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CoinCatch Market Daily Report (August 25, 2025)
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2025-08-25 | 10m
On August 25, Bitcoin fell 2.88% to $111,266.32 in the past 24 hours, underperforming the broader crypto market (-2.93%); Ethereum dropped 3.81% in the past 24 hours after hitting the second all-time high today. Meanwhile, Federal Reverse Chairman Jerome Powell set the crypto community on fire after speaking at the annual Jackson Hold economic symposium. The second-largest cryptocurrency surged 15% late Friday, rising as high as $4,885.00 and surpassing its November 2021 record of $4,866.01. The decentralized governance organization behind cross-chain bridge Stargate has voted to approve an acquisition offer from the LayerZero Foundation.
Crypto Market Overview
BTC (-2.88% | Current Price: 111,266.32 USDT)
Bitcoin dropped 2.88% today, reaching a low of $110,060. Bitcoin miners moved 5,066 BTC ($565M+) off-chain in 24h: the highest daily outflow in 8 months. This follows Bitcoin’s 10% drop from its $123,731 ATH on August 14. Miners are likely liquidating reserves to cover operational costs amid declining profitability. Historical data shows sustained miner outflows often precede extended price corrections. The $256M in BTC liquidations yesterday (+1,630% vs prior day) amplified downside pressure. Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $1.51B in net outflows this week – the largest weekly withdrawal since February. BlackRock’s IBIT saw its first outflow since June. Institutions are taking profits after Bitcoin’s 74% YTD gain. We should evaluate whether BTC could hold the $111,000 psychological support, or will miner/ETF outflows push it toward $107.5K. It's important to monitor daily ETF flow reports and miner wallet activity.
On August 21, BTC ETFs saw a net outflow of $23.2 million, with $198.8 million flowing out BlackRock's IBIT and $50.9 million inflow of Fidelity's FBTC.
ETH (+3.81% | Current Price: 4587.26 USDT)
After hitting the second All-time high on the 25th since 2021, the price is now trading at $4,320.74, up 0.32% in the past 24 hours. ETH surged 85% in 60 days ahead of the Pectra upgrade and ETF inflows, peaking at $4,880 on Aug 23. Three whales deposited 34,500 ETH ($148M) to Coinbase/Binance on Aug 21 (Lookonchain), signaling profit-booking. The 24h drop reflects natural consolidation after parabolic gains. Historical patterns show ETH often retraces 15-20% after breaking ATHs before resuming uptrends. ETH futures open interest hit $50B ATH on Aug 24. If ETH breaks $4,400, $1.19B longs face liquidation because that high leverage (avg. 20x) amplifies downside volatility. On the 22nd,
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spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $337.7 million, with 109.4 million inflow of BlackRock's ETHA and 117.9 million inflow of Fidelity's FETH.
Altcoins
The current cryptocurrency market Fear & Greed Index stands at 50, placing it exactly at the "neutral" level. This value indicates a balanced sentiment among market participants, reflecting neither strong greed nor pronounced fear. Investors appear to be taking a wait-and-see approach, carefully evaluating market conditions before making significant moves.
Macro Data
On August 22, the S&P 500 increased by 1.52% to close at 6,466.91, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 1.89% to 45,631.74, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.88% to 21,496.54. As of 8:15 AM (UTC), spot gold was valued at $3,365.14 per ounce, reflecting a decrease of 0.22% over the past 24 hours.
Trending Tokens
ONT Ontology (+51.65%, Circulating Market Cap: $190.9 Million)
ONT is trading at $0.2117, with a 24-hour increase of approximately 51.65%.
Ontology is a project designed to bring trust, privacy, and security to Web3 through decentralized identity and data solutions. It is building the infrastructure to provide trusted access to Web3, allowing individuals and enterprises to rest assured that through regulatory compliant digital identity solutions, users and their privacy come first. On August 13, Ontology launched a community-driven Web3 initiative targeting Africa, focusing on validator nodes, developer onboarding, and localized education. While the Palantir narrative lacks concrete ties, the Africa expansion provides tangible network-building potential. ONT broke above 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level ($0.154) with an RSI of 74.32 (overbought territory). The MACD histogram turned positive (+0.0016), signaling accelerating bullish momentum.
IOST IOST (+12.03%, Circulating Market Cap: $109.29 Million)
IOST is trading at $0.003986, with a 24-hour increase of approximately 12.03%. IOST operates as a multichain infrastructure specialized in Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization and Web3 payment solutions. Built on seven years of blockchain development with over 930 million processed transactions, IOST now bridges traditional finance with decentralized systems across multiple blockchain networks. IOST broke above 23.6% Fibonacci retracement ($0.0041) with RSI14 at 47.57 (neutral). Volume spiked 686% to $68.3M, confirming buyer momentum. IOST’s rally combines strategic tokenomics (buyback), RWA momentum, and technical momentum, though sustainability depends on delivering ecosystem growth.
