🎄 Can Bitcoin still hit $160K by Christmas?

🔎 Research from economist Timothy Peterson suggests BTC could rally 44% on average in Q4, pushing it to ~$160K by year’s end. Historically, Bitcoin gains 70% of the time in the last four months, though September is usually weak. 🧐

Analysts call the current dip a “frontrunning” of the usual September slump — setting the stage for a strong comeback. Outlook: positive, but less volatile than past cycles. 📈

🤯 Arthur Hayes: The U.S. is turning stablecoins into a “capital vacuum.”

Key takeaways from his essay:

🔸 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent aims to kill eurodollars ($10–13T deposits outside the U.S.) and shift them into stablecoins.
🔸 Unlike eurodollars, stables must hold reserves in U.S. T-bills → guaranteed demand for U.S. debt.
🔸 WhatsApp/Instagram could hand out dollar wallets to billions, bypassing central banks.
🔸 Stablecoins will become part of Pax Americana and ignite the biggest DeFi bull run ever. 🚀

📈 Bitcoin bounce signal?

On its pullback to $109K, BTC touched the lower Bollinger Band applied to the MVRV chart for short-term holders. 📊

The last time this setup appeared was in April at $74K — followed by a +51% rally. Could history repeat itself? 🔥

💥 Record ETH withdrawals from staking!

Since July 15, over 1.03M ETH ($4.7B) have entered the withdrawal queue — the highest ever. At the same time, staking inflows remain strong, with 753K ETH ($3.5B) added since late May. 🧐

👷🏻Due to Ethereum’s architecture, deposits and withdrawals can’t happen instantly, creating queues when limits are exceeded. The record outflow highlights shifting dynamics in ETH staking activity.

⚡️ Pyth Network lands a huge win!

🇺🇸 The U.S. Department of Commerce has selected Pyth to verify and distribute official economic data on-chain

Market reaction was instant — PYTH price skyrocketed, jumping over +100% at the peak! 🚀

🏦 JPMorgan: Bitcoin is undervalued!

🔎 Analysts say BTC’s current price is “too low” compared to gold, as volatility has dropped to historic lows (30% vs. 60% at the start of the year). On a risk-adjusted basis, they set fair value at $126K by year-end.

Key drivers:

📉 Low volatility makes BTC more attractive to institutions
🏢 Corporate treasuries now hold 6%+ of supply, suppressing swings
📊 Index inclusions (Strategy, Metaplanet) fueling passive inflows

With BTC’s volatility-to-gold ratio at a record low (2.0), JPMorgan sees room for significant upside. 🚀

📊 Bitwise releases bold long-term BTC forecast:

▪️Base case: Bitcoin at $1.3M by 2035
▪️Bull case: Nearly $3M
▪️Bear case: Around $88K

🔎 Analysts cite institutional demand and BTC’s fixed supply as the key drivers, arguing that growing investor interest will far outpace available coins. 🚀

📉 Bitcoin dips below $110K!

Bitcoin sharply reacted to news of technical issues on Binance, which forced the exchange to temporarily halt futures trading. 🛠

The market’s response was quick and nervous, sending BTC below the $110,000 mark. 🙀

ETH ICO participant digs up a decade-old wallet! 💰

After more than 10 years of inactivity, they just made a tiny test transaction of 0.001 ETH. But the real treasure? The wallet holds 158 ETH (~$694k)—originally bought for just $49. 🙀

Sometimes, patience really pays off 💵

📥 The market seems ready to buy the dip!

USDC inflows to exchanges have surged to $3.6B in just the past few hours. 💵📈

📊 Ethereum network activity is booming!

In August alone, over $300M has already been transferred—marking the highest monthly value since May 2021. And the month isn’t even over yet 🚀

🧛 River shared a neat compilation showing how some of the biggest names have flip-flopped on Bitcoin over the years. 🧐

Among them: Jerome Powell, Donald Trump, Larry Fink, Jamie Dimon, Mark Cuban, and Michael Saylor.

Even the strongest critics can make a U-turn when it comes to BTC 😉

🔥 Altseason loading?

🔎 CryptoQuant analysts note a gradual capital rotation from BTC into altcoins.

Market outlook for fall & winter 2025 looks bullish: potential Fed rate cut in September and a possible SEC approval of altcoin ETFs could give the trend even more fuel 🚀

🏯 Metaplanet keeps stacking sats!

The company just bought 1,009 BTC, bringing its total holdings to a round 20,000 BTC. 🎆

Average purchase price: ~$111,000 per BTC (deal was made in JPY, so USD value may vary). Current BTC price? $109,000. 👀

🔗 Source

🚀 Word around the internet: if Bitcoin Index repeats the 2015–2018 cycle path and today’s levels turn out to be the local bottom, then by December 3, 2025, BTC could climb to $256,000.

Do you believe it? 🤔

📈 Tiger Research forecasts Bitcoin at $190K by Q3 2025 🚀

Their model sets a base price of $135K, adding boosts from fundamentals (+3.5%) and macro conditions (+35%).

Key drivers:

▪️$90T+ global liquidity
▪️Strong ETF & corporate accumulation (ETFs hold 1.3M BTC, MSTR 629K)
▪️401(k) access to crypto, potentially adding $90B demand

🔎 On-chain data shows the market is active but not overheated — a bullish setup with some caution signals.

🏆 Top-10 biggest crypto hacks & exploits of this summer

In total, hackers drained $280M from the market. 🥷

The largest incident was the Nobitex hot wallet hack with losses of $82M 💸

🚀 $WLFI Trading Has Begun!

The hype around the Trump-family token is real:

💰 Trader 6ccDoT made $263,866 in just 10 minutes trading WLFI.
🐋 Whale 0xf30c opened a $2.2M long at 1x leverage.
💸 Investor 0xa2f2 took a $2.3M long at 3x leverage.

⚠️ Early volatility is reminiscent of $TRUMP token peaks.0 Insider wallets dominate, raising manipulation risks:

▪️Top 3 wallets control 50%+ of WLFI supply (Bubblemaps).
▪️Presale participants are moving tens of millions to exchanges (Lookonchain).

High rewards come with high risk—watch the market closely!