{"id":41375,"date":"2025-08-10T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=41375"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:01:49","slug":"live-btc-holds-steady-above-17k-eth-tops-4-2k-anticipates-new-ath-best-crypto-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=41375","title":{"rendered":"[LIVE] BTC Holds Steady Above $17K, ETH Tops $4.2K, Anticipates New ATH: Best Crypto To Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On August 9, Ethereum (ETH) did what it hadn\u2019t done since last December: it breached the $4,000 mark and has held steady above $ 4,100. However, does the case present for it to be the best crypto to buy now?<\/p>\n<p>It climbed 6.38% throughout the day and at one point reached $4332, before sliding down to $4208, where it is currently trading<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpp-crypto-chart cpp-crypto-chart-99btc cpp-crypto-chart-eth\" data-coin-symbol=\"eth\" data-price-usd=\"ETH Price (USD)\" data-main-color=\"#4caf05\" data-watermark-image=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99bitcoins-logo.png\" data-chart-style=\"99btc\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-top-section\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-info-section\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimg.co\/coinlogo\/4\/5b7fc72f06f17.svg\" alt=\"eth logo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-coin-details\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-labels-row\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-coin-name\">Ethereum<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-price-info\">Price<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-market-cap\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-values-row\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-coin-symbol\">ETH<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-price\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-market-cap-value\">$509.43B<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-selectors cpp-chart-selectors-99btc\"><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"24h\">24h<\/span><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"7d\">7d<\/span><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"30d\">30d<\/span><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"1y\">1y<\/span><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"all_time\">All time<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><canvas id=\"cpp-chart-689887a41bb53\" class=\"cpp-chart-container cpp-chart-container-99btc\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>What\u2019s more, some crypto analysts are now anticipating ETH to climb back to its November 2021 all-time high of $4,878, making it the best crypto to buy now, with crypto trader Ted sharing on X that a breakout is imminent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I told you that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$ETH<\/a> breakout is coming.<\/p>\n<p>And it happened exactly as predicted.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum has smashed through its resistance and is now heading higher.<\/p>\n<p>It feels like a new ATH is just a matter of days now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XCxetoP0Ku\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/XCxetoP0Ku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted (@TedPillows) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TedPillows\/status\/1954181668585034192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Further to this, CoinGlass\u2019s <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/pro\/futures\/LiquidationMap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">data <\/a>reveals that a short squeeze might be up on the horizon since a move to the $4,500 mark will end up putting almost $1.35 billion in short positions at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The momentum of institutional purchase of the ETH has only grown over the last couple of weeks, with Arkham <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arkham\/status\/1954251337178517985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">noting <\/a>on an X post,\u201d ETFs yesterday had total flows of $461M for ETH but only $404M for BTC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Farside\u2019s <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/farside.co.uk\/ethereum-etf-flow-all-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">data <\/a>over the last week highlights ETH inflows overshadowing BTC, with US spot-based ETH EFTs boasting $326.6 million in inflows compared to BTC\u2019s $253.2 million<\/p>\n<p>This has been a momentous turn of events for Ether\u2019s founder, Vitalik Buterin, too. After a long stretch out of the spotlight, he\u2019s back, once again as an on-chain billionaire, a title he first earned at age 27 in May 2021!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore<\/strong>:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coin-icos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Meme Coin ICOs to Invest in August 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Is BTC The Best Crypto To Buy Now Despite ETH Momentum?<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin has climbed back above the 180k mark after closing at $115.95k on 9 August 2025, a slip of 0.48% after Friday\u2019s 0.83%. To BTC\u2019s credit, it avoided breaking below the $150k support level.<\/p>\n<p>As seen over the last couple of days, BTC\u2019s ETF inflow trailed behind ETH, prompting a rotation to ETH despite BTC\u2019s bullish technicals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpp-crypto-chart cpp-crypto-chart-99btc cpp-crypto-chart-btc\" data-coin-symbol=\"btc\" data-price-usd=\"BTC Price (USD)\" data-main-color=\"#4caf05\" data-watermark-image=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99bitcoins-logo.png\" data-chart-style=\"99btc\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-top-section\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-info-section\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimg.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/26205235\/btc.svg\" alt=\"btc logo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-coin-details\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-labels-row\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-coin-name\">Bitcoin<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-price-info\">Price<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-market-cap\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-values-row\">\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-coin-symbol\">BTC<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-price\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-market-cap-value\">$2.35T<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpp-chart-selectors cpp-chart-selectors-99btc\"><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"24h\">24h<\/span><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"7d\">7d<\/span><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"30d\">30d<\/span><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"1y\">1y<\/span><span class=\"cpp-chart-selector\" data-period=\"all_time\">All time<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><canvas id=\"cpp-chart-689887a41bc96\" class=\"cpp-chart-container cpp-chart-container-99btc\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>Technical indicators for the BTC\/USD indicate that the crypto king is still looking bullish, sailing above the 50-day and 200-day EMAs. If the BTC manages to break the $120k threshold again, it stands the chance to attack the $122k level that it achieved on July 14 of this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">update \u2013 btc has found support <\/p>\n<p>I suspect the last pump which does come is quite fast to suck people in <\/p>\n<p>so maybe 120k then drop back down a couple of k then final pump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vEiaXiA76O\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/vEiaXiA76O<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0qqzNPzYbd\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/0qqzNPzYbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/303d.png\" alt=\"\u303d\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">ax Price (@Max1milianPrice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Max1milianPrice\/status\/1954470496184979799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A sustained momentum above the $122k mark could carry forward to to $130k mark.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/responsive.fxempire.com\/v7\/_fxempire_\/2025\/08\/word-image-212.png?func=crop&amp;q=70\" alt=\"BTC Daily Chart sends bullish price signals.\"><\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of key factors that affect BTC\u2019s future bullish outlook, including the CLARITY Act\u2019s progress, the soon-to-be-made-public economic data, including the US CPI Report, Retail sales and Jobless claims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore<\/strong>:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-solana-meme-coins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top Solana Meme Coins to Buy in August 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-live-articles-list\">\n<div class=\"nnbtc-updates-container\">\n<div class=\"nnbtc-no-updates\">\n<p>There are no live updates available yet. Please check back soon!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/live-btc-holds-steady-above-17k-eth-tops-4-2k-anticipates-new-ath-best-crypto-to-buy\/\">[LIVE] BTC Holds Steady Above $17K, ETH Tops $4.2K, Anticipates New ATH: Best Crypto To Buy<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 9, Ethereum (ETH) did what it hadn\u2019t done since last December: it breached the $4,000 mark and has held steady above $ 4,100. However, does the case present for it to be the best crypto to buy now? It climbed 6.38% throughout the day and at one point reached $4332, before sliding down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-41375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}