After searching through the landfill for 12 years, this man chose to give up $920 million
Written by: Azuma, Odaily Planet Daily
After a long search of 12 years, British man James Howells has decided to abandon the search for a hard drive that contains 8000 BTC (valued at about $920 million based on a price of $115,000).
Odaily Planet Daily Note: Regarding the specific quantity of lost BTC, while early UK media reported it as 7500 coins, later media reports and Howells' descriptions indicated it was 8000 coins, so this article will use that figure.
Accidentally lost 8000 BTC
James Howells was born in the 1980s in Newport, Wales. Influenced by his mother, who worked in microchip manufacturing, Howells was exposed to computer technology at an early age. He became a frequent internet user as a teenager, started assembling computers at the age of 13, and eventually became a computer engineer.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, August 5, according to The Block, British IT engineer James Howells stated that he is no longer seeking to excavate the hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins from the Newport landfill, but clarified that he has not given up on reclaiming these bitcoins. Howells plans to tokenize the legally confirmed ownership of 8,000 bitcoins, launching a Bitcoin Layer 2 network smart token called Ceiniog Coin (INI).
Mantle (MNT) has increased by over 21.06% in the past 24 hours, ranking second on the cryptocurrency gainers list.
Deep Tide TechFlow news, on August 5th, according to Coinmarketcap data, Mantle (MNT) has increased by over 21.06% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.8518, ranking second on the cryptocurrency gainers list.
Binance will conduct wallet maintenance for USDC withdrawals on multiple networks on August 6.
According to Deep Tide TechFlow news on August 5, Binance will conduct wallet maintenance for the withdrawal of USD Coin (USDC) for Ethereum (ETH), Polygon (POL), Arbitrum (ARB), Base (BASE), and Optimism (OP) on August 6, 2025, at 15:00 (UTC+8), as announced officially.
To support this maintenance, Binance will suspend the withdrawal of USD Coin (USDC) for Ethereum (ETH), Polygon (POL), Arbitrum (ARB), Base (BASE), and Optimism (OP) on August 6, 2025, at 15:00 (UTC+8). The maintenance is expected to take 2 hours, and the withdrawal service will automatically resume after the maintenance is completed.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, on August 5, according to the official announcement, Australia's Monochrome spot Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) disclosed that as of August 1, its holdings had reached 966 Bitcoins, with a market value of approximately 172 million Australian dollars.
Bloomberg Analyst: Bitcoin ETF Volatility Significantly Decreased, Now Below 2 Times Gold Volatility
Deep Tide TechFlow News, August 5, according to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, since the launch of the Bitcoin spot ETF, the volatility of Bitcoin has significantly decreased. Data shows that Bitcoin's 90-day rolling volatility has fallen below 40 for the first time, while this indicator was above 60 at the time of the ETF launch. Compared to gold, Bitcoin's volatility has decreased from previously being more than 3 times that of gold to less than 2 times.
BitMine Board Chairman: ETH will still be one of the largest macro trends in the next 10 to 15 years
According to Deep Tide TechFlow news, on August 5th, BitMine's board chairman Thomas Lee stated on social media that 'BMNR currently holds 833,133 ETH, worth 3 billion dollars, making it the largest ETH treasury in the world and the third-largest cryptocurrency treasury globally.
As Wall Street financializes blockchain and artificial intelligence drives the tokenization of robotic assets, ETH will remain one of the largest macro trends in the next 10 to 15 years.
Deep Tide Techflow News, on August 5, according to a Hong Kong Stock Exchange announcement, Singapore's decentralized Web3 gaming platform Pangu Software announced the completion of a $1 million equity financing, with a private equity fund managed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Derlin Holdings participating. The fund subscribed to 1,041 shares of common stock and received an option to subscribe for an additional 1,041 shares on the same terms. After the transaction is completed, it will hold approximately 2% equity in Pangu. The new funds are intended to be used by the company to enhance user engagement, digital asset ownership, and gaming profit models through blockchain technology and artificial intelligence technology.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, on August 5, according to Crowdfundinsider, the digital remittance service company Remitly, based in Seattle, USA, announced that it will adopt stablecoins to enhance its international remittance capabilities. The company plans to provide faster and more cost-effective cross-border payment solutions for its customers in over 170 countries through blockchain technology.
