SEC Chair Paul Atkins appeared on "Mornings With Maria" to discuss his recently announced "Project Crypto.
The Federal Reserve said it is ending its program supervising banks involved in crypto and financial technology.
Cardano (ADA) was also a top performer, rising 3.4% from Thursday.
Discover how Ukraine peace talks could impact Bitcoin’s price in 2025. Explore three scenarios (ceasefire, shaky deal or escalation) and their effects on BTC.
BONK stabilizes after testing major support, with institutional traders eyeing potential upside from current consolidation zone
Czech police have reportedly arrested darknet founder Tomas Jirikovsky in a $45 million Bitcoin bribery case tied to former Justice Minister Pavel Blazek’s resignation.
American Bitcoin's expansion into Asia could enhance global crypto market integration, potentially increasing Bitcoin's mainstream adoption.
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BlackRock’s cryptocurrency portfolio has surpassed the $100 billion mark, as Bitcoin and Ethereum push to new all-time highs. The world’s largest asset manager now holds nearly $104 billion in digital assets, and this achievement came as Bitcoin briefly broke above $124,000 on August 14, 2025, to set a new price record before consolidating between $118,000 and $121,000. Ethereum also surged to nearly $4,790, just shy of its 2021 peak of $4,878. BlackRock’s Expanding Digital Asset Portfolio Bitcoin and Ethereum have been on a price roll in recent weeks, and a large part of this momentum can be attributed to steady institutional inflows into Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs based in the US. At the forefront of this surge is BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, which continues to dominate in terms of assets under management (AUM) and growth in cryptocurrency exposure, particularly in Ethereum in the past two months. Related Reading: Pundit Predicts ‘Near Term’ Bitcoin And Ethereum Prices, There’s Still Room To Run Interestingly, data from Arkham Intelligence shows that BlackRock has crossed the $100 billion mark in terms of total crypto holdings. This interesting milestone is based on a combination of inflows into its ETFs, which has increased its accumulation strategy, and the recent uptick in the price of cryptocurrencies across the board. Data from Arkham Intelligence shows BlackRock’s total holdings recently hit a peak value of $107 billion when Bitcoin reached a record price of $124,128 yesterday, and Ethereum reached a multi-year price peak of $4,775. At the time of writing, the investment management company is holding 744,240 BTC worth $88.43 billion and 3.2 million ETH, worth approximately $14.78 billion. Putting The Growth Into Perspective At the beginning of 2025, BlackRock’s cryptocurrency portfolio was valued at roughly $54 billion, with the overwhelming majority of that exposure concentrated in Bitcoin. However, the first quarter of the year brought a period of weakness, as Arkham Intelligence data shows the portfolio’s value slid to a low of about $46 billion in early April. From that point on, momentum shifted sharply in the opposite direction. The firm’s total holdings have since climbed by about 124% from April 7 up until the time of writing. Related Reading: Standard Chartered Analysts Just Revised Its $7,500 Ethereum Target, Here’s The New Prediction Bitcoin still accounts for more than 85% of BlackRock’s crypto allocation, but the most remarkable growth story in the past eight months has come from Ethereum. In both volume and market value, ETH holdings have expanded at a far more aggressive pace than Bitcoin, surging by over 309% in dollar terms since the start of the year. At the start of 2025, BlackRock’s Bitcoin reserves stood at approximately 552,000 BTC. Current data indicates that Bitcoin holdings have grown by about 34% over the course of the year. Ethereum’s expansion within BlackRock’s portfolio has been even more notable, as the firm began the year with roughly 1.1 million ETH and has more than doubled its position in just eight months, with the current volume representing a 190% increase. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from Tradingview.com
The raise will be used to build out their yield infrastructure for traders, protocols, and institutions that are tapped into the Hyperliquid ecosystem.
Prosecutors claim that Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko deployed Zeppelin ransomware to attack individuals and organizations worldwide.
