Shallow $BTC correction this cycle kept Long-term holders in profit. As per Glassnode

$BTC Bitcoin exchange traded funds now hold over $100 billion in assets, with recent data placing their combined AUM around $110 billion. US spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen strong inflows, lifting net assets into the $100–110 billion range and reversing earlier 2026 outflows. This scale of ETF ownership makes #Bitcoin a mainstream institutional asset, tying BTC more closely to traditional portfolios, macro flows and regulatory decisions. The key signals to watch next are daily ETF flows, macro data and custody rules, which will determine whether this AUM level is stable or just a cyclical peak. Donations: bc1qfcj7s5yy7eg9npqp0lr55zrmm648svw8xhvhuh #BTC

#Bitcoin’s MVRV never fell below 1 this cycle, so there was no classic capitulation the old $BTC bottom playbook has failed.

$BTC Retail exchange inflows are now more than 100% higher than whale inflows #Bitcoin

$BTC 2026 bottom

bitcoin:native small holders under 1 coin have absorbed nearly half of all new supply, a rate last seen right after the #FTX collapse. Everyday buyers are simply taking most of the freshly mined #Bitcoin.

September 12, 2017. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan: “Bitcoin is a fraud.” “Worse than tulip bulbs.” “It will eventually blow up.” “If any of our traders are trading it, I would fire them in a second… they are stupid.” Bitcoin was around $4,000. He also said it could go to $20,000 before it died. It did. Then it went much further. The quote survived. The prediction did not. Case file: Dimon, Sept 2017.

A $3.17M #BarnBridge mystery just resurfaced on Ethereum. One wallet was sitting on 3,171,993 USDT but the danger wasn't obvious. The problem? An old BarnBridge approval was still exposing the funds to a potential attack involving Proposal #15. Then someone noticed. A whitehat researcher, onechesss, identified the wallet as the largest at-risk address and escalated the warning through SEAL 911. The owner apparently received the warning. The funds were moved. $3.17M potentially saved. But here's where the story gets interesting. There was no bounty agreement. So 34 days later, the researcher left an onchain message asking for voluntary recognition/reward. And today, August 24, another message appeared: “this is one final follow-up” Same wallet. Same story. Same $3.17M. The blockchain doesn't forget. We can see the warning. We can see the timeline. We can see the wallet. And we can see the researcher asking: Was saving $3.17M worth a bounty? Case file: BarnBridge Proposal #15. The money survived. Now we're waiting to see how the story ends. 🕵️‍♂️ etherscan.io/idm?addresses=0…

Onchain message: [White-Hat Bounty Resolution & Final Settlement Offer] To the individual holding the assets from our wallets: We are the owners of the following drained accounts: - Victim Solana Address:BPr7eLQndQA9Mu1aaAiuTEy9AVJyVjrHYUuKjEnpdn95, 9n8seqQy1pMtKo7EtQAk8ChjKoLTJCm3r3T3h7TbhcWT - Victim EVM Address: 0x8AF3aD28CFD2CD670fC578E19fd727710E2969c1, ... etc Total drained: ~$110,000 across $SOL and EVM networks. We propose an immediate White-Hat resolution: 1. Security Bounty: You may permanently keep ~$10,000 worth of the assets as a security bounty. 2. Required Return: Return the following assets to the respective clean addresses within 48 hours: - Solana: 541,187 MET tokens - Ethereum (Mainnet): 2.0 $ETH [Return Addresses] - Solana Address: FiPwRVM9obt3eYuo3mnPPUT6zAVB7xmiUj8q16mxxoEN - Ethereum Address: 0x842cf346a42baed67998587dc926edeba8ef029c Deadline: August 19, 2026, 12:00 UTC (48 Hours) Upon full return of the 541,187 MET and 2.0 ETH, we will consider this incident fully resolved as a legitimate White-Hat bounty. We will immediately cancel all pending forensic tracking, drop exchange (CEX) AML blacklist alerts, and refrain from pursuing law enforcement actions. From: 0x8af3ad28cfd2cd670fc578e19fd727710e2969c1 To: 0x7b9c8b1be6feb1d4b2fa45de04441c7c6690d544 Network: mainnet

🚨 $550K GONE IN A FLASH! 😱 Someone just got absolutely wrecked on Arbitrum… They signed a sneaky phishing “increaseAllowance” / infinite USDC approval… and boom — $549,744+ USDC drained straight out of their wallet in seconds. Victim: 0xa707d3d5d174f59d2c2b81491bdc5650e55f065b The brutal multicall drain is right there in the screenshot 👇 One wrong click. One signature. Half a million gone forever. Stay sharp out there. Never sign random approvals.

