1. 📈 Bitcoin exceeded $86 800
BTC rose to $86 864, adding 1.41% over the day and setting a new high since January. Market capitalization neared $1.74 trillion .
2. 🚀 The market is growing for the third day in a row
The crypto market shows steady growth: the NFT sector is up 8.85%, PayFi — up 5.47%, Layer2 — up 4.17%, DeFi — up 3.53% .
3. 💰 ETFs: record inflow of $714.7 million
Bitcoin ETFs recorded a third straight day of inflows above $400 million. BlackRock IBIT brought in $350 million, Fidelity FBTC — $257.4 million .
4. 💰 Ethereum ETFs attracted $162.2 million
ETHA by BlackRock received $88.1 million, FETH — $33.6 million. Total crypto market capitalization at the moment is back to $3 trillion.
5. 🐋 The whale bought 15,000 ETH for $41.26 million
A wallet/institution that previously accumulated 37,000 ETH at $1,923 via Galaxy Digital continued buying at an average price of $2,751. Total holding — 52,000 ETH with an unrealized profit of $31.1 million .
6. 🐋 The whale bought 373,730 HYPE for $36 million
Address 0x643 over the month accumulated 4.7 million HYPE worth $400 million — one of the largest accumulation campaigns among altcoins.
7. 🐋 New address moved 9,823 ETH for $27 million
Wallet 0xF37…06143 withdrew ETH from Coinbase at a price of $2,752.14 — a sign of accumulation at current levels.
8. 🐋 New address bought 1 million UNI for $10.07 million
While UNI broke through $10 and hit a yearly high, a new wallet withdrew 1 million tokens from Coinbase .
9. 📉 WLD worth $19.59 million went into Binance
Worldcoin’s multisig address, for the first time in 5 months, sent 42.37 million WLD to an exchange and fully emptied the wallet — possible preparation for a sale.
10. 🏛️ The European Central Bank is attacking MiCA rules
The ECB proposed to scrap the requirement to hold 60% of stablecoin reserves in banks, replacing it with liquid assets with a 1–5 day maturity, to avoid transferring risks to the banking system .
11. 🏛️ The ECB wants to fully ban stablecoin yield
EU central banks are calling to expand the ban on paying interest on stablecoins to all areas: lending, borrowing, and staking. The goal is to keep stablecoins as a payment instrument, not a store of value .
12. ⚖️ CFTC warns about manipulation in the "Mention Market"
The commission issued guidance warning about a high risk of manipulation in contracts that depend on public figures saying specific words.
13. 📊 Glassnode: "altseason" confirmed
Glassnode’s altseason index moved into the "altseason" phase: the 7-day moving average reached 81.25. Altcoin market cap rose to $1.19 trillion, +33% since August 19.
14. 🚀 Zcash surpassed $1,600
ZEC gained 10.32% over the day, continuing the privacy sector rally. Monero also rose by 12.39% over the week.
15. 🚀 Bitcoin Cash skyrocketed by 27.5%
BCH became the largest exception among the majors, rising to $338.93 .
16. 🚀 Celestia rose by 15.23%
TIA led the growth in the Layer2 sector, which added 4.17% over the day.
17. 🚀 Uniswap broke through $10
UNI rose by 14.79% over the day and reached a yearly high, pulling the entire DeFi sector along with it.
18. 📉 AI sector — the only one falling
The AI sector fell by 0.44%; Akedo (AKE) dropped by 18.20% after a week-long surge of 170%.
19. 📊 Crypto market cap is back to $3 trillion
Total market capitalization at the moment surpassed $3 trillion, driven by record ETF inflows and a broad rise in altcoins .
20. 🎯 Analysts: "crypto winter is over"
Fundstrat said that crypto winter has ended, and Compass Point sees the start of a new bull cycle, driven by institutional demand for ETFs .
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