The New York Times: Approximately one million investors lost a combined $3.81 billion investing in Trump-themed tokens.
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One hour before Trump's statement, a short position of 21 million (long oil, short Nasdaq) saw significant profits after investors added to their short positions.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8th, Hyperinsight monitoring showed that an address starting with 0xec4 had already established a long position in Brent crude oil with 20x leverage two days prior. Then, approximately one hour before Trump's Middle East statements triggered a market surge, a short position in the Nasdaq 100 was significantly increased with 30x leverage. Subsequently, oil prices jumped, and risk assets came under pressure, leading to profit-taking on both sides. As of press time, the two highly leveraged positions at this address had a combined unrealized profit of approximately $510,000. The return on the Brent crude oil long position reached 189%, and the return on the Nasdaq 100 short position reached 37%. The entry times were as follows: July 6th afternoon: Brent crude oil long position established with 20x leverage; July 7th evening: Nasdaq 100 mapped contract (XYZ100) opened with a base position of approximately 200 contracts with 30x leverage; This afternoon (approximately 1 hour before the statement): Significantly increased short positions, pushing the XYZ100 short position to 600 contracts, valued at approximately $17.304 million, completing the setup just before the news was released. On the news front, Trump's latest statement indicated that the temporary ceasefire arrangements between the US and Iran may have ended, and the market re-priced in Middle East geopolitical risk premiums. Reports indicate that crude oil futures jumped approximately 5% after the statement. Current core positions: Brent crude oil (BRENTOIL) long positions: 50,000 contracts, approximately $3.915 million, average price $71.8645, liquidation price $37.26, unrealized profit approximately $322,000; Nasdaq 100 mapped contract (XYZ100) short positions: 600 contracts, approximately $17.304 million, average price $29,108.44, liquidation price $32,119.96, unrealized profit approximately $161,000.
RootData: DBR will unlock approximately $10.63 million worth of tokens in one week.
According to ChainCatcher, based on token unlocking data from Web3 asset data platform RootData, deBridge (DBR) will unlock approximately 668.33 million tokens, worth approximately $10.63 million, at 00:00 Beijing time on July 15th.
On the day the lock-up period for Zhipu's cornerstone investors expired, nearly 70% of them expressed their intention to hold the shares long-term.
According to a report by the Securities Times on July 7th, as the lock-up period for cornerstone investors in Hong Kong-listed Zhipu approaches, several institutional investors have expressed their long-term optimism and commitment to continue holding the shares. JSC International Investment Fund SPC stated that based on its long-term positive outlook on the company's future development, it is willing to continue holding its shares. According to public information, the core state-owned investors behind its managed funds include the Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, Beijing Jingneng Green Energy M&A Investment Fund, Beijing Information Industry Development Investment Fund, and Beijing Zhongguancun Science City Phase III Technology Growth Equity Investment Partnership. Professional market-oriented investment institutions WT Asset Management and Optimas Capital Limited, as well as Zhipu's early shareholder and cornerstone investor Lingyun Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd., have also successively stated that they will continue to hold the company's shares, and will proceed in an orderly manner should any future reduction plans arise. The institutions that have simultaneously expressed their support hold nearly 70% of the cornerstone shares to be released from lock-up, encompassing national-level strategic capital, local government industrial guidance funds, large state-owned enterprise industrial funds, and market-oriented professional investment institutions.
Justin Sun has staked $430 million in Ethereum on Lido, yielding an annualized return of approximately $9.5 million.
According to Odaily Lens monitoring, Justin Sun Sun has been continuously staking ETH through Lido Finance. 23 hours ago, Justin Sun staked another 13,000 ETH, worth approximately $23.08 million, bringing his total staked ETH on Lido to 247,436 stETH, currently valued at approximately $430.2 million. Data shows that since February 2023, this staking position has generated a total of 11,307 stETH staking profits, worth approximately $26.82 million. Based on the current profit level, Justin Sun position has an annualized return of approximately $9.5 million.
FalconX withdrew 73,900 HYPE tokens from Gate in the past 7 minutes, equivalent to approximately $5.03 million.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8th, Onchain Lens monitoring showed that FalconX withdrew 73,900 HYPE tokens from Gate in the past 7 minutes, worth approximately $5.03 million.
Circle minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana chain, bringing its total minting this year to approximately 66.76 billion.
PANews reported on July 8th that, according to Onchain Lens, stablecoin issuer Circle has just minted an additional $250 million worth of USDC on the Solana blockchain. Data shows that Circle has minted approximately $66.76 billion worth of USDC on Solana so far this year.