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As Asia awakens to the dreary reality of another trading day, Bitcoin languishes at $113,000 – a sum that, frankly, seems rather vulgar. Ether, not to be outdone in this performance of decline, hovers around $4,100. A week of weakness, you say? How… novel. 😒
In a parallel universe, our dear comrade Daan Crypto Trades echoes the bullish sentiment, envisioning the coin’s position on the precipice of local highs, poised to breach the oh-so-daunting $0.39 resistance. Let us not forget the delightful addition of Monaco from the Labs, a DeFi project, which is expected to sprinkle some much-needed utility onto this digital buffet of investments.
On August 18, the SEC strutted in with notices extending the deadlines for not one, not two, but three very shiny, very promising products. These include the Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF, Solana ETFs (courtesy of 21Shares and Bitwise), and the 21Shares Core XRP Trust. Not exactly a speedy show, is it?
Tokenization, the new buzzword that makes everyone sound smart at cocktail parties, is essentially turning real-world assets into digital tokens that can be traded like Bitcoin. It’s supposed to make everything faster, easier, and maybe even a little bit cooler. 🚀
It seems our dear professor underestimated just how much regulators enjoy playing hide-and-seek with innovation. “Sensible” regulation? Oh, Kenneth, darling, you might as well have asked for sensible behavior at a masquerade ball. 🎩
Apparently, the total number of active futures contracts-you know, the ones that haven’t been settled yet-has shrunk to a measly 15.16 billion DOGE, which is roughly $3.25 billion. That’s right, folks, we’re talking bare-bones levels not seen since the dog days of August. 🐕☀️
Just today, Ethereum took a nosedive of 5%, slipping from a lofty perch of $4,379 during the bustling Asian trading hours, while trading activity decided to take a little vacation, dropping by 11%. It appears the whales, those great leviathans of the crypto sea, have decided to abandon ship, as reported by the fine folks at CoinMarketCap. 🐳🚢
President Donald Trump’s relentless push for dramatic interest rate cuts might just set off the inflation fireworks show – think dollar on a diet and long-term bonds doing their best impression of a sinking ship.
Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $113K, a figure as elusive as a philosopher’s smile, while the stock markets were hardly better-completely turning crimson, suggesting an increasingly intimate bedroom relationship between our digital darling and your honest-to-God stocks. The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow all went south, shedding 0.53%, 1.27%, and a negligible 0.01%. Meanwhile, Coinmarketcap reports a 3% tumble across the entire crypto realm-it’s almost poetic. 📉
Despite the chaos, Chainlink’s 24-hour trading volume hit $2.7 billion, which is more than enough to buy a small island… if you can find one for sale in this economy. According to Santiment, Chainlink achieved a seven-month high above $26 on August 18th, driven by strong on-chain activity. Nearly 9,813 wallets conducted transfers on August 17th, and 9,625 new wallets were created on August 18th. It’s like the entire internet decided to start a new religion… with crypto.
