🚨 Crypto Market Update – August 19, 2025
✍️ By @The Investor 90
📉 Price Action
• BTC → $115.9K (-1.2%) after $500M in liquidations & Treasury tightening
• ETH → $4.28K (-3.5%) despite ETF inflows of 649K ETH = record institutional demand
• Market mood: Cautious ahead of Jackson Hole
🦈 Market Sentiment
• Institutions steady
• Retail lagging
• Traders brace for Fed signals this Friday
📌 Notable Developments
• A solo miner earned 3.17 BTC (~$371K) in one block → solo mining still viable
• Bahrain plans to attract 50+ crypto/finance firms with tax incentives
• Western Australia reports $10.8M lost to crypto scams tied to AI deepfakes
• USD strength rises ahead of Trump–Zelensky summit → global risk tone in play
📊 Key Takeaways
Trend Signal
ETF Flows Strong institutional ETH demand
Liquidations Over $500M wiped out in past 48 hrs
Global Activity MENA crypto expansion, regulatory risks
Volatility Drivers Jackson Hole + Fed minutes + geopolitics
🧠My View:
We're in a reflexive zone. Macro triggers will dominate near term. Institutional activity = bullish base, but short-term volatility remains elevated.
📌 General market info only – not financial advice. Always DYOR.
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