Company CEO Matt Oppenheimer stated at the 2025 JPMorgan conference that this is part of the company’s overall strategy to improve customer experience and operational efficiency.
Hsu Chuo-yun: The Emergence of Bitcoin is Like a Gamble Set by a Magician
Written by: Hsu Chuo-yun
This article was published in April 2020.
The credit card system has become very common in the United States. The popularity of credit cards also affects the money circulation; due to the rapid circulation of money, even if the issuance remains stable, the increased speed of flow effectively raises the relative supply of money several times.
The world's first credit card was invented by Frank McNamara.
In my memory, before World War II, credit cards were not common; only individuals or companies with deep relationships with banks could use credit to pay outside and then have the bank settle.
Web3 Compliance • Roundtable Discussion | Can the Three US Crypto Bills Really Change the 'Game Rules'?
Written by: Luke, Sam, Li Zhongzhen, Fat Meimei
Web3 Compliance Research Group, kicking off the first roundtable column!
[Web3 Compliance · Roundtable Discussion] is a monthly dialogue column focused on industry hotspots. Each issue, we invite 4 to 6 members from the compliance research group with varied backgrounds in law, technology, projects, finance, etc., to respond to and debate core questions, systematically organizing diverse viewpoints to present compliance insights with depth, perspectives, and practical value.
Recently, the US House of Representatives passed three legislative drafts concerning crypto regulation by an overwhelming majority, namely the (Genius Act), (Clarity Act), and (Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act). Among them, the (Genius Act), referred to as an important step in consolidating the US's dominant position in the global financial and crypto technology sectors, was officially signed into effect by Trump on the 18th, and has also been reported by domestic media such as CCTV and Caijing.
Deep Tide TechFlow news, on August 5, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), trader Eugene reported that he has taken profits on his ETH long position. Although he is optimistic that ETH will rise to $3800 - $4000 in the short term, he still chose to cash out during this rapid rebound.
Analyst: Yesterday, the US Ethereum spot ETF had a net outflow of $465.77 million, setting a record for the largest single-day net outflow.
Deep Tide TechFlow news, on August 4, according to crypto analyst Trader T's monitoring, yesterday the US Ethereum spot ETF experienced the largest single-day net outflow since its establishment, amounting to $465.77 million.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, on August 4th, according to cryptocurrency analyst Trader T's monitoring, the US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of $323.73 million yesterday.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, on August 5, according to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a trader purchased 27.86 million TROLL tokens for $22,800 about 3.5 months ago. The trader has currently sold 1.28 million tokens for a profit of $16,200 and still holds 26.57 million TROLL tokens, which are worth approximately $2.48 million at the current price, yielding a return on investment of 109 times.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, on August 5th, according to the official announcement, Particle Network has opened an end-to-end versatile infrastructure to create a universal trading layer for RWAs, stablecoins, and digital assets, aiming to provide retail-level settlement infrastructure for the aforementioned assets.
It is reported that Circle is the first batch of cornerstone partners, and this collaboration will be the beginning of the partner program that Particle Network will announce in the coming weeks.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, on August 5, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the address 0xd47...0562e converted 1,562.7 Ethereum (ETH) to 49.39 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) 3 hours ago, with a total transaction amount of approximately 5.81 million USD.
At the time of the transaction, the ETH price was $3,721, the BTC price was $114,627, and the ETH/BTC exchange rate was 0.032.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, August 5, according to the official announcement, the blockchain Somnia Foundation has officially opened its official account on the X platform.
Deep Tide TechFlow news, on August 5, according to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), address 0xCB92 experienced partial liquidation after the Ethereum price rebounded to $3,700, subsequently selling 915 Ethereum (approximately $3.38 million) and 1.49 million Arbitrum tokens (approximately $598,000), and depositing $3.98 million USDC into the Hyperliquid platform.
The address currently holds a short position of approximately 27,000 Ethereum (approximately $99.27 million), with a liquidation price of $3,852.4.