Capital Flow

Coinbase Institutional’s latest “State of the Network” report shows that USDC’s annualized velocity, measured against adjusted supply, reached 741x—ten times USDT’s 74x—even though USDT’s market cap is more than $100 billion higher than USDC’s. More than 90% of USDC transfers on Base came from just three smart contracts. USDC Annualized Velocity: 741x (Source: Talos Network Data Pro) According to the report, supply measures the scale of a stablecoin’s monetary base, while velocity reflects how f

Bernstein analysts raised Robinhood’s (HOOD) stock price target to $160 per share on August 17, citing tokenization and prediction markets as key growth drivers. On the same day, CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on X that the average daily outflow from Binance’s 10 largest UNI transactions reached a five-year high when UNI’s price approached $3. CryptoQuant’s Binance UNI Outflow Data Darkfost uses the daily outflows generated by Binance’s largest transactions as a proxy for tracking accumulat

According to 10x Research, Bitcoin trading volume has shrunk to historic lows and the price has entered its narrowest range in recent months. Implied volatility in options markets has reached rare lows, while ETF inflows remain subdued and stablecoin reserves are showing continued net

According to Dune data, Four.Meme token emissions reached 1,648 on August 16, up 918 from 730 on the previous day, marking a 126% increase. In the same period, Pump.fun emissions fell from 33,655 to 31,945. The surge may be linked to recent activity involving CZ, whose wallet address

According to Cointelegraph, UBS increased its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) holdings more than threefold to approximately $90 million during the second quarter. The firm's call option exposure on IBIT surged 24 times during the same

According to Pons on its X account, the platform disclosed that in its first month of operation, it has accumulated nearly $2.5 billion in trading volume and issued over 290,000 tokens. Pons has burned over $9 million worth of PONS tokens, representing approximately 30% of the total token supply,

According to DWF Labs, ETH spot ETF inflows have outperformed BTC spot ETF for two consecutive months. In June, ETH ETF net outflows represented 4.65% of fund size, below BTC ETF's 8.09%. In July, ETH ETF net inflows reached 3.19% of fund size, compared to BTC ETF's 0.34%, making ETH inflows

According to Guru Club, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced net outflows of $131.1 million on August 14, marking the second consecutive day of outflows and accelerating from the previous day. Ark Invest's ARKB.US led redemptions with $58.8 million in outflows, followed by Fidelity's FBTC.US at $55.1

UBS increased its exposure to call options tied to BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by roughly 2,338% during the second quarter, according to a U.S. regulatory filing covering holdings as of June 30. The Swiss banking group reported call options covering 1.95 million underlying IBIT

According to CoinDesk, UBS significantly increased its call options exposure on BlackRock's Bitcoin spot ETF (IBIT) in Q2, raising holdings from 800,000 to 1.95 million contracts, a 24-fold increase, as reported on August 16. The Swiss bank also raised direct IBIT holdings by approximately 12% to 40

The stablecoin market has declined toward $300 billion in what crypto trading firm Cumberland identifies as the third-largest drawdown in the sector's history, with market capitalization dropping from approximately $321 billion on May 20 to roughly $305 billion, a decline of around 5%. DefiLlama

According to Cumberland, the stablecoin market capitalization fell to roughly $305 billion on Aug. 16 from about $321 billion on May 20, marking a 5% decline and the third-largest drawdown in the sector's history. Live data from DefiLlama showed even lower readings at about $300.76 billion, with

According to Bitcoin.com's Week in Review newsletter, gold posted its best week since January this week, with the gold mining ETF GDX surging 21.3% for its best week since 2008. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 broke to a new all-time high with a 3.6% weekly gain, while Bitcoin traded flat. The rally was

Harvard University's endowment kept its BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust holdings unchanged in the second quarter, ending two consecutive quarters of selling even as Bitcoin and the ETF declined in value. Harvard Management Company reported 3,044,612 IBIT shares worth $101.4 million as of June 30, un

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor published a one-year performance chart on Sunday showing that Strategy Preferred Stock STRC outpaced Bitcoin. STRC gained 9% while Bitcoin fell 47% over the period from August 14, 2025, through August 14, 2026. The comparison measured four Strategy credit instruments a

According to Guru Club, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs experienced $131.1 million in net outflows on August 14, marking the second consecutive day of redemptions and a significant acceleration from the prior day, according to data compiled by WoofunAI. Ark Invest's ARKB led the outflow wave with $58.8 mill