18 Aug 2025: ๐ŸŸ  Bitcoin Tests Nerves as Correction Looms, Institutions Keep Buying

18 Aug 2025: ๐ŸŸ  Bitcoin Tests Nerves as Correction Looms, Institutions Keep Buying

By theinspired | Bitcoin Inspired | 18 Aug 2025


"Hype erodes. Quality persists."
-James Clear

BITCOIN PRICE ACTION

  • Bitcoin risks new 2025 correction as BTC price uptrend starts 7th week (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin Drops 6% Below $115K From ATH Amid Wave of Profit-Taking (CoinDesk, CryptoPotato)
  • Bitcoin Slip Triggers $300 Million in Liquidations (Decrypt)
  • Multiple technical indicators and recent whale activity raise Bitcoin's odds of declining below $100,000 in coming weeks (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin in Precarious Position as BTC Price Penetrates Bullish Trendline (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin Bulls Must Survive Brutal September Before Q4 Hope (NewsBTC)
  • ๐Ÿšจ Bitcoin 200-day moving average breaks above $100k for the first time EVER! (@BTC_Archive)
  • Bitcoin is still only 0.2% of global assets. Gold is 2.2%. Real estate is 37%. Itโ€™s still early. ๐Ÿš€ (@BTC_Archive)
  • Michael Saylorโ€™s STRATEGY could join the S&P 500 as early as September, according to Strive. S&P inclusion means passive Bitcoin exposure in trillions worth of portfolios. ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿš€ (@BTC_Archive)
  • $3,780,000,000 in Dormant Bitcoin Resurfaces After 5 Years (UToday)
  • $12 BILLION Bitwise says Bitcoin demand is significantly outpacing supply. ๐Ÿ“ˆ What happens to price when demand outpaces supply? ๐Ÿค” (@BTC_Archive)
  • Bitcoin, Ether set for squeeze as traders go record short ETH at $4.3K (Cointelegraph)
  • Next Bitcoin buy signal could come from bond market stress: Analyst (Cointelegraph)

BITCOIN ADOPTION

  • JUST IN: ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand launches program allowing tourists to convert Bitcoin and crypto into local currency. Another step toward global Bitcoin acceptance. ๐ŸŒ (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Koreaโ€™s $927B National Pension Fund increased its Bitcoin exposure by 182% in H1 2025. Nation-states are quietly positioning for Bitcoin. (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ CMB International becomes first Chinese firm to launch 24/7 Bitcoin and crypto trading. Global Bitcoin adoption is accelerating. ๐ŸŸง (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: A Bitcoin whale is single-handedly buying the 450 BTC per day mining issuance. That's $600 per SECOND. ๐Ÿ˜… (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Volkswagen Singapore to accept Bitcoin and crypto as payment. ๐Ÿ”ฅ (@BTC_Archive)

BITCOIN MINING

  • Another solo Bitcoin miner hits jackpot with $371,000 block reward (Cointelegraph, Decrypt)
  • Bitcoin Mining Profitability Rose 2% in July Amid BTC Price Rally, Jefferies Says (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf's Stock Surges as Google Ups Its Stake in the Company (Decrypt)
  • Bitdeer's Q2 mining revenue up 43% as bitcoin holdings swell to $175 million (The Block)

STRATEGIC RESERVE

  • JUST IN: ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador just bought ANOTHER Bitcoin for its strategic reserve. El Salvador's reserve now holds 6,271 Bitcoin. (@BTC_Archive)

CORPORATE TREASURY

  • Bitcoin is becoming a corporate treasury standard. 35 public companies now hold 1,000+ BTC. ๐Ÿ“ˆ (@BTC_Archive)
  • Strategy adds $51M in Bitcoin as price hit $124K ahead of sharp dip (Cointelegraph, The Block, CryptoPotato, CoinDesk, UToday)
  • Metaplanet Expands Bitcoin Treasury by 775 BTC, Assets Outweigh Debt 18-Fold (CoinDesk, The Block)
  • JUST IN: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Trump's WLF just bought another $10M Bitcoin. ๐Ÿ”ฅ (@BTC_Archive)
  • Adam Backโ€™s $2.1B Bitcoin Treasury Play Set to Challenge MARA in BTC Holdings (CoinDesk)
  • Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish now has the 5th largest Bitcoin treasury with 24,000 BTC. The corporate treasury race is heating up ๐Ÿ”ฅ (@BTC_Archive)
  • WiseLink Becomes First Taiwan-Listed Company to Implement Bitcoin Treasury Strategy (CryptoPotato)
  • Dutch firm Amdax plans Bitcoin treasury listing on Euronext Amsterdam (Cointelegraph, UToday)
  • Bank of America Survey Reveals Big Money Keeps Dodging Crypto (BeInCrypto)
  • Corporate Treasuries Are Tightening Ethereum (ETH) Supply โ€“ But Risks Remain (CryptoPotato)
  • Tom Leeโ€™s BitMine Immersion Accumulates Additional 135,135 ETH Worth $600,000,000 in Mere Hours: Report (The Daily Hodl, The Block, Decrypt)
  • KindlyMD Closes $200M Convertible Note Funding for More Bitcoin (CoinDesk, Cointelegraph)
  • Strategy Keeps Buying Bitcoinโ€”But Signals It Might Sell Stock to Pay Debts (BeInCrypto)
  • Ethereum treasury firm BTCS to pay ETH dividend and 'loyalty payment' in part to ward off short sellers (

