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Your Weekly Guide to Surviving the Crypto Rollercoaster.
CoinBrain
August 25, 2025 • Reading Time: 9 minutes
The heat makes me tired, but crypto never sleeps, so neither do I… 😫
The DOGE community is on an ABSOLUTE rampage this week with a possibility of an ETF. Binance and Coinbase take on a cape to fight crypto crime! 🚀🐂
Oh, and Ye made his own coin.
Let’s have a look, shall we? 🍦
⤵️ Today’s Agenda:
DOGE community goes wild on ETF whispers, sending volumes and memes into orbit.
Kanye West drops the YZY token on Solana. It pumps, then dumps.
Crypto sentiment flips back to Greed as Powell hints at September rate cuts.
Binance and Coinbase join forces in the Beacon Network to fight crypto crime.
And more…
📊 Market Snapshot
| $114,498BTC–0.13 % | $4,792ETH+1.35 % | $4.05 TCrypto Market Cap–0.13 % | 53 (Neutral)Fear & Greed IndexFlat vs yesterday |
📅 Crypto Events You don’t want to Miss
📌 Friday, Aug 29th: US Core PCE Price Index m/m will be released. The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge showing how fast prices (minus food & energy) are climbing each month.
🐋Smart Money Tracker
Tuesday, Aug 19th: ETH whales hit the sell button as prices tanked
Panic on-chain, blood in the streets.
Wednesday, 20th: Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) spent 1M $USDC to buy 7.66M $BIO.
Thursday, Aug 21st: CEXs saw a net inflow of 115,200 $ETH in 24h, per Coinglass.
Top inflows: Binance 217,800 $ETH, Bybit 16,100 $ETH, Kraken 5,466 $ETH.
Biggest outflow: Coinbase Pro, dumping 102,500 $ETH.
Friday, Aug 22nd: Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) opened a 3x short on $YZY at $0.8524 and is up $16K.
But his perp game looks rough.
On Hyperliquid, he’s taken 80 trades so far. Only 29 were profitable, a 36.25% win rate. Total losses? $699K.
Saturday, Aug 23rd: A whale moved 3,500 BTC (worth $408.63M) to a new wallet 10 hours ago after being inactive for three years.
Three years ago, the same whale withdrew 3,500 BTC (valued at $103.67M) from Gemini at a price of $29,620, and is now holding a profit of $305M, which represents a 294% gain.
Source: Lookonchain
📰 News Recap (Aug 19 to 24)
🐕 DOGE goes wild as ETF rumors take over
Dogecoin ripped higher this week after whispers of a potential DOGE spot ETF sent the community into full meme mode. 🚀🌕
The spark? Filings surfacing that tie meme coin mania with the same machinery that pumped BTC and ETH ETFs into Wall Street. Traders instantly jumped in, with volumes spiking across majors.
Skeptics argue approval odds are slim — DOGE has no capped supply and lives more on culture than fundamentals. But that didn’t stop degen flows.
Analysts warn that the SEC’s stance is still unclear, but if DOGE gets its own ETF, it could legitimize meme coins in ways nobody saw coming. 👀
👟 Ye launches Yeezy token
On Wednesday Aug 20 Kanye West surprised crypto by dropping the YZY token on Solana.
Degens piled in and the market cap pumped within hours but quickly crashed as early holders cashed out. 💸
The Yeezy effect shows one thing celebrity coins still grab attention even if fundamentals are thinner than a pair of Yeezy slides. 🔍
So the guy who is behind $YZY token is publicly bragging about insider trading and rugging for MILLIONS of dollars on his IG 🤯
— Gordon (@AltcoinGordon)
5:32 AM • Aug 21, 2025
📈 Sentiment flips back to Greed
On Saturday the crypto mood swung fast as Jerome Powell hinted at a possible September rate cut during his Jackson Hole speech.
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index shot up to 60, which is Greed territory, after sitting at 50 (Neutral) just a day before. Traders didn’t miss the signal. 🤑
BTC pumped 5% to $117K, liquidating nearly $380M in shorts, while ETH ripped 11% in 24h and nearly touched its old ATH at $4,878. 📌
🛡️ Binance and Coinbase join Beacon Network to fight crypto crime.
TRM Labs launched Beacon Network this week, the first real-time system linking exchanges with law enforcement and security teams.
How does it work? When an address is flagged as tied to hacks or scams, exchanges get instant alerts and can freeze funds before they vanish. 🫣
Alongside Binance and Coinbase, several other major players joined in. It’s a rare moment of unity in a space that usually competes on every front.
🌍️ Story of the Week: Bitcoin Mining Meets the Trade War
The Bitcoin mining industry is squarely in the crosshairs of the US-led trade war, with publicly traded miners now staring down hefty invoices from US Customs and Border Protection. 🛃
But here’s the twist: a mining venture backed by President Trump’s family just secured over 16,000 rigs from Bitmain in China, and somehow dodged the extra duties.
🤔 Tariffs, Wall Street, and China’s Stablecoin Pivot
While most US-listed miners are grappling with new tariffs, Trump-linked operations slipped through with a massive hardware order, raising eyebrows across the industry. 👇
This comes as the broader blockchain sector doubles down on courting Wall Street. ETFs are pulling in fresh capital, corporate treasuries are bulking up on crypto.
Ether treasury firms in particular are stepping up accumulation, while reports suggest Beijing may be preparing to greenlight yuan-backed stablecoins.
That’s a potential game-changer for Asia’s crypto markets. 🚀
Bitcoin hashrate over the last 3 years.
‼️ What’s at Stake
The United States now controls roughly 36% of the global Bitcoin hashrate, making it the largest mining hub worldwide. 🗺️
Mining headwinds show how geopolitics can rattle even Bitcoin’s most fundamental layer.
China’s stablecoin play could flip the script on global crypto, putting a yuan-backed token in position to go head-to-head with the US dollar in digital markets.
Trump’s crew is loading up on mining rigs, Wall Street is doubling down, and Beijing might flip the switch on stablecoins. 📎
The stage is set for some big moves that could shake up crypto’s balance of power in the weeks ahead.
🔒 Major Token Unlocks of the Week
$NFP - 1.45% of the total supply will enter circulation on Aug 27, 2025.
$AXL - 1.11% of the total supply will enter circulation on Aug 27, 2025.
$REZ - 4.24% of the total supply will enter circulation on Aug 29, 2025.
$EDU - 2.1% of the total supply will enter circulation on Aug 28, 2024.
$OGN - 1.12% of the total supply will enter circulation on Sep 1, 2024.
Explore more unlocks with full vesting details.
💡 1 Minute Learning: Points Farming & Airdrop Roulette
Degens don’t farm corn 🌽 — they farm points.
Every click, swap, or bridge on some shiny new protocol might one day turn into a fat airdrop. Or nothing at all. 🎲
Why it’s hot 🔥
Early users sometimes get life-changing rewards
Teams love rewarding “loyalty” with tokens
You get to test stuff before normies show up
But roulette is roulette. Gas fees burn, projects ghost, and some drops end up worth less than the coffee you spilled while farming. ☕💀
What to keep in mind 🧠
Stick to projects you’d actually use
Don’t overcommit wallets + funds
Treat points like lottery tickets, not rent money
Sometimes it’s alpha. Sometimes it’s dust. Either way, it keeps the degen grind alive. 🚀
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