Skip to content
September 4, 2025cryptonews logocryptonews

Why Is Crypto Down Today? – September 4, 2025

The crypto market is down today, and the majority of the top 100 coins have turned red over the past 24 hours. Overall, the cryptocurrency market capitalization has decreased by 0.2%, now standing at $3.91 ￰1￱ the same time, the total crypto trading volume is at $124 billion. TLDR: The crypto market saw a minor decrease; About 70 of the top 100 coins have turned red today; 4 of the top 10 coins have appreciated today, with ETH at the top; BTC is down 0.3% to $110,467, and ETH rose 1.5% to $4,369; ’Market participants are cautiously strengthening their positions in ETH by selling BTC’; World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has continued its post-launch plunge; ’The future isn’t a Bitcoin vs Ethereum binary’; US BTC spot ETFs recorded inflows of $301.32 million, while US ETH ETFs saw outflows of $38.24 million; Crypto sentiment exits the fear zone, but caution still ￰2￱ Winners & Losers At the time of writing, four of the top 10 coins per market capitalization have increased over the past 24 hours, and four are down (not taking stablecoins into account).

Bitcoin (BTC) fell 0.3% at the time of writing, now trading at $110,467. This is the smallest drop on this ￰3￱ the same time, Ethereum (ETH) is up 1.5%, now changing hands at $4,369. This is the highest increase in this ￰4￱ second-biggest rise in the category is Tron (TRX)’s 0.4%, now standing at $0.3382. Solana (SOL)’s 0.9% is the highest drop among the ten coins.

It’s now trading at $206. As for the top 100 coins, MemeCore (M) is up the most, with a 26.8% increase to the price of $1.08. Pump. fun (PUMP) follows with 13% to $0.004231.

The rest are up below 9% ￰5￱ the other hand, World Liberty Financial (WLFI) continues dropping and stays at the top of the red list. It’s now down an additional 19.6% to $0.181. It’s also the only coin with a double-digit ￰6￱ (POL) is next, as it fell 4% to the price of $0.2732. Meanwhile, Treasury , Europe’s first Bitcoin treasury company on a primary stock exchange, backed by the Winklevoss twins, has raised $147 million .

“It is time to start Europe’s Digital Golden Age,” founder and CEO Khing Oei wrote.. Big news: Treasury launches with the ambition to become Europe’s largest Bitcoin treasury ￰7￱ by @winklevosscap & @nakamoto Treasury has: Raised €126M ($147M) Accumulated 1,000+ BTC Plans reverse listing on Euronext Amsterdam (ticker: $TRSR ) We’re… ￰8￱ — Treasury (@Treasury_BTC) September 3, 2025 ‘The Future Isn’t a Bitcoin vs Ethereum Binary’ Alexei Zamyatin, co-founder of BOB , commented that August saw $4.37 billion in institutional ￰9￱ already hold over 7% of the total BTV supply, which is more than $164 billion in total. “The first phase of adoption was about onboarding institutions into digital ￰10￱ next phase will mirror institutional TradFi: putting those assets to work through yield-generating DeFi applications,” Zamyatin ￰11￱ continues: “Ethereum has long been the spiritual home of DeFi, with proven apps and a thriving developer ￰12￱ as institutions deploy capital into protocols, they won’t just look for innovation, they’ll demand ￰13￱ the largest security budget in crypto doesn’t belong to Ethereum, it belongs to ￰14￱ future isn’t a Bitcoin vs Ethereum ￰15￱ lies at their intersection: ETH liquidity plus BTC security unlocking the next wave of institutional DeFi.” Moreover, Sergei Gorev, Head of Risk at YouHodler , the season of profit redistribution among crypto holders continues on crypto ￰16￱ the last few weeks, there have been significant inflows into second-tier coins, as well as local outflows of liquidity from BTC.

“Market participants are cautiously strengthening their positions in ETH by selling ￰17￱ is also a noticeable increase in the positive dynamics in capital flows to SOL.” That said, with the beginning of the autumn business season, the price of BTC may straighten again, Gorev said. “In our opinion, the strengthening of the position of second-tier coins is quite long-term,” Gorev argued. “Firstly, this is due to the market redistribution of profits of early investors in BTC, and secondly, in the future, the creation of crypto reserves may occur in the most liquid crypto projects, which can attract a wide range of corporate investors willing to invest billions of ￰18￱ think the next interesting market ideas could be SOL and XRP.” Levels & Events to Watch Next At the time of writing on Thursday morning, BTC trades at $110,467.

