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ETH gains to highest level against BTC in 2025, reaching new 365-day average

Ethereum (ETH) is entering a new stage, expanding against BTC. The ETH/BTC ratio is at a new yearly peak, also breaking above the 365-day average. Ethereum (ETH) is trading at 0.039 BTC, the highest level in 2025. After months of stagnation, ETH added $1,000 in a week, while BTC consolidated. ETH activity grew in the past week, with a mix of spot demand, derivative positions, and even hackers FOMO selling or liquidating their haul at peak prices. ETH rose to the highest price in BTC terms for the year to date, as the ratio broke above its 365-day moving average.…

EthereumAug 18

Tesla, Roku and Coinbase dominate ARKK’s top 3

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) turned to the biggest holding of Cathie Wood’s flagship ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK). However, Roku Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc. also made it to the top 3 holdings of the ETF, suggesting a solid upward trajectory for these companies. This comes in when ARKK recorded its biggest single-day cash injection ever of $800 million at the beginning of August. This inflow helped the fund snap a brutal run of 18 consecutive months of net outflows. The Innovation ETF has managed to surge by almost 22% over the past 6 months. Tesla is still ARKK’s biggest bet ARK…

RegulationAug 18

Ripple v. SEC: Official Shares Crucial Reminder

On Friday, the SEC submitted a status report with the Court of Appeals, stating that both parties had filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal of the appeals, which remains pending and is awaiting approval by the Court. It should be recalled that on Aug. 7, the SEC filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, entered into with defendants Ripple Labs, Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen, which dismissed the Commission’s appeal and Ripple’s cross-appeal and resolves the Commission’s civil enforcement action against the defendants. Since the Joint Stipulation of Dismissal was…

LegalAug 18

Ethereum Price Nears $4,800 as Institutional Buying Triggers Supply Crunch

Ethereum Price Nears $4,800 as Institutional Buying Triggers Supply Crunch Ethereum (ETH) is trading at $4,760, up 2.92% on the day and an impressive 30% over the past week. The rally is fuelled by heavy institutional accumulation, with exchange-traded funds (ETFs) now absorbing more ETH than is being issued — creating a tightening supply shock. 1. Institutional Supply Crunch Driving Momentum This month alone, Ethereum ETFs have purchased 500,000 ETH, surpassing the 450,000 ETH issued since the Merge. Asset management giants Fidelity and BlackRock collectively hold $22.68 billion in ETH. The next big potential catalyst could be a $1 billion+…

EthereumAug 18

Crypto Is On A Real Hot Streak

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack. GM! Today's top news: Crypto majors sell off after big overnight pump; BTC at $120,500 ETH soars to $4,350 in big weekend run; Punks hit $235k floor LayerZero proposes acquisition of Stargate, ZRO pops 28% ZORA jumps 30% to $1.3B, up 14x on the month Gondi sets new 1/1 lending record with $1M XCOPY loan 🔥 Crypto’s Big Week The last 10 days have been one of…

RegulationAug 18

Cryptojacker gets 1 year prison after admitting to $3.5M fraud

A crypto influencer has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for what US prosecutors called a large-scale cryptojacking operation that defrauded two major cloud computing providers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday that a Brooklyn federal court sentenced Charles O. Parks III, who also went by “CP3O,” to one year and one day in prison for the scheme that defrauded the computing providers of more than $3.5 million in resources. Parks used fake corporate identities such as “MultiMillionaire LLC” and “CP3O LLC” to trick two unnamed cloud providers into granting him elevated computing privileges, which…

LegalAug 18

NFT market cap drops by $1.2B as Ether rally loses steam

The non-fungible token (NFT) market lost more than $1.2 billion in value in less than a week as Ether’s rally slowed, according to sector data. On Monday, NFT Price Floor data showed that the total valuations of NFT collections dropped to $8.1 billion, a 12% decline from last Wednesday’s NFT market cap of $9.3 billion, which had surged 40% since July. NFTs wiping out $1.2 billion in valuation in less than a week coincides with a 9% drop in Ether (ETH) prices. At the time of writing, Cointelegraph data showed ETH traded at $4,260, dropping from a high of about…

NFTAug 18

Korea’s Pivotal Crypto Shift in 2025

South Korea’s cryptocurrency market is undergoing a pivotal shift in 2025, moving from a retail-driven boom toward a more institutionalized and regulated framework. Four policy pillars define this transformation. First, the government plans phased corporate participation. Second, regulators design frameworks for spot Bitcoin ETFs and won-pegged stablecoins. Third, authorities enforce strict measures against unregistered operators and KYC breaches. Fourth, the central bank pauses CBDC development. Instead, it favors bank-led stablecoin pilots. National Digital Asset Agenda and Legislative Challenges BeInCrypto previously reported key policy developments under President Lee Jae-myung. The Presidential Committee on Policy Planning designated “building a digital asset ecosystem”…

LegalAug 18

Crypto Hackers Capitalize on ETH Surge, Offloading $72M This Week

Ether's (ETH) recent rally to $4,780 has delivered a wealth of profits to several high-profile hackers, who have capitalized on the surge by offloading their ill-gotten gains. In three separate case, on-chain data, revealed by X account EmberCN, shows hackers strategically liquidated their ETH holdings for tens of millions in profit. The Radiant Capital exploiter, who the protocol alleges is a North Korean entity, drained around $53 million in assets from the DeFi protocol last October. They converted much of their haul into 21,957 ETH at roughly $2,414 per coin, only to sell 9,631 ETH for $44 million worth of…

EthereumAug 18

Nasdaq's ALT5 raises $1.5 billion taking 7.5% of Trump-backed WLFI's token supply into its treasury

ALT5 Sigma Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed fintech that operates crypto trading and payment platforms, plans to raise about $1.5 billion through a stock offering and a WLFI token-funded private placement. The move would place a large portion of World Liberty Financial’s WLFI tokens on ALT5’s balance sheet and bring several of the stablecoin issuer’s executives, including Eric Trump, into ALT5’s leadership. The fundraising structure involves two components priced at $7.50 per share: a registered direct offering and a concurrent private placement funded with WLFI tokens. Combined, the transactions cover up to 200 million shares and are expected to close on or…

RegulationAug 18