- How has the price of the first cryptocurrency changed?

Against the backdrop of Bitcoin's decline from the beginning of the week to $115,000, and then to $113,000, liquidations of $481 million and $451 million occurred, respectively. However, CryptoQuant recorded the movement of almost 32,000 'old' $BTC , which traditionally signals market turning points.

- Bitcoin portfolios of companies.

Japanese Metaplanet and American Strategy continue to increase reserves — the former has reached 18,888 BTC, while the latter has reached a record 629,376 BTC, respectively.

- How has the price $ETH changed?

On August 22, Ethereum exceeded $4,880 for the first time since 2021, updating its historical maximum and causing liquidations of $769 million, half of which fell on it. Meanwhile, at the time the asset reached a new record on the wave of growth, one trader locked in a profit of $6.86 million, but just two days later lost almost the entire amount due to the liquidation of a new position.

- Institutional activity and accumulation of Ethereum.

SharpLink Gaming acquired an additional 143,593 ETH for $667 million, bringing the balance to 740,760 ETH, while BTCS decided for the first time to pay dividends to shareholders in Ethereum, continuing the practice of crypto payouts after the Bitcoin experiment of 2022.

- Predictions and new projects.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes sees Ethereum as an asset capable of rising to $20,000 in the current cycle, outpacing competitors like Solana.

World Liberty Financial, linked to the family of US President Donald Trump, has announced the launch of its own WLFI token on the Ethereum network, which only emphasizes the strengthening of its ecosystem.

- News #Memecoins🤑🤑 .

The sector of meme coin launchpads on Solana has changed dramatically — the share of pump.fun has increased from 5% to 93.7%, while letsbonk.fun has lost its leadership, trying to regain positions with bonuses and points.

Amid this, Kanye West launched his own token $YZY , whose capitalization instantly exceeded $3 billion, but later collapsed due to insider coordination: 13 addresses earned $24 million, while retail investors suffered losses.

- Cyber threats and fraud.

In the UK, a fraudster posing as a police officer stole $2.8 million in bitcoins, while in another case, an investor lost 783 BTC ($91 million) after a social engineering attack — the funds began to be laundered through Wasabi Wallet.

On this background, Coinbase is changing its hiring policy due to attempts by North Korean hackers to infiltrate the company, while law enforcement and experts warn about increasingly sophisticated methods of criminals.

- Artificial intelligence #Aİ

The race of AI models has also become a prediction market: Kalshi and Polymarket turn over up to $20 million monthly.

FieldAI raised $405 million to create a 'robotic brain';

Parallel Web Systems of Parag Agrawal received $30 million for Deep Research API;

Story Protocol has partially refocused on a new AI project;

OpenAI could become the most valuable private company in the world, with a valuation of up to $500 billion, and Sam Altman is already announcing #GPT -6 with memory and personalization.

- Projected market growth.

Analysts at Bernstein predict that the 'bullish' cycle of the cryptocurrency market will last at least until 2027, supported by political backing for the industry in the US and the growth of institutional demand.

The tokenized assets market is rapidly growing, reaching a record $270 billion under management, with over half of that volume controlled by Ethereum.

Meanwhile, Binance Coin (BNB) has updated historical highs, rising to $883 at the beginning of the week and to $900 by the end of it.

The SEC has postponed its decision on ETFs based on Solana, XRP, and for Truth Social until October, while the market #NFT​ fell by 12% in a few days.