07 Aug 2025: 🟠 Bitcoin Holds Its Breath: Calm, Caution, and the Next Big Move

07 Aug 2025: 🟠 Bitcoin Holds Its Breath: Calm, Caution, and the Next Big Move

By theinspired | Bitcoin Inspired | 7 Aug 2025


"Our lives are a sum total of the Choices we have made."
- Wayne Dyer

BITCOIN

  • Bitcoin price echoing 2024 pattern that saw 50% BTC gains (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin’s Sideways Week Might End in a Sharp Move (BeInCrypto)
  • Bitcoin Steadies as Short-Term Holder Profit-Taking Slows (Decrypt, Cointelegraph, The Block)
  • Bitcoin's Volatility Disappears to Levels Not Seen Since October 2023 (CoinDesk)
  • IREN soars 11% after mining more Bitcoin than MARA in July (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin miner Greenidge to sell Mississippi facility for $3.9 million amid financial strain and Trump's latest tariff overhaul (The Block)
  • Bitcoin sees Bollinger Bands 'head fake' with $117K bulls' next target (Cointelegraph)
  • Monster short squeeze alert for Bitcoin worth $18 billion (Finbold)
  • Most People Won't Choose Bitcoin for 401(k) Pension Accounts, Bloomberg's Expert Claims (UToday)
  • Bitcoin investors are buying the dip. 120,000 BTC were bought around the $112,000 low, spiking the price above $116,000. 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • Bitcoin Whale Moves $349 Million in BTC After 10-Year Slumber (Decrypt)
  • JUST IN: 🇬🇧 UK-listed Union Jack Oil plans to mine Bitcoin on-site using natural gas. Company is also considering adding BTC to its treasury if the pilot succeeds. 🛢️⚡₿ (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: Popular convenience store Sheetz now accepts Bitcoin and offers 50% off when paying with crypto. Real-world Bitcoin adoption is heating up. 🔥 (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: Bitcoin open interest surges to $80 billion. Something big is brewing 👀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • NEW: 🇨🇫 Central African Republic President hints at potential Bitcoin adoption 👀 (@BTC_Archive)

CORPORATE TREASURIES

  • Standard Chartered Backs Ethereum Treasury Firms Over Spot ETFs (BeInCrypto)
  • Joe Lubin-backed Ethereum treasury firm SharpLink to sell additional $200 million worth of stock to buy ETH (The Block)
  • UK-listed oil and gas firm eyes bitcoin mining at hydrocarbon site, considers BTC treasury strategy (The Block)
  • Bitcoin miner CleanSpark's BTC treasury surpasses $1 billion in Q3 2025 as revenue surges 91% year-over-year (The Block)
  • JUST IN: Publicly traded gold miner ECR Minerals plans to add Bitcoin to its reserves. Goldbugs are catching Bitcoin FOMO. 🔥 (@BTC_Archive)

ETHEREUM

  • Ethereum daily transactions reach new high, surpassing 2021 peak as stablecoins and ETH treasuries steer growth (The Block)
  • Ethereum Nears Make-or-Break Moment as Open Interest Soars to All-Time High (NewsBTC)
  • Ethereum beats Solana in capital inflows: $4K target in sight (Cointelegraph)

ALTCOINS

  • Altcoin Inflows Surge to 8-Month High—A Sell-Off Warning? (BeInCrypto)
  • XRP Pushes Through $3 as Ripple-SEC Appeal Decision Looms (CoinDesk)
  • Institutional Solana Buying Ramps Up: The Nearly $600 Million Buy Shaking Up SOL (NewsBTC)

ETFs

  • Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $91.6M, Snapping Four-Day Outflow Streak (Decrypt, The Block)

EXCHANGES

  • Coinbase to levy 0.1% fee for USDC to US dollar swaps over $5M (Cointelegraph, BeInCrypto)

POLITICS

  • Trump to allow crypto in 401k retirement plans for US workers: White House (Cointelegraph, Finbold, BeInCrypto, The Block)
  • President Trump signs executive order to stop 'unfair banking' of crypto industry (The Block, Decrypt, BeInCrypto)
  • Bitcoin Surges Past $117K as Trump Taps Stephen Miran for Federal Reserve (CoinDesk, The Block)

VOICES

  • Paolo Ardoino: Tether Chief executive officer, has called Bitcoin “undefeatable.” (UToday, NewsBTC)
  • Jack Mallers: Strike and XXI CEO says US Delay On Bitcoin Audit Is A Bullish Red Flag. (NewsBTC)
  • Robert Kiyosaki: "Anyone can become a millionaire with Bitcoin." 🙌 (@BTC_Archive)
  • Mike Novogratz : JUST IN: Galaxy CEO says Trump's executive order will bring in a "monster pool of capital" to Bitcoin and crypto. 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • MICHAEL SAYLOR: "When Wall Street is 10% Bitcoin, Bitcoin will be $1 million per coin." 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • 🇺🇸 DONALD TRUMP: “For too long our government has violated the cardinal rule that every bitcoiner knows by heart: NEVER SELL YOUR BITCOIN.” (@BTC_Archive)
  • 🇺🇸 VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE: "100 million Americans will own Bitcoin before too long." 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • Arthur Hayes: Massive Bitcoin Price: Calls for BTC at $250K (CryptoPotato)
  • 🇺🇸 PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Bitcoin and crypto will skyrocket like never before, even beyond your expectations” 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)

THE BAD

  • Weaponized Trading Bots Drain $1M From Crypto Users via AI-Generated YouTube Scam (CoinDesk, Cointelegraph)

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