Odaily News: Stanley Druckenmiller and Cathie Wood both increased their holdings in Amazon and Alphabet during the second quarter of 2026. Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office increased its Amazon position by a substantial 1,083%, to 541,600 shares, valued at approximately $129 million; meanwhile, it established a new Alphabet position of 336,300 shares, valued at approximately $120 million.

Cathie Wood's ARK increased its Amazon holdings by 18% over the same period, to approximately 1.59 million shares, valued at around $379 million; Alphabet holdings rose by 45%, to approximately 1.04 million shares, valued at around $369 million.

The above data comes from Q2-end 13F filings and does not reflect the two firms' current positions. (TheStreet)

Odaily News: As AI trading sentiment cools and South Korean regulators take measures to curb related investment demand, leveraged ETFs tied to the country's chipmakers have seen nearly $1 billion in outflows this month.

So far, Samsung Electronics-linked leveraged products have seen approximately $381 million in outflows in August, while SK Hynix-linked products have seen about $601 million. If this trend continues, it would mark the first monthly net outflow since these products were launched at the end of May. (Bloomberg)

Odaily News CryptoQuant analyst Moreno stated in a report that whales that recently accumulated positions have taken large-scale profit-taking during BTC's latest rebound, realizing over $1.2 billion in profits within three days — marking the largest profit-taking event on record for this group.

Additionally, he noted that if BTC can hold above the whale cost basis of approximately $70,000, while the realized profits of whales gradually return to normal levels, it would suggest that new market demand is effectively absorbing their profit-taking sell orders.

Odaily News, Strive CEO Matt Cole stated on the X platform that February 19 marked the bottom of the current bear market for ASST. Despite the extremely pessimistic market sentiment toward the company at the time, his belief in Bitcoin and the company's long-term strategy remained unchanged. During that period, company executives and directors also purchased ASST shares with their own funds, and some directors resigned from the board to join the company full-time.

Strive stated that while ASST's stock price has surged significantly and market sentiment has clearly warmed, the company's focus remains unchanged. It believes the Bitcoin bull market is just beginning and has built a capital structure around Bitcoin that can amplify its performance, adding that it remains "All-In."

Odaily News - Asset manager Franklin Templeton plans to incorporate its tokenized money market fund, the Franklin Onchain U.S. Government Money Fund (BENJI), as holdings or collateral within exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds, involving approximately $2.6 billion in assets. The initiative could launch as early as the fourth quarter.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted no-action relief for this structure, allowing Franklin Templeton's funds to use BENJI for cash management and collateral purposes, though it still requires approval from each fund's board of directors. The company currently manages over 130 ETFs and approximately $82 billion in ETF assets, alongside roughly $790 billion in mutual fund assets.

Franklin Templeton has already distributed the tokenized fund through digital wallets and plans to launch additional tokenized products for cash or collateral management across its broader fund lineup. The tokenized asset market currently exceeds $38 billion in size. (Bitcoin.com News)

Odaily Planet Daily News According to Gate data, South Korea's KOSPI index closed up 45.77 points, or 0.68%, at 6,742.73 points on Tuesday, August 25. Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed up 328.34 points, or 0.50%, at 65,856.43 points on Tuesday, August 25.

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Odaily News: Las Vegas businessman Brent Kovar has been convicted by a jury for his involvement in a $24 million crypto Ponzi scheme and faces up to 280 years in prison. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that Kovar used investor funds to operate Profit Connect and repaid old investors with new funds under the guise of mining profits.

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, after "Set 10 Big Goals First" made his "comeback" this time, the three trades combined are in a losing state, but it is only a retracement of profits (previously disclosed total profits were around $70 million). Among them, his long position gained $20 million; his first BTC short position lost approximately $6.283 million; the first half of the second BTC short position has confirmed losses of approximately $10.158 million, while the loss amount for the second half is unknown and estimated to be around $9 million.

Odaily News: SKHX rebounded this afternoon, rising approximately 4.6% within two hours. Previously, the storage smart money address (0xc8b) was still holding no position, and had pre-placed 100 buy orders in the $1,030 to $1,060 range, planning to deploy approximately $20.9 million waiting for a pullback. After SKHX began to rebound, the address canceled the low-level orders and directly purchased 35,600 SKHX after 11:00 AM, with an actual transaction amount of approximately $41.646 million and an average execution price of approximately $1,168.2. As of press time, the address holds approximately $43.014 million in SKHX long positions with 3x leverage on a full-position basis, with unrealized gains of approximately $1.368 million, a return rate of 9.9%, and a liquidation price of $636.7. It currently retains two add-on orders in the $1,162.6 to $1,170 range, planning to buy another $2.074 million. Yesterday, the address closed out 26,600 SKHX long positions at an average price of approximately $1,210.9, profiting approximately $1.952 million. This round of position size has expanded by approximately 34%.

