According to a report by Odaily Planet Daily, Adam, a researcher at Greeks.live, stated on the X platform that 20,000 Bitcoin options expired on August 14th, with a put-call ratio of 0.84, a maximum price threshold of $64,000, and a notional value of $1.29 billion. 96,000 ETH options expired, with a put-call ratio of 0.95, a maximum price threshold of $1,900, and a notional value of $180 million. Bitcoin continued to fluctuate around $64,000 this week, with realized volatility (RV) continuing to decline. RV fell to 25%, a record low, breaking through three previous lows from late October, late January, and early June. Implied volatility (IV) also continued to decline, currently at levels seen in early October of last year, indicating compressed market sentiment. Looking at other major options data, 6% of options expired this week, with a significant decrease in open interest, mainly due to the shift from bottom-fishing last week to a wait-and-see approach. Call option open interest has decreased significantly, the Bitcoin put/call ratio has returned to normal levels, and put option open interest has only decreased slightly. Gex's bullish and bearish options are further diversified, indicating a generally cautious market. The cryptocurrency market has experienced a 10-month bear market, with poor performance in the third quarter, continued selling pressure from US investors, and frequent security incidents. Adam from Greeks.live Research Institute suggests that currently, positioning oneself with some out-of-the-money options is a good strategy.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, wallet addresses associated with Monetalis transferred 3.72 million UNI tokens, worth approximately $13 million, to multiple cryptocurrency exchanges via Cumberland in the past 24 hours. These transfers involved several trading platforms, including Binance, Coinbase, Bybit, and OKX.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, the following are key market and financial news items for investors to pay attention to before the US stock market opens: 1. US stock index futures are mixed. Dow Jones futures are down 0.15%, S&P 500 futures are up 0.09%, and Nasdaq 100 futures are up 0.24%. 2. International oil prices fluctuate narrowly. WTI crude oil futures are up 0.24% at $81.447 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures are up 0.09% at $87.148 per barrel. 3. International spot gold and silver prices rise briefly. Spot gold is up 0.65% at $4379.08 per ounce; spot silver is up 0.85% at $64.99 per ounce. 4. European stock indices are mixed. The UK FTSE 100 is down 0.01%, the French CAC 40 is up 0.06%, and the German DAX 30 is up 0.81%. 5. Nvidia announced that its Spectrum-X Ethernet silicon photonics switches have entered full-scale mass production, achieving a 4x reduction in laser count, a 5x reduction in power consumption, and a 10x increase in mean time between failures (MTBI). 6. Due to the high production difficulty, Apple's first foldable device, the iPhone Ultra, may initially only be available in limited quantities in the US, and Apple may not be able to announce its price at its September launch event. 7. Sources say that Apple has specifically trained an AI model for the Chinese market, reportedly with support from Alibaba. Apple Intelligence completed its registration in China last month, making it ready for deployment. 8. Goldman Sachs stated that SanDisk has released stronger-than-expected long-term earnings and shareholder return signals, while high-bandwidth flash memory (HBF) technology brings additional growth potential to AI storage. The bank maintains its "buy" rating and a target price of $2,200. 9. Silicon Data data shows that since mid-July, actual spending by customers on models purchased from leading US AI labs has dropped by nearly a quarter. The high cost-effectiveness of Chinese AI companies' models is causing concern in the US tech industry. 10. Sources familiar with the matter say that based on current performance, OpenAI's annualized revenue is expected to exceed $40 billion, roughly double its level at the end of 2025, providing support for its IPO plans. 1. Following an unexpected decline in US retail sales in July, traders reduced their bets on the Federal Reserve raising interest rates more than once before mid-2027.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Irish government has released its first national anti-money laundering (AML) strategy, planning to strengthen the review of digital asset transfers involving self-hosted wallets and increase due diligence requirements for crypto companies when collaborating with overseas institutions. According to a statement from the Irish Treasury, the strategy implements the remaining requirements of the EU's Transfer of Funds Regulation, requiring crypto asset service providers (CASPs) to conduct "enhanced checks" on transfers involving private wallets and to implement stricter customer due diligence when doing business with overseas crypto companies. These measures are based on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Travel Rule, which requires digital asset transactions to include sender and recipient information to improve transparency of fund flows. Ireland stated that the new regulations are being implemented in tandem with the EU's Crypto Asset Markets Regulation (MiCA). The MiCA establishes a unified regulatory framework for crypto asset service providers, and Ireland previously granted its domestic crypto companies a 12-month transition period, shorter than the EU's maximum allowed 18 months. This transition period ended at the end of December 2025, so the new requirements will directly apply to companies that have already obtained formal authorization. (Decrypt)