According to BlockBeats, on August 3, whale trader Loracle increased his long positions in gold. According to Mlm onchain monitoring, Loracle has established and continued to add to his long positions in gold worth over $23 million, while opening short positions in ETH worth over $28 million and SNDK worth over $8 million.

According to BlockBeats, on August 3, BIT (Bit.com) market data showed that GameSpot (GME) fell by as much as 12% in pre-market trading in the US.

According to BlockBeats, on August 3, tradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight) monitoring showed that major traders on Hyperliquid, including MU, SNDK, and SKHX, have been reducing their leverage, while only SK Hynix's open interest (OI) has been shrinking in tandem.

From 11 PM yesterday to the time of this writing today, the value of SKHX open interest has decreased from approximately $364 million to $321 million, a reduction of approximately $43.44 million, or 11.9%. Excluding the impact of the price decline, the number of open contracts has still decreased from approximately 330,400 to 299,700, a decrease of 9.3%.

During the same period, MU prices fell by about 4.7%, but contract open interest increased by 4.5%, and OI remained basically at $172 million; SNDK prices fell by about 4.3%, but contract open interest increased by 5.3%, and OI increased slightly to $122 million.

Only SKHX saw both USD OI and contract volume contract in the same period, making it the one with the most concentrated risk withdrawal among the three.

This marks the second significant round of deleveraging for SKHX recently. On July 31 (Friday), when its price rebounded to $1165.5, open interest plummeted from $622 million to $451 million, a 27.6% decrease in a single round; now it has further decreased to $321 million, a further reduction of approximately $130 million from the previous low, a drop of 28.9%.

Since its peak of $622 million, the value of SKHX open interest has shrunk by approximately $301 million, a decrease of 48.4%, nearly halved. Meanwhile, the price of SKHX has only fallen by about 8.2% from $1,165.5 during the same period, showing a significant difference. This contraction is mainly due to active reduction of positions.

As of press time, SKHX was trading at $1070.3, down 5.2% in the last 24 hours, with a trading volume of approximately $644 million. Among the large whales in the last four hours, long positions saw a net reduction of approximately $5.593 million, while short positions saw a net reduction of only approximately $795,000.

According to BlockBeats, on August 3, American Bitcoin (NASDAQ: ABTC) released its Q2 2026 financial report, showing that as of June 30, the company's Bitcoin reserves increased to approximately 8,002, an increase of approximately 981 from the end of Q1, representing a quarterly increase of approximately 14%; the number of Bitcoins per share (Satoshis per Share) increased by approximately 11%.

During the reporting period, the company mined approximately 932 BTC, setting a new record for the highest quarterly output; mining revenue was approximately US$67.02 million, an increase of approximately 8% quarter-on-quarter; gross margin remained at approximately 50%; and the mining cost per BTC was approximately US$36,500, which was basically the same as the previous quarter.

American Bitcoin CEO Mike Ho stated that the company will continue to increase its Bitcoin reserves by expanding its mining infrastructure and strengthening its balance sheet. Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Eric Trump stated that the company currently holds over 8,000 BTC and operates one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining platforms, maintaining strong confidence in Bitcoin's long-term prospects.