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Dis week, di Bitcoin market trend dey focus on four tins: price levels, macro signals, whale activity, and US demand. First, Bitcoin (BTC) get strong support at $112,000 and resistance at $120,000; if e fall below $112K, e fit cause more corrections, but if e pass $120K, e fit start fresh rally. Second, di Jackson Hole Symposium plus Fed Chair Jerome Powell talk on interest rates go shape di macro outlook: if dem talk hawkish, e fit reduce how much risk people go take, but if dem talk dovish, e fit make market gain. Third, whale activity, wey we see through $1 billion liquidation plus people buying when price dip, show say big players dey collect BTC for lower price. Fourth, di continuous positive Coinbase premium show say demand for US spot strong, e dey make market stable. Together, all dis things dey set di current Bitcoin market trend and help traders manage market ups and downs and find chance.

PulseChain, na be say Layer 1 blockchain wey fit scale well well, dey gather beta adoption among developers and users wey dey find faster and cheap DeFi transactions. Di ecosystem get two main pillars—PulseX decentralized exchange and di pDAI stablecoin—wey dey drive am forward. Recently, community people dem don start governance moves wey focus to stabilize pDAI dollar peg through decentralized treasury management and liquidity incentives. PulseX still dey gather strong liquidity wey dey boost trading volume and user engagement. Developers dem dey stress long term sustainable growth. Dem dey use PulseChain low fee infrastructure and scaling power to build dApps without too much gas cost. Di launch of LibertySwap bridging tools enable instant asset transfer from other chains, wey dey boost ecosystem liquidity and user onboarding. With all these milestones, PulseChain don firm up im competitive position for DeFi space and dey ready to expand more.

Market dem don dey put 92.1% chance say Federal Reserve go cut rate for their September meeting, climb from small chance wey dey earlier dis year. Di current target range na 4.25%–4.50%, and traders dey expect dem go cut am to 4.00%–4.25% if inflation cool down and labor data soft. Fed Chair Jerome Powell don resist pressure to ease policy but e fit change mind as economic indicators dey trend down. If Federal Reserve cut rate soon, e mean monetary environment go soft. Lower interest rate dey reduce cost of capital, compress discount rates for asset valuation, and encourage risk-taking. For crypto market, dis usually go boost liquidity, increase spot demand, and push higher trading volumes. XRP stand gidigba under looser policy because e get history of quick price reaction when financial conditions dey ease. Cheaper capital and increased liquidity fit attract retail and institutional investors to XRP, deepen order books, and support stronger price performance. Traders suppose dey watch upcoming inflation and labor reports well because changes for Fed rate cut chance go directly affect crypto liquidity. Confirmed September cut fit cause fresh inflows to XRP and steady rally; but delay go push back dis supportive conditions.

Binance Alpha, di early-stage discovery wing of Binance, don add RICE token go dia exclusive list dem. Dis move mean say traders fit access RICE directly on-chain through Binance Wallet and Exchange join body, e dey boost di liquidity and show di new project well well. Binance Alpha dey pick tokens based on community involvement, market palava, plus technology innovation, and e add RICE mean say di project get strong backing and e fit align well wit di new crypto changes wey dey come. For traders, this listing na chance to join early growth stage wit smooth trading plus better security wey Binance ecosystem dey provide. But as e be early stage asset, RICE get plenty wahala risk plus volatile; so make sure say you do correct check on di project fundamentals plus di team. Generally, di RICE listing show say Binance serious to push innovation and e fit ginger price movement for short term, while e dey prepare ground for longer term adoption.

