France sees 77 cryptocurrency related kidnapping cases in the first half of 2026, with Interior Minister promising to strengthen security measures

Japanese listed company Metaplanet released its revenue performance for Bitcoin revenue generating business in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, achieving a revenue of 1.747 billion yen in the second quarter and a cumulative revenue of 4.717 billion yen in the first half of the year. Over the past 12 months, the cumulative revenue from Bitcoin revenue generating business reached 11.396 billion yen.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost pointed out that the monthly average of retail Bitcoin inflows into Binance has dropped to 329 BTC per day, the lowest level in the platform's history. The peak of the 2021 cycle was 2690 BTC per day, and in 2018 it was 3700 BTC per day. Analysts believe that the decline in retail participation is due to retail investors investing in assets other than Bitcoin, spot Bitcoin ETFs attracting investors, or retail investors turning to long-term holding strategies. Although Binance spot trading volume still dominates, the potential selling pressure represented by retail inflows is far less than in previous cycles, and the market structure is evolving towards institutionalization.

Japanese listed company Metaplanet increased its holdings of 2823 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 43000 BTC.

On chain analyst @ ali_charts monitoring shows that in the past 30 days, retail investors and whales have simultaneously increased their holdings of BTC. Retail investors holding less than 1 BTC and medium-sized whales holding 10 to 100 BTC have increased their buying efforts, while large institutions and whales holding 1000 to 100000 BTC have stopped selling and turned to net buying.

New wallet creation hit a three-month high and large-holder activity strengthened, but XRP still needs to reclaim $1.10 before the recovery looks convincing.