Bitcoin whales rotate into Ether, despite $5B ETH validator exit queue

Bitcoin whales, or large tokenholders, are selling more of the world’s first cryptocurrency to gain exposure to Ether’s price. The move signals the market’s “natural rotation” into Ether (ETH) and other altcoins with more upside potential, Nicolai Sondergaard, research analyst at crypto intelligence platform Nansen, told Cointelegraph. The growing investor capital rotation occurred despite increasing…

Avalanche Leads Blockchain Transaction Growth, Amid US Gov’t Implementation

Update Aug. 29, 1:07 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include comments from Ava Labs’ chief strategy officer. Avalanche’s transaction growth surpassed all other blockchain networks this week, signaling more investor mindshare rotating to the smart-contract blockchain’s utility token, as it also saw increasing governmental adoption. Avalanche, a smart contract blockchain designed to…

Bitcoin’s Short-Term Speculators Show Signs of Capitulation After $108K Dip

Key takeaway: Bitcoin’s bullish megaphone pattern suggests $144,000-$260,000 is in play this cycle. Signs of panic from BTC short-term holders hint at a potential local bottom. Bitcoin (BTC) price action has painted bullish megaphone patterns on multiple time frames, which may propel BTC to new record highs, according to analysts. BTC price can reach $260,000…

Pudgy Penguins Token Declines Sharply in August Amid NFT Market Downturn

Pudgy Penguins’ native token slipped on Friday despite the project’s new title ranking among Apple’s top downloads. The PENGU (PENGU) token fell by nearly 4% on Friday, following the launch of Pudgy Party, a battle royale game released on Android and iOS, regardless the game recording over 50,000 downloads on the Google Play store and…

What Happened In Crypto Today

Today in crypto, Eric Trump predicts $1M BTC, A former BJP legislator and 11 police officials have been convicted for the 2018 abduction of a Surat businessman in a plot to seize over 750 Bitcoin. Meanwhile, El Salvador splits up 6,274 BTC holdings into 14 new addresses to lower risk of quantum attack. Eric Trump…

BTC and ETH Falling While Altcoins Stable Is Often a ‘Sign of Strength,’ Says Analyst

Crypto analyst and macroeconomist Alex Krüger thinks the market looks ugly enough to turn bullish. On Saturday, Krüger wrote on X, that “most crypto charts now look so broken and bearish that it’s bullish.” He argued that when price action looks this bad, the panic has usually gone far enough that a reversal may not…

Permissionless Finance Will Triumph Over Government Regulation: Fold CEO

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols will survive government and corporate efforts to impose traditional financial regulations designed to create a walled garden of permissioned digital systems, according to Will Reeves, CEO and co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) rewards company Fold.  Reeves told Cointelegraph that regulatory proposals requiring DeFi protocols to embed biometric identity checks within smart contracts,…

Price predictions 8/29: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LINK, HYPE, SUI

Bitcoin dropped below $108,000 on Friday, and the rest of the crypto market followed. Will $100,000 be BTC’s next stop? Source link

Supreme Court Opened Crypto Wallets To Surveillance

Opinion by: Vikrant Sharma, CEO of Cake Labs When the United States Supreme Court refused to hear Harper v. Faulkender on June 30, 2025, the court essentially endorsed the Internal Revenue Service’s sweeping “John Doe” summonses for cryptocurrency records. By letting a lower court ruling stand, the court confirmed that the century-old third-party doctrine stands…

Solana vs. Bitcoin Chart Hints at Explosive SOL Price Breakout Toward $300

Key takeaways: Past SOL/BTC golden crosses preceded 1,000% rallies in the SOL/USD pair. Altseason backdrop and nearly $3 billion in new treasury buys boost Solana’s upside case. Solana (SOL) is flashing a rare golden cross versus Bitcoin (BTC), a setup that has historically fueled parabolic rallies in both BTC and US dollar terms. Previous SOL…