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- Tether executed a $1B USDT mint on Ethereum on August 20, 2025, potentially boosting BTC/ETH prices via liquidity injection. - Deployment of treasury-held USDT to exchanges or arbitrage strategies could drive trading volumes and upward price pressure. - Parallel $332M PayPal USD flows and Tron-based USDT growth highlight stablecoins' role in cross-chain arbitrage and institutional capital shifts. - U.S. GENIUS Act compliance and AML measures underscore regulatory risks, urging diversified crypto-stableco

Ethereum is outshining Bitcoin as ETF inflows surge past $1.8 billion, fueling bullish sentiment and lifting ETH’s price outlook.

- Optimal Blue data shows U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rates at 6.531% on Aug 28, 2025, down slightly but near 7% for over a year. - Trump's proposed policies and Fed rate cuts since Sept 2024 have failed to significantly lower mortgage rates amid inflation uncertainty. - Borrowers advised to boost credit scores (740+) and compare lenders to save $600-$1,200 annually in high-rate environment. - Fed's balance sheet reduction policy historically raises mortgage rates, emphasizing need to monitor broader monet

- Deribit’s $14.6B BTC/ETH options expiry on Aug 29, 2025, features $11.6B in Bitcoin puts near $110K and $3.03B in Ethereum with balanced call/put positions. - High volatility sees $900M in liquidations, while Fed signals and “max pain” theory (BTC at $116K, ETH at $3.8K) add uncertainty ahead of settlement. - Traders employ hedging strategies amid bearish BTC put-call ratios and neutral ETH positioning, with outcomes influenced by whale/institutional moves in final hours.

- CFTC partners with Nasdaq to deploy real-time crypto market surveillance, enhancing fraud detection and cross-market analytics. - CLARITY Act grants CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over blockchain commodities, ending regulatory arbitrage and boosting institutional confidence. - Institutional Bitcoin holdings rose 40% YoY as CFTC's oversight and legal clarity reduce risks, enabling diversified crypto portfolios. - Proactive monitoring and $75M small-capital exemptions under CLARITY Act foster innovation while

- PHB surged 168.63% in 24 hours to $0.552, driven by technical breakouts and bullish market sentiment. - Price patterns show oversold RSI recovery and positive MACD shifts, signaling potential trend reversal. - A backtested trading strategy (Jan 2022-Aug 2025) yielded -7.73% total returns with a -0.22 Sharpe ratio. - The strategy captured 4% average gains but faced 17.72% maximum drawdown, highlighting high-risk inefficiency.

- Bank of Korea (BOK) kept its 2.5% benchmark rate unchanged for the second consecutive meeting, aligning with market expectations amid housing market and household debt concerns. - BOK raised 2025 growth forecast to 0.9% from 0.8% due to supplementary budgets and improved consumer sentiment, marking its first upward revision this year. - Housing prices in Seoul rose despite tightened mortgage rules, while household debt grew at the fastest pace since 2021, prompting calls for new supply-side measures. - T

- Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) rebounded above key support levels, showing stabilization with DOGE at $0.223 and SHIB near $0.000012. - Positive derivatives data (0.0086% DOGE, 0.0088% SHIB funding rates) and improving RSI/MACD indicators signal fading bearish pressure. - Technical patterns like rounding bottoms and cup-and-handle formations suggest potential rallies to $0.38 (DOGE) or $0.000014 (SHIB), though analysts caution reduced volume and unclear utility. - Market dynamics link DOGE/SHIB to