Zilliqa: A partner centralized exchange (CEX) has suffered a cold wallet security incident, resulting in the theft of some ZIL tokens.

BitMine added 7,391 Ethereum to its holdings last week. As of August 9, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,805,238 coins, accounting for approximately 4.8% of Ethereum’s total supply. Currently, BitMine’s total assets including cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investments are valued at around $11.6 billion, which includes $104 million in cash and securities, 209 Bitcoin, $180 million in equity assets of Beast Industries, and a $69 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). Additionally, the number of Ethereum it has staked has increased to 5,067,309 coins (representing 87% of its total holdings), valued at roughly $9.8 billion, with an annualized staking yield of approximately $257 million. During the same period, the company repurchased 3 million common shares, bringing its total repurchases since July 1 to 19.1 million shares.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, the Ethereum Foundation transferred 566.27 ETH from its Grants wallet to an untagged address, worth roughly $1.09 million. Separately, an address linked to the Ethereum Foundation moved 2.62 ETH (valued at ~$5,000) to another address—one that had previously sent funds to South Korean crypto exchange Upbit. Blockchain data shows the transfer originated from the Ethereum Foundation’s Grants wallet (0x9eE...313D). The identity of the anonymous address receiving the $1.09 million in ETH has not been confirmed, and the foundation has not publicly disclosed the funds’ purpose. The crypto community speculates the transfer may be tied to ecosystem grants, developer support, or other foundation activities, though the exact use remains unconfirmed.

The Token Spending Price Index has dropped to 1.1635, continuing its downward trajectory since hitting a peak of 2.0651 on May 28 at the end of May, with a cumulative decline of 43.7% over two months. The index has now fallen below the 1.2446 level recorded at the end of 2025, marking an official year-to-date low, signaling that AI computing power pricing has returned to the starting point of this expansion cycle. Note: Token sales are a critical revenue source for the AI industry today, and their price serves as one of the key indicators measuring the current supply-demand balance of computing power. If Token prices stay elevated, cloud service providers will have the incentive to acquire more GPUs, DRAM memory, and expand data centers; conversely, AI enterprises may face "consumption downgrades", a potential leading indicator of the end of this hardware boom cycle. The Token price data is sourced from top global AI models including OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.

Michael Saylor's @Strategy sold another 1,690 $BTC($108.6M) last week! Over the past 6 weeks, #Strategy has sold a total of 6,916 $BTC ($429.35M).

Strategy disclosed that it recently added $650 million to its U.S. dollar reserves and repurchased $109 million worth of STRC preferred shares. According to the company’s data, as of August 9, 2026, Strategy holds 840,447 Bitcoin in reserves, with its U.S. dollar reserves totaling $4.65 billion. This operation extended the duration of Strategy’s U.S. dollar reserves by 143 days, bringing it to approximately 2.7 years, while narrowing STRC’s credit spread by 10 basis points. As of press time, STRC rose 0.49% in pre-market trading on U.S. stocks.

According to Japan’s Kyodo News, multiple Japanese government officials revealed on the 10th that the Japanese and U.S. governments conducted an unusual joint yen-buying intervention on July 31 (U.S. Eastern Time), marking the first such action in 28 years. The decisive factor was Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda’s strong hint at a July 31 press conference that he would raise policy rates as early as September and beyond. Ueda explicitly stated he would “accelerate the pace of interest rate hikes” if necessary. The U.S. side gave a positive assessment, with both sides aligned on preventing excessive yen depreciation. The U.S. is concerned that Japan’s delayed rate hikes have caused excessive yen depreciation, which has in turn spurred further price increases and rising long-term interest rates, potentially spilling over to global financial markets. A senior Japanese government official disclosed: “Governor Ueda’s remarks were highly persuasive to the U.S. side. At the same time, this means the BOJ has no choice but to raise interest rates at its next policy meeting (scheduled for September 17-18).”