Aave, one of the largest decentralized lending protocols, could see its net deposits soar to $100 billion before the end of this year, according to the platform’s founder, Stani Kulechov. In an Aug. 10 post on X, Kulechov explained that the DeFi protocol’s current growth rate could push it to that figure sooner than expected. […]
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A wave of new token unlocks is starting from August 11 and will continue to August 18th. This will likely affect the market by changing the supply dynamics. Usually, large token unlocks tend to cause sharp, short-term price fluctuations and increased trading volume, and it can also lead to extreme price volatility. Millions of New …
The crypto derivatives market saw $333.56 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours, with shorts bearing the brunt of the losses, with $212.59 million wiped versus $120.97 million in longs. That 1.76 short-to-long ratio followed Bitcoin’s 2% gain in a day, as it touched $122,000 after struggling to break through significant resistance at $118,000 […]
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S&P Global’s credit rating of Sky Protocol reflects key concerns over governance centralization, weak capitalization and regulatory uncertainty.
BTC nears record highs, but history suggests the $119,000 futures gap could invite a pullback.
Samson Mow, a well-known Bitcoin entrepreneur and founder/CEO of JAN3, warned that recent gains in Ether could be short lived as some investors move profits back into Bitcoin. According to his post, many ETH buyers already hold Bitcoin — often from ICOs or insider positions — and are rotating that BTC into ETH to drive prices up. Related Reading: Ethereum Hits $4,300, Restoring Vitalik Buterin’s Crypto Billionaire Status He argued that once Ether reaches a high enough level, those same holders may sell, leaving a fresh set of buyers holding the bag. “No one wants ETH in the long run,” he wrote, and he called the selling pressure near big price marks a “Bagholder’s Dilemma.” ETH/BTC Moves Raise Questions Based on reports, the ETH/BTC ratio has jumped to about 0.036 on TradingView, up from a five-and-a-half-year low of 0.018 in April. That rise has come while Ether surged in price; the token topped $4,310 in late trading on Sunday and posted a weekly gain of 21%. Let me explain what’s happening with ETHBTC. Most ETH holders have a lot of BTC (ICO/insiders) and they are rotating that BTC into ETH to pump it on new narratives (Ethereum Treasury co’s). Once they’ve gotten it high enough, they’ll dump their ETH, creating new generational… — Samson Mow (@Excellion) August 10, 2025 Those numbers put Ether roughly 10% from its 2021 all-time high of $4,880. For proponents of Bitcoin, those shifts look like a rotation back to altcoins that could reverse once sellers take profits. Some market watchers read the same facts differently. They see the recent ETH surge as a bullish sign and expect a more complex cycle: Ether could hit a fresh peak and spark a mini altseason. After that, capital may flow back into Bitcoin until BTC reaches about $140,000, before rotating again into Ether and other altcoins — a back-and-forth that has played out in past bull runs and makes a neat, one-way trade unlikely. Flows, Use Cases And On-Chain Signals Reports have disclosed that institutional interest and new strategies are also part of the story. Nick Ruck, director at LVRG Research, pointed to institutional demand and “strategy reserve plays” as drivers behind Ether’s climb to $4,300. According to Ruk, higher interest has helped DeFi platforms lift total value locked. Staking, yield tactics and burning of fees change supply dynamics compared with earlier cycles, and those factors make today’s rally different from the ICO-era rotations Mow described. Related Reading: Vocal Gold Promoter Says He’d Choose Bitcoin When Threatened With A Gun To The Head Technical signals add another layer. Ether’s weekly candle closed at levels not seen since November 2021, which gives momentum traders something to watch. At the same time, Bitcoin dominance has slid by about 10% since late June, showing capital has already shifted into altcoins in recent weeks. Those two trends can coexist — strong ETH momentum plus a still-present risk that profit-taking will trigger a reversal. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
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An early Ethereum ICO participant has re-entered the spotlight after transferring 2,300 ETH, worth about $9.9 million, in a single transaction. As per Lookonchain data, this investor originally bought 20,000 ETH during the 2014 Genesis sale for just $6,200 and still holds 1,623 ETH, valued at roughly $6.99 million. The move comes as Ethereum’s price …
Capital B has confirmed the purchase of 126 BTC worth about €12.4 million, taking its total Bitcoin holdings to 2,201 BTC. The company also reported an impressive year-to-date Bitcoin yield of 1,519.5%, highlighting the strong performance of its crypto strategy. This latest acquisition reinforces Capital B’s commitment to expanding its Bitcoin reserves and capitalizing on …
Fede’s Intern, an Ethereum core developer from Argentina, was detained in Izmir, Turkey, accused of helping others misuse the Ethereum network. He denies any wrongdoing, stating he only builds blockchain infrastructure. The allegations are vague and have caused concern in the crypto community. The developer is reportedly cooperating with authorities and plans to continue fighting …
The corporate race into crypto has just gotten hotter, starting with Bitcoin, then Ethereum, XRP, and now coming down to BNB. Nasdaq-listed company BNC (formerly VAPE) has announced a $160 million purchase of 200k BNB. This huge purchase makes BNC the largest corporate holder of BNB in the world. Following the news, the BNB price …
In the crypto world, Chainlink and XRP are often discussed side-by-side, but not because they are in direct competition. The two projects simply serve very different purposes. XRP’s technology is widely used for cross-border payments, especially by banks and payment providers. Chainlink, on the other hand, is less visible to the general public but plays …
LayerZero pitched a $110 million all-token deal to buy Stargate, but not everyone from the crypto protocol’s community is happy with the proposal.
