This week, Crypto is experiencing many ups and downs. BTC ▼-1.14%, ETH ▲0.05%and BNB ▼-0.66% The Ethereum ETF influx reaches its peak and hit its highest ever high.

Bitcoin peaked at $124,000 early in the week, falling sharply after unexpected PPI data was released. I was soaked in $115K by the middle of the week before testing my $110,000 support.

Ethereum also fell to $4,000 at the beginning of the week, ahead of its weekend’s highest ever-growing $4,890.

The crypto market capitalization was hovered at $4 trillion XRP ▲0.51% It’s below $3 on Wednesday. link ▼-0.96% The ICE partnership won 25% in the $26 area, surpassing the market. Again, Solana peaked at $201, reaching a massive 107,540 TPS records.

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This week is a crypto roller coaster

The market was calm before he awarded Powell’s Jackson Hole speech yesterday. But after the speech, God’s candles were found everywhere. JPMorgan predicted four rate cuts from September to 2025, bringing the “Crypto” Google searches to higher every year.

The Crypto Services Fed eased bank oversight for Crypto Services, and Japan has approved Stablecoins. Following on, Eric Trump planned a visit to Tokyo’s “Metaplanet” to push Crupto.

Eric Trump is heading for Tokyo.

On September 1st, he will be attending Metaplanet’s shareholders meeting.

A company with $2.1 billion on Bitcoin on balance sheet.

His advice role shows one thing:

Bitcoin interest at institutions is growing worldwide. pic.twitter.com/qwxqq9zvjr

– Sam Morris (@itssamarthur) August 22, 2025

There have been allegations about the Trump family’s coin, raising $320 million, but plunged 88%, raising fraud claims against them.

Next, it was announced that Dutch company AMDAX would be constructing a BTC financial fund to target 1% Bitcoin supply. Other institutions like Metaplanet have pivoted 18,888 BTC and biotechnology as Ethzilla to the ETH Treasury.

Big News also comes from US drug enforcement agencies. According to Forbes, DEA used cryptography to hardly wash $19 million for the cartel.

There was also an update to Terra News, just as Kwon pleaded guilty. The founder of Terra Lab faces 12 years in prison and $19 million forfeiture.

And like other celebrities Crypto Meltdown, Kanye West’s Meme Coin was pumped into a $3 billion cap before crashing mid-week.

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This week’s numbers

The Spot Ethereum ETF initially saw an influx of $729 million, surpassing the $548 million Bitcoin ETF this week. Flows then turned back to a $422 million spill from ETH and a $523 million from BTC, with BlackRock holdings of $104 billion.

Tokenized RWA exceeded $1 billion, AI agents appeared as Ethereum’s top users, and IQAI integration was integrated.

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ERC-8004 proposed an unreliable AI standard for Ethereum. Ethereum hit the highest ever high in transactions and addresses with low gas. 0G Lab has enabled large AI models with high bandwidth.

But not only the TXS count and address, but Ethereum has also been hit so far higher than ever after waiting for many years by ETH Crypto Maxis.

Story Protocol raised $82 million, but the founder resigned. Btcturk lost $23 million in the hack, and Justin Sun challenged Bloomberg on the Billionaires Index.

And… Crypto might soon join the 401(k).

Anthony Scaramucci turned to $180k-$200k btc by the end of the year. CEO Vanar discussed Crypto Future on Nypost. Elon Musk dropped the idea of ​​a political party.

Musk’s Movement: Billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly halting plans to launch a new political party while working to maintain close ties with Vice President J.D. Vance. pic.twitter.com/lhyphlkqau

– Fox News (@foxnews) August 20, 2025

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The US government owns more than $23 billion in crypto

by Akiyama Felix

Data from Arkham shows that US Goveenment holds $23,601,501,480 or more $23 billion in Crypto Assets. Bitcoin is held by the Trump-led US, worth $220 billion and is the largest asset in USDT and Ethereum of $630 million.

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ChainLink could be the most underrated crypto asset

by Akiyama Felix

After a month of running link ▼-0.96% It could be that they are aiming for the highest ever $52. Some analysts believe ChainLink is underestimated, and perhaps it could be right, especially in the booming RWA sector.

do you agree?

This is the most underrated major asset in crypto! $link @ChainLink pic.twitter.com/jcz5zlziwu

– Rypto (@Rypto__) August 23, 2025

Will Pengu Crypto break quickly?

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Pudgy Penguins has evolved from the NFT collection to a cultural force, and Pengu Crypto is always about to break. This project is about cute penguins with real-world goods, like Walmart toys.

Solana Memecoin will reward holders by winning bundles by stakes on community perks. Shortly after its release, it was hit with over 800,000 owners, particularly in the Big Airdrop campaign. Currently trading at around $0.035, Pengu could move forward soon.

