Daily coverage · Priya Kapoor
Bitcoin, ether, ETF flows and on-chain data read like a market.
Bitcoin is trading near $62,750, down 4.1% over the trailing seven days. The Federal Reserve's hold at 3.5%-3.75% is the key ceiling for near-term crypto upside.
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Bitcoin closed July at $64,295, up 9% from June lows but at half its ATH. Spot ETF demand hit its weakest monthly reading since launch while on-chain whale accumulation reached 270,000 BTC over 30 days. Here is what the data says heading into August.
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs closed July 2026 with approximately $205 million in net inflows, the weakest monthly total since launch in January 2024. Yet on-chain data shows whales accumulated roughly 270,000 BTC over the same 30-day window. The divergence between ETF demand and on-chain accumulation is the central tension heading into Q3.
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Fed Chair Warsh delivered the most hawkish FOMC signal since 2016, holding rates at 3.5%-3.75% with three dissenters calling for an immediate hike. Bitcoin dropped to $63,898 and the question now is whether the seven-session, $981 million ETF inflow streak survives the shift in rate expectations.
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Bitcoin held near $63,978 on Thursday as markets digested the Fed's July 29 rate hold at 3.5%-3.75% alongside a hawkish press conference that pushed 10-year Treasury yields to 4.677%.
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Bitcoin dropped to $63,200 as South Korea's Kospi plunged 11.5% on an AI chip selloff and the U.S. Senate shelved the Crypto Clarity Act.
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Bitcoin holds near $64,000 on FOMC day as hike probability reaches 32-38%. A deep analysis of ETF flow patterns, Ethereum relative strength, on-chain signals, and why crypto now trades like a rate-sensitive asset.
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Bitcoin fell 3.1% to $63,381 on FOMC day as spot ETF flows reversed on July 24. On-chain whale accumulation of 270,000 BTC and 7-year-low exchange reserves point the other direction. Here is what the data says.
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Three converging signals define the crypto market on July 28: Iran's Bitcoin toll standoff at the Strait of Hormuz, deteriorating Bitcoin ETF inflows with IBIT reversing $415 million in two days, and the Senate's indefinite deferral of the CLARITY Act. BTC trades at $63,353 and ETH at $1,877 as CME FedWatch assigns 38% odds to a Tuesday rate hike.
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Iran's IRGC formally codified a $1-per-barrel Bitcoin toll on Strait of Hormuz oil transits in March 2026. US-Iran ceasefire negotiations are now testing whether that toll survives or collapses, and the outcome matters for both crude and crypto markets.
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Spot BTC ETFs recorded record June outflows of $4.06 billion. July brought a partial recovery, then sharp reversals. On-chain accumulation and the CLARITY Act vote on August 10 are the signals that matter now.
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Bitcoin's breach of $65,000 on July 24 followed a 0.3% month-over-month drop in June PPI, the first such decline since August 2025. The move is a macro liquidity trade, not a crypto-native breakout, and a $225 million ETF reversal on July 23 shows the rally's fragility heading into the July 29 FOMC decision.
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