🚦 Market:

  • BTC sideways around 115K – 116K. Altcoin is also quiet – current mood: “whales breathe, small fish sleep.”

  • 🏛 Politics - Macroeconomics:

  • President Trump & President Zelensky happily after a meeting at the White House, preparing for the Putin – Zelensky summit. Geopolitics is bustling, crypto is waiting.

  • 💼 Spot ETF (08/18):

  • $BTC ETF: -$121.6M (BlackRock -$68.6M, Ark -$65.7M).

  • $ETH ETF: -$196.3M, BlackRock and 5 other giants are also offloading.

  • $SOL ETF: -$2.2M from REX-Osprey.

    👉 In summary: ETFs are still playing the 'offloading promotional goods game'.

📜 Policy – Regulation:

  • Finance Minister Bessent calls for feedback on the GENIUS stablecoin Act, deadline October 17. (The name of the law sounds like an AI startup, but it's related to stablecoins 🤖💵).

  • SEC postpones 3 crypto ETFs to October: SOL, XRP, and 'Truth Social BTC & ETH'.

  • JPYC launches stablecoin Japanese Yen, on Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon – stablecoin now has a complete global collection.

🏦 Organizations – Enterprises:

  • Strategy adds 430 BTC ($51.4M), bringing the total to 629,376 BTC (~$73B) → still holds the title of 'King of BTC Treasury'.

  • BitMine acquires 373,110 ETH (~$1.7B) → jumps to Top 2 crypto treasury in the world ($6.61B).

  • ETHZilla (backed by Peter Thiel) acquires 94,700 ETH (~$410M) → enters Top 10 Ethereum Treasury.

  • BTCS becomes the first listed company to pay dividends in ETH ($0.40/share). Shareholder mood: 'getting ETH is better than getting bubble tea.'

  • KindlyMD raises $200M to... buy BTC after merging with Nakamoto Holdings → the healthcare sector officially 'FOMO Bitcoin'.

  • Figure files for IPO to go public on Nasdaq – blockchain lending steps into the big league.

🎯 Quick summary:

ETFs are offloading, organizations are 'rescuing the market' with billion-dollar purchases. The government is both 'approving laws' and 'delaying ETFs'. BTC still dozes, while altcoins are... playing cat and mouse.

“Crypto right now is like a party where the DJ hasn't arrived, guests are already seated – everyone is holding money, just waiting for the music to start.” 🎶🕺