Layer Brett don shine leading meme coin for 2025 with im Ethereum Layer 2 presale wey price na $0.0042, e dey offer correct 9,000% staking reward, gamified staking, NFT integrations, plus transparent tokenomics. The presale also get $1 million giveaway and e support KYC-free staking with ETH, USDT, or BNB. E build on Ethereum Layer 2, Layer Brett dey give low fees and fast transactions, while early liquidity concentration fit bring beta volatility and potential big gains for people wey start early. Meanwhile, the old meme coins dey perform badly: DOGE don drop over 20% for two weeks but e still hold key $0.20 support level, and PEPE dey face bearish technical signs—expected 23.6% drop, dem dey trade under big moving averages, 10% market cap fall, plus big liquidations. Traders dey see LBRETT mix of virality and utility as fresh chance for the meme coin market wey dey mature.

Binance Exchange Stablecoins Ratio (ESR) don drop sharp sharp, e mean say plenty stablecoin reserve dey ready to put for Bitcoin. Di low Binance stablecoin ratio na important metric for check buying power. Bitcoin dey hold above $115,000, di low ESR show say big buying liquidity dey Binance. If traders convert dis stablecoins to Bitcoin, price fit trend up. But if ESR bounce back pass 0.000010, e fit mean say momentum slow down or short-term correction dey come. Volatile inflows and outflows plus cross-chain transfers for Tron and Ethereum don cause di recent ESR wahala. Technical analysis dey warn say double-top fit form wey fit start distribution phase, dey stop rallies. But expected change go quantitative easing and rate cuts for 2025 fit carry support for Bitcoin long-term bullish trend. Dis strong Binance stablecoin reserve join supportive macro backdrop dey create bullish outlook, but traders suppose dey watch ESR plus key price levels for possible reversal.

Bitcoin Penguins (BPENGU) dey position itself as one big meme coin for this altcoin season. Early supporters don put over $3.6 million for presale wey go close on August 27. The main cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) don reach resistance levels, wey make money dey shift enter altcoins wey fit blow. BPENGU short 30-day presale dey follow meme culture “get in fast” spirit, wey dey make traders quickly dey buy. The project stand out because e wan get BTC-BPENGU trading pair, make Bitcoin whales fit swap their profit quick into BPENGU. Marketing events like e 1 BTC giveaway make almost $500,000 for 24 hours. Exchange listing dey planned for September 2. With strong presale and smart tokenomics, BPENGU fit be the next wave of meme coin gains as altcoin season dey grow.

10x Research dey warn say Strategy key $360 support level dey under threat as hedge funds dey take over trading and big shareholder Vanguard don reduce im stake by 10%. Bitcoin treasury stocks no too dey attractive again as volatility sharply drop. Strategy shares don drop 13% since mid-July, while Tokyo-listed Metaplanet don fall 37% for same time. The reduced market convexity don weak the power of Bitcoin treasury stocks to amplify BTC price changes, e dey limit their ability to raise capital. Investors dey shift to Ethereum treasuries and crypto IPOs to find new opportunities. The report dey question whether make re-entry depend on $360 price level or the wider market conditions wey fit bring back demand for Bitcoin treasury stocks.

XRP price don drop 5% go below $3 after Binance whale dem start dey transfer plenty, e trigger sell-side pressure. Analyst Ali Martinez talk say if bearish momentum strong well-well, token fit fall reach $2.60 or even lower. On-chain data from CryptoQuant show say whale-to-exchange flows don increase, technical analysis still dey talk say RSI momentum weak plus Bollinger Bands dey test the lower band around $2.95. Key support levels dey for $2.80 and $2.60, with $3.20 as main resistance for any bullish reversal. Even though short-term signals be bearish, adoption news like Imagen Network join XRP for instant settlements dey support better long-term outlook. Traders suppose dey watch how e go consolidate around $3 and oversold conditions wey fit make am bounce back.

