Latest Crypto News: Bitcoin Whale Dump 24k BTC, Leads $4K Price Crash

The global cryptocurrency market cap is currently $4.01 trillion, down by 2.0% in the last 24 hours. Total trading volume reached $174 billion. Bitcoin maintains dominance at 56.1%, followed by Ethereum at 14.2%, with 18,289 cryptocurrencies tracked.

Latest Crypto Events Today

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24 Hour Market Update

The stablecoins market cap stands at $281 billion, showing a slight 0.1% change in the last 24 hours. Stablecoin trading volume remains highly active, reaching nearly $121.9 billion, underlining its significant role in maintaining liquidity and stability in crypto.

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) market cap is $174 billion, reflecting a 2.2% decline in the past 24 hours. With a trading volume of about $10.1 billion, DeFi holds a 4.3% dominance compared to the overall cryptocurrency.

Top 3 Trending Cryptocurrencies: Ethereum (ETH) is trending at $4,714, down 1.2%, with $38.4 billion trading volume. Hyperliquid (HYPE) gained 2.1%, priced at $45.6 with $313 million traded. Solana (SOL) trades at $203.8, down 1.1%, with $11.5 billion in trading volume. After Ethererum hit its all-time high, market expectations are higher with $SOL .

Top 3 crypto Gainers: Among top gainers, Donkey (DONKEY) surged 108.9% to $0.0666 with $24.1 million trading volume. Neon (NEON) rose 67.0% to $0.174 with $72.8 million traded. Karrat (KARRAT) gained 38.5%, priced at $0.077 with $15.2 million trading volume.

Top 3 crypto Losers: Altura (ALU) dropped 32.8% to $0.042 with a trading volume of $28.6 million. Light (LIGHT) declined 27.1% to $0.112 with $0.33 million traded. Lunarbits (LUNARBITS) fell 21.8% to $0.161 with $0.27 million in trading volume.

Bitcoin is currently trading at 112,81,0, which is a 2.2% decrease in the past 24 hours. It has a market cap of about 2.24 trillion dollars and a trading volume of $43.6 billion, which underlines the dominance of Bitcoin in the world of cryptocurrencies.

Fear and Greed Index Today

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The Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index is at 47 as of August 25, 2025, which means that the market is neutral. This is a decrease compared to yesterday, 53, and a significant decrease compared to last week, 60 (Greed), and last month, 72 (Greed), indicating that investors are becoming less optimistic in crypto.

Latest Crypto Market News Today

A significant Bitcoin whale caused a stir in the market after selling 24,000 BTC worth more than 2.7 billion dollars, which led to a sharp price drop of more than 4 thousand dollars in just a few minutes. Nevertheless, the whale is still a big investor as it owns 152,874 BTC worth over 17 billion dollars, which proves its significant impact on the price fluctuations of Bitcoin. Even after a dip, Michael Saylor confidence stands strong in BTC

In a post by Willy Woo, he shows that Bitcoin will rally in 2025, but the pace will be slow because the early whales of 2011, who purchased it at below 10 dollars, still hold more than 50% of the supply. They have to absorb each BTC they sell with new capital of at least $110,000. Institutional inflows decrease by 144,000 BTC (Nov 2024) to 27,000 (Aug 2025), which causes liquidity stagnation in the form of whale sell-offs, slowing the price pace despite the positive trends in crypto.

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X Layer Ecosystem Fund Star CEO has announced the launch of a $100M fund to support global developers to build new and innovative on-chain applications. He emphasized long-term vision rather than pump and dump schemes and invited real partners to join. In the meantime, the OKB price has increased by 340.2% over the last 30 days and is currently trading at $210.44, indicating strong market momentum.

In 2013, British engineer James Howells threw out a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins, now worth almost $950 million, into a Newport landfill. Newport City Council persistently declined to sell excavation rights despite their offer of £25 million and court action. Howells claims that the coins are still his digital property, but he cannot access the site in a legal sense.

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