MicroStrategy held off on adding to its Bitcoin holdings last week, selling 4.82 million shares to raise $467 million.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a crypto whale has recently generated profits through consecutive trades on ASTEROID and the token "Niu Lai": Four months ago, the whale spent 1.25 ETH (around $3,000) to buy 10.05 billion ASTEROID via five wallets, then sold 6.85 billion ASTEROID for 90.95 ETH (approximately $220,000). The whale currently holds 3.2 billion ASTEROID, valued at roughly $206,000, with a total profit of $423,000 and a 140x return. Over the past two days, the whale spent $16,552 to purchase 22.1 million Niu Lai tokens, which are now worth $663,000, delivering an unrealized profit of $646,000 and a 39x return.

A crypto whale has recently generated profits from consecutive trades of ASTEROID and the token Niu Lai, according to monitoring by on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. Four months ago, the whale spent 1.25 ETH (approximately $3,000) to purchase 10.05 billion ASTEROID across five wallets, then sold 6.85 billion ASTEROID for 90.95 ETH (around $220,000). The whale currently holds 3.2 billion ASTEROID valued at roughly $206,000, bringing its total profit to $423,000 for a 140x return. Over the past two days, the whale spent $16,552 to acquire 22.1 million Niu Lai, which is now worth $663,000, translating to an unrealized profit of $646,000 and a 39x return.

Meet a smart trader 0x0121. 4 months ago, he bought $ASTEROID at $126K MC and is now up 140x. Recently, he bought $牛来 below $750K MC and is now up 39x. 4 months ago, he spent 1.25 $ETH ($3K) to buy 10.05B $ASTEROID using 5 wallets, then sold 6.85B $ASTEROID for 90.95 $ETH($220K). He still holds 3.2B $ASTEROID($206K), with a total profit of $423K(140x). Over the past 2 days, he spent $16,552 to buy 22.1M $牛来, now worth $663K, with an unrealized profit of $646K — a 39x return. Wallet: 0x0121525...

Swiss banking giant UBS significantly boosted its bullish option exposure to BlackRock’s Bitcoin spot ETF IBIT in Q2 2026, jumping from 80,000 underlying shares at the end of March to 1.95 million shares as of June 30, a surge of over 24 times. Meanwhile, UBS’ direct holdings of IBIT shares rose 12% to 407,890 units, valued at roughly $13.6 million. Its bearish option exposure dropped around 53% to 143,300 shares.

According to Bitget market data, at the opening of Hong Kong stocks: semiconductor stocks advanced, with Hua Hong Semiconductor surging over 5%, GigaDevice climbing nearly 5%, Innoscience jumping more than 4%, SMIC gaining nearly 4%, and Montage Technology rising over 3%. Optical communication stocks also rallied, with Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable surging nearly 6%, Cambridge Technology up more than 5%, and InnoLight gaining over 2%. In the AI applications sector, MINIMAX-W rose more than 3%, while Zhipu AI fell over 4%. For the storage sector, the Southern 2x Leveraged SK Hynix ETF gained more than 2%, and the Southern 2x Leveraged Samsung ETF dropped 0.5%. South Korea’s stock market is closed today for a make-up holiday in observance of Liberation Day.

Bitunix has won the "Best Chart Trading Platform" award at the Peru Blockchain Conference 2026, a high recognition of the platform’s continuous efforts to refine chart trading experiences and build more professional, intuitive trading tools for global traders. This award comes on the back of Bitunix’s series of key initiatives in the chart trading space: the platform recently launched its official Ultra Chart Trading landing page, integrating market analysis, order execution, and risk management into a single interface; its exclusive Super Alerts feature supports multi-dimensional alert conditions including price, technical indicators, and candlestick patterns, helping traders capture market signals in real time. Data shows that users who have used Super Alerts have significantly higher average trading volume than non-users. Currently, Bitunix’s Super Alerts Challenge is in full swing, with a 10,000 USDT prize pool up for grabs. Global traders are welcome to join and participate.