The increase follows the Company’s acquisition of 110,000 SOL (roughly $22 million) at an average price of $201.68
SharpLink's significant Ethereum holdings highlight the growing influence of crypto assets in corporate finance and strategic investment.
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CoreWeave, which started in crypto mining and pivoted to cloud computing, is the sole AI tenant for Galaxy's facility under 15-year lease agreements.
Top Win International, listed on Nasdaq as SORA, has secured $10 million from a group of investors led by WiseLink. This marks the first time a Taiwanese public company has invested in a Bitcoin treasury-focused firm. According to the companies, the deal was executed through a three-year convertible note and is part of WiseLink’s “Bitcoin […]
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Bitcoin miners face rising competition from AI data centers for cheap energy, potentially driving a new wave of institutional investment, according to GoMining exec Jeremy Dreier.
Capriole founder Charles Edwards argues that Bitcoin’s famous four-year boom-and-bust pattern has effectively ended—not because markets have matured into a placid equilibrium, but because the engine that once forced 80–90% drawdowns has been dismantled by Bitcoin’s own monetary design. The 4-Year Bitcoin Cycle Is Dead In his Update #66 newsletter published on August 15, 2025, Edwards writes that since the April 2024 halving, Bitcoin’s annual supply growth has fallen to roughly 0.8%, “less than half of Gold’s 1.5–3%,” adding that this shift “made Bitcoin the hardest asset known to man, with look-ahead certainty.” With miners’ new-issuance supply now a rounding error compared with aggregate demand, the dramatic, miner-driven busts of prior cycles look increasingly like artifacts of an earlier era. “In short – the primary driving force behind Bitcoin cycle 80-90% drawdowns historically is dead.” Edwards does not deny that cycles exist. He reframes their causes. Reflexive investor behavior, macro liquidity, on-chain valuation extremes, and derivatives-market “euphoria” can still combine to produce sizable drawdowns. But if the halving calendar no longer dictates those inflection points, investors must recalibrate the signals they monitor and the timelines on which they expect risk to crystalize. Related Reading: Q4 Will Decide If The 4-Year Bitcoin Cycle Is Dead: Analyst On reflexivity, he cautions that belief in the four-year script can itself become a price driver. If “enough Bitcoiners believe in the 4 year cycle… they will structure their investing activities around it,” he notes, invoking George Soros’s notion that market narratives feed back into fundamentals. That self-fulfilling element can still trigger “sizeable drawdowns,” even if miners are no longer the marginal price-setters. Macro liquidity, in Edwards’s framework, remains decisive. He tracks a “Net Liquidity” gauge—the year-over-year growth in global broad money minus the cost of debt (proxied by US 10-year Treasury yields)—to distinguish genuinely expansive regimes from nominal money growth that is offset by higher rates. Historically, “All of Bitcoin’s historic bear markets have occurred while this metric was declining… with the depths… while this metric was less than zero,” he writes, whereas “All of Bitcoin’s major bull runs have occurred in positive Net Liquidity environments.” As of mid-August, he characterizes conditions as constructive: “We are currently in a positive liquidity environment and the Fed is now forecast to cut rates 3 times in the remainder of 2025.” On-Chain Data Is Still Supportive If liquidity sets the tide, euphoria marks the froth. Edwards points to established on-chain gauges—MVRV, NVT, Energy Value—that have historically flashed red at cycle peaks. Those indicators, he says, are not yet there: “In 2025 we still see no signs of onchain Euphoria. Bitcoin today is appreciating in a steady, relatively sustainable way versus historic cycles.” A chart of MVRV Z-Score “shows we are nowhere near the price euphoria of historic Bitcoin tops.” By contrast, his derivatives composite—the “Heater,” which aggregates positioning and leverage across perps, futures, and options—has been hot enough to warrant short-term caution. “The heat is on… Of all the metrics we will look at here, this one is telling us that the market locally has overheated near all time highs this week.” In his telling, elevated Heater readings can cap near-term upside unless they persist for months alongside rising open interest—conditions more consistent with a major top. One metric, however, eclipses the rest in 2025–26: institutional absorption of new supply. “Today, 150+ public companies and ETFs are buying over 500% of Bitcoin’s daily supply creation from mining,” Edwards writes. “When demand outruns supply like this, Bitcoin has historically surged over the coming months. Every time