Germany’s Finance Ministry has reportedly proposed ending the tax-free treatment of long-term Bitcoin gains. Under the draft, $BTC purchased after December 31, 2026 could face a flat 25% tax when sold, potentially changing how long-term investors approach Bitcoin in Germany.
The proposal is not final yet and still requires parliamentary approval.
A major tax-policy shift could have a meaningful impact on Bitcoin adoption and investor behavior in Europe! 🌍
Jack Dorsey’s Block has applied to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national trust-bank charter, aiming to provide custody services for Bitcoin and stablecoins. If approved, the move would give Block a regulated banking framework for its digital-asset custody ambitions bringing $BTC and stablecoins further into the traditional financial system.
Crypto adoption is not slowing down, it’s becoming institutional! 🏦 #Block #JackDorsey
Strive has acquired another 1,375 Bitcoin for $109 million, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 24,531. This latest purchase highlights a broader trend of companies increasingly treating Bitcoin as a long-term treasury asset rather than simply a speculative investment. With every additional acquisition, more $BTC moves into corporate balance sheets and potentially reduces the amount of supply available for active trading. The strategy remains straightforward: accumulate Bitcoin with a long-term view and increase exposure to an asset with a strictly limited supply.
Corporate Bitcoin adoption continues to evolve from a narrative into a balance-sheet strategy! 🫳 #Strive #CryptoNews
Bitcoin’s latest move is backed by a clear improvement in both price momentum and spot buying pressure. The swissblock chart shows momentum moving from the transition phase into Expansion (Phase 4), while All-Exchange Spot CVD has also pushed firmly back into positive territory. The combination suggests the current strength is being supported by real spot demand, rather than leverage alone.
$BTC is now around $79K, with momentum at 1.00 and spot CVD near +1.1K. If this trend continues, it would strengthen the case for further upside. The key is whether spot demand can keep expanding without momentum losing steam.
For now, the structure looks bullish but sustained spot buying is the confirmation to watch! 👀 #Bitcoin Price Prediction: What is Bitcoins next move?# #BTC Price Analysis#
Ethereum’s next major upgrade could change how users pay for transactions. EIP-8141 has been confirmed for the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, enabling users to pay transaction fees with stablecoins instead of holding $ETH specifically for gas. It could make the Ethereum experience much simpler, especially for mainstream users who already keep stablecoins in their wallets.
Ethereum may still power the network underneath, but users may no longer need to think about gas in the same way! 🫶 #Ethereum #EIP-8141
What failed was a cache that treated “this proof was already checked” as “this proof is valid here.” That one skipped check minted unbacked L-BTC, then the honest peg-out paid real Bitcoin .
That’s why the white-hat vs hostage debate is the wrong frame.
The real story is consensus software that looked fine until someone reused a cached yes.
3,400 $BTC came back and ~598.5 $BTC did not.
The network is still paused.
The lesson isn’t hat color, it’s this: if your security model assumes every node re-verifies the expensive thing, a cache key that omits context is a money printer.
Crypto projects have spent $638M on token buybacks so far this year, already surpassing the $545M recorded during the same period last year. It’s a massive jump from just $366K in 2024.
Hyperliquid $HYPE and Pumpfun $PUMP alone account for nearly 90% of these repurchases. Buybacks are becoming an increasingly important part of crypto token economics, with major projects using revenue to strengthen their ecosystems and support token value.
$BTC is currently valued at around $1.6T, representing just 1% of global money.
Gold accounts for nearly 20%, while fiat currencies make up the remaining 79%+.
Bitcoin still has a relatively small share of the global monetary market, leaving significant room for growth if adoption and capital allocation continue to increase. #Bitcoin Price Prediction: What is Bitcoins next move?# #BTC Price Analysis#
Markets are heading into an important week, with several data points that could shape expectations ahead of the September Fed meeting.
