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320 million $XRP bought by whales in the last 72 hours!

He figures this means folks are finally seein’ blockchains ain’t just a flash in the pan. They’re core to things now, like…well, like banks used to be, but with more computers and less common sense, maybe. 🤔

It was a Tuesday, one of those colourless days when the ceiling drips, and yet Cardano [ADA] chose to rebel. A 13.4% leap to $0.8787-so sudden that even the housekeeper spilled the tea onto the tablecloth, swore under her breath, then apologised. Analysts in threadbare coats muttered that technicals spoke of robust activity. On the veranda, old Uncle Vanya claimed he had dreamt of golden coins sliding down the banister, though no one listened because he also claims he once wrote Karamazov on a napkin.

Once upon a crypto midnight dreary, XRP settled above $3.150, most poetically, some say, like its more famous cousins, Bitcoin and Ethereum. The braver it grew, pushing past resistance with all the grace of Monsieur Jourdain in a fencing bout, shoe buckles flying, wit lagging behind.

Ethereum (ETH) Price Action, August 13, 2025 | Source: CoinMarketCap

Ethereum’s [ETH] ascent beyond the $4,000 threshold has ignited a fresh frenzy among both retail traders and the big wigs in suits. Who knew digital coins could cause such a ruckus?

Choreo, that titan of wealth management, has decided that Bitcoin ETFs are the new caviar. The firm splashed $6.5 million across several Bitcoin-centric funds – an announcement made in a filing to the SEC so dry it could cure a martini. Their pièce de résistance? A whopping 51,679 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), worth over $3 million as of June 30. Truly, they’ve outdone themselves. Or have they merely joined the queue for the next financial bubble? 🫣

This, dear reader, represents an increase of 87.7% in but six months, and a staggering 192.7% since the same time last year. Such meteoric growth is attributable, in no small part, to the fund’s investments in companies whose treasuries are liberally sprinkled with Bitcoin, including Strategy, Block, Coinbase, Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), and the rather enigmatic Metaplanet.

Chainlink [LINK] is strutting around like it just won the lottery. Seriously, it kicked off August with a jaw-dropping 35.34% weekly candle, leaving Ethereum [ETH] in the dust with its measly 21%. At this rate, LINK is practically doing the cha-cha while ETH is still trying to figure out the Macarena. 💃

In a rather peculiar twist, Google sheepishly admitted to accidentally banning all non-custodial crypto wallets from its beloved Play Store. But fear not, dear crypto enthusiasts! They’ve promised to fix their blunder and clarify that these wallets don’t need to be government-licensed banks or registered money services businesses (MSBs). Phew! 😅