The9 Limited, the mainland Chinese operator of World of Warcraft, has launched the Web3 game platform the9bit through its Hong Kong subsidiary.

On August 2nd, according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), with the continuous decline of the market, the "insider trader" @qwatio's BTCD double short position is now showing a profit of $5.859 million.

On August 2nd, as monitored by on-chain data analyst Yu Jin, the "ETH Version MicroStrategy" stock SharpLink (SBET) transferred 53 million USDC to the Galaxy Digital address within the past 7 hours. Then, 2 hours ago, it received 14,933 ETH with a purchase price of approximately $3,550. After receiving the ETH, it transferred another 55.56 million USDC to Galaxy Digital to continue purchasing ETH. The total expenditure was $108 million. Since early June, SharpLink Gaming has been operating in a micro-strategy mode to accumulate ETH. As of today, it has accumulated 464,000 ETH, which is now worth $1.62 billion. The comprehensive average purchase price is about $3,029, and the current unrealized gain is $214 million.

On August 2nd, according to the monitoring of on-chain data analyst Yu Jin, the [Four-Battle ETH 75% Win Rate Whale] continued to increase their short position by 20,000 ETH three hours ago. Currently, their short position has a floating profit of 7.5 million. It is reported that this address shorted 20,000 ETH at a price of $3,843 on July 28th. Early this morning, they added to their short position by shorting another 20,000 ETH at a price of $3,535. Currently, their position details are as follows: They have 15 times short positions of 40,000 ETH. The position value is $140 million. The opening price is $3,689 and the liquidation price is $3,717.

On August 2nd, based on the data from rockflow, the U.S. stock market closed significantly lower on Friday. The three major indices experienced a sharp decline. The Dow fell by 1.23%, the S&P 500 dropped by 1.6%, and the Nasdaq fell by 2.24%. Cryptocurrency-related stocks generally showed a downward trend, including: Coinbase (COIN) decreased by 16.70% with a trading volume of $10.53 billion. Circle (CRCL) fell by 8.40% and had a trading volume of $2.26 billion. MicroStrategy (MSTR) declined by 8.77% with a trading volume of $8.197 billion. Galaxy Digital (GLXY) fell by 5.40% and had a trading volume of $2.57 billion. MARA Holdings (MARA) decreased by 3.61% with a trading volume of $673 million. Riot Blockchain (RIOT) fell by 17.75% with a trading volume of $568 million. BTCS (BTCS) dropped by 11.16% with a trading volume of $21.335 million. Bit Digital (BTBT) fell by 6.53% with a trading volume of $55.934 million. SharpLink Gaming (SBET) fell by 8.88% with a trading volume of $5.20 bi

On August 2nd, President Trump said in an interview with Newsmax that he would "have no hesitation in firing Federal Reserve Chairman Powell." At the same time, he mentioned that "firing Powell would disrupt the market." He criticized that "the Fed's interest rate is too high" and also stated that Powell is "very likely" to continue to serve as the chairman. (FXStreet)