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According to a report by Wall Street Journal on August 1st, Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness fund faced liquidity pressures during the July market crash, with details revealed behind the scenes. The report states that after the market cooled rapidly in mid-July, the decline in Situational Awareness's stock holdings triggered margin checks from banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, resulting in margin calls. Sources say that other hedge funds, aware of its positions, began shorting related stocks, creating a cycle of "price decline → margin calls → forced selling → further price reductions." In late July, Leopold continued negotiations with his team to maintain the fund's operations even while hosting his wedding in Carmel. On the evening of July 29th, he reached a preliminary agreement with a consortium led by Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital to sell approximately $3.5 billion worth of Anthropic shares. However, in the early hours of July 30th, before the US stock market opened, Leopold changed his decision, choosing to retain the private equity portfolio and instead sell publicly traded stocks. Citadel and Millennium then negotiated with the fund team, and Citadel ultimately acquired the majority of the fund's publicly traded stock portfolio at a discount of more than 10% below market value before the market opened on Thursday. This transaction helped Situational Awareness meet margin requirements and avoid a formal default. After the transaction, related AI and semiconductor stocks rebounded on Thursday, benefiting Citadel. Around July 31st, Situational Awareness disclosed to investors that the fund had suffered a net loss of approximately 67% in July, but was still up about 80% year-to-date. Leopold stated that he took "full responsibility" for the incident, that the fund had unleveraged its bank investments, and would continue to operate and invest in the public markets while adjusting its portfolio management and risk control systems. (Wall Street Engine)

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According to Odaily Planet Daily, trading volume in South Korea's virtual asset market continues to shrink, and the competitive landscape among the five major Korean won exchanges is changing. During the market downturn, funds are increasingly concentrated in platforms with leading liquidity, while smaller exchanges are seeking breakthroughs through partnerships with securities firms, institutional market expansion, and operational restructuring. Data shows that in the first half of this year, the combined trading volume of South Korea's five major won exchanges (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Gopax) was approximately US$366.58 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 54.6%. From July 1st to 27th, the combined trading volume of the five exchanges was approximately 17.34 trillion won, a 16.9% decrease compared to the same period last month. Upbit's trading volume was approximately 11.69 trillion won, a 10% decrease, but its market share rose from 62.3% to 67.4%; Bithumb's trading volume decreased to 4.71 trillion won, and its share fell from 30.7% to 27.1%, widening the gap between the two to 40.3 percentage points. Market analysts believe that the decline in the volatility of Bitcoin and altcoins is a significant reason for the shrinking trading volume. In the first half of this year, Bitcoin's average daily volatility was 1.25%, and the altcoin index volatility was 1.79%, both lower than the 4.67% of the South Korean KOSPI index. Against the backdrop of shrinking market liquidity, investor trading activity has declined, putting greater pressure on exchanges that rely solely on transaction fee revenue. Meanwhile, mid-to-lower-tier exchanges are beginning to seek partnerships with traditional financial institutions. Industry insiders believe that the changes in the South Korean exchange industry are similar to global trends. The US exchange Coinbase has recently faced pressure on trading revenue, but it is reducing its reliance on transaction fees through subscription services, custody, and other non-trading businesses. The market is shifting from simple competition based on trading volume to competition based on financial ecosystems, institutional services, and asset infrastructure. (NexBlock)