Odaily Planet Daily reports that an anonymous whale sold a total of 7,700 bitcoins between August 19th and 22nd, worth approximately $577 million at current prices. This includes a single sale of 2,700 bitcoins earlier today, worth approximately $212 million. Bitcoin rose to $79,500 this week before falling back to around $77,000, a weekly increase of over 20%, approaching $80,000. This sale occurred after a large holder accumulated approximately 43,000 bitcoins over the past 60 days. Another whale sold 7,513 bitcoins in the three weeks ending August 9th, worth approximately $487 million. The U.S. Treasury announced that starting September 9th, it will increase the size of its long-term Treasury bond repurchase operations from at least $2 billion per transaction to at least $4 billion. (Bitcoin.com News)

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $18.23 million, with $16.07 million from long positions, with $2.16 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $26,556.57, ETH liquidation $715,603.58.

Nomura Holdings' digital asset company, Laser Digital Japan, announced this week that it has completed its registration as a cryptocurrency trading service provider under Japan's Payment Services Act, with registration number 00032, and joined the Japan Virtual and Crypto Asset Exchange Association, ending nearly four years of no new industry participants in Japan. The license covers six crypto assets: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Shiba Inu Coin, all of which are listed on the industry association's "green list." Laser Digital Japan will initially provide liquidity to licensed cryptocurrency companies in Japan; the launch date for trading services for professional investors has not yet been announced. Japanese regulations require that client assets be separated from company assets, with at least 95% of client cryptocurrency assets held in offline cold wallets, and that these measures be verified through annual audits. This license does not cover cryptocurrency derivatives, nor does it allow Laser Digital Japan to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs); major adjustments to Japan's cryptocurrency regulatory framework are expected to be implemented in fiscal year 2027. (Bitcoin.com News)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that predict.fun announced on its X platform that the Lower Losers' Bracket Finals market for *The Predict International* is now live. More markets will be available for tomorrow's Grand Finals, and typically more AP will be distributed per market. Due to the short interval between the Lower Losers' Bracket Finals and the Grand Finals, the platform will launch the Grand Finals market as soon as possible, but the window for users to lock in their share before the Grand Finals begins may be short. Users planning to participate should be prepared to act quickly.

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $12.72 million, with $2.55 million from long positions, with $10.17 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $3.04 million, ETH liquidation $3.62 million.