Dogecoin drop over 9% for few hours and still drop over 4% after Qubic community vote to run 51% attack, e be like the exploit wey happen recent for Monero. Santiment’s NPL data show di biggest net outflow since July 2022, while Coinglass report long-to-short ratio of 0.79, wey mean say traders dey more bearish. For di 4-hour chart, DOGE dey trade below e 10, 20, 50 and 100 EMA, key support dey for $0.18864 (200 and 400 EMA); if e break, fit cause further 14% correction. But for daily chart, e still dey above 50 EMA, meaning say long-term bullish potential dey but e still need confirmation. Amid all dis wahala, traders dey move to presale meme coin Maxi Doge (MAXI), wey claim say e immune to PoW-based attack, e get audited smart contracts, no minting or blacklist functions, zero-tax trading and dynamic staking rewards.

Crypto market dey red, Bitcoin don drop 2.23% reach $115,440, Ethereum don lose 4.22% reach $4,287, Solana drop 5.55% reach $181 and Dogecoin don fall 4.68% reach $0.2229. For these strong wahala market, traders dey usually use crypto presales as shield against sudden price waka. Different from listed tokens, crypto presales get fixed price for every stage, e dey protect early investors from big market crash. Here be four top presales wey you fit watch: 1. Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER): E wan give sub-second fast transfer with low fees and dApp support for Bitcoin through Solana VM join. E don raise $10.3 million so far, token price $0.012745, staking 106% APY. 2. Snorter Token (SNORT): Na Telegram bot wey dey do meme-coin trade for Solana and Ethereum, e get copy-trading and rug-pull alert. E don raise $3.2 million, token price $0.1017, 138% APY. 3. Best Wallet Token (BEST): E be like MetaMask rival with fee discount, presale access and ‘Upcoming Tokens’ feature. E don raise $14.9 million, token price $0.025495, 90% APY. 4. Lightchain AI (LCAI): E join AI computing with blockchain through Proof-of-Intelligence. E don raise $22.3 million, token price $0.007125. Crypto presales still be speculative but dem dey offer strategic cover during market crash. Always dey do your own research (DYOR).

Di crypto market go dey face one kain wahala week as plenti macro and on-chain catalysts dey gather. On August 20, Federal Reserve go release di minutes from their July policy meeting, wey show say two members no gree for once. Traders go dey analyze di Fed minutes to find out if dem go talk soft or hard wey fit affect yields, dollar, and crypto prices. Two days later, Fed Chair Jerome Powell go talk for Jackson Hole wey go further shape rate expectations based on labor market and inflation. Meanwhile, three major crypto events go happen: Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies go debate Bill 4501/2024 to put up to 5% of their national reserves into Bitcoin; AaveDAO go get about 7% of WLFI tokens (wey value around $1.1 billion based on mid-July fully diluted valuation) for integrating WLFI market; and Solana community go start voting on “Alpenglow” upgrade to reduce block finality to 100–150 ms, with voting closing at end of epoch 842. Traders suppose dey watch Fed minutes and Jackson Hole for macro signals, along with Brazil Bitcoin hearing, Aave WLFI integration, and Solana Alpenglow vote, to navigate price changes and find trading chances.

Bitcoin price drop pass 7% reach under $115,000 after traders waka earn $3.5 billion profit over weekend talk, Glassnode talk. Saturday $3.3 billion profit-taking na get wahala day wey never happen since July. Dis down wey happen na after dem reach all-time high $124,000 earlier for August. Four new high for 2025 see correction reduce from 30% for January to 8% now. Profit-taking dey almost steady since Bitcoin price rise from $90,000 beginning of year. Low of $76,000 for April cause fresh sell. The latest pullback show say market dey get strong pass before even with short-term wahala.

Di 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival go happen from April 20 reach 23 for Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Di event na co-host by Wanxiang Blockchain Lab and HashKey Group, and dem organize am with W3ME, e be di biggest Web3 event for Asia. Since e start for 2023, Hong Kong Web3 Carnival don show more than 350 projects, 1,200 industry leaders, plus e gather pass 100,000 people across 400 side events. People weh talk before include HKSAR Financial Secretary Paul Chan, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, and ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Di 2026 edition go gather global Web3 founders, policymakers, investors plus scholars to discuss new technology, regulatory trends, plus new investment chance dem.