The number of S&P 500 companies mentioning 'recession' in earnings calls has dropped significantly from nearly 125 to under 25.
Ethereum’s market capitalization currently sits at $523 billion, overtaking global payment cards firm Mastercard.
Bitcoin has surged above $122,000 — within 1% of its all-time high — following last week’s pro-crypto White House executive order and three strong days of Bitcoin ETF inflows.
Experts are still debating whether Bitcoin’s predictable four-year cycles are at an end as institutions are getting into crypto in a big way.
In an August 10 video titled “My End Of 2025 ETH Price Prediction (Using AI) — You’re Not Bullish Enough!”, crypto analyst Miles Deutscher said Ethereum’s latest breakout above the “very key level in the $4,000 zone” has shifted the market into what he views as a confirmed, structurally stronger advance toward new all-time highs. “We actually did get a daily close,” he noted, adding that the weekly close above the same region—something Ethereum “hasn’t closed above on the weekly since November 2021”— underscores the significance of the move. In Deutscher’s framework, that close is “confirmation for a much bigger run.” How High Can Ethereum Go? Deutscher centered the analysis on a simple question—how high can Ethereum go—and answered it with a blend of technical context and model-driven probabilities. Before invoking AI, he sketched an “eye test” path in which price discovery unfolds “well into this range here between $6,000 to $8,000,” arguing that Ethereum is effectively “playing catch-up” after lagging other top assets that already printed new highs. He even floated a directional benchmark—“I think the price prediction is going to be $7,000”—before deferring to probability distributions as a more disciplined way to size the upside. To that end, he ran two large-language models on a shared set of inputs, asking for odds of specific price bands by the end of 2025 and then by the end of 2026. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Eyeing A Breakout? On-Chain Analysis Places Short-Term Target At $4,800 On his telling, the first model’s 2025 peak probabilities favored continuation: roughly a three-in-four chance to revisit the prior high near $4.7k, about sixty-plus percent to clear $5k, around thirty percent to reach $6k, high-single-digits to breach $7.5k, and roughly one percent to tag $10k this year. Expanding the window through 2026 raised those odds materially, to what he summarized as high confidence in $4.7k–$5k, better-than-even odds for $6k, and about forty percent for $7.5k, with a non-trivial tail—“even here 10k plus it’s giving an 18% probability to.” Running the same exercise on Grok produced a more aggressive contour. As Deutscher relayed it, Grok’s “base case could very well be $10,000,” with an $8,000–$15,000 band as a plausible cycle-top range. He quoted the model’s technical guardrails explicitly: “A break above $4,800 signals new all-time high pursuit. Drop below $3,800 could invalidate the bullish thesis.” By contrast, his own trading invalidation skews tighter to trend, cautioning that “if Ethereum drops below the money noodle on the daily, which right now is around like $3,400, I think structurally this could start to invalidate the bullish move at least in the short term,” while “as long as we maintain above $4,000, we are in the pursuit of that prior all-time high.” Headwinds For Ether The projection stack rests on a macro-to-micro chain of tailwinds that Deutscher argued now favors Ethereum more directly than in prior cycles. He cited consistently positive ETF flows—“around $17 billion of net inflows into the crypto ETFs over the last 60 days, $11 billion coming in the month of July alone,” with particular traction on the ether side—alongside anticipated retirement-account access to crypto that could unlock what he called a “massive pool of new buyers.” He framed recent US policy steps as a near-term accelerant for on-chain finance, saying the GENIUS Act clarified treatment for a set of crypto assets and “regulates some of the key stable coins,” thereby widening the aperture for institutional yield strategies and tokenization. In his view, those are specifically Ethereum-centric growth funnels because “Ethereum is the biggest blockchain facilitating asset tokenization and DeFi,” which makes ETH “the number one proxy for anyone looking to get exposure to this narrative.” Related Reading: Ethereum Hits $4,300, Restoring Vitalik Buterin’s Crypto Billionaire Status Deutscher also paired the flows argument with market-structure observations: stablecoins at fresh highs, price resilience marked by “sell-offs… relatively short-lived,” and a turn in bitcoin dominance that, if it persists, historically precedes broader alt rotation with ETH at the fulcrum. None of this, he stressed, implies a straight line. Deutscher expects the cycle to oscillate through rotations—bitcoin strength, an ether catch-up, then a higher-beta alt expansion—rather than a single monolithic “altseason.” He even penciled in a likely second-leg window into 2026, aligning with political and monetary calendar points, while cautioning that “you never know what’s going to happen” and emphasizing the need for clear invalidations. Still, the directional conclusion is unambiguous: the combination of structural inflows, regulatory clarity around on-chain finance, and Ethereum’s technical regime shift leaves him biasing to the upside. “This would be hard momentum to slow down in the short to mid-term,” he said, adding that the true “FOMO” phase probably begins only once ETH is in price discovery above its $4,800 peak. At press time, ETH traded at $4,303. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Meme coin pushes through key levels on high volume as institutional accumulation accelerates during market turbulence.
