Bitcoin ETFs logged $198 million net inflow, marking a ninth straight day of inflows; ETH ETFs saw $8.54 million outflow. Total Bitcoin ETF assets now exceed $168 billion, representing ~7% of total market cap.
Bitcoin futures OI hit $100 billion, while options data show a 59.57% call bias, signaling bullish positioning.
BTC consolidated above $121,000, ETH at $4,341, SOL at $221, and BNB at $1,270.
Gold holds near $4,040 per ounce, S&P 500 remains at record highs amid Fed easing expectations.
Corporate and treasury demand for Bitcoin continues accelerating, as DDC Enterprise announces $124 million equity raise to expand Bitcoin treasury.
The industry's biggest lobbying group backs Custodia Bank's petition arguing the Federal Reserve has no discretion to deny master accounts to eligible state-chartered banks — a question Kraken's own path around the same wall already shows has more than one answer
The regulator dismantled Australia's largest cash-to-Bitcoin network using powers it already had; the AML/CTF bill now before Parliament would let it do the same to the whole sector without waiting for a company to fail first.
Jeong Sang-ho gets the same sentence as Do Kwon, but on a fraction of the alleged victim count — after a court threw out evidence tied to the case's largest fraud allegation
The Aug. 19 gathering lands a day before a CFTC advisory panel takes up the same state-versus-federal jurisdiction fight now playing out in courtrooms in at least a dozen states.