this has happened in Bitcoin’s history (5 occurrences), price has shot up by 135% on average.” He emphasizes that the current, extended period of high multiples on this measure is “good news for Bitcoin,” while conceding the obvious caveat: no one can know how long such conditions will last. Related Reading: Bitcoin Realized Price Flips 200-WMA: What Happens Next? Because institutional demand can flip to supply, Edwards details a “treasury company early warning system.” He highlights four watch-items that his team tracks “24/7 for cycle risk management and positioning purposes”: a Treasury Buy-Sell Ratio that, if falling, “suggests growing selling by the 150+ companies”; a Treasury CVD whose flattening or lurch into a “red zone” is “risk off”; the percentage of Coinbase volume that is net buying; and a Treasury Company Seller Count that, on spikes, has historically preceded pressure. Layered on top is balance-sheet fragility. The more treasuries lever up to accumulate Bitcoin, the more a drawdown can cascade through forced deleveraging. “Total Debt relative to Enterprise value are key to track,” he says, adding that Capriole will publish a fresh tranche of treasury-risk metrics “next week.” Quantum Computers Vs. Bitcoin Edwards then makes an argument many Bitcoin investors will find uncomfortable: quantum computing is both an attractive return opportunity and Bitcoin’s most concrete long-term tail risk. Capriole, he says, expects “the asset class will outperform Bitcoin by circa 50% p.a. over the next 5–10 years,” citing today’s small market capitalizations against a “$2T+” addressable market. At the same time, “in the long-term (without change) QC is existential to Bitcoin,” with a worst-case window of “3–6 years” to break the cryptography that secures wallets and transactions. He notes that China “is spending 5X more on QC than the US” and recently “presented a QC machine a million times more powerful than Google’s,” arguing that the pace of breakthroughs, “with… innovations occurring every quarter,” suggests “this technology will mature sooner than many think. Just like ChatGPT.” The operational challenge, even if the risk is not imminent, is the migration path. Edwards sketches back-of-the-envelope constraints: roughly 25 million Bitcoin addresses hold more than $100; on “a good day,” the network handles about 10 transactions per second. If everyone tried to rotate to quantum-resistant keys at once—and many would prudently send test transactions—it would take “3–6 months” just to push the transactions through, before even counting the time to achieve consensus on, and deploy, a preferred upgrade. “Optimistically we are looking at a 12 month lead time to move the Bitcoin network to a Quantum proof system,” he writes. He flags work by Jameson Lopp as a starting point and urges the community to “encourage action on the QC Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPS).” Capriole itself holds quantum-computing exposure both for return potential and as “a portfolio hedge should a worst case scenario eventuate.” His conclusion is clear without being complacent. “The Bitcoin miner driven cycle is largely dead.” If institutional demand holds, “there is a strong chance of a right translated cycle,” with “a significant period of price expansion still ahead of us.” But vigilance is essential. The two variables to prioritize this halving epoch, in his view, are “Net Liquidity and Institutional Buying,” while the “biggest risk to this cycle” is paradoxically the cohort that has powered it: the Bitcoin treasury companies whose balance-sheet choices can compound both upside and downside. Quantum computing, he stresses, “isn’t a risk to Bitcoin this Halving cycle,” but absent action “it certainly will be in the next one.” The prescription is not to fear cycles, but to retire the outdated ones and prepare—technically and operationally—for the cycles that remain. At press time, BTC traded at $119,121. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Pi Network has been unable to hold above the key $0.40 mark, slipping 3.2% over yesterday to trade near $0.384. Despite a 5.87% gain over the week, market sentiment remains cautious, with the token facing growing sell pressure from upcoming unlock events and thin liquidity. PI’s market cap is now at $3.01 billion, down 3.04%. …
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Lawmakers in New York are considering a bill that would impose a tax on digital asset transactions. The proposal, introduced in the state’s Assembly on Aug. 13, seeks to apply a 0.2% excise tax on the sale or transfer of digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum starting in September. According to the bill, revenue from […]
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Hong Kong has introduced strict crypto custody rules, banning smart contracts for cold wallets and tightening security standards for custodians.
