Here are the most important news from around the world (as of August 5, 2025) that may have a potential impact on cryptocurrency prices:
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🔍 Key events and their significance for the market
🎯 1. CFTC opens spot market
The US CFTC has announced the possibility of trading cryptocurrency spot contracts on registered futures exchanges. This is an important step toward regulatory clarity and could increase liquidity and institutional access to the digital asset market.
🏛️ 2. The GENIUS Act and US Policy
The US has enacted a new stablecoin regulation, the GENIUS Act, and President Trump also signed an executive order regarding the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. Both actions increase transparency and market stability, which can support institutional investor confidence.
🏦 3. Institutions are buying intensively
Small and medium-sized public companies are increasing their investment in Ethereum, collectively holding over 966,000 ETH (~$3.5 billion).
Institutions and corporations added 630 BTC in a single day (August 4th), indicating the ever-increasing use of BTC as a long-term asset hedge.
📉 4. Strong volatility—liquidations
In the futures markets, a total of ~$226 million worth of liquidations occurred in the last 24 hours – primarily short and long positions in Ethereum and Bitcoin. In recent days, positions worth ~$900 million were written off as BTC continued to trend lower.
📉 5. Macroeconomic situation
The ISM Services PMI index indicates a slowdown in the US services sector, which weakened market sentiment and caused the Bitcoin price to fall below $113,000.
Bitcoin is trading in a range of 113700-115700USD (-0.08%).
📊 6. Reflection and Perspectives
According to Barron’s: A weakened US jobs report strengthened expectations for rate cuts next month, boosting risk assets like BTC, ETH, DOGE and XRP—ETH up 2.1%, Bitcoin up 0.1% (~$114,400), XRP +0.5% (~$3.03).
According to an alternative analysis: Bitcoin is approaching a possible recovery to ~$126,000 in the medium term as short option positions decline and liquidity increases.
🏢 7. IPO platform Bullish
Cryptocurrency platform Bullish (backed by Peter Thiel, among others) has filed for an IPO in the US, planning to raise $629 million at a valuation of $4.2 billion. This demonstrates growing investor interest in cryptocurrency companies.
🇬🇧 8. UK lags behind
Former UK Chancellor George Osborne has warned that the UK is lagging behind in the global race to regulate and adopt cryptocurrencies (e.g., stablecoins). He warns that a lack of flexibility could harm fintech innovation in the country.
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⚖️ Summary of the impact on cryptocurrency prices
Area Possible impact on price
US Regulations Greater legality and institutional participation → growth
BTC/ETH Accumulation Maintains Fundamental Value Support
Macroeconomics PMI and rates influence investor sentiment
Futures liquidations cause short-term price fluctuations
IPO and institutional adoption Increased trust → long-term potential
For now, the positive impact from regulation and institutional accumulation seems to be offsetting the short-term downturns caused by liquidations and macroeconomic uncertainty. As a result, neutral-to-bullish sentiment is retained, with room to rise following confirmation of US rate cuts.
