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🧠 Bitcoin Breaks Records Then Slips Back Below $120K

🧠 Bitcoin Breaks Records Then Slips Back Below $120K

August 21, 2025 | Market Mood: Neutral 50 😐 Waiting for a Signal

Day Trading Editorial Team
August 22, 2025

🧪 Poll of the Week

Circle Just Dropped 250M USDC on Solana 💵

Whale Alert spotted Circle minting a quarter billion dollars in stablecoins on Solana. What’s really happening here? 👉 Cast your vote and defend your hopium.

😱 FEAR & GREED INDEX

🌍 Market Overview

🚀 BTC beat Google at $124K, then slipped under $120K.
🏛 Ripple wins SEC war — XRP not a security, clarity after 5 years.
💧 ETH ETFs pull $2.3B — ETH flips BTC in spot volume, pulling $2.3B in weekly inflows.
💼 Trump okays crypto in 401(k)s — mainstream or meme?
📊 S&P hits new ATH — Fed holds at 4.25–4.50%.

📰 News That Caught Our Attention

💼 Coinbase Base Surpasses Tron in DeFi Deposits

Base now holds $6.6B, overtaking Tron in total deposits and signaling Coinbase’s growing grip on DeFi.

👉 Is Base becoming the go-to chain for U.S. institutions >>

📢 Michael Saylor Walks Back “No Dilution” Pledge

Less than a month after promising no more equity dilution, MicroStrategy reverses course. Investors are raising eyebrows.

👉 Is the Bitcoin maxi king running out of dry powder >>

🏦 Tether Hires Former White House Crypto Policy Lead

Former White House crypto chief joins the team. U.S. expansion just got serious.

👉 Is USDC about to lose its crown? >>

📱 Google Play Opens Doors for Web3 Wallets

Policy updates clear the path for crypto wallets and apps in U.S. app stores, a huge move for mainstream onboarding.

👉 Will this be the next wave of retail adoption

📊This Week’s Big Movers

⬆️The Bitcoin Mascot (BITTY) +3,714% ⬆️CATX (CATX) +2.277%

⬆️OKZOO (AIOT) +145% ⬆️OKB (OKB) +108%

🔻Strike (STRIKE) -99% 🔻DeFiChain (DFI) -98%

🔻Ket (KET) -76% 🔻Bonk (BONK) -17%

🔥 When TikTok Beats the Street: Chris Camillo’s $42M Social Trading Playbook

💰 Chris Camillo turned $84K into $42M by spotting trends before Wall Street even blinked. His edge comes from mapping consumer behavior shifts to public tickers.

📱 TikTok, Reddit, and Google Trends act as his early warning radar, and now crypto traders are cloning it.

🎯 Timing, conviction, and knowing when a meme gets overcrowded are the difference between moon and rekt.

👉 Read the full breakdown: Chris Camillo’s $42M Social Trading Strategy >>

📚 RESOURCES WE LIKED THIS WEEK

📊 Tokenomics Unlocked: Vesting Schedules Explained

Why do some tokens moon while others bleed? Vesting mechanics—lockups, cliffs, unlock dumps—are often the answer.
👉 Master the mechanics before you ape into your next token »

🏗 Layer 3 Blockchains vs. Layer 2

L2s scaled Ethereum. L3s claim they’ll scale the scalers. Are they the future—or just marketing fluff?
👉 Get the lowdown on the next layer of the blockchain wars »

⚡ Flash Loans: Hacker Weapon or Trader Alpha?

The same tool that wrecked protocols also mints arbitrage millionaires. Double-edged, yes—but powerful.
👉Learn how flash loans really work before the next exploit hits » »

🔮 What to Watch Next Week

⚠️ Fed Spotlight at Jackson Hole
All eyes on Powell’s Friday keynote at the annual symposium. Markets are bracing for clues on inflation risks, labor outlook, and whether a rate cut surprise is on the table.

⚠️ US Data & Earnings Flow
Thursday is stacked with S&P flash PMI and housing numbers. Big names like Palantir, AMD, Disney, and Caterpillar keep earnings volatility alive.

⚠️ Tariffs, Trade, and Crypto Policy
Trump’s latest tariff hike plus US-China rare earth talks could shake tech and commodities. Meanwhile, Congress and the SEC may drop fresh crypto clarity on stablecoins and DeFi.