Crypto markets were in a hard time in August 2025, with Bitcoin who hit a new of all time before a whale sale sent it back in the vicinity of $ 113,000. In the midst that professional managers shifted quietly strategies, lowered Bitcoin exposure and adding to Ethereum and Defi -Tokens.
Summary
- August 2025 was a volatile month for Crypto, with Bitcoin that hurled between $ 112,000 and $ 124,400 before a whaed-driven sale brought it back to $ 113,000, while Ethereum and Defi Tokens stimulate the midst of ETF entry and revenues.
- Finestel analysts say that professional asset managers responded by reducing exposure to Bitcoin, stimulating Ethereum and Defi altcoins and leaning on stablecoins for safety.
- Institutional and regulatory developments added clarity and strengthen a more disciplined, yield -oriented market.
Feel like a roller coaster in crypto for a few months. And August 2025 was no exception. With price fluctuations, legal updates and whale -driven dumps, the month was anything but boring for traders.
Finestel, a platform for Crypto Auto Trading and Client Management, showed that professional investors quietly changed their strategies last month. In an analytical report shared with crypto.news, the company revealed that asset managers mainly concentrated on reducing exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) in peaks, and instead to add to Ethereum (ETH), Defi -Tokens, and lean on Stabilecoins for safety.
A big whale
Bitcoin, which started in August in the range of $ 112,000 $ 119,000 after weak American banengies and tariff news, saw optimism halfway through the month when FED chairman Jerome Powell implied that there could be a September rate reduction.
And while that BTC pushed a new all-time balloon to $ 124,400 and briefly pushed the cryptomarkt above $ 4 trillion, the rally still ended abruptly after a fats of a whale a 24,000 BTC sale, $ 900 million in liquidations and Bitcoin sent back to the month. Despite that up and down, Finestel noted that Bitcoin managed to close the month with a modest profit of 2.5%.
Freely expected, Ethereum was the most important outperformer last month and increased 12.8% to $ 4,600. Supported by ETF entry, institutional deployment at 29.4%and expansion of Defi activity, ETH succeeded in stealing the spotlight after Tom Lee of Bitmain had announced plans to create ETH for the company’s balance.
Regarding Defi-Tokens, Finestel says that platforms such as Pendle and Hyperliquid saw the total value locked, reached $ 6.75 billion and $ 3.38 billion respectively, while the ETH expansion yields between 5-10% “became irritable for managers looking for predictable income.”
“Defi explanations when the pros for Leundden in Real-World Assets (RWA) to-Tokens and strategies for agricultural strategies. In comparison, where Defi made only 10% of the portfolios, that figure saw that figure jump up to 13.5%.”
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Altcoins also had their moments. Solana (SOL), for example, climbed 15% to $ 200, while XRP (XRP) won 10% to $ 3 in the midst of the SEC victory, and Chainlink (link) rose by 18%. However, not all boats floated because Memecoin lost the favor when managers “began to run in more conforming assets,” said Finestel.
During the same time frame, Stablecoins quietly won their share, with market capitalization growing to $ 280 billion and portfolio tutories that increase from 16% to 18.5%, the data shows.
Institutional and regulatory movements also defined Augustus, with Spot Bitcoin ETFs who see $ 219 million in daily intake, Ethereum ETFs that add $ 900 million every week, and business treasury such as Google and Wells Fargo that reveals crypto purchases. In the US, for example, 401 (K) approvals and new stablecoin rules opened the path for a large injection intake.
As crypto.news previously reported, analysts at Bitwise suggest that even only an influx of 1% of 401 (K) assets could increase its price to around $ 193,970. A allocation shift of 10%, about $ 1.22 trillion in theoretical purchasing power, would – if the relationship can be scaled linearly – would push prices to $ 868,700.
“In the US, 401 (K) Crypto approvals and new stablecoin rules have unlocked billions in potential entry. Abroad, Mica in Europe and new licensing regimes in Asia provided clarity.”
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The company concluded that Augustus was less about chasing and more about ‘building defenses and adjusting to tackle’. Their recommended allocations for a historically poor September suggest Bitcoin and Ethereum suggest around 50%, Stablecoins near 19%, Defi and Rwas at 14%and other Low-1 altcoins around 17%.
And if July was full of life, Augustus seemed more like a month of measured movements, the analysts said, adding that surviving in crypto must be adjusted and Data -Drive decisions should be driven.
