Santiment: Wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 bitcoins have accumulated 218,570 $BTC more than at the end of March. These key players collectively own 68.44% of the total Bitcoin supply, adding ~0.9% of all coins to their wallets during this period.

James Howells, the man behind one of crypto’s most legendary stories, has officially ended his search for a Bitcoin wallet lost in a landfill.

The British IT worker had spent 12 years searching for a hard drive accidentally thrown out in 2013 — it contained 8,000 BTC (~$915 million).

▪️ Fun facts:
– In May, Howells planned to raise $75M by launching Bitcoin ordinals to buy out the landfill
– A Netflix-style series is already in the works — a Los Angeles studio has acquired the rights under the working title “Buried Bitcoin”
– Experts say the hard drive is now beyond recovery after 10+ years of corrosion in open-air landfill conditions.

🔹 Indonesia may add Bitcoin to its national reserve
The country’s government has already held discussions with crypto industry leaders.

Trading volume of tokenized xStocks surpasses $2 billion

▪️The total trading volume of xStocks tokens on both centralized and decentralized exchanges has exceeded $2 billion, with over $100 million coming from DEX platforms. Major volumes were recorded on Gate, Bitmart, and Bybit.
Source

▪️xStocks instruments by Backed Finance became available on exchanges and DEXs in early summer. They allow 24/7 trading of tokenized shares of major companies and stock indices, including Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and the S&P 500. According to the developers, each token is backed by real assets.

▪️xStocks tokens now have over 25,000 holders. The TSLAx token (representing Tesla stock) became the first to surpass 10,000 wallets. The total issuance of all tokens is around $43.3 million.

CryptoQuant has recorded a sharp decline in stablecoin reserves on crypto exchanges.

Historically, this is considered a bearish signal — stablecoins are usually sent to exchanges for crypto purchases, so large withdrawals may indicate declining investor interest in risk assets.

With the resumption of price growth, bullish sentiment in BTC has begun to surge again: discussions of levels above $130,000 have increased significantly — Santiment data.

Coinbase Ventures fund has purchased TON tokens.

Bitcoin's Meteoric Rise from 2012 to 2025

🔹 From 2012 to 2025, $BTC surged by an unprecedented 25,203,447%, far outpacing #NVIDIA (57,202%) and #Tesla (17,706%).

🔹 In contrast, traditional assets saw much slower growth:

NASDAQ (721%)
Nikkei (411%)
S&P 500 (407%)
Gold ETFs (103%)

Trader Machi Big Brother enters the TOP-5 on Hyperliquid, earning $17M profit from his long positions, according to Hyperdash.

He is still holding significant longs:

➠ ETH — $46.18M+ with 25x leverage
➠ HYPE — $19M+ with 5x leverage

OPEN INTEREST IN FUTURES ON THE EXCHANGE (USD) (August 13)

Hyperliquid Earned 35% of All Blockchain Revenue in July

U.S. Treasury Secretary: The Treasury Department plans to explore options for acquiring additional Bitcoin without straining the budget, aiming to expand reserves and fulfill the President's pledge to make the U.S. the "global Bitcoin superpower."

Visa is betting big on stablecoins, according to Bloomberg in an interview with the company’s head of crypto.

Key takeaways from the interview:
➠ Visa is actively expanding its business in stablecoin-based settlements.
➠ The payments giant is partnering with major banks and fintech companies.
➠ The company is considering launching its own stablecoin.
➠ Visa’s strategy is not to abandon its existing infrastructure, but to integrate stablecoins into current payment systems.
➠ It positions itself as a bridge between traditional and crypto payments.
➠ Over the past year, the stablecoin market has grown by 62%, with Standard Chartered projecting $2 trillion in market size within three years.
➠ Current stablecoin transaction volume is around $30 billion per day (less than 1% of global money flows).
➠ In the long run, stablecoins could replace part of Visa’s core business.
➠ The market is attracting major players (PayPal, Stripe) and regulatory initiatives (such as Genius in the U.S.).
➠ Visa is placing a special focus on developing countries with underdeveloped banking infrastructure.

Visa’s crypto initiatives include:
➠ Visa Tokenized Asset Platform for issuing and managing blockchain-based tokens (launched in 2024).
➠ A pilot with Spanish bank BBVA for token issuance on the Ethereum network.
➠ Stablecoin-based settlements already exceeding $200 million in transactions.
➠ A partnership with Yellow Card in Africa to use stablecoins for cross-border payments.

Aave has reached $3 trillion in lifetime deposits.

Donald Trump has earned $2.4 billion from cryptocurrency since 2022, according to The New Yorker.

Breakdown of earnings:
▪️ $14.4M – NFT collections
▪️ $412.5M – World Liberty Financial (#WLFI)
▪️ $243M – Deals with the UAE (related to investments in Binance)
▪️ $13M – Mining via American Bitcoin
▪️ $1.3B – Trump Media & Technology Group (BTC reserve)
▪️ $385M – Meme coin Official Trump (#TRUMP)
▪️ $65M – Meme coin Melania (#MELANIA)

The CEO of Canary Capital believes there is a greater than 50% chance that Bitcoin will reach $140,000–$150,000 this year before another bear market emerges next year.

James Wynn returned to his old wallet and opened a small long position on $ETH with 25x leverage, buying 111.87 $ETH.