On August 13, Charles Edwards, founder of the cryptocurrency quantitative digital asset fund Capriole Investments, stated that there has been a large-scale outflow of institutional funds from CEX. With the cooling of inflation in the U.S. and the market expecting a rate cut next month, Bitcoin has once again become a target for institutional investors. Capriole data shows that 75% of the CEX trading volume on Tuesday came from institutional investors. "Any reading above 75% will see prices higher a week later." Capriole calculates that the "excess demand" from institutions this week is about 600% of the daily output, while the current daily output of Bitcoin is about 450 coins. Just on Tuesday, Bitcoin corporate treasuries added 810 BTC; the increase on Monday was even larger, close to 3,000 BTC. These actions were accompanied by 7

On August 13, according to CNBC: Two government officials revealed that the Trump administration is considering 11 candidates to replace Fed Chairman Jerome Powell when his term ends this May, including three who have never been publicly nominated before. The new candidates include Jefferies Chief Market Strategist David Zervos, former Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Larry Lindsey, and BlackRock Global Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer Rick Rieder.

On August 13, according to Rockflow data, US stock ATNF rose over 50% in pre-market trading, with a market capitalization reaching $1.577 billion, leading the rise of Ethereum reserve concept stocks: · SharpLink Gaming (SBET.US) rose 3.07% in pre-market; · Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR.US) rose 4.68% in pre-market; · GameSquare (GAME.US) rose 3.26% in pre-market; · Bit Digital (BTBT.US) rose 2.64% in pre-market. Previously, according to the latest disclosure from the US SEC, Peter Thiel and his investment team acquired the Ethereum treasury reserve company ETHZilla (formerly 180 Life.

[Banking groups urge US Senate to fix loopholes in the GENIUS Act] The American Bankers Association, the Bank Policy Institute, and over 50 state banking groups are calling on Congress to address the "loopholes" in the GENIUS Act, which allow for interest on stablecoins to be paid through exchanges and third-party payments. Banking groups warn of a $6.6 trillion risk of deposit outflows, which could disrupt traditional lending practices and increase borrowing costs.

[U.S. Treasury Secretary: Will Not Support Stopping the Release of Employment Reports] U.S. Treasury Secretary Becerra: Will not support stopping the release of employment reports.

[U.S. Treasury Secretary: (Regarding the Fed) There is a possibility of a 50 basis point rate cut] U.S. Treasury Secretary Besant: (Regarding the Fed) There is a possibility of a 50 basis point rate cut.

[The value of El Salvador's Bitcoin Holdings has now exceeded $750 million] According to a chart published by @BitcoinMagazine, the value of El Salvador's Bitcoin Holdings has now exceeded $750 million.

On August 13, according to OnchainLens monitoring, a certain Ethereum ICO participant address deposited 2,283 ETH into a CEX, worth 10.42 million dollars. This address had previously deposited 2,000 ETH into the CEX on August 11, and had obtained 100,000 ETH during the ICO period.

On August 13, the cross-chain aggregation DeFi platform Infinex stated that despite both Infinex and Kaito implementing anti-gaming measures, Yaprun could not escape the issue it originally aimed to solve: noise drowning out the signal. Initially, the carefully produced "mind share farming" quickly evolved into industrialized junk content production—filling the timeline with low-quality content. Bots destroyed the network effects originally brought by real content creators. The team decided to pause Yaprun after the end of the first season to implement significant improvements and bot-nerfing measures. The second season will return after we address the fundamental issue of "how to maintain quality while scaling," ensuring that "optimized attention" does not revert to the "noise farm" we originally wanted to eliminate. The reward pool for the first season is approximately 1.

As of August 13, the altcoin season index has risen to 41, indicating that approximately 41 crypto assets have outperformed Bitcoin in the past 90 days. This index is used to determine whether the crypto market is dominated by altcoins.

FTX debt claims expert Thomas Braziel stated that Tom Lee is expected to become a billionaire due to holding call options for a 5% stake in BMNR. Currently, the value of the options is between 300 million and 350 million dollars. Since Tom Lee joined BitMine, the price of ETH has risen from 2500 dollars to 4700 dollars, an increase of 88%.

On August 13, according to @EmberCN monitoring, a suspected address of CEX Capital transferred 7,300 ETH (, approximately 33.86 million USD ), back to CEX in 50 minutes. Since July 28, they have transferred a total of 31,300 ETH (, approximately 124 million USD ), to CEX, with CEX and Galaxy Digital having an average price of 3,966 USD.

On August 13, according to CEX market data, the ETH/BTC exchange rate rose nearly 8% in 24 hours, with a 7-day increase of 23.32% and a 30-day increase of 54.56%. Ethereum's market share has reclaimed some lost ground, rising to 13.99%.

On August 13th, according to Alternative data, today's cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is 73 (yesterday it was 68), with a weekly average of 54, indicating a continued "Greed" sentiment in the market. Note: The panic index threshold ranges from 0 to 100 and includes indicators: Fluctuation (25%) + market volume (25%) + social media heat (15%) + market surveys (15%) + Bitcoin's share in the overall market (10%) + Google Trends analysis (10%).

[463 Bitcoins transferred from unknown wallet to antpool] According to @whale_alert monitoring, at 18:15, 463 Bitcoins (valued at 55,761,246 USD) were transferred from an unknown wallet to antpool.

On August 13, according to Coinglass data, if Ethereum breaks its historical high, the cumulative short order liquidation intensity of major CEXs will reach 1.199 billion. Conversely, if Ethereum falls below 4550 USD, the cumulative long order liquidation intensity of major CEXs will reach 2.128 billion. BlockBeats note: The liquidation chart does not represent the exact number of contracts pending liquidation or the exact value of contracts being liquidated. The bars on the liquidation chart actually show the importance of each liquidation cluster relative to nearby liquidation clusters, that is, the intensity. Therefore, the liquidation chart shows to what extent the underlying price reaching a certain position will be affected. A higher "liquidation bar" indicates that once the price reaches that point, there will be a stronger reaction due to liquidity waves.

CEX launched two events for Reveel on August 13: The Pre-TGE event allows users to participate in the subscription of REVA tokens before they are listed, adopting an oversubscription model; the acceleration plan offers airdrop rewards of 40,000,000 REVA coins for completing tasks.

On August 13, QCP released its daily market observation stating that the U.S. July CPI (consumer price index) rose 2.7% year-on-year, lower than the market expectation of 2.8%; core CPI rose 3.1% year-on-year, slightly above the expected 3.0%. The relatively moderate overall inflation reading strengthened expectations for the Fed to begin a rate cut cycle in September, with most market participants currently expecting a 25 basis point cut. Previously, goods inflation was expected to rise due to companies passing higher costs onto consumers, but this time it performed lower than expected. After the data was released, the market's expectations for rate cuts in 2025 remained unchanged, still pricing in about 60 basis points of rate cut potential. Despite a softening labor market and market expectations for a more dovish Fed Chair in 2026, the terminal interest rate remains stable. Futures positions indicate that investors believe 2026.