According to Metaplanet President Simon Gerovich, the company purchased 775 BTC at an average price of $120,006, valued at approximately $93 million. As of August 18, 2025, Metaplanet holds a total of 18,888 BTC, with a total value of approximately $1.94 billion and an average cost of $102,653. This represents a 480.2% return on BTC this year.

According to OnchainLens, a whale recently withdrew another 211,346 LINK from Binance, worth approximately $5.3 million. The total amount of LINK withdrawn over the past three days has reached 932,640, worth approximately $23.55 million.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, WhaleWire founder Jacob King stated that the current high leverage ratio in the crypto market poses an inevitable risk of a crash. He noted that despite Bitcoin's mere 1% drop, liquidations exceeded $360 million in the past 24 hours, with over $100 million liquidated in the past 60 minutes. This phenomenon highlights the systemic risks that excessive leverage can pose when the market approaches historical highs.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Solana founder Toly stated in a post that every crypto asset has some overlapping characteristics, and that PoS networks are generally immune to 51% attacks, so there's no such thing as "uniqueness." He pointed out that a common market misconception is to associate "special assets" with "real returns," believing this to be more valuable, but this logic is irrational.

According to crypto analyst Aiyi @ai_9684xtpa, Huang Licheng, known as "Big Brother Maji," has suffered a floating loss of approximately $6.036 million on his 25x leveraged long positions due to ETH's brief drop below $4,400. Meanwhile, his BTC and HYPE positions have suffered a combined floating loss of approximately $295,000, leaving only his long PUMP positions in a profit.

According to Odaily's OKX market data, BTC has fallen below 116,000 USDT, currently trading at 115,980 USDT, a 24-hour drop of 1.27%. (This newsletter was generated with AI assistance.)