Crypto Digests for 22 August 2025

💰 Market

• BTC: $112 355
• BTC Dominance: 57.45%
• Crypto market capitalization: $3 890.0 B
• BTC 24h: 1.30%
• ETH: $4 229
• ETH 24h: 2.60%
• Alt-Season Idx: 44
• Global OI : $78.5 B

📊 Technical Levels

BTC

• 🟢 Support – 114 000/ 112 300
• 🔴 Resistance – 117 500/ 119 500

ETH

• 🟢 Support – 4 205/ 4 093/ 3 956
• 🔴 Resistance – 4 454/ 4 591/ 4 703

📈 24h Movers

• 🟢 OKB (OKB) — $232.67 +33.46%
• 🟢 ZEC (Zcash) — $42.48 +9.21%
• 🟢 MORPHO (Morpho) — $2.33 +3.98%
• 🔴 PUMP (Pump.fun) — $0.00 11.11%
• 🔴 AERO (Aerodrome Finance) — $1.30 7.35%
• 🔴 LINK (Chainlink) — $24.77 7.06%

📝 Key highlights of the past 24 hours

• Bitcoin dips below $115k as traders lock in profits ahead of Powell's Jackson Hole speech
• PayPal launches 'Pay with Crypto' enabling U.S. merchants to accept 100 cryptocurrencies
• SEC approves in-kind creation for Bitcoin and Ether ETPs, boosting product efficiency
• Fantom leads top gainers with 16.86% surge; BitTorrent, Polygon, Beam, and FET also outperform
• Meme coins reignite as Layer Brett and veteran tokens garner renewed investor interest

🔑 Narratives

• Jackson Hole Fed Risks — Fed Chair Powell's speech on Aug 22 may set interest rate expectations and trigger crypto volatility
• Institutional Payment Integration — PayPal’s Pay with Crypto feature broadens merchant adoption, boosting real-world crypto use cases
• ETP Efficiency — SEC’s in-kind creation/redemption approval for Bitcoin and Ether ETPs reduces costs and aligns with traditional commodities
• Meme Coin Mania — Renewed investor focus on memecoins like Layer Brett and established tokens drives speculative market activity

🔥 Trending Tokens

• FTM (Fantom) — $0.46 — Top gainer with 16.86% 24h increase
• BTT (BitTorrent (New)) — $0.00 — 14.11% 24h gain
• MATIC (Polygon) — $0.53 — 13.74% 24h gain
• BEAM (Beam) — $0.02 — 13.28% 24h gain
• FET (Artificial Superintelligence Alliance) — $0.97 — 10.44% 24h gain

📊 On-chain/ Derivatives

• Fear&Greed Index: 50 (fear→neutral)

📅 Economic Calendar

• 06:30 UTC ★★★ – USD Continuing Jobless Claims Forecast: +1 960.00%
• 06:30 UTC ★★★ – USD Initial Jobless Claims Forecast: +226.00%
• 06:30 UTC ★★★ – USD Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Aug) Forecast: +6.80%
• 06:00 UTC ★★★ – EUR German GDP (QoQ) (Q2) Forecast: -0.10%
• 06:00 UTC ★★★ – EUR German GDP (YoY) (Q2) Forecast: +0.40%

🐳 Whale Alerts

• 900 BTC: — 936071… bc1qu0czqap9ndufx7qhgrvj7k39trlmk43yum5a03sj3azy3x7hre3s3d0z6e → bc1qg9l6r2ul3v7xltpchsuxz4503rqnf73wl82lp8tayg8qny40n75qcdm0l5
• 2 068 BTC: — 3119e0… bc1qvf35autwy0knhh3sj7suupmw3w94r4r9c2ry5z → 1NfJSiqBw4fb74KgVQrPsk5W5aqitAD1Xv
• 791 BTC: — fa7e93… 1KaHffXcM8zGCRfGyLzvVyq1jnXberZa4S → unknown wallet

🗓 Events Calendar

• 22.08 09:00 UTC Indonesia/Bali Coinfest Asia 2025
• 23.08 09:00 UTC India/Mumbai Money Expo India 2025
• 24.08 09:00 UTC Latvia/Riga Baltic Honey Badger 2025