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September 15, 2025Crypto Daily logoCrypto Daily

Crypto Price Analysis 9-15: BITCOIN: BTC, ETHEREUM: ETH, SOLANA: SOL, DOGECOIN: DOGE, HEDERA: HBAR

The cryptocurrency market is giving mixed signals at the start of the week, as Bitcoin (BTC) trades in positive ￰0￱ contrast, Ethereum (ETH) and several other altcoins trade in the ￰1￱ held its position above $115,000 over the weekend, remaining above a key level as it enters a crucial week, with markets expecting a rate cut from the Federal ￰2￱ flagship cryptocurrency briefly fell to a low of $114,914 but rebounded to reclaim $116,000 and move to its current level of $116,539, up nearly 1% over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, ETH is marginally down over the past 24 hours but trades above $4,600. The altcoin briefly dipped to a low of $4,588 before moving to its current level of $4,641.

Ripple (XRP) is down nearly 2%, trading around $3.03, while Solana (SOL) is down 2.18%, trading around $241. Dogecoin (DOGE) is down nearly 5%, while Cardano (ADA) is down over 3%, trading around $0.889. Chainlink (LINK) , Stellar (XLM) , Hedera (HBAR) , Litecoin (LTC) , Toncoin (TON) , and Polkadot (DOT) also registered notable ￰3￱ Joins Global Efforts To Tackle Crypto Crime The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has joined global efforts to address cryptocurrency-related crimes, collaborating with law enforcement at an event organized by the Secure Communities Forum, in partnership with ￰4￱ event brought together several experts from law enforcement agencies and security services, allowing them to share metaphors to tackle crypto fraud and money ￰5￱ included representatives from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Interpol, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Royal Malaysian Police, and leading technology companies from around the ￰6￱ involved discussions and practical training on investigating dark web activities, connecting law enforcement agencies with cryptocurrency exchanges and analytics ￰7￱ UAE’s participation comes as it accelerates crypto adoption in multiple ￰8￱ country’s central bank has also outlined plans to launch the Digital Dirham between October and December ￰9￱ released comprehensive documentation in ￰10￱ Digital Dirham will be available in wholesale and retail formats, and will have legal tender status.

On-Chain Collateral Could Help Get Better Loan Terms Fabian Dori, the Chief Investment Officer at Sygnum, believes banks offering crypto-backed loans prefer crypto collateral in the form of on-chain assets instead of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According to Dori, on-chain assets are more liquid, allowing lenders to execute margin calls for crypto-backed loans on demand while offering higher loan-to-value (LTV) ratios to borrowers because the lender can liquidate collateral in real ￰11￱ stated, “It's actually preferable to have the direct tokens as collateral, because then you can do it 24/7. If you need to execute a margin call on an ETF on Friday at midnight, when the market is closed, then it's more difficult.

So, direct token holding is actually preferable from that point of view.” A higher LTV allows the borrower to access more credit in relation to their posted crypto capital. Meanwhile, lower LTV means they will get a smaller loan for the same amount of ￰12￱ Hacker-Linked Wallet Buys $18.9M In ETH A crypto wallet linked to a Coinbase hacker has purchased 3,976 ETH worth over $18 ￰13￱ to Arkham Intelligence, the purchase was completed on Saturday using 18.911 million ￰14￱ hacker consolidated DAI before executing multiple buys over the ￰15￱ wallet in question has been under surveillance by blockchain analysts and platforms since early this year, after being tied to a $300 million social engineering scam targeting Coinbase ￰16￱ to on-chain investigator ZachXBT, the scam defrauded Coinbase users out of $330 ￰17￱ stated at the time, “Our number is likely much lower than the actual amount stolen, as our data was limited to my DMs and thefts we discovered on-chain.” The latest accumulation comes after a series of similar ￰18￱ month, the wallet acquired $8 million in SOL across several ￰19￱ that, it purchased 4,863 ETH worth $12.55 million and 649 ETH worth $2.3 ￰20￱ Bitcoin ETFs Register Strong Inflows Spot Bitcoin ETFs are witnessing renewed inflows as institutional interest and appetite ￰21￱ US-listed ETFs registered $642 million in inflows on Friday, the fifth straight day of ￰22￱ pushed cumulative net inflows to nearly $57 billion, with total net assets at $153 billion.