Will Pengui blow up the record of the greatest record of next week after warping Pokemon?

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In typical thug fashion, Donald Trump hammered Gavin Newsom for not thanking him after all that he’s done for Los Angeles —nobody else, after all, could have injected such chaos and violence into a city so spectacularly as the president.

“Incompetent Gavin Newscum should have been THANKING me for the job we did in Los Angeles, rather than making sad excuses for the poor job he has done,” Trump complained on Truth Social yesterday afternoon. “If it weren’t for me getting the National Guard into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now!”

Meanwhile, all 500 square miles in sunny Los Angeles has been business as usual throughout Trump’s military invasion, except for the few blocks downtown where ICE and the National Guard are concentrated. But like the schoolyard bully who demands that you thank him for punching you in the face and stealing your lunch money, Trump keeps demanding thanks from his targets. Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn’t his first victim of forced gratitude, and Newsom won’t be his last.

From The Independent:

President Donald Trump said California Governor Gavin Newsom should be “thanking” him for calling in the National Guard in Los Angeles after an appeals court ruling delayed the military being used to help stop anti-ICE protests.

A U.S. District Judge ruled Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in LA was “illegal” and violated the Tenth Amendment, and that troops had to leave. But a late-night decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to Newsom and delayed the implementation of the lower court order.

For now, Trump will maintain control of the National Guard in LA after the court rulings.

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Global economic tensions and trade policy uncertainties continue to influence cryptocurrency markets as Bitcoin recovers from a recent correction.

Despite the pullback, institutional interest remains strong with firms like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) and GameStop adding BTC to their corporate treasuries.

Technical Analysis Highlights

• The 24-hour period shows a clear bottoming pattern with strong volume support emerging around the $103,200-$103,400 zone, where buyers consistently stepped in, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model.
• The subsequent recovery phase gained momentum after breaking above the $104,000 resistance level, with increasing volume confirming buyer conviction.
• This technical structure suggests the correction has likely completed, with the price now establishing a new support base for potential continuation of the broader uptrend.
• In the last hour, Bitcoin demonstrated a notable recovery pattern, climbing from $104,146 to $104,303, with significant bullish momentum emerging at 14:01.
• Price surged from $104,188 to $104,323 on substantially higher volume (429 BTC traded).
• The price action formed a clear consolidation range between $104,077 and $104,263 before the breakout, with key support established around $104,080-$104,090.

External References

• “Bitcoin Price Extends Losses — Is More Downside on the Horizon?”, NewsBTC, published May 30, 2025.
• “Bitcoin at Risk of Breakdown if Major Support Level Fails, Says Trader Justin Bennett – Here Are His Targets”, The Daily Hodl, published May 30, 2025.
• “Bitcoin price prediction 2025-2031: Will BTC hit $150k soon?”, Cryptopolitan, published May 31, 2025.

Crypto markets have been fairly stable amid wider market panic caused by US President Donald Trump’s “on-again, off-again” sweeping global tariffs, according to a New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) analyst.

“Despite the carnage in traditional financial markets, the crypto markets have been relatively orderly,” NYDIG global head of research Greg Cipolaro said in an April 11 note. “Historically, in broad risk-off moves, we tend to see stresses show up in crypto markets. We have yet to see that.”

Cipolaro said crypto perpetual futures rates have “been persistently positive,” with liquidations spiking on April 6 and 7 in the days after Trump first announced the tariffs on April 2 but only to a total of $480 million, which he added “was well below other notable liquidation events.”

He noted that the price of Tether (USDT), a US dollar-tracking stablecoin widely used token in crypto trading, was below $1 but had “not experienced a sharp decline.” 

Trump unveiled a sweeping tariff regime on April 2 that lumped various levies on every country before pausing them for 90 days just hours after they came into effect on April 5 and instead charging a base tariff of 10%, besides China, which currently has tariffs of up to 145%.

Traditional and crypto markets tanked after Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement, and many assets haven’t recovered to the same level as before their unveiling.

Over the weekend, the Trump administration caused more confusion with its tariffs, saying on April 13 that an April 11 decision to exempt many electronics from tariffs was temporary and they would still be hit with levies.

Bitcoin fares well, declining volatility to make it widely attractive

Cipolaro said that Bitcoin (BTC) didn’t escape the market volatility, “but at current prices has fared far better than many other asset classes.”

He added that Bitcoin’s volatility hasn’t risen to historic levels, unlike the traditional markets, and “has been relatively stable” despite instability instigated by the Trump administration.

“Perhaps investors are increasingly searching for stores of value not tied to sovereign countries and thus not affected by the trade turmoil.”

