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A Bitcoin address that had been dormant for nearly 15 years showed unusual activity, sparking a lawsuit in New York concerning the ownership of a "dormant Bitcoin".
According to BlockBeats, on July 6th, a Bitcoin address that had been dormant for nearly 15 years made its first transaction, transferring out 30 BTC, worth approximately $1.88 million at current prices. Galaxy Research's on-chain data shows that address "1KV47" had not made any transactions since receiving 30 BTC in August 2011, until last Saturday when it first transferred funds outwards. This address is one of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin addresses involved in a New York lawsuit. The plaintiff, "Noah Doe," and two Wyoming-registered companies are attempting to claim ownership of the Bitcoin in these long-inactive addresses under New York State lost property law. Sani, founder of the analytics platform Timechain Index, stated that these addresses collectively hold approximately 3.7 million BTC, worth about $234 billion, including addresses widely believed to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto. Alex Thorn, research director at Galaxy Digital, stated that dormant addresses associated with the lawsuit have seen a significant increase in activity recently. In June, 31 addresses transferred 17,527 BTC, compared to only 5 addresses transferring 4,834 BTC in February. However, the legal community generally considers the lawsuit's grounds weak. Last Friday, a defendant claiming to control one of the addresses, "John Doe 33," filed for dismissal, arguing that Bitcoin addresses are merely data strings and not entities that can be sued. Edwin Mata, CEO and lawyer at tokenization platform Brickken, stated that the mere fact that an address has been inactive for an extended period does not prove that assets have been abandoned. Under property law, establishing abandonment usually requires proof that the owner had a clear intention to relinquish their property rights. Dormant addresses may simply be due to long-term cold storage, lost private keys, or the holder choosing to hold the property long-term, thus insufficient to support the plaintiff's claims.
Bernstein: Maintains year-end target price of $150,000 for Bitcoin; current pullback is still weaker than historical cycles.
According to Mars Finance, on July 7th, despite a roughly 54% drop in Bitcoin's price from its October 2025 high of nearly $125,000, Bernstein maintained its year-end target price of $150,000. Bernstein believes that the current pullback is significantly less than the 75% to 90% declines commonly seen at the end of historical cycles, indicating a shift in market structure. In the current context of low market sentiment, Wall Street's clear target prices provide a price anchor, while historical retracement frameworks help traders assess risk. If this cycle follows historical trends, the market may still decline further, but institutional assessments of the subsequent recovery are still worth noting. The firm points out that the previous high of nearly $125,000 in October 2025 remains a significant resistance level; based on a historical 75% retracement, the corresponding price is approximately $31,000, which can be considered a key failure zone. Going forward, we will focus on whether the inflow of funds into Bitcoin spot ETFs and spot demand will rebound, as these are important signals for judging whether the market has entered a recovery phase.
In the first half of the year, Shanghai accounted for nearly 60% of the nation's brain-computer interface financing events.
According to Mars Finance, at a briefing on the "Vibrant China Research Tour" Shanghai leg held on the 6th, Luo Dajin, Director of the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, stated that Shanghai is strengthening its strategic agility and proactively planning for cutting-edge technologies and future industries. Currently, the number of key strategic frontier areas being tracked has increased to 20. The city boasts one-third of the nation's brain-computer interface companies, and its number of financing events and disclosed amounts in the first half of the year accounted for nearly 60% and 40% of the national total, respectively. It also houses half of the nation's neutral atom quantum computing system manufacturers, silicon photonics companies, and fourth-generation semiconductor companies. Four municipal-level future industry clusters and two future industry incubation zones have been established. (Cailian Press)
The protagonist of the "ByteDance stock trading 30 million" story recounts his experience: He discovered an opportunity in the AI storage sector due to rising hard drive prices and recommends investing in AI companies to hedge against the risk of being replaced by AI.
According to Mars Finance, on July 5th, Leto Bao, the protagonist of the "ByteDance stock trading 30 million yuan" story, concluded his review of his US stock investment experience on Binance Square. Some of his remarks are as follows: Around August of last year, his investment style shifted to value investing, with his main holdings allocated to indices, especially the Nasdaq 100, and a portion invested in companies he actively selected, such as Google. At that time, wanting to build a database and backtest his investment strategy using quantitative methods, he purchased two hard drives on Pinduoduo, subsequently discovering that hard drive prices were continuously rising. He stated that the rising hard drive prices became the first signal that drew his attention to the storage sector. At that time, reports already mentioned that AI was driving up memory prices, and hard drive prices were rising in tandem. The second signal came from his experience as a Data Engineer; ByteDance was also requiring its teams to shorten data lifecycles, i.e., reduce data storage time, for example, from two or three years to one year or six months, and delete redundant data, due to insufficient storage resources. Leto Bao stated that based on the rising hard drive prices, AI storage needs, and research report analysis, he initially bought some related stocks, but did not immediately invest heavily, because he had not yet seen concrete evidence at the time. He then discovered through 13F institutional holdings that institutions had been increasing their positions in related sectors for three consecutive quarters before he began to increase his own positions and has held them ever since. He stated that he currently still holds positions related to storage and has already achieved significant returns. Leto Bao noted that the CPI (Consumer Price Index) is also one of the key indicators closely watched by the Federal Reserve. A high CPI usually indicates significant inflationary pressure; a low CPI may reflect deflationary pressure. The Fed's long-term goal is to maintain inflation at around 2%, which represents a moderate inflationary environment, implying slow currency depreciation, while investment, consumption, and credit activities are relatively healthy. Non-farm payroll data also influences market judgment. There is a certain correlation between overheated employment and inflation, but the relationship between macroeconomic indicators is complex and not a simple linear deduction. The Federal Reserve is responsible for formulating economic policies related to interest rates and serving the operation of the US economy through policy adjustments. Leto Bao believes that CPI, non-farm payrolls, Fed policies, and earnings season should not be simply regarded as "noise" but all have certain reference value. He mentioned that he had previously ignored the interest rate hike environment when investing in Nvidia, leading to a significant drawdown in his account. Therefore, macroeconomic factors still need to be considered in investment decisions. Finally, Leto Bao advised that investments should begin as early as possible, and funds should be allocated to relevant assets as soon as possible. Many jobs and positions will be affected by AI in the future, so ordinary people who want to hedge against the risk of being replaced by AI can consider investing in AI-related companies. Leto Bao is a former employee of ByteDance, known as the "ByteDance Stock Investor." He reportedly made a substantial profit by investing in the AI storage sector in the US stock market, earning approximately 30 million RMB before resigning. The story began when he noticed an abnormal price increase when buying hard drives on Pinduoduo, which led him to research data storage needs and heavily invest in related stocks.
Ruwei Technology's stock price fell nearly 17% on its first day of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, closing at HK$18 per share.
Mars Finance reported on July 8th that Ruwei Technology's stock price fell nearly 17% on its first day of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, closing at HK$18 per share. (Science and Technology Treasure Broadcast)
In the past hour, nearly $6 million in SPCX contract liquidations occurred across the entire network, exceeding the figures for BTC and ETH during the same period.
According to Mars Finance, on July 7th, Coinglass data showed that nearly $6 million in SPCX futures contracts were liquidated across the entire network in the past hour, including $4.24 million in SPCX trading pairs and $1.6 million in XYZ:SPCX trading pairs. It's worth noting that while US tech stocks experienced a "Black Tuesday," the Bitcoin and crypto markets remained relatively stable, with only $4.86 million in BTC liquidations and $4.35 million in ETH liquidations during the same period.