Fidelity’s FBTC led the inflows on Friday with over $315 million in net inflows, followed by BlackRock’s IBIT with $264 ￰23￱ volumes across Bitcoin ETFs topped $3.89 billion, indicating significant institutional ￰24￱ jump in inflows comes amid a quiet start to the month, indicating a shift in investor sentiment as macroeconomic conditions ￰25￱ ETFs have registered $2.34 billion in net inflows over the past five ￰26￱ (BTC) Price Analysis Bitcoin (BTC) has started the week in positive territory after registering a notable decline over the ￰27￱ flagship cryptocurrency crossed $116,000 on Friday but fell back into the red on Saturday, registering a marginal decline and settling at $115,968.

Sellers retained control on Sunday, as the price fell 0.56% and settled at $115,314. The current session sees BTC marginally up, trading around $115,718. BTC is hovering above its weekly close as it heads into a key macro week for crypto and other risk ￰28￱ to data from TradingView, BTC dropped towards $115,000 over the weekend, falling to a low of $115,177. The flagship cryptocurrency avoided volatility on Friday and over the weekend, with popular trader Skew stating on X, “Pretty clear price is being walked down here yet again, going into a new ￰29￱ are being used as liquidity thus far ~ likely for fills.

However, some pretty decent bid depth & liquidity just below $115K Time to pay attention.” Market participants were also muted about BTC’s short-term prospects, with popular analyst Rekt Capital stating, “The goal isn't for Bitcoin to break $117k in the ￰30￱ goal is for Bitcoin to reclaim $114k as support ￰31￱ that's what would enable the premium-buying necessary to get a price above $117k later on.” Meanwhile, markets are confident about a rate ￰32￱ experts expect the Fed to cut interest rates by at least 0.25%, with recent market data reinforcing their ￰33￱ firm Mosaic Asset Company was optimistic about a rate cut and the outlook for risk assets in Q4 and beyond in its latest market ￰34￱ update stated, “The combination of improving leading indicators, ongoing loose financial conditions, and strong market breadth that includes participation by cyclical industries favors an ongoing economic expansion in my ￰35￱ supports the earnings outlook, which is ultimately good for stock ￰36￱ the same time, the Fed is set to resume rate ￰37￱ could make for an excellent trading environment into next year.” Spot Bitcoin ETFs have also registered substantial inflows over the past few sessions as investor interest ￰38￱ Bitcoin ETFs are witnessing renewed inflows as institutional interest and appetite ￰39￱ US-listed ETFs registered $642 million in inflows on Friday, making it the fifth straight day of ￰40￱ pushed cumulative net inflows to nearly $57 billion, with total net assets at $153 ￰41￱ faced volatility over the past weekend as it reached an intraday high of $113,390 on Friday (September 5).

However, it failed to stay at this level and settled at $110,670, ultimately registering a marginal ￰42￱ retained control on Saturday as the price fell 0.41%. BTC recovered on Sunday, rising nearly 1% to end the weekend at $111,129. The price continued pushing higher on Monday, rising 0.85% to cross $112,000 and settle at $112,072. However, it lost momentum on Tuesday, dropping 0.47% to $111,547.

Positive sentiment returned on Wednesday as BTC rallied, rising over 2% to cross $113,000 and settle at $113,983.) Price Analysis Ethereum (ETH) is struggling to regain momentum after selling pressure returned over the ￰43￱ altcoin rallied on Friday, rising nearly 6% and settling at $4,715. However, selling pressure returned over the weekend as the price fell 1.01% on Saturday and 1.25% on Sunday to settle at $4,609. The current session sees the price down nearly 2%, trading around $4,536. While price action turned sluggish over the weekend, Ethereum ETFs registered substantial inflows for the week ending ￰44￱ ETFs pulled in $405 million in daily net inflows, marking the fourth consecutive day of ￰45￱ ETFs have now reached $13.36 billion, with net assets sitting at over $30 billion.

