In pre-market trading for US stocks, the storage sector extends yesterday's rally, with SanDisk up another 2.1%.

Gambler 0xff84 keeps adding to his $BTC short and now holds a 2,000 $BTC($125.37M) short, with an unrealized profit of $1.79M. He is now the largest on-chain $BTC bear. Liquidation price: $63,528.92

According to Bitget market data, Hong Kong stocks closed with the Hang Seng Index (HSI) trending lower, down 1.1%, while tech stocks underperformed throughout the trading session. SMIC (00981.HK) climbed 4.81% after its earnings announcement; Hua Hong Semiconductor (01347.HK) fell 11.55% post-earnings; JD.com (09618.HK) dropped 10.41% following its results. In the AI application segment, MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) tumbled over 12%, and Zhipu AI (02513.HK) declined more than 3%. The storage sector saw Harvest’s 2x Leveraged Long SK Hynix rise over 10%, and Harvest’s 2x Leveraged Long Samsung gain more than 7%.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the largest Bitcoin short seller on-chain has added to its short position, lifting its position value to $125 million and generating an unrealized profit of $1.794 million. The whale added 258 BTC to its position five minutes ago, bringing its total position to 1,900 BTC at an entry price of $63,582.

Whale 19pFLW bought another 300 $BTC($19.03M) 5 hours ago. The whale now holds 1,120 $BTC ($70.43M), with an average purchase price of $69,294.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, whale address 19pFLW purchased 300 Bitcoin 5 hours ago, worth $19.03 million. The whale currently holds 1,120 Bitcoin valued at $70.43 million, with an average purchase price of $69,294.

Singapore police and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) announced today that a cryptocurrency-related scam involving fake job recruitment and software system intrusions has resulted in $11.8 million in losses. Scammers posed as recruiters from cryptocurrency firms on LinkedIn to approach victims, communicating with them via email addresses using domains similar to those of legitimate companies. They also arranged multiple Google Meet video interviews where cameras were kept off throughout. Victims were then directed to fake websites to complete technical programming tests on company-issued devices, unknowingly downloading malware that stole their session tokens. These tokens were used to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access Bitbucket accounts linked to the company’s code repositories. After gaining access, attackers modified the company’s automated software deployment commands, remotely accessed its internal servers, and stole credentials to bypass transaction limits and approval checks to execute cryptocurrency transfers. Singapore police and the CSA recommended that tech and cryptocurrency industry enterprises and individuals verify the identities of recruiters and companies, protect API keys and internal credentials, strengthen MFA, and enhance security for code repositories and deployment pipelines. In the event of a suspected intrusion, immediately isolate affected devices, revoke active sessions, reset credentials, and review access logs.