Bitcoin Slips Under $113K, Altcoins Bleed as Traders Eye Economic Data for Next Move

Cryptocurrency News Today: Market Updates & Analysis podcast.

Hey everybody, Crypto Willy here—your blockchain bestie with this week’s essential scoop on the wild world of cryptocurrencies, market action, and those up-and-coming tokens everyone’s buzzing about.

Let’s start at the top: **Bitcoin** stole the spotlight again. After skyrocketing to a fresh all-time high of $124,000 mid-August—according to VanEck’s Matthew Sigel, that’s a new legend for the books—BTC couldn’t quite hold onto that level. By August 25, reports from Economic Times and Binance show bitcoin retracing under $113,000, dipping to $112,934 at its lowest, and later ticking down to $111,478. That’s a nearly 2–3% slide over 24 hours. Fun fact: even with the dip, about 92% of bitcoin holders are still in profit. Volatility is the name of this game, and CME basis funding rates popping to 9% shows traders aren’t done swinging for the fences.

Meanwhile, the **global crypto market cap** stands at $3.85 trillion as per CoinMarketCap via Binance, down a shade over 3% since yesterday. It wasn’t just Bitcoin feeling the pinch; Ethereum lost almost 4% to settle just above $4,580, Solana tumbled nearly 5%, and Dogecoin dropped by 5%. Only a select few—like ONT, ONG, and IOST—managed double-digit gains, with ONT exploding a wild 52%.

Now, for the bluechips and big names: Most major altcoins—from BNB to ADA to XRP—are flashing red across the weekly board. XRP is dancing near $2.94, ADA below $0.87, and even wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) mirrors spot BTC losses. Traders and analysts are eyeing upcoming U.S. economic data for clues on where bitcoin’s headed next, especially with Citigroup updating their U.S. Treasury yield forecasts. There’s a new narrative brewing: will macro numbers drive another bounce, or is there more chop ahead?

In institutional news, K33 Research highlights a near doubling in publicly listed companies holding bitcoin through the first half of 2025. That’s a major signal on adoption—corporates want a slice.

Shifting to the **altcoin hunt**, it’s meme mania and real utility tokens battling for your attention. Early-stage launches like Token6900 and Bitcoin Hyper are trending thanks to big community hype. Bitcoin Hyper, with its $HYPER token, is promising juicy APYs up to 2,000% for early stakers and adopting a capped supply model akin to classic BTC. The presale’s already brought in $700,000, and word is if these tokens land on exchanges soon, they could lead the next altcoin rally. Maxi Doge, meanwhile, is going viral for its no-nonsense meme energy and a 2,600%-plus APY driving a speculator crowd that thrives on max leverage.

If you’re asking, “What’s the next big token?” Crowdsourced wisdom says: Watch for Bitcoin’s momentum, surges in altcoin volume, and red-hot gas fees. When those heat up together, the next breakout could be right under your nose.

On the technical front, YouTube’s InnerRacers and other voices at MSnR are calling out key resistance for BTC and big tests for coins like ADA and SOL. Traders are nervously watching chart patterns, trying to decide whether this is consolidation—or the early tremors before the next bull charge.

And with all that action, it’s never been more important to do your own research, manage your risk, and stay nimble. Don’t sleep on community sentiment—it’s a secret sauce for those wild crypto surges.

Thanks for tuning into Crypto Willy with your market pulse for August 26, 2025—brought to you by Quiet Please Productions. For more, check out quietplease.ai and make sure you join me next week for all the juiciest news, tips, and lightning-fast updates. Stay savvy, hodl strong, and I’ll catch you soon!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, everybody, crypto Willie here, you're a block chain bestie
with this week's essential scoop on the wild world of cryptocurrencies,
market action, and those up and coming tokens everyone's dozing about.
Let's start at the top. Bitcoin stole the spotlight again
after skyrocketing to a fresh all time high of one
hundred and twenty four thousand dollars mid August. According to

(00:21):
van x Matthew Siggle, that's a new legend for the books.
BTC couldn't quite hold on to that level. By August
twenty fifth, reports from Economic Times and Binance show Bitcoin
retracing under one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars, dipping to
one hundred and twelve thousand, nine hundred and thirty four
dollars at its lowest, and later ticking down to one
hundred and eleven thousand, four hundred and seventy eight dollars.

(00:44):
That's a nearly two to three percent slide over twenty
four hours. Fun fact, even with the dip, about ninety
two percent of bitcoin holders are still in profit. Volatility
is the name of this game, and C and E

(01:06):
basis funding rates popping to nine percent, shows traders aren't
done swinging for the fences. Meanwhile, the global crypto market
cap stands at three dollars and eighty five cents as
per coin market cap via binance down the shade over
three percent since yesterday. It wasn't just Bitcoin feeling the pinch.
Ethereum lost almost four percent to settle just above four thousand,

(01:28):
five hundred and eighty dollars, Salona tumbled nearly five percent,
and dotche coin dropped by five percent. Only a select
few like O and T, ONNG and iost manage double
digit gains, with O and T exploding a wild fifty
two percent. Now for the blue chips and big names,
most major alt coins from B and B to Ada

(01:49):
to XRP are flashing red across the weekly board. XRP
is dancing near two dollars and ninety four cents, Ada
below zero dollars and eighty seven cents, and even wrapped
bitcoin we w BTC nearest spot BTC losses. Traders and
analysts are eyeing upcoming US economic data for clues on
where Bitcoin's headed next, especially with City Group updating their

(02:13):
US Treasury yield forecasts. There's a new narrative brewing will
macro numbers, drive another bounce or is there more chop ahead?
In institutional news, K thirty three research highlights in near
doubling and publicly listed companies holding bitcoin through the first
half of twenty twenty five. That's a major signal on adoption.
Corporates won a slice shifting to the alt coin hunt.

(02:35):
It's mean mania and real utility tokens battling for your attention.
Early stage launches like Token six nine zero zero and
Bitcoin Hyper are trending thanks to big community height. Bitcoin Hyper,
with its hyper token, is promising juicy APIs up to
two thousand percent for early stakers and adopting a cap
supply model akin to classic BTC. The pre sales already

(02:58):
brought in seven hundred thousand dollars, and word is if
these tokens land on exchanges soon, they could lead the
next alt coin rally. Maxidge, meanwhile, is going viral for
its no nonsense, mean energy in a two thousand, six
hundred percent plus a p y, driving a speculator crowd
that thrives on Max Leverett. If you're asking what's the

(03:18):
next big token crowdsource wisdom says, watch for Bitcoin's momentum
surges in all coin volume and red hot gas fees.
When those heat up together, the next breakout could be
right under your nose. On the technical front, YouTube's inner
racers and other voices at msn R are calling out
key resistance for BTC and big tests for coins like

(03:39):
eighty A and Solely. Traders are nervously watching chart patterns,
trying to decide whether this is consolidation or the early
tremors before the next bull charge. And with all that action,
it's never been more important to do your own research,
manage your risk, and stay nimble. Don't sleep on community sentiment.

(04:00):
It's a secret sauce for those wild crypto surges. Thanks
for tuning in to crypto Willie with your market polls
for August twenty six, twenty twenty five, brought to you
by Quiet Please Productions. For more check out Quiet Please
dot ai and make sure you join me next week
for all the juiciest news, tips and lightning fast updates.
Stay savvy, hold strong, and I'll catch you soon