Bitcoin Surges 23.6% in Second-Best Week Since Feb 2021
ETF demand and a weaker dollar turned months of low volatility into a broad breakout, pushing Bitcoin and Ether above their 200-day averages.
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ETF demand and a weaker dollar turned months of low volatility into a broad breakout, pushing Bitcoin and Ether above their 200-day averages.
The threat was contained with no user funds exploited, but deposits, withdrawals and MANTRA transactions remain frozen pending testing for a possible same-day restart.
BTC and ETH captured most of the listed capital, but seven additional assets also posted inflows, broadening the signal beyond the majors.
Market breadth remains selective: BTC dominance is 57.3% and the Altcoin Index is 42/100, while the Fear & Greed Index sits at 73.
Three months after a $51M raise, the LA-based stablecoin neobank lands unicorn status with SBI's Ripple, Circle and Morpho ties opening payment rails across Japan, Asia and emerging markets.
Jackson Hole offers a policy signal outside a formal Fed meeting, making Warsh's rate guidance a key test for the rally's durability.
More than a daily spike, the weekly move gives investors a clear benchmark for Bitcoin's momentum and raises the question of whether the gains can hold.
The breadth is the real signal: XRP, HYPE, ZEC, LINK, SOL and ADA all caught the bid, with spot and ETF demand doing the lifting behind the rally.
The pledge puts sanctions enforcement at the center of a fresh geopolitical risk-off signal, raising compliance stakes for banks and investors with Iran exposure.
Tokenization's value is shifting from distribution to programmable collateral, and the design work around each token is what makes that layer safe to use.
The $90M is a fraction of the $2.61B absorbed by Bitcoin and Ethereum products, but the breadth is the read: institutional flows are finally spreading past the duopoly after months in the cold.
The combined inflow came as falling Treasury yields, fresh White House support, and twin SEC/CFTC policy moves all hit the market in the same week, the rarest catalyst stack since the October 2025…
The proposal moves token fundraising into formal rulemaking, but the industry still wants Congress to pass the Clarity Act.
Public buyers would fund nearly all of Bitari's $30M raise and walk away with 10% of equity, $6.31 of immediate dilution per share, and 40% of proceeds parked for an unnamed acquisition.
Pakistan's PVARA opens its licensing portal, giving crypto firms a single window to enter formal supervision or halt covered services.
XRP is the most leveraged proxy for a macro risk-on trade right now. The Treasury's bond buyback push is what flipped the curve narrative, and roughly $2B in liquidated shorts did the rest.
Three non-cash line items account for $62.59M, or 94% of $66.44M in total assets, while management admits substantial doubt about the company continuing as a going concern.
Trading infrastructure cleared an existing CFTC pathway in months, while token fundraising awaits an SEC system still being written.
The volume is still small ($24M in a month, roughly what Visa processes in a minute). But for sub-dollar API-to-API flows, the structural fit is stablecoins, and USDC is already inside that network.
The 1.08B-SCRT mint gives the community-backed chain runway, but 308M SCRT unlocked on day one and a fresh 5% inflation rate make the Sept. 1 handoff a survival test the chain may not pass.