Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) opened the week with 297.56 million in net inflows, ending the three-session outflow run that closed the previous week Ether funds also returned to positive territory with 30.85 million, while XRP, solana and HYPE ETFs recorded no net flows
Live tape: $BTC 64,742 USDT (+1.0%), ETH 1,916 USDT (+0.3%). Also on radar: SOL, XRP.
Not changing my weekly bias yet, but this is on the desk.
$BTC Japan's Metaplanet Plants Its Flag in the US With 132M Bitcoin Treasury Deal
According to Decrypt on 2026-08-18, The Tokyo-listed firm will seed gaming media company Super League,to be renamed Superplanet and trade as SUPA,with 2,100 BTC..
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According to CoinDesk on 2026-08-18, Long-term borrowing costs are reaching multi-decade highs as U.S. The cited source reports that debt approaches 40 trillion and AI hyperscalers accelerate bond issuance..
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$ETH Cash App's crypto support expands beyond bitcoin and USDC via MoonPay
According to CoinDesk on 2026-08-18, Eligible Cash App users will be able to use their balances to purchase digital assets offered by MoonPay, which include ether, solana and stablecoin USDT..
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$AAVE Half of Aave's debt sits in just 9% of positions built around one
According to CryptoSlate on 2026-08-18, Galaxy's Aug. 7 snapshot of Aave V3 Core found 19,073 loans on the protocol after applying standard filters.
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$BTC - Bitcoin pauses at 64,000 as rising yields, oil drag equities lower
BTC has dropped 0.6% since midnight UTC as Nasdaq 100 futures slip 1.1%, with the FOMC's July meeting minutes and a White House crypto summit both due Wednesday
Live tape: $BTC 64,298 USDT (+1.2%), ETH 1,902 USDT (+0.1%).
Flows usually matter more than the headline on days like this.
$BTC Deel Takes Its DLUSD Stablecoin Wallet to More Than 80 Countries
According to The Defiant on 2026-08-17, The payroll platform's dollar balance, issued through Stripe's Bridge and settled on Tempo, is now live across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The US, UK, EU and Australia remain excluded..
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$XRP Kbank, not Jeonbuk Bank, is leading South Korea's Ripple Payments push
According to Crypto Briefing on 2026-08-18, Kbank's Ripple partnership could accelerate blockchain adoption in South Korea's banking sector, challenging traditional payment systems.
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According to Coinpedia on 2026-08-18, The post Ripple News: Why Rakuten Wallet Is Betting XRP Solves Crypto's Speed Problem appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Rakuten Wallet did not add XRP spot trading in isolation.
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$BTC Legendary Short-Seller Chanos: MSTR and Bitcoin Present 80B
According to U.Today on 2026-08-18, Chanos believes the valuation relationship between MSTR and Bitcoin has become so distorted that professional investors may be able to construct a trade around the gap..
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$ETH Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to 60 million to cash out. Almost all said no
According to CoinDesk on 2026-08-18, The program came three months before investor unlocks begin, with MON trading below its public-sale price and most of the token supply still outside circulation..
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$ETH sitting at 1,899.75 USDT, basically flat on the day with a -0.06% move.
Structure is range-bound between 1,885.78 and 1,918.71. RSI at 41.0 - bearish momentum but not oversold. Support holding at 1,885.78, resistance capping at 1,918.71. BTC drifting higher at 64,248.13 (+1.10%) but ETH isn't following yet.
Momentum favors shorts until RSI reclaim 50, but the support zone has absorbed pressure so far. I'd lean long on a clean retest of 1,885.78 USDT with a tight invalidation below - anything bouncing here is just a low-conviction chop. Break 1,918.71 USDT or lose 1,885.78 USDT first?
$BTC Peter Schiff Calls Latest Bitcoin Rally A Sell Opportunity as BTC Approaches 65,000
According to BeInCrypto on 2026-08-18, The cited source reports that Peter Schiff calls Bitcoin's rally past 64,000 a sell opportunity, but fading Fed hike odds tell another story.
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$BTC - Tom Lee Sees Ethereum Pulling Ahead of Bitcoin - and Names 2 Reasons
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee says the ETH/BTC ratio has broken above a multi-year downtrend He reads the shift as markets pricing in tokenization and agentic-AI demand for Ethereum (ETH) The comment accompanied BitMine’s weekly treasury update
Live tape: $BTC 64,292 USDT (+1.1%), ETH 1,899 USDT (-0.1%). Also on radar: ETH.
Initial reaction often overshoots - the next few sessions matter more than the first print.
If $BTC reprints this story, it's a real move, not a headline trade.
$ETH Ethereum Foundation warns some tools may break with Glamsterdam upgrade
According to CT Ethereum on 2026-08-18, Developers have been urged to test on Plataberget before Glamsterdam's new gas model reaches Ethereum's other testnets and mainnet..
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