Today's news tips:
Upbit will launch Optimism (OP) in the Korean won, BTC, and USDT markets
Tether Treasury mints 1 billion USDT on the Tron network
BNB hits $860, setting a new record
Macro/Policy
On July 27, local time, US President Trump said that the United States has reached a trade agreement with the European Union, imposing a 15% tariff on EU goods exported to the United States. Trump said that the EU will increase its investment in the United States by $600 billion compared with the previous period, the EU will purchase US military equipment, and will purchase US energy products worth $750 billion. Trump said that the tariffs on steel and aluminum will remain as they are. Energy is a key part of the agreement. The agreement will benefit the automotive industry and will also have a significant impact on agriculture. The United States will invest a lot of energy in the field of chips. The British Prime Minister is happy about the agreement. U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick said that the United States will determine the tariff policy on chips within two weeks. After announcing with U.S. President Trump that the EU and the United States have reached a major trade agreement, European Commission President von der Leyen explained some of her decisions in the trade negotiations with the United States. Von der Leyen said that the EU is still overly dependent on Russian liquefied natural gas, so importing more affordable liquefied natural gas from the United States is very welcome. In terms of tariff arrangements, von der Leyen confirmed that the tariff on the automotive industry in the agreement is uniformly set at 15%. She said that under the current circumstances, the 15% tariff level is the best result that the European Commission can achieve. In addition, she also confirmed that the EU and the United States have also reached an agreement in the pharmaceutical industry to implement a unified tariff rate of 15%. Von der Leyen admitted that the EU and the United States have not yet made a decision on the spirits sector, and the details of the framework of the trade agreement signed that day will be announced in the coming weeks.
According to a recent report by People's Daily, Feng, a former employee of a short video platform company in Haidian District, Beijing, took advantage of his position to collude with external suppliers inside and outside, and illegally obtained 140 million yuan in rewards from the company by reserving loopholes in the reward policy and leaking internal data. The suspects also transferred the stolen money by registering shell companies and laundering money with virtual currency. Among them, Feng instructed Tang and Yang to use 8 different overseas virtual currency trading platforms to exchange the huge amount of money defrauded into virtual currencies such as Bitcoin in batches. In order to completely cut off the traceability chain of the flow of funds, Feng's gang adopted a more secretive "currency mixing" method, that is, to confuse the cryptocurrency transaction path through technical means to achieve "privacy" protection. In the end, Feng and seven others were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to fourteen years and six months, and fined. The verdict has come into effect. The procuratorate reminded that with the development of the digital economy, commercial corruption methods are constantly escalating, and enterprises need to strengthen risk prevention and control.
Viewpoint
Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, said that traders face the choice of whether to enter the market immediately or wait for a better pullback opportunity. He suggested paying attention to Bitcoin's pullback to the previous resistance-turned-support level, which is $111,673 below the May high, which may become a more ideal risk-reward entry point. The risk-reward ratio is usually required to be at least 1:2, so entering the market near the key support level is more advantageous. Thielen pointed out that the market usually retests the breakout point before a sharp rise, so the possibility of Bitcoin's pullback to $111,673 cannot be ruled out. However, if Bitcoin does not experience a significant pullback, breaking through $120,000 and continuing to rise may also become an opportunity to re-enter the market. He emphasized that if the price breaks through the downward trend line connecting the highs of July 14 and July 23 and stabilizes above $120,000, it is possible to consider following the trend, but a tight stop loss needs to be set.
Matrixport analysis pointed out that a month ago, based on the seasonal analysis of the counter-trend, it was predicted that Bitcoin was expected to rise to $116,000, and this judgment has been verified by the market. The current market sentiment is gradually turning optimistic. This week will usher in multiple key events such as the intensive disclosure of US stock earnings reports, the delayed release of the White House digital asset report, and the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, which may become a new catalyst for market volatility. However, from historical data, August and September are usually weaker months for Bitcoin. The average return rate in August in the past decade is close to zero, and only three years have recorded increases. Analysts believe that many traders tend to lock in profits at this stage. Although bullish expectations for the year remain, the short-term market may enter a tactical consolidation period due to seasonal disturbances.
JP Morgan Chase: Raise Coinbase's target price from $215 to $404
JP Morgan Chase: Raise Coinbase's (COIN.O) target price from $215 to $404.
Project News
Binance Wallet: Users with 218 or more Alpha points can participate in DELABS's TGE
Binance Wallet tweeted that users with 218 or more Binance Alpha points can participate in Delabs Games (DELABS)'s Token Generation Event (TGE) through the Alpha event page. Participating in this event will deduct 15 points.
Upbit will launch Optimism (OP) in the KRW, BTC, and USDT markets
According to the Upbit official website announcement, Upbit will support Optimism (OP) in the KRW, BTC, and USDT markets from 16:30 (local time) on July 28. OP recharge will be open within 2 hours after the announcement, and only supports the Optimism network. There will be restrictions on buying, selling, and order types in the initial trading period.
ZORA market value exceeds $300 million, a whale long position floating profit exceeds $2.2 million
According to Onchain Lens, $ZORA market value has exceeded $300 million. A whale holding a three-fold long position in $ZORA currently has a floating profit of more than $2.2 million.
Important data
Tether Treasury minted 1 billion USDT on the Tron network
According to Whale Alert monitoring, at 16:13 Beijing time on July 28, Tether Treasury minted 1 billion USDT on the Tron network, with a total value of approximately US$1.0013 billion.
