - BlackRock Staking ETHB: +$15.4 million - Fidelity FETH: -$1.9 million - Bitwise ETHW: -$2.5 million - Grayscale Mini ETH: -$2.0 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of about $265.4 million on July 31, according to Farside Investors, reversing after two straight trading days of net inflows. - BlackRock IBIT: -$122.7 million - Fidelity FBTC: -$54.8 million - Bitwise BITB: -$17.8 million - ARK Invest ARKB: -$17.5 million - Grayscale GBTC: -$52.6 million

Crypto-related hacking incidents caused $210.3 million in losses across 30 cases in July, up 177% from June’s $75.87 million. Major hacking cases in July were as follows: - Coldcard Wallet: around $70 million lost in what was the third-largest incident this year after wallet security was compromised - AFX: around $24 million lost in an attack exploiting a vulnerability in the Arbitrum-based protocol - Ostium: around $24 million lost in an exploit targeting the decentralized derivatives platform - Bonk: around $21.2 million lost in a hack involving a memecoin-related system - Wanchain Bridge: around $13 million lost in a cross-chain bridge attack - TripleA: around $10 million lost after its payment gateway system was compromised - Bonzo Land: around $9.05 million lost in an attack exploiting a lending protocol vulnerability - Verus Coin: around $7.5 million lost in a hack targeting its Ethereum-connected bridge - WEMIX, Wemade’s in-game cryptocurrency: around $6.25 million lost in asset theft from its blockchain ecosystem - Summer.fi: around $6 million lost in an exploit targeting the DeFi platform

Two newly created wallets accumulated a combined 18,914.13 ETH worth about $35.2 million over the past 10 hours at an average price of $1,861, BlockBeats reported. The media outlet said FalconX-linked transactions appeared similar to moves by ETH treasury company Bitmine, but noted Bitmine had not previously bought holdings through Coinbase and suggested the activity may have come from another institutional trade.