🟠 Skybridge's Anthony Scaramucci maintains a $180k-$200k Bitcoin price target by year's end.

"That's a cautious price target, by the way."

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🗞 August 19 2025 cryptocurrency news highlights

【Cryptocurrency】
On-chain financial management returns: Mitosis' USDT pool offers an APY of 37.71%, and the Syrup USDC pool offers an APY of 9.18%.

【Economy】
South Korea to Propose Stablecoin Regulation Bill in October

【Indicators】
Bitcoin treasury company KindlyMD announced it spent nearly $679 million to purchase 5,743.91 BTC.

【More】
Michael Saylor Eases Stock Sale Rules as Bitcoin Premium Shrinks

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Tether Appoints Former White House Crypto Council Head Bo Hines as Strategic Advisor

Hines, who recently served as Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council under President Donald Trump, will take on the role immediately to help guide the company’s U.S. initiatives and policy engagement.

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Capital B Raises €2.2 Million Through Investment by Adam Back

Capital B raised €2.2 million from Blockstream CEO Adam Back to expand its Bitcoin holdings to about 2,218 Bitcoin.

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Real estate firm Cardone Capital just bought $15 million Bitcoin 🪙

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KindlyMD adds 5,744 BTC to the Nakamoto Bitcoin Treasury 🔥

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SkyBridge Capital to Tokenize $300M on Avalanche Blockchain

Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and CEO of SkyBridge Capital, said on Tuesday that his company will move around $300 million from two funds into tokenized form on the blockchain. This is about 10% of SkyBridge’s total assets under management.

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US banking agency leaders will soon have a chance to reshape state regulation of stablecoins under landmark legislation President Donald Trump signed into law

The Stablecoin Certification Review Committee—led by the Treasury secretary and including the chairmen of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.—will have to determine whether disparate state frameworks are “substantially similar” to the federal regime for stablecoin issuers.

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SoFi to become first US bank to integrate Bitcoin Lightning, UMA

SoFi Technologies will leverage the Bitcoin network under a partnership with Lightspark to better compete in the $740 billion global remittance market.

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Bitcoin withdrawals have also slowed, with CEXs seeing a net inflow of 2,364.99 BTC over the past 24 hours.

According to Coinglass data, CEXs saw a cumulative net inflow of 2,364.99 BTC over the past 24 hours. The top three CEXs by inflows are as follows:

· Binance saw a net inflow of 1,945.80 BTC;
· Bitfinex saw a net inflow of 1,586.08 BTC;
· Kraken saw a net inflow of 1,272.34 BTC.

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The current mainstream CEX, DEX funding rate display has shifted to a bearish market.

According to Coinglass data, the current mainstream CEX and DEX funding rate indicates the market has turned bearish.
BlockBeats Note: The funding rate is a fee set by cryptocurrency trading platforms to maintain the balance between contract prices and underlying asset prices, usually applied to perpetual contracts. It is a mechanism for fund exchange between long and short traders, with the trading platform not charging this fee, used to adjust the cost or profit of traders holding contracts to keep the contract price close to the underlying asset price.

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Market News: Plasma Partners with Binance; First Depositors to Receive 1% of Plasma Protocol Tokens

According to market news, the stablecoin project Plasma has partnered with Binance. USDT on Binance's Easy Earn app will be supported for deposits and yield. Binance will also provide 1% of Plasma Protocol Tokens to the first depositors.

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U.S. Stock Market Hours: Cryptocurrency Stocks Experience Widespread Decline, ETHZilla Plunges 14%

According to market data, the U.S. stock market saw an expanded decline during intraday trading, with the S&P 500 index dropping by 0.6% and the Nasdaq falling by an extended 1.3%. U.S. stock cryptocurrency shares generally turned downwards, including:

Circle (CRCL) down 4.2%;
Coinbase (COIN) down 3.2%;
MicroStrategy (MSTR) down 2.8%;
SharpLink Gaming (SBET) down 0.1%;
Bitmine Immersion (BMNR) down 1.6%;
CEA Industries (BNC) down 7.8%;
ETHZilla (formerly 180 Life Sciences) plunging by 14%.

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🗞 August 20 2025 cryptocurrency news highlights

【Cryptocurrency】
U.S. Stock Market Hours: Cryptocurrency Stocks Experience Widespread Decline, ETHZilla Plunges 14%

【Economy】
US banking agency leaders will soon have a chance to reshape state regulation of stablecoins under landmark legislation President Donald Trump signed into law

【Indicators】
Bitcoin withdrawals have also slowed, with CEXs seeing a net inflow of 2,364.99 BTC over the past 24 hours.

【More】
Real estate firm Cardone Capital just bought $15 million Bitcoin

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KindlyMD Completes First Bitcoin Purchase After Merger With $679 Million Acquisition

KindlyMD bought 5,744 Bitcoin for $679 million in its first post-merger move toward a one million Bitcoin goal.

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Winklevoss Twins Donate $21M in Bitcoin to Trump’s Crypto Agenda

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have made waves in politics and crypto by donating 188 BTC, worth $21 million, to the Digital Freedom Fund PAC. The donation is aimed at supporting President Trump’s plan to make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world,”.

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Sonic Labs Proposes Token Issuance to Enter U.S. TradFi Markets

Sonic Labs is moving to expand $ S into U.S. traditional finance, aiming for ETFs, ETPs, and NASDAQ PIPE structures. The proposal, announced via X, targets institutional adoption and a stronger U.S. presence. 

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An official wallet belonging to the U.S. Government received 76.56 ETH from Coinbase, worth $332K

Back in April 2021, Uranium Finance was targeted in an exploit, leading to a major asset seizure of $31M by the U.S. Government in February 2025.

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Kanye West posted a video on social media, saying that "the official token (YZY) has been released"

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Bitcoin Inflow Shows Exhaustion, Crypto Four-Year Cycle May Still Hold

The latest market analysis report from glassnode pointed out that Bitcoin's capital inflow is showing signs of exhaustion, even as the price hit a new high of $124,400, demand is weakening. While this demand slowdown was happening, speculative positions surged, with open interest in major altcoin futures contracts reaching a record high of $60 billion at one point, before pulling back by $2.5 billion.

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