20 Aug 2025: 🌅 Morning Brief: Bitcoin’s Flush, ETF Bleed, and Regulation Shifts

20 Aug 2025: 🌅 Morning Brief: Bitcoin’s Flush, ETF Bleed, and Regulation Shifts

By theinspired | Bitcoin Inspired | 20 Aug 2025


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BITCOIN PRICE ACTION

  • $5,690,000,000 BTC Hit Exchanges at Loss in Just 48 Hours (UToday)
  • BlackRock’s $548 million Bitcoin transfers spark alarm; but it's just shuffling Bitcoin between wallets (Finbold)
  • Bitcoin Approaching Key Bull Market Support Amid 10% Correction (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin whales are buying the dip. 🐳 This whale just bought $22 million Bitcoin and has received $196M over the past month. (Lookonchain)(@BTC_Archive)

BITCOIN ANALYSIS

  • Is This the Moment to Buy Bitcoin as BTC Sentiment Sinks to Fear? (CryptoPotato)
  • Bitcoin set for a ‘full flush’ towards $100,000 (Finbold)
  • Is Bitcoin Becoming Too Expensive for Retail Investors? (BeInCrypto)
  • VanEck Puts Bitcoin’s Biggest Detractors on Blast With ‘Hall of Shame’ List (BeInCrypto)
  • Bitwise forecasts bitcoin to outperform traditional assets over next 10 years amid declining volatility (The Block)
  • Bitcoin Market Structure 'Still Looks Extremely Bullish,’ Says FalconX Head of Research (CoinDesk)

BITCOIN MINING

  • Experts Warn Bitcoin Could Face a 51% Attack as Mining Centralizes (BeInCrypto)

STRATEGIC RESERVE

  • JUST IN: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong-based Ming Shing Group agrees to buy nearly $500 MILLION Bitcoin (@BTC_Archive)

ETHEREUM

  • Ethereum Price at Two-Week Low as $4B Supply Overhang Looms (Decrypt)
  • Ethereum Price Squeezed In Falling Channel – Bulls Eye Rebound To $4,788 If This Support Holds (NewsBTC)

ALTCOINS

  • Altcoin Season May Come In September, Says Coinbase and Pantera (BeInCrypto)

ETFs

  • Crypto funds bleed: Bitcoin and Ether ETFs shed nearly $1B (Cointelegraph, Finbold)
  • UK Bitcoin ETNs Could Be a Bigger Deal Than People Expect (CoinDesk)

REGULATIONS

  • SEC Chair Paul Atkins says ‘very few’ crypto tokens are securities, aims to future-proof crypto against regulatory mischief (The Block)
  • Fed's Top Banking Regulator Floats Allowing Staff to Hold Crypto (Decrypt)
  • Crypto groups push back on banking industry’s call to amend GENIUS stablecoin law (The Block)
  • ‘Nothing Scary’ About Crypto, Federal Reserve Governor Says (Decrypt)

POLITICS

  • Crypto Industry Rallies Behind Trump’s CFTC Pick, Highlighting Political Tensions (BeInCrypto)
  • Winklevoss twins donate $21M in BTC to pro-Trump PAC ahead of US midterms (Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, The Block)
  • US Senator Lummis: Crypto market structure bill will be law by 2026 (Cointelegraph)

VOICES

  • US Fed official: Staff should be allowed to hold a little crypto (Cointelegraph)
  • 🇺🇸 U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil says President Trump is urging the Senate to pass the Bitcoin and crypto market-structure bill. (@BTC_Archive)
  • Michael Saylor: Crucial Bitcoin Call Issued as Bears Take Over; "Ignore the Bears." (UToday)
  • Vivek Raman: Ethereum could hit $80,000, says Etherealize CEO (The Street)
  • BILL MILLER IV: "1% of the 60 trillion in global retirement funds could boost Bitcoin's price by $30k." 👀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong thinks we will see $1 million Bitcoin by 2030. 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan: Bitcoin will grow 30% per year for the next decade. If true, Bitcoin will reach more than $1.4 million by 2035. 👀
  • CNBC: "You better buy some Bitcoin, Mohamed." 😅 (@BTC_Archive)
  • Michael Saylor says Bitcoin will be a $200 TRILLION asset. That's a 100x from here. 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)

VIDEO OF THE DAY

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