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Meanwhile, Bitcoin [BTC] is patiently in its little holding pattern, possibly contemplating life choices or just trying to avoid another sharp plunge. Traders are pacing nervously, clutching their coffee, because inflation figures are about to drop and could tell us if the Fed will hike rates like a overly eager waiter or skip with the finesse of a bad dancer. Who knows if this will lead to a glorious new Bitcoin all-time high or a sad, flatline, like an undersalted soup?

According to some fancy on-chain data from Arkham (sounds like a Batman gadget, right? 🦇), Hayes threw around $16.5 million in USDC in the last 24 hours. Where’d it go? Binance, Kraken, Wintermute, and some random address that’s probably an OTC desk. Because why not? 🤷♂️

Apparently, this little shopping spree was funded by a $500 million private placement led by 10X Capital and YZi Labs. Because nothing says “we’re serious about crypto” like throwing half a billion dollars at it. 💼✨

$BTC climbed nearly 4% in two days, flirting with all-time highs like a shy teenager at prom. Could this be the week it sets a new record? Who knows! But if history-or at least some fancy charts-are any indication, we might see $125K before you can say “blockchain.” 🚀📈

In the public square-otherwise known as the Nasdaq-companies parade like geese in spring. BitMine Immersion Technologies alone strutted in with 208,000 ETH, squawking, “Look here, peasants, we are solvent!” not noticing its own tail is on fire. Close behind, SharpLink Gaming flapped down $303 million as casually as throwing breadcrumbs to a swan.

Yet, since the fateful month of August 2020, MSTR has delivered 100% average annual returns, compounding to a staggering 3,000% cumulative gain, while Bitcoin itself has offered a mere 1,000% in the same period. 📈🚀

Ethereum’s ascent? A symphony of chaos! Capital flows like a drunkard’s tequila binge-$158 million OTC via Galaxy Digital in 14 hours, while a whale hoarded 65,000 ETH for $281 million. One might think these investors are preparing for a blockchain-themed apocalypse. ETF inflows? $461 million in a day, outpacing Bitcoin’s paltry $404 million. Perhaps the market’s betting on ETH’s ability to survive the next “black swan” event… or just a really bad bear market.

The numbers, my dear reader, are as dizzying as a waltz in a Moscow ballroom. Corporate crypto treasuries, with their 791,662 BTC (a trifling $93 billion, mind you), now command 3.98% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply. CryptoMoon, that harbinger of digital fortunes, proclaimed this on July 31, as if heralding the dawn of a new epoch. 🌕✨

And in the corner, sneaky little projects like Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) are sharpening their claws-ready to ride the storm by turbocharging Bitcoin’s sluggish get-up-and-go with a layer 2 tech so slick, it might just make your grandma’s old dial-up look like a rocket blast. Yep, more speed, more DeFi, and fewer fees-because nobody likes paying a small fortune to send a coin.

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