Ethereum rallied on Monday and pushed toward highs it hasn’t seen since late 2021, reaching $4,780 during the session. Related Reading: Dogecoin Draws New Attention As Open Interest Tops $3 Billion Traders and funds appear to be reallocating capital into ETH, and several on-chain and market indicators are lining up in its favor. According to CryptoQuant, the ETH/BTC price ratio has crossed above its 365-day moving average, a technical move that has often marked the start of stronger runs for Ethereum versus Bitcoin. ETF Demand Pours In According to fund flow reports, US spot Ethereum ETFs pulled about $1 billion in a single trading day, with BlackRock’s ETHA taking in $640 million and Fidelity’s FETH adding $277 million. ETH is breaking out vs BTC. The ETH/BTC price ratio just crossed above its 365-day moving average. A level that’s historically marked the start of bullish ETH cycles. pic.twitter.com/qyLDDK9Xhc — CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) August 14, 2025 ETF holdings now total roughly $26 billion, and cumulative inflows this cycle are close to $11 billion. That kind of money is meaningful because it reflects tracked institutional and retail demand entering ETFs rather than the untracked corners of crypto markets. Spot And Futures Show The Same Bias Market data also points to growing interest in ETH in both spot and derivatives markets. Reports show open interest in Ethereum derivatives rising faster than Bitcoin’s, and perpetual futures positioning has picked up. On the spot side, CryptoQuant’s volume ratio put ETH’s trading activity at 1.66 relative to BTC last week — the highest level since June 2017 — and over the last four weeks ETH spot volume ran about $24 billion versus Bitcoin’s $14 billion. Some on-chain indicators are flashing caution. Daily ETH inflows into exchanges have climbed and now top those of Bitcoin, suggesting that holders may be moving coins back to exchanges to sell into higher prices. Historically, rising exchange inflows near key technical resistance can precede short-term pullbacks, and analysts are watching those flows closely as a potential sign of profit-taking. Related Reading: Chainlink Breaks 3-Month High Amid Record 2025 Enthusiasm Why The Ratio Matters The ETH/BTC ratio is getting extra attention because it measures relative strength between the two largest crypto assets. Crossing above long-run moving averages like the 365-day line can attract momentum traders and funds that follow technical signals. Still, past breakouts have sometimes reversed quickly, so traders are balancing bullish bets with protective measures like trimming positions or using stop orders. Flow data will be decisive in the coming days. If $1 billion ETF inflow days repeat and open interest keeps rising, momentum could continue. If exchange inflows accelerate and ETF demand cools, price action could stall. Featured image from Meta, chart from TradingView
Digital Currency Group is suing its subsidiary Genesis Global Capital LLC over a $1.1 billion safeguard made during the last crypto crash.
Spot Ether ETFs are set to record their strongest weekly performance ever, with inflows already surpassing $2.9 billion.
The loss was mostly a result of GAAP principles, as ETH has rallied in recent weeks far above its lowest price in the second quarter of 2025.
