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Daily Pulse is your morning crypto briefing, summarizing key overnight changes, their significance, and upcoming alerts. No predictions or hype—just 10 essential points, verified and sourced. New episodes daily. Subscribe at tokenmetrics.com.

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August 22, 20265 min

Bitcoin and ether ETFs just pulled $2.6B

Bitcoin ETFs pulled $2.6B this week. Strongest since October. Volume tripled. The real tell: who's buying. Today's key developments: • Coldcard shipped new firmware after a $130M Bitcoin seed flaw. • Brussels is weighing DeFi lending rules under MiCA. • Solana cut mainnet slot time to 350ms toward 200ms goal. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/bitcoin-and-ether-etfs-just-pulled-2-6b-aug-22-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 22, 20266 min

Bitcoin nears $80K as crypto rally stretches into a third day

Bitcoin briefly touched $79K as the crypto rally stretched into a third straight day. BTC gained roughly 23% this week, ETH rose 28%, and HYPE reached a new all-time high. Today's key developments: • Bitcoin neared $80K as the crypto rally stretched into a third day. • Strategy flipped from $13B BTC loss to $1.4B profit as Bitcoin rallied. • CFTC chair tells staff to draft crypto market structure rules if Clarity Act fails. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com... 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 21, 20265 min

Today's 8% Bitcoin surge may be a trap

Bitcoin jumped 8% to $75k. Shorts lost nearly $3B. Stablecoins flat. Greed at 72. Today's key developments: • US federal debt topped $40T, reigniting the debasement trade. • X is exploring stablecoin payouts for creators as it rebuilds rewards. • Binance opened trading to AI agents with user-set controls via Agent OS. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/today-s-8-bitcoin-surge-may-be-a-trap-aug-20-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 20, 20265 min

Bitcoin jumped 8% and leveraged shorts got caught

Bitcoin jumped 7.9% to $69,249 and Ether 19.3% as Treasury buybacks pushed money back into risk assets. Leveraged shorts got caught. Stablecoin supply is flat, so treat it as a bounce, not a turn. Today's key developments: • Nethermind quit LayerZero's verifier network and joined Chainlink. • Jim Chanos says there's still $80B of arbitrage in shorting MSTR. • Base App launched Hyperliquid-powered perps with up to 50x leverage. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/bitcoin-jumped-8-and-leveraged-shorts-got-caught-aug-19-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 18, 20265 min

Bitcoin price spike to $64.5K was ‘low-volume liquidity trap’

Bitcoin price spike to $64.5K was ‘low-volume liquidity trap’ Today's key developments: • Bitcoin holds $64k as rising yields and oil drain risk appetite, retracing Monday's rally from $63k. • MSTR has lost 75% of its value since STRC began trading, and bought zero Bitcoin last week. • South Korea blocks Polymarket, joining more than 30 jurisdictions restricting access. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/bitcoin-price-spike-to-64-5k-was-low-volume-liquidity-trap-aug-18-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 17, 20264 min

Strategy sits on $4.8B, buys zero Bitcoin

Strategy bought no Bitcoin last week. It added $150M to USD reserve. MSCI may boot it from indexes. Today's key developments: • MSCI wants to drop Strategy and Metaplanet from global indexes. • OCC gave conditional nod to World Liberty trust for USD1 stablecoin. • Austria fined Bitpanda €70,000 in first published MiCA penalty. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/strategy-sits-on-4-8b-buys-zero-bitcoin-aug-17-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 17, 20265 min

Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF...

Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF call options Today's key developments: • Paul Tudor Jones' firm lifted its IBIT stake 18.9% to 688,529 shares worth $23M. • Tokenized stock holders more than doubled to 1.31 million as monthly volume surged 179% to $23B. • The SEC postponed a vote on new crypto fundraising exemptions as the CLARITY Act stalls in Congress. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/swiss-mega-bank-ubs-ramps-up-its-bitcoin-exposure-with-a-massive-24-fold-surge-in-etf-aug-16-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 15, 20265 min

Dartmouth endowment’s crypto exposure drops by $2M amid falling prices

Dartmouth endowment’s crypto exposure drops by $2M amid falling prices Today's key developments: • SEC delay hits tokenization stocks: BLSH, FIGR, COIN, CRCL slip. • Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter. • Galaxy cuts CLARITY Act odds to 10%. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/dartmouth-endowment-s-crypto-exposure-drops-by-2m-amid-falling-prices-aug-15-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 14, 20266 min

Binance longs face cleanout as BTC slips to $62k

Binance longs are getting cleaned out. BTC sits at $62k. Open interest fell with price. Today's key developments: • Stablecoin payments firm RedotPay put its $1B U.S. IPO on hold. • Tether finally got a full audit: KPMG signed off on its 2025 books. • The SEC canceled Friday's meeting on crypto regulation and tokenization exemption. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/binance-longs-face-cleanout-as-btc-slips-to-62k-aug-14-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com

August 13, 20265 min

CFTC keeps Kalshi open as NY lawsuit escalates

CFTC keeps Kalshi open as New York sues. Prediction markets dodge a bullet. Today's key developments: • Goldman Sachs will buy NEOS for up to $2.3B, adding a $1B Bitcoin income ETF. • Fidelity filed to stake up to 100% of its $900M ETH ETF, paying quarterly cash. • SEC cleared Franklin Templeton funds to hold its own tokenized money market fund. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/cftc-keeps-kalshi-open-as-ny-lawsuit-escalates-aug-13-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=daily_pulse_podcast 🔔 Subscribe for daily crypto market updates! ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always do your own research. #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #dailypulse #tokenmetrics Sign up for the Daily Pulse at tokenmetrics.com