The price of gold has hit a record high of more than $4,000 an ounce as investors look for safe places to put their money over concerns about economic and political uncertainty around the world. The World Bank on Tuesday upgraded China's growth outlook for both 2025 and 2026 despite higher trade tariffs, and the lender raised India's projection for the current year on stronger-than-expected public investment but trimmed its forecast for the next fiscal year on higher tariffs. Germany's factory orders declined unexpectedly in August as the positive impetus from the frontloading of orders from the U.S. faded, official data revealed, adding woes to the struggling economy, with manufacturing orders decreasing 0.8 percent on a monthly basis.
US Spot ETF Flows
Asset
Daily Inflow
Daily Change
Weekly Inflow
Total Assets
Daily Volume
BTC ETFs
$-23.8M
-102.0%
$1.2B
$167.4B
$7.8B
ETH ETFs
$420.9M
+138.4%
$597.4M
$30.9B
$4.0B
US BTC Spot ETF Flows
US ETH Spot ETF Flows
Crypto Liquidations Summary
Liquidation Type
Value
% of Total
24h Change
Total Liquidations
$640.39M
-
$+362.26M (+130.25%)
Shorts
$142.81M
22.3%
$-54.87M (-27.76%)
Longs
$497.58M
77.7%
$+417.13M (+518.55%)
BTC
$161.94M
25.3%
$+100.11M (+161.92%)
ETH
$183.61M
28.7%
$+106.53M (+138.22%)
S&P Global announced Tuesday the launch of the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index in partnership with tokenization company Dinari, tracking 15 cryptocurrencies with at least $300 million market cap and 35 blockchain-related stocks with at least $100 million market cap, with a tokenized "dShare" version expected by the end of 2025 that could enable passive ETFs to track the benchmark similar to how the SPDR S&P 500 ETF tracks traditional equities.
DefiLlama delisted Aster on Sunday after founder 0xngmi found its reported trading volumes suspiciously mirrored Binance's perpetuals market, sparking debate about data integrity in DeFi as Aster had surged to $41.78 billion in 24-hour volume compared to Hyperliquid's $9 billion, though open interest metrics showed Hyperliquid still led with $14.68 billion versus Aster's $4.86 billion, suggesting potential wash trading to farm the platform's 53% token airdrop allocation.
Grayscale has staked $150 million in ether after launching the first US crypto ETPs offering staking rewards, ahead of key SEC altcoin ETP deadlines this month.
BNB, backed by Binance, has outpaced the broader cryptocurrency market with a 28% increase in market capitalization over the past seven days, prompting questions and attention from the community regarding its notable performance.
Streamex's shares surged over 20% after the company announced a pre-sale for GLDY, a gold-backed stablecoin offering a 4% yield, specifically targeting institutional investors.
