On September 8, there was a net inflow of $368 million to Bitcoin spot ETFs; while ETH ETFs saw a net outflow of $96.7 million, marking six consecutive days of outflows.
The 1-month 25-delta skew for BTC is rising. Strong put demand is consistent with institutional hedging into ETF/DAT flows.
Gold hit $3,630/oz (new ATH), as markets brace for US PPI on Wednesday and CPI on Thursday.
BTC trading near $113k; daily close above $113k would be highly significant. Immediate resistance still lies at $113.5–$114k with key downside liquidity near $109k–$107k. ETH support holds firm at $4.25–$4.30k, while resistance lies overhead at $4.48–$4.50k.
He would become at least the tenth of 18 co-defendants to admit guilt in a case prosecutors have built as their first Bitcoin-focused RICO prosecution.
The Singapore-to-New York transfer settled in minutes rather than the usual two business days, adding a concrete use case to banks' broader push toward always-on tokenized settlement rails.
The federation's peg-out authorization key needed just 11 of 15 signatures to move nearly 4,000 BTC out of the sidechain, exposing a validation bug that Blockstream says had gone unpatched in its Elements codebase for more than two years.
Bitcoin looks calm on the surface, but ETF inflows, thin liquidity, leverage and geopolitical risk are building a market primed for a sharp move in either direction.
