Overview
- Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $1.02 billion in a single day of inflows, lifting ETH above $4,600 for the first time since 2021.
- Corporate treasury firms such as BitMine Immersion and SharpLink Gaming announced multi-billion-dollar ETH purchases, reducing available supply.
- Bitcoin briefly topped $122,000 on high spot-ETF demand before profit-taking drove it back to around $119,000–$121,000 amid CME futures gap concerns.
- July’s U.S. CPI data came in cooler than expected, sharply raising the probability of Fed rate cuts and bolstering risk-on flows into crypto.
- Derivatives-driven volatility has triggered over $550 million in liquidations, creating CME futures gap retracement risks that could test the rally.