Gate na be one major crypto exchange talk say sey their founder and CEO, Dr. Han, go deliver keynote talk for Japan WebX Summit for Tokyo on August 25–26. As di main sponsor for di event, Gate go use di WebX Summit platform take show off their new brand under di international domain Gate.com, plus dem go host special side event for American Club wey go gather over 1,000 people wey include APAC and global partners, top project teams, and capital institutions. Di company wey buy one Japanese licensed exchange last year make compliance strong want use di chance tok about policy trends and Web3 collaboration chance Dem dey look Gate first big official show for Asia-Pacific region since dem refresh their brand.

Data wey CryptoQuant show say BlackRock dey hold 3.49 million ETH—58.03% of all Ethereum ETF assets—wey make their ETHA fund dey clear market leader. Analysts talk say the Ethereum ETF increase dey support ETH recent price rally, as institutional investors dey put money for regulated vehicles. BlackRock big share dey show say institutional investment dey grow and fit attract more money, wey go help liquidity and price stability. Traders suppose dey watch ETF approval cycles, regulatory announcements, and macro indicators to sabi possible volatility triggers. Overall, di movement to Ethereum ETFs suggest say price floors strong and market no go dey shake wella, e go give short-term trading chances and better foundation for long-term ETH growth.

Simon Dedic wey be founder of blockchain advisory firm Moonrock Capital, highlight for him recent Twitter post say Ethereum price don fall by 10%, e call am healthy correction. E talk say ETH price don triple for last three months and say if e pull back reach $4000–$4100 support zone followed by strong rebound, e go show say bull trend set. Dedic yan say higher turnover during Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto rallies dey help maintain upward momentum. E advise traders make dem stay confident despite small volatility and confirm sey e believe sey crypto market still dey for bullish phase.

Bio Protocol jump 2019.9% reach $0.1171 inside 24 hours afta dem launch protocol upgrade and form partnership wit analytics people dem. Dis DeFi platform bring dynamic staking rewards weh dey adjust for real time plus cross-chain liquidity bridge for easy token swap across different networks. Di collabo wit top DeFi analytics provider improve on-chain transparency, push Total Value Locked (TVL) higher. Technical indicators confirm new bullish momentum: four-hour bullish engulfing candlestick, Bollinger Bands wey dey widen, MACD bullish crossover, and steady close above 50-period EMA near $0.1073. Retail buyers start di rally, institutional buyers come folo after dey attracted by better reporting and risk management. Although regulatory wahala and liquidity concentration fit be wahala, Bio Protocol functional expansion and analytics integration make am stand out for competitive DeFi space. Traders suppose watch EMA support and volume for signs say e go continue or go pull back.

Chainlink price don rally well well for the past sessions, e climb from important resistances for $17.50 and $19.00 go reach multi-month high of $26.34. After dem clear one contracting triangle, LINK price dey trade pass im 50-day simple moving average (SMA), e mean say strong bullish momentum dey. The token first jump over 10%, then e extend the gains pass 15%, now e dey consolidate pass $24.00 zone. Technical indicators like relative strength index (RSI) and moving average convergence divergence (MACD) confirm say the upside potential still dey. Immediate support levels dey $23.80 (23.6% Fibonacci retracement), $20.90 (50% Fib) and trendline support near $19.50. If e fit close daily above $26.40 and $27.50 steady, e go clear road go targets $28.80 and $30.00, but if e no fit hold the support, e fit make the price fall go $18.00 and $16.50. Traders suppose watch make e close daily above $20.00 to confirm say the uptrend dey and dem go monitor these support and resistance levels for trading chances.

