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BULLISH MOVE: SharpLink has acquired 143,593 $ETH at an average price of ~$4,648, boosting their total Ethereum holdings to a massive 740,760 $ETH ! 💥 $BCH $NFP $PONKE $MDT $CHESS $VELO $ARPA

Here’s your crypto market update for today, August 19, 2025, across the board: --- Big Picture – All Markets Overview Price Movement & Market Sentiment Bitcoin (BTC) slipped slightly: down 0.2% to around $115,064 . Ethereum (ETH) dropped around 0.4–0.6%, trading under $4,300 . Altcoins: Solana down ~0.8–6%, XRP up ~1–1.5%, Dogecoin down ~2–5% . Market Capitalization Total crypto market cap fell by $75 billion, now around $3.86 trillion . BTC dominance has slipped from 65% to 59% over the past two months, signaling rising interest in altcoins . Performance Snapshots Bitcoin: ~$115K, minor drop today. Ethereum: ~–2.5–2.6% within the day. BNB: Holding stronger, up around 1.17% . OKB: Leading today’s gainers with nearly +11% . Other altcoins like Solana, Dogecoin, Cardano extended losses; XRP held modestly positive . Liquidations & Investor Behavior Over $400–530 million in leveraged positions were wiped out—BTC alone accounted for ~$124 million . Indicators point to a move from euphoria to range-bound sentiment, with short-term futures sentiment cooling to 36% (neutral <50%) . Macro Dynamics & Institutional Activity The pullback follows recent record highs (~$124K for BTC), driven by profit-taking and cooling hopes for swift Fed rate cuts . Market watchers are watching for signals from the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Symposium for potential direction . Notably, companies like Gemini Space Station continue to pursue IPOs, underlining sustained institutional interest . --- TL;DR Summary Table Category Key Insight Major Coins BTC ≈ $115K (↓), ETH < $4.3K (↓), BNB ↑ 1.2% Altcoins OKB tops gainers (+11%), others mostly negative Market Cap Down ~$75B to ~$3.86–3.87T Dominance BTC dominance decreased to ~59% Liquidations $400–530M wiped out—heavy in BTC positions Sentiment Futures sentiment dropped to 36% — cooler investor mood Macro Factors Fed rate caution ahead of Jackson Hole, ongoing institutional interest --- Would you like me to break any of this down further—maybe a focused altcoin report, sentiment indicators, or a preview of Jackson Hole’s potential impact on crypto? $NEIROETH $ORDER $BTC $CEC $DOGS $NFP $U2U $BTC $LTC $ETC $SLF

Remarkable how every time you get a correction from new highs so many people start to fret about the cycle top. Over and over again. Some thoughts on the market: - This indeed is not early in the move, bitcoin is already 7x from the 2022 lows, and much of the move recently is driven by Tradfi's financial engineering via crypto treasury companies - If concerned about the top, then sell/de-risk, as otherwise you are more likely to sell the bottom on the next move lower - The concept of a 4 year cycle in 2025 is misplaced; can argue the 4 year cycle died 2 cycles ago, and 2021 was a coincidence, as it was macro driven - Two things were very different in 2021: a) BTC did go vertical on wild froth and leverage (a defining feature of that market was uncollateralized borrowing), and b) the cycle ended not because of BTC or the halving but due to the FED going ultra-hawkish in January 2022 - As I wrote a couple of weeks ago (when I called the bottom at the bottom), I see August 2024 as a good template for August 2025; now look at the chart for August 2024 - I have a high degree of confidence this cycle is not over because I am expecting changes in the Fed to bring on considerably more dovish monetary policy, which is not priced in at the moment; this would start to get priced in once Trump announces his nominee to replace Powell - In the immediate term, Powell is speaking at Jackson Hole (JH) on Friday, and I lean slightly bearish into it as a hawkish speech (to reduce the odds of a September cut) makes sense, for the Fed to retain optionality and not let the market push itself into a corner - The Fed did flip more dovish on average post payrolls two weeks ago - I still believe the Fed will cut in September - The September FOMC is the next big trend defining event, and we are still 4 weeks, one speech (JH), and 4 data points away from it (PCE, NFP, CPI, PPI) - BTC is having a very hard time going up sans leverage without triggers and is now sitting precisely at its trendline from the April lows - Futures basis, a metric for froth in the market, dropped considerably in the last few days for both BTC and ETH - Zoom out and we can see BTC is trading more like a stock now: low vol, slow ascent; the July breakout was different, much less of a step function than would have been the case in the pre-ETFs era - Bull markets don't end because of valuations or over-extension, the end needs a major trigger

🔄 $XRP is facing some pressure today, currently trading around $2.99 after struggling to hold above the $3.10 level. Sellers are now testing key support at the 0.382 Fibonacci retracement zone ($3.08), if this fails, we could see further downside toward $2.95 and even $2.80. 📉 Short term momentum may be fading, but the bigger picture still depends on whether bulls can push back above the $3.20 resistance. Stay tuned for updates! $BCH $ETC $ELA $NFP $SNEK $IOST $CHESS $SAROS $RARE $RARE