29 Aug 2025: 💥 The Calm Before October? Bitcoin Bulls Hold the Line as $15B Options Expire

29 Aug 2025: 💥 The Calm Before October? Bitcoin Bulls Hold the Line as $15B Options Expire

By theinspired | Bitcoin Inspired | 29 Aug 2025


“You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
— James Clear

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Q. If Bitcoin is a mirror to your conviction, how strong is your reflection right now?

BITCOIN PRICE ACTION

  • Nearly $15 Billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum Options Expire Today (BeInCrypto)
  • Bitcoin Price Eyes Rebound After HODLers Flash Month-High Bullish Signal (BeInCrypto)
  • Bitcoin miners cash out $485M as BTC struggles to hold $112K; Red flag? (Cointelegraph, BeInCrypto)
  • Bitcoin whales send BTC price under $109.5K as market ‘wobbles’ into US PCE (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin price dips to lowest since July 8 as liquidations pass $530M (Cointelegraph)
  • Warning Pattern on Bitcoin Chart Puts $100,000 in Danger (UToday)
  • 💥 Bitcoin Power Curve Cycle Cloud projects $200,000 Bitcoin by year's end. (@BTC_Archive)
  • Bitcoin Slows Down, But Fall 2025 Could Ignite Its Biggest Rally Yet (CryptoPotato)
  • 🚨 BREAKING: The Bitcoin whale who sold 24,000 BTC last week is moving funds again from a 24,500 BTC wallet. They just transferred 10,000 BTC, with 2,000 BTC already sent out to an exchange. (@BTC_Archive)

BITCOIN ADOPTION

  • JUST IN: Binance mean inflows surge from 0.8 BTC to 13.5 BTC since early 2024. Big money is buying Bitcoin now. 🐋 (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: Steak ’n Shake remodels new restaurant "funded by beef tallow and Bitcoin." (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: Luxury brand Gucci to accept Bitcoin and crypto at select stores. (@BTC_Archive)

BITCOIN MINING

  • Bitcoin's Hashrate Hits All-Time High of 929 Exahashes Per Second (UToday)
  • Gryphon Digital Mining shareholders vote to combine with Trump-linked bitcoin mining venture (The Block, Cointelegraph)

BITCOIN ANALYST & TRADERS

  • Bitcoin Bull Market May End Early, Warns Key Indicator, But Flows Continue to Lean Bullish (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin’s Bull Run Nearing the End? Analysts Point to October as Possible Peak (BeInCrypto)
  • Analysts Believe Bitcoin’s Next All-Time High ($150K) May Come In Dec 2025 or Q1 2026 (CryptoPotato)
  • Bitcoin Headed to $190K on Institutional Wave says Research Firm Tiger Research (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin analyst Jeftovic warns of 'terrifying bull market' (The Street)

BITCOIN TREASURY RESERVE

  • Bitcoin Treasury Company KindlyMD Announces $5,000,000,000 Equity Offering To Purchase BTC (The Daily Hodl)
  • Dutch crypto firm Amdax targets 1% Bitcoin supply with $23M treasury launch (Cointelegraph)
  • JUST IN: 🇨🇳 China’s Airnet Technology buys 819 Bitcoin worth $90 MILLION as part of a $180M raise. 🚀 (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: 28 companies bought $15.9 BILLION Bitcoin over the past two months. 🚀 That’s more than a full year of new supply. (@BTC_Archive)
  • JUST IN: Institutions bought 690,710 BTC this year vs only 109,072 BTC mined. – Bitwise That’s 6x more demand than supply. 📈 (@BTC_Archive)
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ETHEREUM

  • ETH possibly bullish ‘for years’ as megaphone pattern to $10K emerges: Analyst (Cointelegraph)
  • Ethereum onchain volume tops $320 billion in August, highest since mid-2021 (The Block)
  • Ethereum core devs spar over process, Fusaka timeline (Blockworks)
  • Bitcoin Whale Sitting on $5 Billion Dumps More BTC to Buy Ethereum (Decrypt, The Block)
  • Ethereum Dip May Be Temporary with $1 Billion Whale Buys and Slower Profit Taking (BeInCrypto)
  • Ethereum Foundation pauses $3 million 'open grants' program as it looks to redirect funding (The Block, Cointelegraph)

ALTCOINS

  • Solana Price Surge: US Pilot and Institutional Support (BeInCrypto)
  • Solana (SOL) Set to Rip Higher as Golden Cross Appears on Chart (CryptoPotato)

ETFs

  • Shark Tank Star Kevin O’Leary Expands to Bitcoin ETF (BeInCrypto)
  • US ETFs now a major source of Bitcoin spot trading volume: CryptoQuant (Cointelegraph)
  • JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Bitcoin ETFs bought 1,620 BTC yesterday vs only 450 mined. 3.6x new supply.  Straight days of inflows 🔥 (@BTC_Archive)
  • Ether ETFs hit $13.7B as inflows surge and corporate treasuries grow (Cointelegraph)

POLITICS

  • US Senate eyes end of September for crypto market structure bill markup (Blockworks)

VOICES

  • Dan Tapiero: Investor Predicts Altcoin Season Ahead, Says One Factor Is Not Priced In (The Daily Hodl)
  • Eric Trump Praises China’s Role in Bitcoin, Says U.S. and Beijing Are ‘Leading the Way’ (CoinDesk)
  • Eric Trump: Bitcoin Enables Finance With ‘No Disparity’ Between Classes (Decrypt)
  • Charles Hopkinson: Cardano Founder Says One ‘Big Driver’ (Bitcoin DeFi) Could Push Bitcoin to $250,000 by the End of Bull Market (The Daily Hodl)
  • Eric Trump: Makes $1 Million Bitcoin Call in Hong Kong (BeInCrypto)
  • Anthony Scaramucci: Warns Bitcoin will crash 40% before reaching $500K (The Street)
  • Raoul Pal: Crypto 'waiting room' ahead of market top in Q1 2026 (Cointelegraph)
  • MICHAEL SAYLOR: "Once U.S. banks hold Bitcoin, everyone will want it, no one will sell it, and you won’t be able to afford it." (@BTC_Archive)

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