PANews reported on August 22nd, according to Bloomberg, that with the influx of buy-and-hold investors on Wall Street, Bitcoin's annualized volatility has fallen from nearly 200% over a decade ago to 38%, comparable to blue-chip stocks like Starbucks or Goldman Sachs. Meanwhile, Ethereum ETF trading volume has matched or even surpassed Bitcoin's on some trading days this month. Since August, Ethereum ETFs have attracted $2.5 billion in inflows, while Bitcoin products have seen a net outflow of $1.3 billion.
Arthur Azizov of B2 Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments, predicts that Ethereum prices will consolidate between $3,900 and $4,400. Bradley Duke, head of Bitwise Europe, said that Ethereum is entering a risk-averse market, with some funds preparing for a pullback and not ruling out the possibility of a short squeeze. Market attention is currently focused on Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium.



Bitcoin’s market cycles may stretch longer as ISM manufacturing data remains weak, hinting at extended macro headwinds and slower business recovery. The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has historically aligned with major peaks in Bitcoin’s market cycles — a pattern that, if repeated, could imply a longer-than-usual cycle this time around.The correlation between the ISM PMI and Bitcoin’s (BTC) price was first popularized by Real Vision’s Raoul Pal and has since gained traction among macro-focused crypto analysts.“All 3 past Bitcoin cycle tops have broadly aligned with this monthly, oscillating index,” analyst Colin Talks Crypto noted, referencing the recurring overlap between Bitcoin’s market highs and the PMI’s cyclical peaks.Read more