Binance don announce say dem go support di Fusionist (ACE) network upgrade. Di update go get hard fork for block height 3,828,237, wey dem expect say e go happen by 9:00 AM UTC for August 20, 2025. Deposits and withdrawals for Fusionist (ACE) network go stop from 08:00 UTC dat day. Binance go handle all di technical tins on behalf of users. Spot and futures trading for ACE tokens no go change. After di Fusionist (ACE) network upgrade don finish and system stable, dem go open deposits and withdrawals again. Binance confirm say dem go make sure di process secure and transparent. Users no need do any extra step during di Fusionist (ACE) network upgrade and hard fork.

Recent weeks don show say NFT don make big comeback, market capitalization don increase by 62.7% reach $28.4 billion, as Ethereum don break $4,000. As NFTs dey recover, traders dey focus again on meme coins, wey get high growth potential through presales. Top presale tokens na Snorter Token (SNORT), Best Wallet Token (BEST), and Bitcoin Penguins (BPENGU). SNORT wan power one Telegram trading bot wey get scam detection inside, dey offer tokens from $0.1015 and up to 138% APY for staking. BEST, the native token of non-custodial crypto wallet, dey trade at $0.0255 for presale and e give governance rights and discount on fees. BPENGU presale dey run till August 27, e start at $0.00171, get 15 price tiers and weekly BTC giveaways. The joining of new NFT market and cheap meme coin presales mean say altcoin season fit dey come. Traders wey dey find high-risk, high-reward opportunity fit see these presales as chance to diversify beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Bithumb talk say e go stop ZRC deposit and withdrawal from August 25 09:00 UTC make dem fit do Zircuit mainnet upgrade. Dis stoppage go make sure say data secure well, improvement for security and smooth network change. Traders suppose finish all their ZRC transfer before dat time so e no go cause delay for processing. Dis na normal move when big network changes dey happen, e no mean say dem wan remove ZRC from list. For updates about when service go start again, check Bithumb official announcements. Plan ahead for dis suspension go help traders make sure say them work continue well and asset dey safe.

SWIFT don partner wit Chainlink to plug dia Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) inside 11,500 banks, wey go enable connect to public and private blockchains, smart contracts and tokenized assets. Dem start pilot for September 2022 and expand for August 2023 wit banks like ANZ, BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon and Citi. Dis move reduce di gap wey dey between Ripple XRP cross-border solution and fit affect how XRP price go move. LINK don already respond well, e dey trade pass $20 because some big whale dey buy am. Ripple dey respond too by testing dia system with European Central Bank and Bank of Japan. Meanwhile, Bitcoin Hyper, a Bitcoin Layer-2 protocol wey fit run for Solana Virtual Machine, don raise almost $10 million for presale. Crypto traders suppose dey watch XRP for possible bearish pressure, LINK for continuous bullish momentum, and new Layer-2 projects like Bitcoin Hyper for fresh opportunities.

Bitcoin drop $9,000 from im best ever high of $124,000 for weekend, e fall go like $115,000 as dem dey do heavy long-position liquidations wey pass $500 million. Short-term technical indicators like Stochastic RSI and RSI show say e oversold, e fit get rebound. Key support levels na $115,000 mark and the 0.786 Fibonacci retracement, while the $117,000 neckline of inverse head-and-shoulders pattern don turn critical resistance. Traders go dey watch keenly if Bitcoin go hold above these levels or if e go extend correction go $112,000. Di next two weeks na to know if bulls fit regain control or bears go push price lower.

Bitcoin don drop pass $10,000 from e all-time high of $124,500 go down reach around $115,000, wey make traders dey watch the $112,000 support level and fit rebound pass $120,000. Technical indicators like the 21-day SMA dey show say breakout chance don reduce dis week. Some analysts, including CrypNuevo, talk say di sell-off na manipulation to trigger $1 billion liquidations, wey after dat big buyer enter market. Market focus don shift to Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium, wey chairman Jerome Powell speech fit cause wahala for market with mixed inflation and labor data. On-chain metrics show positive Coinbase premium wey no follow price action, wey mean say demand for US strong—maybe from big corporate buyers like Michael Saylor’s Strategy firm. Meanwhile, Rekt Capital warn say Bitcoin price discovery uptrend usually change direction for week 7, wey fit make short-term pullback happen. Traders suppose dey monitor order-book liquidity around $114,000–$112,000 and $120,000 threshold to figure out next move.

