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Spot BTC ETF inflows have surged to their highest level in four months — BBG.

Hedge funds on the CME (a major hub for institutional investors) have flipped to net long on BTC futures.

The number of new shitcoin listings on centralized exchanges increased by 20% month-over-month in July, according to CryptoRank.

Bitcoin market sentiment has fallen into a "historic fear zone," driven by the Coldcard hardware wallet hack and Strategy's continued BTC sales, according to Santiment.

Strategy will continue selling BTC and will no longer allocate all newly raised capital to purchasing additional Bitcoin.

The number of active crypto venture capital firms has fallen to its lowest level in six years. According to analysts, such conditions have historically occurred near the cyclical bottom of the market.

Retail traders have stopped buying BTC, while wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC continue to accumulate, according to Santiment.

Artemis: Trading volume on centralized crypto exchanges continues to decline, down 74% year-over-year.

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ETF futures have emerged as one of the biggest trends of 2026. In just the first seven months of the year, trading volume surpassed $116 billion, with the market expanding at an average monthly rate of 170%. In July, 74% of all ETF futures trading took place on Binance, and for some instruments, trading volume on the exchange has already exceeded that of the underlying ETFs themselves.

Over the past 60 days, Bitcoin whales have accumulated 66,700 BTC, while mid-sized holders have sold 77,800 BTC. Large players continue to accumulate coins during the dip, absorbing supply from those exiting the market.

Gram Wallet Launch Pavel Durov has announced that this summer will see the largest launch of a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet in history: the native Gram Wallet will become available across all Telegram applications. The wallet.ton.org website has been updated. It now serves as a web page where users can create their own TON wallet. The site is powered by the Gram Wallet codebase developed by the My Wallet team (formerly MyTonWallet). According to Durov, this will give a massive number of users access to instant, fee-free cryptocurrency transactions.

The Ethereum Foundation described how the ecosystem will evolve: the base layer (Ethereum L1) will remain the main hub for settlements and DeFi. Meanwhile, Layer 2 (L2) networks are gradually moving away from the role of “just a scaling solution” and are instead focusing on specialized services and improving usability for specific user needs.

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Whale activity in BTC has dropped to a three-year low. Traders are waiting for clarity on the conflict in the Middle East and for clarity on the CLARITY Act bill — Santiment.

The community “buried” within a day the idea of former Mt. Gox CEO rewriting the Bitcoin code to return 79,956 BTC (over $5 billion at current prices). Mark Karpelès proposed to “move” the coins to creditors, but developers and even some of the victims gave a firm “no.” The argument is simple and strict: once you rewrite the rules for the sake of $5 billion, the principle “your keys = your money” will no longer remain a law.

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart reported that, according to 13F filings, hedge funds and asset managers (the two largest holder categories) were net sellers of spot BTC ETFs in Q4 2025. However, the amount of BTC they sold in equivalent terms was relatively small — only about 25,000 BTC.

Analyst: The MVRV z-score peaked around 8 in 2013, around 7 in 2017, and around 6 in 2021. Each cycle: lower peaks. The diminishing returns thesis is being confirmed in real-time on the blockchain.

Bitcoin mining difficulty has decreased by 11.2% — this is the largest drop in the metric since the July 2021 crash caused by China’s mining ban.

Analyst: BTC implied volatility has jumped to 88%. Such large spikes are extremely rare. Futures liquidations have also reached extreme levels. We are likely at or very close to the peak of the pain.