Odaily News, L1 blockchain Decred stated that between August 16 and 17, its mainnet inflation vulnerability was exploited, resulting in the generation of approximately 2,077.97 DCR. This vulnerability has existed in the consensus code since the mainnet launch in February 2016, stemming from improper handling of edge cases when the regular transaction tree interacts with the stake transaction tree, allowing for double-spending of inputs. The vulnerability was submitted via a bounty program on August 12, but was exploited before a fix could be implemented. Decred has decided not to roll back to minimize the impact on users. The approximately 2,000 DCR minted through this exploit do not affect the 21 million hard cap and are far lower than historical shortfalls in subsidies due to missed votes and other causes, which exceed 215,000 DCR. Currently, the team has developed an additional double-spend monitoring service and plans to improve the emergency upgrade signaling mechanism.

Odaily News: The whale known as "Setting 10 Big Goals First" posted on X to update the progress of its previous BTC short position. The whale stated that it had established a short position when BTC was in the $74,000-$76,000 range. When the price rapidly surged to around $79,500, it reduced most of the position. Although some short positions were re-established near $78,000 afterward, the early moves had already resulted in realized losses of approximately $10 million.

The whale stated that despite BTC briefly falling back to around $76,000 over the weekend, reducing the position at that time still aligned with its trading discipline. As for the remaining position, the original plan was to set a hard stop-loss near $80,400. However, considering that if BTC's daily chart were to reclaim the $78,000-$78,500 level after the US stock market opens, it would close the position early and accept the loss. The whale claimed that even if this trade ultimately results in a loss, it is acceptable, as it does not want to miss out on a potential trend move from $80,000 to $100,000 in the future because of chasing back a single loss.

In its latest reply, the whale confirmed that it has closed the remaining BTC short position and stated, "This trade is completely over."

Odaily News: The U.S. Department of the Treasury has expanded its sanctions framework against Iran to include the digital asset sector, stating that related crypto payments exceeding $100 million have been used to facilitate Iranian crude oil sales. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has also imposed sanctions on nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels involved in nuclear, missile, cyber, and crude oil networks.

This digital asset-related sanctions designation allows OFAC to sanction foreign individuals and companies operating in Iran's digital asset sector or providing support services to related fields. The U.S. Treasury stated that Iran is increasingly using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions, including processing transactions linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and government insiders.

The U.S. Treasury stated that Ivan Obukhov, a Ukrainian national based in the UAE, has processed over $100 million in crypto payments since 2023 to facilitate crude oil sales on behalf of the IRGC's Quds Force. OFAC has added Ivan Obukhov and his UAE-based company, Foscom FZE, to the sanctions list. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily Planet Daily News Stablecoin issuer Tether entered Uruguay in May 2023, planning to carry out sustainable Bitcoin mining with a locally licensed company and invest in energy production. The project established two mining sites in the Florida province, with an estimated investment of $60 million each, totaling approximately $120 million.

Uruguay's state-owned power company, UTE, and Tether disagreed over the capacity of the power supply contract. Tether's Uruguayan entity, Microfin, stopped paying electricity bills in May 2025 and notified UTE of its intention to terminate the contract in June. On July 25, UTE cut off power to the mining sites. Microfin owed nearly $5 million, with monthly electricity costs of around $2 million.

Tether notified Uruguay's labor authorities on November 25, 2025, of its decision to cease operations, eliminating 30 of the 38 local jobs. UTE stated that Microfin had settled its outstanding debt by December. In 2025, 98% of Uruguay's electricity generation came from renewable sources. (Bitcoin.com News)

1. Tom Lee: Bitmine's ten-year vision is to bet on Ethereum becoming the dominant public chain for tokenization and AI applications;

2. Upbit operator Dunamu responds to Nasdaq listing: Confirms contact with the US SEC and CFTC, plans to establish an IPO committee;

3. EntropyIO completes $14 million funding round, led by Ribbit Capital;

4. Morgan Stanley increases its BTC holdings by approximately 100 coins again, with total holdings surpassing 7,000 coins for the first time;

5. Account balance grows nearly 200-fold, Machi Big Brother opens $113 million long positions in BTC and ETH;

6. BTC breaks stop-loss price, two short positions under "First set 10 big goals" expected to incur floating losses of $9.86 million;

7. CASHCAT hits all-time high, a whale invests $1.49 million to buy 13.64 million tokens, yet unrealized profit stands at $1.3 million;

8. Hedge funds significantly reduced US stock holdings last week, ending three consecutive weeks of net buying.