ETHEREUM

  • Ethereum (ETH) Having Its Best Q3 Ever (UToday)
  • Ethereum Flashing Bullish Signal As Investors Show Greed for Bitcoin Amid Crypto Dip, According to Santiment (The Daily Hodl)
  • Ethereum Bulls Beware: $2B Liquidations Threaten the Rally at $4.2K (CryptoPotato)
  • Institutional Investors Seize Ethereum Dip with Nearly $900 Million in New Buys (BeInCrypto)
  • Billions in Ethereum Waiting to Be Unstaked Could Add Sell Pressure to ETH (Decrypt)
  • Ethereum ICO wallet offloads $19 million in ETH to Kraken amid market dip (The Block)
  • Ethereum Bulls Retreat as $5,000 Dreams Fade; $4,063 in Sight (BeInCrypto)
  • ETH charts predict $3.9K retest, then a 100% rally to new highs (Cointelegraph)
  • ETH Price Targets $4,070 CME Gap After Hitting Key Zone (CryptoPotato)

ALTCOINS

  • Coinbase Says Market Signalling Potential Rotation From Bitcoin, Predicts Full-Scale Altcoin Season Heading Into September (The Daily Hodl)
  • XRP flashes bullish pattern to send it to $4 (Finbold)
  • Crypto analyst eyes XRP breaking out to new all-time high (The Street)
  • After Attacking Monero, Qubic Sets Its Sights on Dogecoin (Decrypt)

CRYPTO

  • BlackRock and Ethereum Drive Crypto Inflows to $3.75 Billion (BeInCrypto, The Block, Cointelegraph, The Daily Hodl)

ETFs

  • Brevan Howard, Goldman Sachs and Harvard Lead Billions in Bitcoin ETF Buying Spree (CoinDesk)
  • Norwayโ€™s sovereign wealth fund boosted bitcoin exposure by 83% in Q2, Standard Chartered says (The Block)
  • Grayscale Files to Convert Dogecoin Trust into Spot ETF, 75% Odds of Approval in 2025 (BeInCrypto)
  • JUST IN: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญBlackRock's Bitcoin ETP is now live on Switzerland's SIX Exchange. Global adoption keeps accelerating. ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŸง (@BTC_Archive)
  • BitMine ETH holdings reach $6.6B as share price tumbles 14% in one week (Cointelegraph)

EXCHANGES

  • China Merchants Bank subsidiary launches crypto exchange in Hong Kong (Cointelegraph)

VOICES

  • Rick Rieder: This Is the 'Best Investment Environment Ever', Says BlackRockโ€™s CIO of Global Fixed Income (CoinDesk)
  • Matt Hougan: "Bitcoin still has a 10x until you are no longer early." - Bitwise CIO (@BTC_Archive, The Daily Hodl)
  • Steven McClurg: Canary CEO Predicts Bitcoin Will Hit $150K This Yearโ€”But Ethereum Surge Won't Last (Decrypt, Cointelegraph)
  • MICHAEL SAYLOR: You have 10 years to stack as much Bitcoin as possible before there's no more left. Time to start stacking. ๐Ÿงฑ (@BTC_Archive)
  • JOE ROGAN: "Imagine if Bitcoin becomes the only money worth anything." ๐Ÿค” (@BTC_Archive)
  • Cathie Wood: WATCH: Bitcoin could 15x over the next 10 years. ๐Ÿš€ (@BTC_Archive)
  • Max Keiser: BTC to $2,200,000? Price Prediction 2025 Revealed (UToday)
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Senator Cynthia Lummis: "We canโ€™t solve $37T debt by buying more Bitcoin, but we can revalue gold and use it to build strategic Bitcoin reserves." Bitcoin standard is closer than ever imagined. ๐Ÿ”ฅ (@BTC_Archive)
  • Circle's Jeremy Allaire on GENIUS Act: 'Internet of Money Has Arrived' (UToday)
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: "GENIUS Act is essential to securing American leadership in digital assets." (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: VanEck - $133 BILLION Firm says Bitcoin will reach $180k by the end of the year. (@BTC_Archive)

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