CoinShares' latest report shows that digital asset investment products recorded $1.9 billion in inflows last week, bringing the total inflows this month to a record $11.2 billion, significantly exceeding the $7.6 billion in inflows recorded after the US election in December 2024. This marks the 15th consecutive week of positive market sentiment. Ethereum performed well, attracting $1.59 billion in inflows last week, setting a record for its second-highest weekly inflow in history. So far this year, Ethereum's total inflows have reached $7.79 billion, exceeding the total for the whole of last year. In contrast, Bitcoin saw an outflow of $175 million, which may be related to market expectations for ETFs rather than a broad altcoin season. Among other altcoins, Solana and XRP attracted inflows of $311 million and $189 million respectively, performing strongly; SUI also recorded an inflow of $8 million. However, the inflow of some altcoins slowed down, with Litecoin seeing an outflow of $1.2 million and Bitcoin Cash seeing an outflow of $660,000.
BNB hit $860, continuing to hit a record high
According to Binance market data, BNB briefly hit $860, continuing to hit a record high, up 7.24% in 24 hours.
Data: A whale purchased $20 million worth of ETH at an average price of $3,924
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale address (address starting with 0x6e1784) just purchased 5,097.17 ETH at a price of $3,924 per ETH with $20 million worth of USDT.
According to Coinglass data, market participants continue to increase their bets on Ethereum's trend. The open interest in Ethereum futures contracts across the network has maintained an upward trend for more than a month, breaking through $60 billion today, reaching $60.48 billion (15.39 million ETH), setting a new record. Among them, the open interest in CME Ethereum futures contracts is about 1.88 million ETH, about $7.38 billion; the open interest in Binance Ethereum futures contracts is about 2.79 million ETH, about $10.98 billion.
Ethereum spot ETF had a net inflow of $1.85 billion last week, the second highest in a single week
According to SoSoValue data, Ethereum spot ETF recorded a net inflow of $1.85 billion in a single week during last week's trading day (July 21 to July 25, Eastern Time), the second highest in history. Among them, Blackrock's ETHA had a net inflow of $1.29 billion, with a total of $9.35 billion in history; Fidelity's FETH had a net inflow of $383 million, with a total of $2.34 billion; Grayscale's ETHE had a net outflow of $42.03 million, with a total net outflow of $4.29 billion. As of press time, the total net asset value of the ETF was $20.66 billion, accounting for 4.64% of the total market value of ETH.
F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun transferred 5,000 ETH to Binance
According to Ember, F2Pool co-founder and stakefish founder Wang Chun transferred 5,000 ETH (about $19.2 million) to Binance exchange 5 hours ago.
A whale spent $3.17 million to buy 22.4 million VINE
According to Onchain Lens, a whale spent 17,080 SOL (about $3.17 million) to buy 22.4 million VINE at $0.14 per coin. According to OKX market data, VINE tokens have risen by more than 100% in the past 24 hours.
Glassnode: The holding costs of about 73,000 BTC are concentrated in the $117,000 range
According to Glassnode data, Bitcoin continues to attract demand in the $117,000 price range, and currently about 73,000 Bitcoins have a holding cost at this level. Data shows that every price drop is absorbed by the market, and investors steadily increase their holdings in this range.
A suspected HashKey Capital address transferred 12,000 ETH to OKX
According to monitoring by Ember, an institutional address suspected to belong to HashKey Capital transferred 12,000 ETH to the OKX exchange half an hour ago, worth about 47.18 million US dollars.
Financing/Acquisition
According to Fortune, New York startup Courtyard recently completed a $30 million Series A financing, led by Forerunner Ventures, and followed by existing investors such as NEA and Y Combinator. Courtyard was founded in 2021 and mainly sells "blind box" cards and comic books in the form of digital vending machines through its website. After users pay a certain amount of money, the algorithm randomly assigns cards or comics, and they can choose to sell them back at 90% of the market price, resell them on the platform without handling fees, or store them in the Courtyard warehouse for free. With the rapid growth of business, Courtyard's monthly sales have jumped from $50,000 in early 2024 to $50 million, making it one of the world's largest buyers of trading cards. The company plans to further consolidate its market leadership by expanding its team, increasing market investment and expanding its product line.
Institutional holdings
According to Bitcoin Magazine, French listed company Capital B (The Blockchain Group) confirmed that it recently purchased 58 bitcoins for 5.9 million euros, with a total holding of 2013 BTC. The current average price of Bitcoin is 90,863 euros, with a total value of approximately 183 million euros. The company's BTC investment return rate has reached 1409.8% since the beginning of the year, with an increase of 563.9 BTC and a book profit of 57.6 million euros.
Japanese listed company Metaplanet increased its holdings of 780 bitcoins for about $92.5 million, with a unit price of about $118,622. As of July 28, 2025, Metaplanet has accumulated 17,132 bitcoins, with a total purchase amount of about $1.73 billion and an average purchase price of $101,030 per bitcoin. Since the beginning of this year, the return on Bitcoin investment has reached 449.7%.
SharpLink Gaming purchased more than 77,000 ETH and pledged them over the weekend
According to Ember, SharpLink Gaming purchased 77,206 ETH over the weekend, with a total value of approximately US$296 million, and all of them have been deposited for pledge. Specifically, SharpLink Gaming transferred US$145 million USDC to Galaxy Digital the day before yesterday, and Galaxy Digital subsequently withdrew approximately 38,600 ETH (worth US$148 million) from multiple exchanges and transferred them to SharpLink Gaming. In addition, the relevant address withdrew 41,000 ETH (worth US$158 million) from exchanges such as Binance, OKX, Kraken, Bybit, and Gate last night, and transferred 38,606 ETH to the SharpLink Gaming address 7 hours ago, which is expected to be purchased for it.
