Swing trading whale spends $17.068 million to buy SOL at an average price of $72.6

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is planning to launch new futures contracts tied to global monetary policy decisions and U.S. natural gas inventories, aiming to provide investors with another avenue to hedge against risks from economic events. According to company executives, ICE plans to roll out futures products based on interest rate decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BoE). Subject to regulatory approval, these economic indicator-based products are scheduled to launch on August 10. The move will allow investors to trade or hedge around policy meetings of the three major global central banks and weekly U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) natural gas inventory releases.

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, four whales opened long positions on Micron Technology (MU) on Hyperliquid today, while only one large trader established a short position, reflecting an overall bullish bias among large market funds. Three of the addresses completed their positions almost simultaneously in the afternoon. On-chain data shows these three addresses have highly correlated position structures, trading rhythms, and funding sources, and are suspected to belong to the same trading entity splitting positions across multiple addresses. All three addresses boast a historical win rate of over 60%, are known for their conservative trading style, and maintain strong drawdown control. Since June alone, they have accumulated realized profits of approximately $1.8 million. Additionally, all three received large capital injections in June; two are new active wallets over the past month, with highly consistent fund deployment and trading behavior. Currently, the average entry price of MU long positions for the three addresses (0xf8a, 0xd5c, 0xf2d) is around $1,156, with a recent liquidation price of roughly $938. They hold a total of 9,027 MU contracts, with a notional position size of about $10.3 million. As of press time, affected by MU’s short-term pullback, this batch of positions has recorded an unrealized floating loss of approximately 15%. HyperInsight Bot is now live. Add @HyperInsightBot to your Telegram group, set it as an admin (enable message sending permission), and it will automatically sync on-chain news.

According to Iranian sources on the 29th, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Garibabadi stated that there are currently no arrangements to hold technical talks on a ceasefire memorandum of understanding (MoU) this week. Garibabadi emphasized in an interview that while consultations with parties including Qatar are proceeding as planned, reports that a working group technical meeting will be held in Doha remain unconfirmed. Once relevant conditions are met and all parties agree on the date and venue of the talks, Iran will participate in the first round of technical talks under the framework of the designated working group, with the relevant consultations currently being conducted through intermediary countries.

Melius Research initiates coverage on Western Digital (WDC.O), assigning a "Buy" rating with a target price of $105.

Serenity published a report stating that General Motors (GM) has laid off roughly 1,000 employees and replaced some positions with around 50 robots. At the same time, there are reports that GM is in talks with NVIDIA over factory robot collaborations. This is regarded as an important signal that the robotics industry is moving toward large-scale commercial adoption, indicating that automation is expected to boost corporate operational efficiency and improve profit margins, especially in labor-intensive sectors such as automotive manufacturing and warehousing logistics. Serenity believes that robot and humanoid robot technologies have largely matured and are currently in the early phase of large-scale rollout. Although large enterprises generally categorize them as "auxiliary robots", their core goal remains replacing certain manual roles with automation, cutting labor costs including salaries and insurance, enabling round-the-clock operations, and enhancing profitability. While the widespread adoption of robots may bring employment pressure, the key inflection point for the industry’s development seems to have arrived.

Amid the Iran-related conflict that has battered European stock markets, JPMorgan analyst Mislav Matejka expects the selloff to be temporary. Now, he has doubled down on his bullish stance, emerging as the most optimistic bull among forecasters tracked by Bloomberg. Matejka and his team raised their year-end target for the Euro Stoxx 600 index from 630 to 680 points, implying roughly 7% upside from current levels. This new forecast surpasses the previous highest estimate of 670 points set by Barclays and HSBC earlier this month. The strategists wrote in a report: "After three years of stagnant growth, corporate earnings in the eurozone are accelerating this year." They project earnings per share (EPS) growth of 18% and 12% for 2026 and 2027, respectively. "If the market rally broadens in the second half of the year, European stocks could once again become a highly attractive investment."