Bitcoin is hovering near $77,000 amid concerns over a potential Federal Reserve rate hike and September’s historically weak seasonality.

CryptocurrencyTickerPrice
Bitcoin(CRYPTO: BTC)$77,238
Ethereum(CRYPTO: ETH)$2,417
Solana(CRYPTO: SOL)$100.82
XRP(CRYPTO: XRP)$1.37
Dogecoin(CRYPTO: DOGE)$0.0823
Shiba Inu(CRYPTO: SHIB)$0.055188

Notable Statistics:

  • Coinglass data shows 70,352 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $216.58 million.       
  • SoSoValue data shows net inflows of $216.7 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Monday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $87.7 million.
  • In the past 24 hours, top gainers include Arbitrum, Curve DAO and Uniswap.

Notable Developments:

Trader Notes:

Altcoin Sherpa remains bullish on Bitcoin but sees the current range as unclear and says a short-term reset is possible. He expects centralized-exchange altcoins to stay choppy until BTC breaks out, while on-chain tokens could continue producing outperformers.

Michael van de Poppe noted Bitcoin remains stuck in a choppy range while altcoins show relative strength. He sees a possible BTC liquidity sweep toward $76,000, which could offer an entry opportunity.

CryptosBatman highlighted that Bitcoin posted its first green August since 2021, but history points to caution: every previous positive August was followed by a red September, traditionally one of BTC’s weakest months.

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