Coinbase increased its Bitcoin holdings by 819 BTC in Q2, bringing its total BTC position to 17,311.

Per Onchain Lens monitoring, a Bitcoin whale sent 500 BTC to a newly created wallet, and roughly 23 minutes later, transferred all 500 BTC to Binance.

According to Bitget market data, the Japanese yen is suspected of facing a second round of intervention, leading to its strengthening. The USD/JPY pair has plunged roughly 150 pips, EUR/JPY around 130 pips, GBP/JPY around 200 pips, and CAD/JPY and AUD/JPY around 100 pips.

Masahiko Loo of State Street Investment Management said the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may bring forward its next interest rate hike to September or October, instead of the six-month interval many had anticipated. The strategist forecasts the BOJ will gradually move toward a terminal rate of 1.5% to 1.75%. During Friday’s press conference, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda voiced deep concern over the risk of inflation overshooting, stating this risk cannot be overlooked. Ueda remarked: “If we deem financial conditions too loose, accelerating interest rate hikes is entirely possible.”

Michael Burry, the real-life prototype of *The Big Short*, disclosed his latest portfolio adjustments via his Substack account today, noting that he has further increased his short position in Micron Technology (MU) with an average entry price of approximately $880. He also continued to raise his short exposure to NVIDIA (NVDA) and added to his short position in the semiconductor ETF SOXX at an average price of around $506. Meanwhile, Burry increased his long positions in several individual stocks: he added to Lululemon (LULU) at an average price of roughly $118, DraftKings (DKNG) at about $23.40, and Zoetis (ZTS) at around $76; he also further upped his holdings in Flutter (FLUT). Notably, Burry made no adjustments to his existing positions in Tesla (TSLA) and Palantir (PLTR), keeping his original holdings unchanged.

According to Bitget market data, the USD/JPY pair saw a sharp short-term plunge, with an intraday drop of 0.5% to 158.63.

According to Bitget market data, Hong Kong stocks closed with the Hang Seng Index up 0.1% and the Tech Index rising 0.53%. Nanfang’s 2x Long SK Hynix surged over 67.5%, Nanfang’s 2x Long Samsung Electronics gained more than 48%, Zhipu rose over 14.5%, and MiniMax increased by more than 13%.