For August 18, 2025, India and Philippines come together form strategic digital partnership to speed up digital transformation for all Indo-Pacific area. This digital partnership want to improve e-governance, financial inclusion, and strong digital public infrastructure based on strong cybersecurity and data protection standards. Under 2025-2028 cooperation program both countries go deep for science, technology and innovation (STI) working together. Them also plan to expand peaceful use of space, nuclear energy cooperation and ICT business for edutech and medtech. Big part na, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Now Telecom for make Philippines digital sovereignty stronger. TCS go provide sovereign cloud solutions, cyber-defense package and citizen-focused digital service for strong nationwide network. For economy side, bilateral trade reach US$3.3 billion for 2024-25. Both side promise to finish Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and make ASEAN-India trade rules simpler. For crypto traders, dis partnership focus on cybersecurity na matter plenty. India and Philippines go work together for counter-terrorism, digital forensics and CERT programs to stop cybercrime. This move fit stabilize markets and reduce risk from hacking after record crypto lose of US$142 million for July 2025.

On August 18, 2025, CMB International Securities, wey be subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, launch their virtual asset trading service for Hong Kong. As the first Chinese bank-affiliated broker to offer crypto trading, dem put 24/7 access for their mobile app for investors wey qualify. After you open cash account, professional investors for non-restricted areas fit trade Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Tether (USDT). This new service come after Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission upgrade their license on July 11, wey mark big regulatory step. CMB International plan to expand their virtual asset trading service with strong risk and compliance framework, and go improve system integration and trading features over time.

Coinbase dey predict say Altcoin Season go start for September as Bitcoin dominance drop from 65% go 59%. Better liquidity, tight bid-ask spreads, plus rising risk appetite dey support dis change. Rare MACD death cross for monthly Bitcoin dominance chart remind person of 2017 and 2020 signals wey show before explosive alt rallies. CMC Altcoin Season Index don climb reach 42, e dey show say momentum dey grow. Plenty projects dey deploy token buyback and reserve mechanisms to boost demand. Pump.fun (PUMP) don repurchase and burn over 76.6 billion tokens for Solana. Story Protocol’s IP token collect $82 million from Nasdaq-listed company, dem get plan for open-market buybacks. Chainlink Reserve dey convert network revenues to LINK automatically. BounceBit (BB) don repurchase 8.87 million tokens and get plans for multi-year buys. These moves fit help support prices as macro environment remain stable. As Bitcoin dey consolidate, money fit flow into large-cap altcoins like ETH and SOL before e scatter go small tokens. Traders suppose dey watch liquidity metrics, dominance trends, and buyback activities as possible catalysts. Even though volatility risk and reserve strategy wahala still dey, outlook for Altcoin Season still dey bullish.

Mid-August rebalancing flows go cause short wahala for market side. Bitcoin don drop from im peak wey pass $124,000, now e dey trade between $117,000 and $118,000 support zone. If e pass $124,000, e fit open road go $130,000, but if e fall under $115,000, e fit make outlook turn kpa. Forex pairs and gold dey move side by side, but traders suppose watch liquidity gaps around London fix, plus watch US macro releases and Fed talk. On-chain data and exchange flows fit give early sign say big Bitcoin account dey do somtin. Technical breakouts at key levels—1.17 for EUR/USD, $3,360 for gold, and $124,000 for Bitcoin—go likely show di next trend. Even though mid-month rebalancing fit cause small shock, the big moves go come from macro catalysts and technical momentum. Traders make dem use these time play di market noise and prepare for bigger trends.