A certain clever investor increased their leverage to 40x on a Bitcoin short position, with an average entry price of $117,000.

On July 12th, according to the data of @btcNLNico, the entities implementing the Bitcoin treasury strategy this week purchased a total of 4,700 BTC collectively. Among them, 6 new entities adopted the Bitcoin treasury strategy and bought 491.2 BTC. In addition, 10 companies announced their future plans to implement treasury strategies, with ReserveOne holding up to $1.05 billion in funds. Furthermore, 29 companies increased their holdings by 4,209 BTC.

On July 12th, U.S. President Trump declared that a 30% tariff will be levied on EU goods commencing from August 1st. Additionally, Trump also announced a 30% tariff on Mexico. (FXStreet)

On July 12th, based on the relevant page, it is suspected that James Wynn has deactivated their X account.

On July 12th, "Fed's Whisperer" Nick Timiraos stated that it is not anticipated that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates during its meeting later this month. Nevertheless, Powell has hinted that a rate cut may be feasible later this year if inflation progresses favorably or the labor market weakens. Trump aspires to reduce the debt-servicing costs of the federal deficit, and his tax cuts have the potential to widen the federal deficit. However, except in extreme situations such as war, central banks in developed economies would resist such pressure. They hold the view that maintaining stable inflation is of great significance in preserving people's confidence in the national currency.

On July 12th, as per the data from DefiLlama, the present total market value of stablecoins across all networks is stated to be $257.51 billion, showing a 1.06% increase over the past 7 days. USDT holds a market share of 62.13%, which has witnessed a consecutive two-week decline. In the past week, the circulating supply of USDC has increased by 2.12% and currently stands at $63.117 billion.

On July 12th, according to Ashes Monitor, the "Insider Trader" @qwatio has just redeemed 10 million USDC from Maker and then transferred it to Hyperliquid to continue shorting. Currently, a short position with a value of 232 million US dollars has been opened: Short 1273 BTC with a 40x leverage, worth 150 million US dollars, with an entry price of $117,828 and a liquidation price of $122,789; Short 27,700 ETH with a 25x leverage, worth 82.42 million US dollars, with an entry price of $2,966 and a liquidation price of $3,196.