14 Aug 2025: 🟠 Bitcoin Makes New Highs as ETFs Flood In — But Mind the Exhaustion Signs

14 Aug 2025: 🟠 Bitcoin Makes New Highs as ETFs Flood In — But Mind the Exhaustion Signs

By theinspired | Bitcoin Inspired | 14 Aug 2025


"In the crypto arena, resilience beats volatility — today’s
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BITCOIN PRICE ACTION

  • Bitcoin growth ‘remains exceptional’ as data shows BTC’s strongest phase just starting (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin tops $124,000 to rewrite all-time high; sustained upward momentum expected through year-end, analyst says (The Block)
  • Bitcoin Realized Price Breaks Above 200WMA, Signaling More Room to Run (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin’s New Bullish Nature: Long Climb Without Sharp Surges (BeInCrypto)
  • Brace For Impact: Bitcoin Price Could Crash To $110,000 Amid Signs Of Exhaustion (NewsBTC)
  • Bitcoin briefly flips Google market cap as investors eye rally above $124K (Cointelegraph, CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin Now Bigger Than Alphabet After Hitting New ATH (UToday)
  • Bitcoin drops below $119K after US Treasury secretary rules out new BTC buys (Cointelegraph)

BITCOIN BUYS

  • $656 Million in BTC Scooped in One Go, Who’s Buying? (UToday)

BITCION TRADERS

  • Bitcoin hits record high as traders expect liquidations to propel BTC above $125K (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin's new record high has traders asking: Did BTC price top at $124K? (Cointelegraph)

BITCOIN ADOPTION

  • South Korea’s Bifrost Partners with Japan’s SBI to Drive Bitcoin Adoption (BeInCrypto)

BITCOIN MINING

  • Jack Dorsey declares victory over China in Bitcoin mining chip race (The Street)
  • JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Google takes 8% stake in Bitcoin miner TeraWulf as part of a $3.7B deal. 👀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • Bitcoin miner alleges Stripe cut them off as Trump bans crypto debanking (The Street)

CORPORATE TREASURY

  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX bitcoin holdings top $1 billion as BTC hits fresh highs (The Block)
  • Biotech Stock Plunges on Bitcoin Plans as Ethereum Treasuries Stay Hot (Decrypt)
  • Bitcoin Gains Drive Metaplanet Profits, Busan Innovation and More (BeInCrypto)

ETHEREUM

  • ETH transaction count rising amid $5K push, but competition erodes market share (Cointelegraph, NewsBTC)
  • Ether investors betting too much on a Fed rate cut, analysts worry (Cointelegraph)
  • Ethereum validator exit queue climbs to over $3 billion in ETH amid increased stake withdrawals (The Block)
  • Ethereum ICO whale offloads another $5 million worth of ETH as price nears all-time high: onchain analysts (The Block)

ALTCOINS

  • Record $47 billion in open interest across altcoins raises crypto volatility risks, analysts say (The Block)
  • XRP Breaks Key Resistance After Ripple-SEC Win — Is $8 Next? (CoinDesk)
  • Ripple (XRP) Rally Gains Steam as Whales and Institutions Pile In (CryptoPotato)
  • BNB Price Shatters Records at $868—Is the March to $1,000 Already Underway? (BeInCrypto)
  • SOL traders expect $250, but Solana data sends mixed signals (Cointelegraph)
  • DOGE Jumps 7% on $200M Whale Buys as Futures Bets Top $3B (CoinDesk)

CRYPTO

  • Google Confirms Non-Custodial Wallets Exempt From New Crypto App Rules on Play Store (Decrypt)
  • $76B Fiat Flood into Crypto Sends Strong Market Signal (CryptoPotato, Decrypt)

ETFs

  • BlackRock now holds over $100 billion in crypto (Finbold)
  • Ethereum ETF Flows in August Blow Past Post-Merge Token Issuance (Decrypt)
  • US spot Ethereum ETFs see $729 million in daily inflows, second-largest since launch (The Block, Cointelegraph)
  • Ethereum ETF Inflows Outperform Bitcoin for the Third Day Straight (Decrypt)

EXCHANGES

  • Coinbase says just 5% in Bitcoin could supercharge your portfolio (The Street)
  • Coinbase completes $2.9 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Deribit (The Block)

VOICES

  • Samson Mow: Bitcoin will either ‘Godzilla’ up or drop on ‘alt mania.’ (Cointelegraph)
  • Matt Hougan: Bitwise CIO outlines four catalysts the crypto market hasn’t priced in, from government bitcoin buys to ‘ICOs 2.0’ (The Block)
  • JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Bessent says the U.S. is building up Bitcoin reserves "as a store of value for the people." (@BTC_Archive)
  • 🚨BREAKING: U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent says U.S. Bitcoin reserves are worth $15–$20B. That’s 125,000–166,000 BTC. (@BTC_Archive)

KEY FACTS

  • Satoshi Nakamoto is now richer than Bill Gates (Finbold, UToday)

THE BAD

  • Coinbase Loses $300K in MEV Exploit After Misstep With 0x Swapper Contract (CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Block)
  • Crypto Casino CEO Charged After Allegedly Gambling Away Investors' Millions (Decrypt)
  • Estonian Banker's Lost Ethereum Wallet Now Holds Over $1 Billion in ETH (Decrypt)
  • Ether rally turns Radiant Capital exploit into $103M windfall for hacker (Cointelegraph)
  • BtcTurk halts withdrawals amid suspected $48M crypto hack (Cointelegraph, BeInCrypto, The Block)

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