🚨 Minimalist USD ($USM) drained $136K 2026-08-09 | #Ethereum Attack Type: Flash-loan oracle / sliding-price manipulation Attacker flash-loaned 11,580 $WETH from Balancer → spammed USM.defund() 65 times, burning the entire ~62M $FUM position against the ETH pool. Each defund call twisted the internal bidAskAdjustment (_defundFum → ls.bidAskAdjustment.wadMulDown), chunking the exit so the effective FUM sell price got inflated to ~$7.1M while the real oracle sat at ~$1,921. Result: every burn extracted far more $ETH than fair value. Loan repaid, net ~70.83 ETH profit straight out of the USM ETH reserve. TX: etherscan.io/tx/0xfae5e751b8… Classic “manipulate the adjustment curve, exit above mark” play. Another reminder that internal sliding prices + flash loans still print.

Historically #Bitcoin has hit the absolute bear market bottom at exactly 23 months after the ATH in the previous cycle, will it happen again ? bitcoin:native

‼️ Ostium exploiter just sent another 2,000 ETH to Tornado Cash ~$3.9M in $ETH still sitting across the remaining wallets almost certainly heading the same way. 0xC92f36EcDF2c2a9f83F5f806634e4144Fc4728d4 etherscan.io/address/0xC92f3…

$501K lost due to phishing drain on Morpho/Steakhouse (#Base) Attacker drained ~501K USDC from a Morpho position via phishing contract. Immediately swapped $USDC → $WETH on Uniswap V4 (no slippage), got sandwiched by #MEV bot. MEV extracted ~$370K, attacker left with only ~67.9 WETH (~$129K). Attacker: 0x920d3b63541eAFe13E05dc4f3453904102c39708 Victim: 0x920d3b63541eAFe13E05dc4f3453904102c39708

$BTC has historically traded above the median cost basis of long-term holders essentially what experienced investors paid for their coins. That level now sits around $63k, and price recently dipped below it for the first time since the 2020 Covid crash and the 2018/19 bear market low, then bounced almost exactly there. when even patient long-term #Bitcoin holders are at a loss, the market is usually near a bottom and $63k acted as that floor.

$BTC has reached the $64K cost basis of coins accumulated over the past year. This means the average buyer from the last 12 months is now roughly at break-even. With the market trading at its consensus entry price, neither bulls nor bears have a clear advantage, making this a critical #Bitcoin level to watch for the next major move.

$BTC pressure has risen again after a month of easing, with the Profit/Loss Stress Score hitting 71.5 in the high-stress zone while price sits near $63K. The key level is still $61.5K. This simply means more #bitcoin holders are underwater, so selling pressure can grow faster if support breaks.

$BTC has seen the share of coins aged 1 week to 1 month drop under 5% of realized cap only the fourth time ever, matching the exact bottoms of 2015, 2019 and late 2022. This on-chain signal of near-zero new money historically marks final capitulation, not further decline. almost no fresh buyers are left, which is usually when the #bitcoin bottom forms and the next rally starts.

$BTC has seen its LTH/STH SOPR Ratio drop near 1 after clearing excess leverage. This low level matched major bottoms in 2015, 2019 and 2022. The chart now shows the metric in a depressed zone similar to past accumulation periods. long-term and short-term holders are almost equally profitable, which often signals a possible #Bitcoin market bottom is forming.

$BTC has 54.6% of its supply sitting in profit, leaving the average holder near break-even. Short-term holders are taking only tiny losses. Simply put, most #Bitcoin holders are roughly even right now and the market looks ready to turn.