Ethena price has staged a strong 40.03% rally this week, and 11.59% in the last 24 hours, trading at $0.8406. The moonish surge aligns with Ethena’s TVL hitting a record $10 billion, alongside a major milestone for its synthetic dollar, USDe. Which recently became the 3rd largest stablecoin by market capitalization. Successively, $5M daily ENA …
The plan would see all STG tokens converted into ZRO at a fixed rate, effectively retiring STG as a standalone governance and rewards token.
The crypto market kicked off the week with fireworks after President Trump signed an executive order directing regulators to explore allowing cryptocurrencies, private equity, and other alternative assets in 401(k) retirement plans. Analysts say this move could unleash a fresh wave of institutional buying, tapping into millions of U.S. retirement accounts and injecting massive liquidity …
The Ethereum community is in shock after one of its well-known developers, Fede’s Intern, was detained in Izmir, Turkey, over the weekend. The accusation? Turkish authorities say he helped people “misuse” the Ethereum network, a charge many in the crypto community are calling vague, unfair, and potentially dangerous for blockchain innovation. So, what’s next, now? …
Nasdaq-listed BNC, formerly known as VAPE, has purchased 200,000 BNB tokens worth $160 million, becoming the largest corporate holder of BNB worldwide. This purchase was funded by a $500 million private placement led by 10X Capital and YZi Labs. BNC plans to keep buying BNB, potentially increasing investment up to $1.25 billion through warrants. The …
After a week of speculation in the XRP community, Ripple has confirmed its August token release, unlocking 1 billion XRP from escrow on August 9. The move quashes rumors that this month might pass without an unlock, something that hasn’t happened since the escrow program began in late 2017. With its scheduled release XRP community …
After a brief consolidation, the Bitcoin bulls intensified their activity just before the weekly close, helping the BTC price to record one of the highest closes ever. The current price action suggests the token could now be heading towards the psychological target at $125,000, which could be a new ATH. Meanwhile, the trading volumes remain …
The rally was likely driven by a large purchase in anticipation of future volatility, despite no immediate news catalyst.
Chainlink (LINK) is holding strong around $21.70 today, with bullish sentiment fueled by whale accumulation, shrinking exchange supply, and growing open interest. On-chain analysts like Ali Martinez say a break above the $24 resistance could ignite a multi-stage rally towards $95. Notably, Trump’s new executive order supporting crypto in 401(k)s could fuel the market’s next …
XRP has shown a lot of potential after its price bounced off a major trendline and has now been able to turn previous resistance levels back into support. As the crypto market looks to be in an uptrend, it is likely that the XRP price could see a continuation of the current bullish trend going into the new week. If this happens, crypto analyst Lingrid sees such a move leading the digital asset back toward its all-time high levels before the next major decline. XRP Price In A Perfect Position For Continuation In the analysis, Lingri points out that the XRP price is now holding support at a notable level, which is above $3. This comes after a crash below this level, as bears had beaten down the price. However, as the ascending trendline had moved, the cryptocurrency was able to break above, and this meant that it was a signal for a possible continuation. Related Reading: Ethereum Fractal Mirrors Bitcoin’s 2018-2021 Run, Ready For 1,110% Surge The analyst had initially predicted a decline back below $3.2, but the emphasis was on the fact that the $3.15 support is able to hold after the rebound. This level now becomes the level to watch, especially if the structure is able to remain intact from here. In the event of a bounce from the $3.15 support and a breakout, Lingrid expects a sharp upward movement for the XRP price. The buy zone here is placed at the $3.1-$3.2 levels, with a break above $3.4 being the confirmation of the buy trigger. Once the move is underway, a 20% move is expected to send the price toward $3.8. This is where the next major resistance lies for XRP once the break is complete. “A breakout above 3.4000 could open the way for accelerated upside movement. Trend bias remains bullish while price holds above key support,” Lingrid stated. Bears Could Still Take Control As is the case with any analysis, there is the possibility of an invalidation and that the XRP price would end up going the opposite direction. In this scenario, it is if there is another break below $3 again, which would serve as the invalidation move that will put bears back in control. Related Reading: Bitcoin Moves Into $12 Trillion Sector: Why BTC In 401Ks Is A Big Deal Lingrid explains that such a breakdown would shift the trend to bearish. There is also the possibility of limited upside brought about by a weakening of the market. Even in the event that the XRP altcoin does complete the bullish move to $3.8, the crypto analyst says the resistance near $3.8 could also trigger a sharp rejection. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
Bitcoin maximalist Samson Mow predicted ETH investors will rotate back to BTC, but previous market cycles suggest altcoin growth patterns will continue.