Bitcoin Dips, Institutions Buy: August Crypto Trends Defy Expectations

August flipped the ￰0￱ fell 4.98%, yet the total crypto market cap held firm at $3.87 trillion, according to ￰1￱ CMC Fear & Greed Index slid from 68 to ￰2￱ traded in a tight range, $109K to $124K. While BTC cooled off, altcoins quietly stole the ￰3￱ Companies Keep Buying Corporate players stayed ￰4￱ week alone, public firms snapped up 3,081 ￰5￱ asset treasuries (DATs) now control 3.5% of Bitcoin’s ￰6￱ the charge? ￰7￱ software giant added 3,081 BTC this week at an average price of $115,829. Total spend: roughly $357 ￰8￱ now owns 632,457 BTC, more than 3% of Bitcoin’s total ￰9￱ other public company comes ￰10￱ firm Metaplanet joined the ￰11￱ August 24, it bought 103 BTC for $11.7 ￰12￱ purchase brings Metaplanet’s total to 18,991 ￰13￱ remains one of Asia’s most aggressive corporate Bitcoin ￰14￱ mover?

DeFi Development Corp (DDC). The company picked up 320 BTC this week, lifting its total to 1,008 ￰15￱ makes DDC the 42nd largest corporate ￰16￱ This Institutional Accumulation Matters Public companies now treat Bitcoin as a strategic reserve ￰17￱ dominates with over 632K ￰18￱ keeps adding despite market ￰19￱ joins the top 50 ￰20￱ accumulation shows confidence even as prices ￰21￱ Sentiment Shifts, Monitor This Despite the buying spree, sentiment ￰22￱ CMC Fear & Greed Index dropped to 47 as traders grew ￰23￱ gained attention, but Bitcoin’s price held under ￰24￱ market watched to see if corporate demand would spark the next leg ￰25￱ Takeaways August defied history: Bitcoin fell, but market cap stayed at $3.87T.

Public companies bought 3,081 BTC this week ￰26￱ asset treasuries now hold 3.5% of Bitcoin’s ￰27￱ remains king with 632K ￰28￱ slid, but corporate buyers stayed ￰29￱ week, public companies accumulated a total of 3,081 $BTC . Here’s a breakdown of who bought and how much ￰30￱ — CoinGecko (@coingecko) August 29, 2025 Disclosure: This is not trading or investment ￰31￱ do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any ￰32￱ us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news !