Monday: US markets closed for Labor Day
Wednesday: US 10Y Note Auction
Thursday: August PPI & Existing Home Sales
Friday: August CPI, Michigan Inflation Expectations & Consumer Sentiment
This is the final major inflation-data week before the September Fed meeting, making Friday’s CPI especially important for rate-cut expectations and risk assets like $BTC #Macro Insights#
Altcoins now have more open interest than $BTC, showing traders are increasingly looking beyond Bitcoin for opportunities. It doesn’t confirm an altseason yet, but the shift in positioning is hard to ignore. If spot demand follows, this could become a much bigger rotation.
The altcoin market is gaining momentum! 📈 #Altcoin #Altcoin Season#
Ethereum ETFs Had Their Strongest August Since 2025! 📰
August marked the best monthly performance for U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs since August 2025, highlighting a notable shift in institutional demand for Ethereum. After months of choppy flows and cautious sentiment, the renewed strength in ETF activity suggests investors are becoming more comfortable gaining Ethereum exposure through regulated investment products.
If this momentum continues, $ETH ETFs could become an increasingly important catalyst for the next phase of Ethereum’s market cycle. #ETF #Ethereum
Strategy’s Bitcoin Treasury Is Now Worth $52B Net! 👀
Strategy says its Bitcoin reserves stand at roughly $52 billion on a net basis, after accounting for debt and preferred claims. The number is more important than the headline $BTC holdings alone. It highlights the size of the Bitcoin-backed balance sheet Strategy has built and the extent to which the company has positioned Bitcoin as its core treasury asset. The strategy remains aggressive: use capital markets to accumulate Bitcoin while keeping the long-term focus on increasing Bitcoin exposure.
Bitcoin remains at the center of Strategy’s balance sheet! 🫶 #Strategy #Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s open interest has surged to around 584.8K $BTC, up significantly from the ~400K $BTC area earlier this year, while Bitcoin trades near $79K. The rise in OI shows that leverage is returning to the market, but it doesn’t tell us whether traders are predominantly long or short. What it does tell us is that the market is becoming increasingly vulnerable to a sharp volatility event.
If Bitcoin breaks higher and OI rises in a controlled way, leverage could help accelerate the move. But if price turns lower while OI remains elevated, crowded positions could trigger liquidations and amplify the downside.
OI has also approached previous high-leverage zones, making the current setup one to watch closely. (Chart By Alphractal)
Bitcoin’s current cycle is behaving very differently from the previous ones. According to Galaxy Research’s cycle comparison, $BTC is still around 62% of its cycle high roughly 330 days after the peak. In previous cycles, Bitcoin had fallen much deeper over a similar period often reaching 20–35% of the prior cycle high.
Institutional demand, spot ETFs, corporate accumulation and a more mature market structure may be changing Bitcoin’s traditional boom-and-bust pattern. #BTC #BTC Price Analysis#
BTC/Gold ratio is pushing into a key resistance zone after months of consolidation, with momentum picking up as price pushes toward the top of the range. Historically, Golden Cross signals have preceded major Bitcoin rallies, but the setup alone doesn’t guarantee another +300% move. What matters now is whether $BTC can confirm the breakout and turn this resistance into support.
If that happens, $100K Bitcoin moves from a distant target back into the conversation! NFA #Bitcoin Price Prediction: What is Bitcoins next move?# #Gold
Standard Chartered has become the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to launch institutional $BTC trading in the UAE. This is more than another bank entering crypto. A major global financial institution is now bringing regulated Bitcoin trading directly into the institutional banking ecosystem.
Bitcoin is steadily moving from the margins of finance toward the core of global capital markets! 📈 #StandardChartered #UAE
Tokenized real-world assets have now reached $7.4B in on-chain deposits, even as the broader DeFi market contracted by roughly 15%! hat divergence is hard to ignore. While liquidity has pulled back across parts of DeFi, the RWA sector continues to attract capital as investors look for blockchain-based exposure to traditional assets.
And at the center of this trend is $ONDO, one of the leading protocols bringing U.S. Treasuries and other real-world assets on-chain. RWAs are increasingly looking less like a crypto narrative and more like a core financial infrastructure trend.
DeFi may be cooling, but tokenized finance keeps building! 🤝 #RWA