Bitcoin is down 22.5% from its mid-January peak of over $108,000 and has traded flat over the past 24 hours at $84,730, according to CoinGecko.

Cipolaro said the narrowing gap between Bitcoin’s volatility and other assets makes it “increasingly more appealing” to funds with risk parity portfolios — those that use risk to choose asset allocations.

He added that investors are likely reducing their risk exposure but “perhaps some reallocation of asset mix to Bitcoin is one of the reasons it has been more buoyant.”

Related: S&P 500 briefly sees ‘Bitcoin-level’ volatility amid Trump tariff war

“Risk parity funds allocating to Bitcoin can help dampen its volatility — making the asset more attractive and potentially reinforcing a virtuous cycle of increased adoption and stability,” Cipolaro said.

However, YouHodler chief of markets Ruslan Lienkha told Cointelegraph in an April 12 note that despite a wider market rebound, “technical indicators are painting a concerning picture.”

He said a “death cross,” when the 50-day moving average crosses below the 200-day moving average, is potentially forming on Bitcoin and the S&P 500.

Lienkha said the pattern is “generally considered a bearish signal for the medium term, suggesting that markets may struggle to sustain upward momentum without a clear catalyst or a stream of positive macroeconomic developments.” 

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Haliey Welch, also known as the “Hawk Tuah Girl”, has returned to podcasting after months away from the spotlight.

Her Talk Tuah show released its first new episode with YouTuber KSI joining as the first guest.

Welch had kept a low profile following a short-lived crypto project that used her nickname. In December 2024, a Solana
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-based meme coin called HAWK, which Welch promoted, briefly hit a market cap of $490 million before crashing by over 90% within minutes.

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KSI, whose full name is Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, shares a similar history with crypto-related criticism. Though the two did not directly mention their past involvement in crypto during the episode, both spoke about facing public pressure and criticism.

Olatunji stated, “I’ve been here for so long I’ve had my ups and my downs and my dooooooowns. You’ve just got to roll with the punches and just stay consistent. In this industry, people are going to use and abuse you”.

Welch responded, “I found that out the hard way”.

In 2021, Olatunji faced claims that he promoted crypto tokens like XCAD Network and Ethernity Chain and then quickly sold them off. He has denied these accusations.

Welch confirmed that she cooperated in a civil case against those involved in launching the HAWK token. That lawsuit names crypto launchpad overHERE, its founder Clinton So, influencer Alex “Doc Hollywood” Schultz, and the Tuah the Moon Foundation. Welch is not being sued in that case.

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Ethena Labs has integrated Chaos Labs’ data authenticity technology, Edge Proof oracles, to strengthen the risk management framework for its synthetic dollar token USDe.

Edge oracles will independently verify the total dollar value of the USDe’s reserves and the reserve coverage of USDe’s supply and confirm that reserves are governance-approved and delta-neutral. Chaos Labs shared the announcement exclusively with CoinDesk.

USDe, a synthetic stablecoin, maintains a soft peg with the U.S. dollar through an automated delta-hedging strategy that shorts bitcoin and ether perpetual futures to offset changes in the prices of these cryptocurrencies.

The synthetic stablecoin experienced volatility over the weekend, falling to 0.982 against tether and 0.988 against USDC, per Kaiko, amid fears that the protocol has multi-million dollar exposure to Bybit’s ether (ETH) derivatives market. The exchange was hacked late Friday, with a malicious entity draining over $1 billion in ether.

The so-called de-peg, however, was short-lived as Ethena assured investors that all assets backing USDe were held off-exchange and its reserve fund was more than enough to compensate for any losses from the Bybit exploit.

The integration with Chaos Labs adds another layer of credibility to USDe’s reserves, ensuring they stay secure and transparent.

The Edge Proof of Reserves (PoR) oracles will constantly monitor the reserve levels of tokens and check the collateral backing them. This is done by smoothly integrating off-chain data from custodians and centralized exchanges into the on-chain environment, ensuring scalable and robust support for institutional-grade applications.

The integration also provides automated alerts to notify users of any data anomalies or if reserve levels fall below the required thresholds. Verified data is publicly displayed on Ethena’s transparency page and attestor interfaces, keeping stakeholders informed.

“This integration ensures continuous, independent verification of reserves, fostering greater transparency and security for all users. By leveraging real-time, tamper-resistant data, Ethena reinforces its commitment to a robust and reliable synthetic dollar,” the announcement said.

Chaos Labs’ Edge oracle leverages zero-knowledge proofs to ensure security and privacy while providing real-time and transparent data verification, including for reserves held off-chain or across different blockchains.

These oracles have secured over $70 billion in volume, delivering risk management to decentralized finance (DeFi) giants like AAVE, Jupiter, GMX, and Tether.