巨鲸增持近6万枚ETH，总持仓超29.3万枚

According to Simon Gerovich, President of Metaplanet, as of August 12, 2025, Metaplanet has accumulated 18113 bitcoins with a total investment of approximately $1.85 billion and an average purchase price of approximately $101911 per coin. Recently, the company purchased 518 bitcoins at a price of approximately $118519 per coin, at a cost of approximately $61.4 million. The Bitcoin investment return rate of Metaplanet has reached 468.1% since the beginning of 2025.

According to Golden Finance, it seems that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will further lower official interest rates next week, and economists are mostly concerned about the central bank's predictions for the future. Sharon Zollner, Chief Economist of ANZ Bank, stated that lowering the official interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.00% seems to be a certainty. As weak high-frequency data becomes increasingly evident in hard economic data, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand may shift towards a more dovish stance and ultimately lower the official interest rate to 2.5%. But she added that it may be too early to suddenly shift in that direction next week.

OKX-ETH/USDT is currently trading at $4299.97, with a 5-minute increase of 0.13%. Please be aware of market fluctuations.

According to SEC documents, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and his team have acquired a 7.5% stake in Ethereum treasury reserve company ETHZilla. ETHZilla previously announced the Ethereum Vault plan, where funds will be used for Ethereum purchases, revenue assets, and iGaming businesses. In addition, Thiel also holds 9.1% of BitMine Immersion Technologies, which has transformed into an ETH strategic reserve enterprise, holding over 163000 ETH worth over $500 million.

Golden Finance reported that Federico Carrone, the core developer of Ethereum (X platform nickname "Fede's Intern"), confirmed that he was released after being detained for 24 hours in Türkiye on suspicion of being related to an Ethereum privacy agreement. I have finally come out, safe and free. The situation seemed very bad for a short period of time, but with the help of many people, I was able to be released, "Carrone said in a post on X platform on Monday. According to Carrone, Türkiye's Interior Minister accused him of "helping others abuse Ethereum" and said that he was suspected of being related to a privacy agreement. Carrone stated that he believes this matter is related to a research paper he published in January 2022, which evaluated user privacy on Ethereum and Tornado Cash. We have never helped anyone engage in illegal activities, this is purely a study of coin mixers and their characteristics, "Carrone said.