BlackRock’s ETHA registered $165 million in inflows on Friday, while Fidelity’s FETH registered $168 million in ￰46￱ registered $1.86 billion in trading value on the day, indicating growing interest in Ethereum-based ￰47￱ Liu, Chief Investment Officer of Kronos Research, stated, “Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs keep seeing strong inflows, showing rising institutional ￰48￱ macro conditions hold, this surge could strengthen liquidity and drive momentum for both assets.” According to analysts at CryptoQuant, ETH could be heading for its strongest cycle ￰49￱ analysts credited growing institutional demand, the rise of Ethereum treasury companies, and ETFs as primary drivers.

“This synchronized accumulation indicates that Ethereum is increasingly viewed as a long-term strategic asset by large capital allocators, similar to Bitcoin’s trajectory post-ETF ￰50￱ level of institutional endorsement provides a robust long-term tailwind for Ethereum's price and perceived legitimacy.” ETH reached an intraday high of $4,493 on Friday (September 5). However, it could not stay at this level and settled at $4,307, ultimately registering a marginal ￰51￱ price registered a marginal drop on Saturday before rising 0.74% on Sunday and settling at $4,306. ETH was muted on Monday and Tuesday as price action remained subdued. However, positive sentiment returned on Wednesday as the price reached an intraday high of $4,487 before settling at $4,348, ultimately registering an increase of 0.89%.) Price Analysis Solana’s (SOL) incredible rally lost steam over the weekend after reaching an intraday high of $249 on ￰52￱ altcoin rallied on Friday, rising nearly 6% and settling at $242.

The price registered a marginal increase on Saturday before reaching $249 on Sunday. However, it could not stay at this level and dropped nearly 1% to $240. The price is down 2% during the current session, trading around $235. SOL’s push to $250 prompted several analysts to predict a push higher and a test of the $300 price level.

However, the asset has pulled back, with sellers in control. Meanwhile, Galaxy Digital purchased $306 million worth of SOL in a single day after announcing a partnership with Multicoin Capital and Jump Crypto to create a crypto treasury ￰53￱ firm purchased 1.2 million SOL on Sunday, before sending them to crypto custody firm ￰54￱ latest purchase takes the value of Galaxy Digital’s Solana purchases past $1.5 ￰55￱ started the previous weekend in positive territory, rising 0.48% and settling at $203 on ￰56￱ altcoin fell 1.55% on Saturday but recovered on Sunday, rising over 3% to end the weekend at $206. Buyers retained control on Monday as the price rose 3.69% to $214.

SOL continued pushing higher on Tuesday, rising 1.48% and settling at $217. Positive sentiment persisted on Wednesday as the price rose over 3% to cross $220 and settle at $223.) Price Analysis Dogecoin (DOGE) declined substantially during the ongoing session, down over 4%. The popular memecoin rallied to an intraday high of $0.307 on Saturday before settling at $0.288. However, selling pressure returned on Sunday as the price fell 3.67% to $0.278.

DOGE was quite bullish the previous week as it broke out of a multimonth symmetrical ￰57￱ memecoin rallied over 40% the past week, outperforming the broader market, which registered an 8% ￰58￱ to analysts, the weekly price chart indicates a 95% price jump as it broke out of a symmetrical ￰59￱ volumes during the breakout tripled, indicating strong upside ￰60￱ registered a marginal drop on Saturday (September 6), dropping 0.37%. However, it rebounded on Sunday, rising nearly 6% to $0.229. The price continued pushing higher on Monday, rising over 5% and settling at $0.241. Despite the positive sentiment, DOGE lost momentum on Tuesday, registering a marginal decline after facing volatility and selling ￰61￱ price recovered on Wednesday, rising over 2% and settling at $0.246.) Price Analysis Hedera (HBAR) ended the previous weekend in positive territory, rising 2.42% and settling at $0.219.

Bullish sentiment persisted on Monday as the price rose over 3% to $0.226. HBAR reached an intraday high of $0.235 on Tuesday but couldn't stay at this level, ultimately settling at $0.228. The price continued pushing higher on Wednesday, rising nearly 3% and settling at $0.234.

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