The coin initially surged to $112,502, but has failed to hold that ￰19￱ has then plunged again to the current level, which is the day’s lowest ￰20￱ is down 2.1% in a week and 3.5% in a month. It’s still green within a year, with an increase of 95.8%. Bitcoin Price Chart.) recorded another day of inflows of $301.32 million – similar level to the day ￰21￱ ETFs saw positive flows, and one recorded ￰22￱ leads the list with $289.84 million, followed by Grayscale’s $28.83 ￰23￱ the other hand, Ark&21Shares saw outflows of $27.9 ￰24￱ the other hand, the US ETH ETFs saw another day of outflows on Wednesday, with $38.24 ￰25￱ of the nine funds saw positive flows, but one fund’s outflows erased those ￰26￱ highest inflow is Fidelity’s $65.78 million, and the one outflow is Grayscale’s $151.39 million.

Meanwhile, ￰27￱ , the fifth-largest commercial bank in the US, relaunched its institutional Bitcoin custody service after three years , following regulatory clarity and rising demand from ￰28￱ service will initially cover BTC for registered investment funds and spot Bitcoin ETF providers, with plans to expand if conditions allow. Moreover, the largest Ethereum corporate holder, Bitmine , acquired an additional 80,325 ETH on Thursday, valued at $358 million from Galaxy Digital and FalconX , as part of its Ethereum ￰29￱ now holds a total of 1,947,299 ETH, valued at $8.69 ￰30￱ (BMNR) 在过去 1 小时里从 Galaxy Digital 和 FalconX 两家机构业务平台收到了 80,325 枚 ETH ($3.58 亿)。 这应该是他们在本周所购买的 ETH,再加上他们截至 8/31 时所持有的 1,866,974 枚 ETH,他们现在应该是有 1,947,299 枚 ETH ($86.9 亿) 了。 本文由 #Bitget | @Bitget_zh 赞助 ￰0￱ ￰31￱ — 余烬 (@EmberCN) September 4, 2025 Quick FAQ Why did crypto move against stocks today?

The crypto market decreased over the past day, while the stocks went ￰32￱ the closing time on Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up by 0.51% and the Nasdaq-100 increased by 0.79%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.054%. Investors are digesting a slew of reports this week and are preparing for the August jobs report, set to be released this ￰33￱ this dip sustainable? The market is likely to continue with minor drops and increases in the near ￰34￱ the mid-term, analysts expect further ￰35￱ may also like: (LIVE) Crypto News Today: Latest Updates for September 04, 2025 Whales are reeling from steep losses after a sharp selloff in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a token linked to the Trump ￰36￱ a midweek attempt to salvage the token’s momentum through a significant token burn, WLFI has continued its downward slide, with whales now unloading positions at a ￰37￱ data shows that whale wallet 0x432 took a massive hit, losing over $1.6 million after closing a 3x leveraged long position on ￰38￱ Wins $915K, Then Loses It...

cryptonews logo
cryptonews

Latest news and analysis from cryptonews

Steak ‘n Shake Bitcoin reserve: Happy meal for hodlers or nothingburger?

Steak ‘n Shake Bitcoin reserve: Happy meal for hodlers or nothingburger?

The fast-food chain is also donating 210 sats from every Bitcoin meal toward open-source Bitcoin development....

Cointelegraph logoCointelegraph
1 min
Solana Eyes $190 Support for Potential Rally to $240–$300

Solana Eyes $190 Support for Potential Rally to $240–$300

Solana holds steady near $186, with the $190 support level critical for sustaining upward momentum toward $240–$300 targets. Analysts emphasize that maintaining this zone preserves the bullish wave st...

CoinOtag logoCoinOtag
1 min
Analyst Suggests Bitcoin Peak Could Still Lie Ahead as Data Model Signals Potential High

Analyst Suggests Bitcoin Peak Could Still Lie Ahead as Data Model Signals Potential High

Bitcoin analyst Joao Wedson predicts the cryptocurrency’s peak is still ahead, as Alphractal’s Max Intersect SMA Model flashes a historical signal indicating new market highs. This data-driven tool, p...

CoinOtag logoCoinOtag
1 min