"Praise others. It will bring them peace of mind.
Do not expect others to praise you. It will bring you peace of mind."
- James Clear

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Q. What looks like consistency and commitment can sometimes be fear in disguise. Are you sticking with it because it still serves you or because it's what you already know? (James Clear)

BITCOIN PRICE ACTION

• $1 Billion Bitcoin Accumulated In 24 Hours, Even As Profits Drop To 2-Month Low (BeInCrypto)

CORPORATE TREASURY

• Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet graduates to FTSE Japan and All-World indices (Cointelegraph)
• Metaplanet adds $11.7 million worth of bitcoin (The Block, Cointelegraph)
• Saylor signals third consecutive Strategy Bitcoin buy in August (Cointelegraph)
• Bitcoin Risks Becoming a Settlement Layer With Nothing to Settle: Galaxy Sounds Alarm (CryptoPotato)
• JUST IN: A Bitcoin whale sold 24,000 BTC worth over $2.7 billion, causing today’s -$4,000 crash in minutes. They still hold 152,874 BTC worth more than $17 BILLION. 😳 (@BTC_Archive)
• Jack Dorsey’s BitChat allows peer-to-peer messages and Bitcoin transactions without using the internet. (@BTC_Archive)
• JUST IN: First-ever Bitcoin course will be taught at the University of Tampa. Bitcoin education should be required. 🟧 (@BTC_Archive)
• Strategy buys $357M in Bitcoin as price drops to $112K (Cointelegraph, The Block)
• JUST IN: Goldman Sachs adds $194M in Bitcoin exposure, bringing its total to $470M. $3T asset manager signals growing confidence in BTC. 🔥 (@BTC_Archive)
• Tom Lee’s BitMine surpasses $8 billion in treasury after latest ETH purchase (The Block, Bankless, Decrypt)
• JUST IN: 🇫🇷 Semiconductor firm Sequans to raise $200 MILLION to buy Bitcoin for its treasury. 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)

BITCOIN MINING

• Bitcoin Mining Faces 'Incredibly Difficult' Market as Power Becomes the Real Currency (CoinDesk)

• JUST IN: 🇦🇪 The UAE owns $700 MILLION Bitcoin through mining firm Citadel, majority-owned by the Royal Group. Arkham has just identified these holdings on-chain for the first time. (@BTC_Archive)

NATION STATE ADOPTION

• Philippine Congressman Proposes Bitcoin Reserve to Attack National Debt; 20 year lockup (CoinDesk, The Block, Decrypt)

ETHEREUM

• As ETH Breaks Above $4,900, Analyst Sums Up Crypto Market: ‘BTC Is Exhausted, ETH Isn’t’ (CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Street)
• Ethereum adds $23 billion in a day as ETH explodes to ATH: Here’s path to $10k (Finbold)
• Bitcoin whales swap BTC for Ether as trader sees ETH at $5.5K next (Cointelegraph)
• Ether’s August rally could lead to September downtrend, history suggests (Cointelegraph)

ALTCOIN

• Solana (SOL) Closes Above $200 Mark, Bulls Aim for Another Breakout (NewsBTC)
• Three Major Firms Are Reportedly Planning a $1 Billion Solana Purchase (NewsBTC, Cointelegraph, The Block, CoinDesk, Blockworks, BeInCrypto, Blockworks)
• What a $1 Billion Solana Treasury Play Would Mean for SOL (Decrypt)
• Sharps Technology Jumps 70% After Raising $400M for Solana Treasury (CoinDesk, The Block, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, The Daily Hodl)

STABLECOINS

• US Banks Warn Stablecoin “Loophole” Could Trigger $6.6 Trillion Deposit Flight (BeInCrypto)

ETFs

• New ETF Filings Hint at Broader Crypto Product Boom Ahead (Decrypt)
• ChatGPT-5’s call says Ethereum will clear $5,000 before the end of August 2025 (Finbold)
• Global crypto funds record largest weekly outflows since March worth $1.4 billion: CoinShares (The Block)

• Harvard and Brevan Howard emerged as the largest new Bitcoin ETF holders in Q2. Two of the most influential institutions now backing Bitcoin. 📊 (@BTC_Archive)

VOICES

• 🇲🇽 Billionaire Ricardo Salinas says people should sell their house and buy Bitcoin. "That asset compared to Bitcoin...doesn’t stand a chance." (@BTC_Archive)
• BLACKROCK’s LARRY FINK: "Bitcoin ETF is the fastest-growing ETF in the history of ETFs." 🟧 (@BTC_Archive)
• 🇺🇸 FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL: "Bitcoin is like gold. It's just like digital gold.” (@BTC_Archive)
• Raoul Pal: ETH Will Outperform BTC (UToday)
• David Bailey: Bitcoin bear market is likely years away: Trump adviser (Cointelegraph)
• Arthur Hayes: Predicts Bull Cycle Until 2028 - Watch US Stablecoin (BeInCrypto)
• Willy Woo: “BTC supply is concentrated around OG whales who peaked their holdings in 2011...They bought their BTC at $10 or lower.”
• Katsunobu Kato: Japan’s finance minister endorses crypto as portfolio diversifier (Cointelegraph)
• JUST IN: Tim Draper: Dismisses altcoins, saying there's a "gravitational pull" towards Bitcoin. "Overall, there is a major trend towards Bitcoin." (@BTC_Archive)
• Raoul Pal: Predicts Crypto Shake-Up: SOL and SUI to Outshine ETH and BTC in 2025 Cycle (CryptoPotato)

VIDEO OF THE DAY

PODCAST OF THE DAY

Aug 25: Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Double - But Are Some Just PR Stunts (Daily Crypto News)