On India’s 79th Independence Day, while the nation celebrated its political freedom, a big move in the world of cryptocurrency, one that focuses on financial freedom. The Bitcoin Policy Institute of India (BPI India) officially launched at midnight on August 15, 2025, with a mission to make Bitcoin a key part of India’s economic future. …
BTC and MSTR post Sharpe ratios above 2.0, far outpacing tech peers around 1.0, while implied volatility drops to new lows.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed its decision on multiple spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposals from Bitwise, 21Shares, and Canary Capital. The regulator announced on Aug. 14 that it requires more time to evaluate the proposed rule changes, extending the review period by the maximum allowable 60 days. In the filings, […]
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A morning soundbite from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent briefly rattled Bitcoin and crypto markets on Thursday before a late-day clarification restored the policy baseline: the United States won’t be sellers, and “budget-neutral” options to grow the country’s bitcoin stockpile remain on the table. Senator Cynthia Lummis swiftly framed the endpoint. “America needs the BITCOIN Act,” she wrote, calling the legislation the operative blueprint for expanding a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve without tapping taxpayers. In a Fox Business hit that ricocheted across X, Bessent said the government is “not going to be buying” additional bitcoin and added, “We’re going to stop selling that,” referencing a reserve he valued between $15 billion and $20 billion. Markets faded into the statement; by mid-day, bitcoin was off roughly 3.7%. The point that stuck—“we’re not going to be buying”—was clipped and shared widely, but it was only half the story. Related Reading: Q4 Will Decide If The 4-Year Bitcoin Cycle Is Dead: Analyst Hours later, Bessent posted a clarifying note. “Bitcoin that has been finally forfeited to the federal government will be the foundation of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve that President Trump established in his March Executive Order,” he wrote. “In addition, Treasury is committed to exploring budget-neutral pathways to acquire more Bitcoin to expand the reserve, and to execute on the President’s promise to make the United States the ‘Bitcoin superpower of the world.’” The course correction aligned his comments with the administration’s March directive and the policy discussion that has matured since. Bitcoin Act Is Still The Way Forward Lummis, chair of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets, seized the moment to underline the fiscal constraint. “Secretary Scott Bessent is right: a budget-neutral path to building SBR is the way. We cannot save our country from $37T debt by purchasing more bitcoin, but we can revalue gold reserves to today’s prices & transfer the increase in value to build SBR. America needs the BITCOIN Act.” In a separate reply to Bessent, she added: “I have a ₿ill for that.” Her posts also flagged ongoing work “with Scott Bessent & Howard Lutnick to identify budget-neutral ways to continue growing our bitcoin reserve & outpacing adversaries in the race.” The legal and administrative scaffolding for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve was set five months ago. On March 6, President Trump signed an executive order creating the SBR and a separate US Digital Asset Stockpile, directing agencies to capitalize the reserve with Bitcoin “finally forfeited” to the government and to develop budget-neutral strategies for further acquisition. Related Reading: Binance Bitcoin Reserves Surge To 579,000 BTC – Signal Of Profit-Taking Or Bullish Liquidity? Lummis’s “BITCOIN Act” would take that framework from executive policy to statute and goes considerably further. The latest text lays out a five-year purchase program authorizing up to 200,000 BTC per year—1,000,000 BTC in total—paired with a 20-year minimum holding period and a quarterly, public cryptographic proof-of-reserves regime. Where Bessent’s remarks intersect—and diverge—with that legislative ambition is gold. In March, he downplayed a formal revaluation of US gold as a credible budget lever, even as the broader policy conversation around the asset side of the federal balance sheet intensified. On Thursday, Bessent told Fox Business that a gold revaluation is “unlikely.” Lummis, by contrast, is explicitly proposing to mark gold to market in order to seed the SBR without new borrowing—an idea that has migrated from think-piece fodder to bill text but still faces macro, legal, and central-bank-independence scrutiny. The bottom line is that Thursday did not mark a policy reversal so much as a restatement of sequencing. The executive branch will build the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve first with finally forfeited coins and, per Bessent’s clarification, is actively evaluating budget-neutral ways to expand it. At press time, BTC traded at $118,751. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Illicit crypto mining outfits stealing electricity are becoming a growing problem for countries in Central Asia.
Deribit, now owned by Coinbase, is set to launch linear bitcoin and ether options priced and settled in USDC on Aug. 19.