Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Wednesday (August 15) as of 9:00 a.m. UTC.<\/p>\n
Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Bitcoin (BTC) <\/strong>was priced at US$117,981, down by one percent over the last 24 hours. Its lowest valuation of the day was US$117,547, while its highest so far was US$119,315.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bitcoin price performance, August 15, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/small><\/p>\n Chart via TradingView<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ethereum’s (ETH)<\/strong> weekend rally briefly slows down, currently down by 3 percent to US$4,556.55. The cryptocurrency’s lowest valuation on Friday was US$4,462.52, and its highest was US$4,690.57.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ethereum-focused exchange-traded funds have seen an unprecedented surge in investor demand, attracting almost $3 billion in net inflows over the past week. <\/p>\n According to SoSoValue data, this growth is more than five times the US$562 million that flowed into Bitcoin ETFs during the same period. The spike coincides with a rapid increase in Ethereum holdings by crypto treasury firms, which climbed from US$600 million to US$11 billion in just six weeks.<\/p>\n ETF Store president Nate Geraci noted that three of the four largest single-day inflows for Ethereum ETFs since their inception occurred this week alone. <\/p>\n ETH prices have rallied nearly 19 percent over the past seven days, coming within reach of their 2021 all-time high of US$4,878. <\/p>\n The inflows also follow recent SEC approval of in-kind creations and redemptions for spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, a change that makes the funds more cost-efficient and attractive to institutional investors. <\/p>\n Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy), is pursuing a high-risk plan to finance further Bitcoin purchases through perpetual preferred stock offerings. <\/p>\n The new securities\u2014nicknamed \u201cStretch\u201d\u2014do not mature, lack voting rights, and can skip dividends under certain conditions, giving the issuer flexibility while raising investor concerns about risk. <\/p>\n This marks a departure from the company\u2019s earlier reliance on common stock sales and convertible bonds to fund what is now a US$75 billion Bitcoin treasury. Saylor aims to retire billions in outstanding debt and replace it with preferred equity, which he says could theoretically scale to US$100 billion or more in capital raised. <\/p>\n The model hinges on investor appetite for yield backed indirectly by Bitcoin\u2019s performance, while avoiding the dilution impact of issuing more common stock.<\/p>\n Hong Kong\u2019s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has introduced new custody rules for licensed virtual asset trading platforms, setting stricter benchmarks for how client assets must be stored and secured. <\/p>\n The updated framework includes specific requirements for cold wallet usage, senior management accountability, and real-time cyber-threat monitoring, alongside rules for using third-party wallet providers. <\/p>\n These measures follow an SFC review earlier this year that identified security and operational gaps among some licensed exchanges. The regulator says the changes are part of its ASPIRe strategy, a five-point plan to address liquidity fragmentation, regulatory arbitrage, and volatility while expanding regulated product offerings. <\/p>\n The policy also aims to position Hong Kong as a safer, more structured alternative to other Asian crypto hubs, notably Singapore, which has imposed tighter limits on retail trading. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Securities Disclosure: I, Giann Liguid, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.<\/strong><\/p>\n Securities Disclosure: I, Meagen Seatter, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Wednesday (August 15) as of 9:00…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Altcoin price update <\/h3>\n
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<\/span>Ethereum ETFs cruise past Bitcoin, totals nearly US$3B in a week<\/h4>\n
Michael Saylor bets on US$100B \u2018Bitcoin Credit\u2019 <\/h4>\n
Hong Kong SFC rolls out stricter rules for licensed Crypto platforms<\/h4>\n