19 Aug 2025: 🚨 Bitcoin in the Danger Zone: Distribution, Flows, and the Fed Wildcard

19 Aug 2025: 🚨 Bitcoin in the Danger Zone: Distribution, Flows, and the Fed Wildcard

By theinspired | Bitcoin Inspired | 19 Aug 2025


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BITCOIN PRICE ACTION

  • Bitcoin ‘liquidity zones swept’ but uptick in open interest hints at BTC recovery (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin won’t be ‘priced in’ until Trump announces new Fed chair (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin at ‘mild danger zone’ as BTC investors eye profit-taking (Cointelegraph)
  • Will Bitcoin price fall to $110K? Short-term holders sell 22K BTC at a loss (Cointelegraph)
  • Wall Street offloads millions in Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings (Finbold)

BITCOIN ANALYSIS

  • Bitcoin chart shows worrying Death Cross (Finbold)
  • Will Jackson Hole Trigger a Bitcoin Rally? (BeInCrypto)
  • Bernstein analysts see crypto bull market running through 2027 (The Block)
  • All Bitcoin Wallet Cohorts Now in Distribution Mode, Glassnode Data (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin won't go below $100K 'this cycle' as $145K target remains: Analyst (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin Could Keep Surging to New Highs Into 2026, Says Bernstein (Decrypt)

BITCOIN ADOPTION

 

CORPORATE TREASURY

  • Backlash Erupts as Saylor’s MicroStrategy Heightens Bitcoin Volatility Exposure (BeInCrypto)
  • Japan Construction Company LibWork to Buy $3.4M Bitcoin (BeInCrypto, Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin Treasury KindlyMD Closes $200 Million Raise to Buy More BTC (Decrypt, The Block, Cointelegraph, Bankless)
  • JUST IN: Air Canada pension fund reveals $161 MILLION Bitcoin allocation. This is Canada's first large pension fund with a Bitcoin allocation. 🔥 (@BTC_Archive)
  • BTCS to pay out loyalty in ETH to deter ‘predatory short-sellers’ (Cointelegraph)
  • JUST IN: Real estate firm Cardone Capital just bought $15 million Bitcoin. Everybody is adopting a Bitcoin strategy. 👏 (@BTC_Archive)
  • Ethereum treasury SharpLink spends another $667 million adding to its ETH stockpile (The Block, Bankless, Cointelegraph)

ETHEREUM

  • Ethereum Whales Are Selling in August—Analyst Explains Why It’s Not Bearish (BeInCrypto)
  • Bitcoin Sees $552M Inflows, But Ethereum’s Haul Is 5 Times Larger (CryptoPotato)
  • Institutional Phase of Ethereum Has Started, But Boundaries Remain Fuzzy (CryptoPotato)
  • Ethereum Whales Buy Dip With $200 Million in ETH Acquired (UToday)

ALTCOINS

  • XRP Price Eyes Rebound as Sell Signs Weaken (BeInCrypto)
  • XRP Set to Outperform ETH? Consolidation Hints at Next Bull Run (CryptoPotato)
  • Crypto market sell-off accelerates, but SOL data predicts recovery to $200 (Cointelegraph)

ACQUISTIONS

  • Trump Jr.-backed Thumzup crypto treasury company pursues all stock deal with Dogecoin and Litecoin miner (The Block)

ETFs

  • Ether ETFs post $197M outflows on Monday, second-largest ever (Cointelegraph)
  • US spot Ethereum ETFs now hold over 5% of ETH supply (The Block)
  • SEC Pushes Back Decision on Seven Crypto ETFs to October 2025 (BeInCrypto)

EXCHANGES

  • Nonprofit American Innovation Project backed by Coinbase, Uniswap, others launches to educate US lawmakers on crypto (The Block, Decrypt, CoinDesk)
  • Ripple Extends $75M Credit Facility to Gemini as Exchange Pursues IPO (CoinDesk)

REGULATIONS

  • JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC Chair Atkins to create framework that "future proofs the crypto markets against regulatory mischief." Regulatory clarity paves the way for trillions. 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • SEC Chair Atkins: There are very few tokens that are securities (Cointelegraph)

POLITICS

  • Illinois governor signs new crypto oversight laws targeting exchanges and ATMs (The Block)
  • JUST IN: Buenos Aires Argentina to allow citizens to pay taxes in Bitcoin and crypto. This is HUGE 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)

VOICES

  • VanEck: Claims Bitcoin Will Reach $180,000 by Year’s End (BeInCrypto)
  • JUST IN: Skybridge's Anthony Scaramucci maintains a $180k-$200k Bitcoin price target by year's end. "That's a cautious price target, by the way." (@BTC_Archive, The Daily Hodl)
  • "We don't need the banks anymore." - Jack Dorsey on Bitcoin (@BTC_Archive)
  • 🇺🇸 ERIC TRUMP: "It's a race to accumulate as much Bitcoin as possible." (@BTC_Archive)

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