OGN Origin Protocol (+8.88%, Circulating Market Cap: $51.26 Million)
OGN is trading at $0.07627, up approximately 8.88% in the past 24 hours. Origin Protocol is one of Ethereum’s longest-standing DeFi projects, featuring a multichain feature set that unlocks vast opportunities for yield generation across the space. Origin’s products are built to be permissionless and composable, allowing for deep integration with novel primitives. All of Origin’s products streamline rewards to OGN stakers, cultivating a sustainable, user-first offering. OGN’s rally combines engineered scarcity (buybacks), technical momentum, and DeFi product traction. While the buyback program creates structural support, watching the $0.078 level – a close below could signal profit-taking, and see if OGN could hold above the 23.6% Fib level ($0.078) through August 26’s buyback execution.
Market Insights
Expectations For September Rate Cuts Drop Despite Powell’s Speech
Last week, Federal Reverse Chairman Jerome Powell set the crypto community on fire after speaking at the annual Jackson Hold economic symposium. During his speech, Powell had hinted toward possible rate cuts that could happen in the month of September, and since rate cuts have been historically bullish for risk assets, this quickly triggered a rapid bullish response from the community. However, expectations for a rate cut seem to have dwindled in the last few weeks, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool.
Despite the drop in probability, optimism around a possible Fed rate cut is still high, as shown by data from Santiment. A report from the platform pointed out that social mentions of words like “fed”, “rate”, and “cut” have all hit a new all-time high. The report translates this as euphoria being very high, and for the crypto market, this could mean that it is headed for the top.
Another thing that points toward a possible crypto top is the fact that Bitcoin balances on exchanges are on the rise once more. Usually, when investors send cryptocurrencies to exchanges, it means they are looking to sell, and such profit-taking could signal a top. As such, investors could benefit from taking a cautious stance as the market decides on a direction ahead of the FOMC meeting in September.
Ether Rose to a New Record Over the Weekend, After Hitting an All-time High Friday for the First Time Since 2021.
The second-largest cryptocurrency surged 15% late Friday, rising as high as $4,885.00 and surpassing its November 2021 record of $4,866.01. ETH saw about $120 million in short liquidations in a one-hour period, according to CoinGlass. When traders use leverage to short ether and the coin’s price rises, they buy ETH back from the market to close their positions. In turn, this pushes the coin’s price even higher and results in more positions being liquidated. Shares of companies focused on accumulating ether, which were some of the hardest hits this week when investors rotated out of tech names, bounced with the coin Friday. Bitmine Immersion and SharpLink Gaming jumped 12% and 15%, respectively. Bitmine fell more than 7% on the week, its first down week in three.
In the past two months, ether has emerged as a leader in the crypto market. That shift was catalyzed by regulatory tailwinds that prompted a boom in institutional interest around stablecoins, which account for 40% of all blockchain fees and more than half of which are powered by the Ethereum blockchain. Ether is “the biggest macro trade over the next 10 to 15 years and a lot of it has to do with the fact that stablecoins have become the Chat GPT moment for crypto,” Fundstrat’s Tom Lee recently told CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange.” “And now we have the GENIUS Act and Project Crypto from the SEC, which is essentially Wall Street running onto the blockchain.”
Stargate DAO Approves LayerZero Acquisition, Despite Last-Minute Interest from Wormhole, Axelar, and Across
The decentralized governance organization behind cross-chain bridge Stargate has voted to approve an acquisition offer from the LayerZero Foundation, which stewards the interoperability protocol of the same name. The offer was approved with nearly 95% of votes in favor after LayerZero modified the terms of its offer to appease holders of Stargate's native tokens. Under the terms of the proposal, the Stargate DAO will be dissolved and STG holders will be able to swap their holdings for LayerZero's native ZRO tokens at a ratio of 1 STG : 0.08634 ZRO. At current token prices, the deal is valued at around $120 million.
Though STG holders who locked their tokens to receive veSTG and a portion of Stargate's bridge fee revenues were originally going to lose their yield income under the terms of the original deal, LayerZero Foundation modified the offer before the vote began, offering veSTG holders 50% of Stargate's top-line revenue for six months following the vote's passage. The remaining 50%, and later all Stargate "excess revenue," will be used to buy and burn ZRO tokens under the terms of the proposal.
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CoinCatch Team
Disclaimer:
Digital asset prices carry high market risk and price volatility. You should carefully consider your investment experience, financial situation, investment objectives, and risk tolerance. CoinCatch is not responsible for any losses that may occur. This article should not be considered financial advice.
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