Strive has maintained the variable dividend rate on its SATA perpetual preferred shares at 13%, implying about $101.8 million in annualized dividends based on the June 30 share count. The company reported $154.9 million of cash and cash equivalents as of Aug. 7, leaving limited cash-only coverage at that dividend run rate. If cash needs persist, Strive could be pressured to sell Bitcoin to close a funding gap. Any dividend-rate change or Bitcoin sale remains conditional and has not been finalized.

The total crypto market cap edged up 0.31% to $2.21 trillion this week, while Bitcoin traded in a tight $64,730–$65,193 range. The ZEC/BTC pair broke a nine-year downtrend and is consolidating at 0.007904 BTC, well above its 200-period simple moving average of 0.002567 BTC. Digital Currency Group founder Barry Silbert said sustained inflows could lift Zcash’s market cap toward 10% of Bitcoin’s, or roughly $130 billion. Bitcoin failed twice to clear $65,400, with support near $62,300.

Bitcoin trades near USD 64,066, down 1.50% in 24 hours. CME leveraged funds remain net short, while market participation gives editors a conditional, level-led story.

Memecoin TUT posted more than $42 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, surpassing Bitcoin and Ethereum to rank as the most liquidated crypto asset. The token had jumped more than 1,100% in two days, hitting an all-time high of $0.2903 on August 9 before reversing sharply. It is now trading about 42% below that peak and saw unusually heavy derivatives activity, with 24-hour futures volume reaching $3.34 billion.

Solana futures open interest is close to $1.8 billion, representing about 23.1 million SOL in notional exposure. Funding rates on major exchanges’ perpetual contracts have risen to around 0.01% every eight hours, the highest in nearly 11 months, indicating traders are paying up to keep leveraged long positions. The last time funding was at similar levels, SOL traded above $200, while it is now above $70 and roughly 2.6% away from the $80 resistance level. Traders are watching whether SOL can break through $80.

Crypto markets had a strong week, with Bitcoin ETFs posting $853M in net BTC buying, the biggest weekly inflow in three months. Ethereum ETFs recorded $244M in net ETH buying, the largest weekly inflow in four months, while SOL broke out of a three-month downtrend. In policy developments, President Vladimir Putin signed a new law regulating crypto in Russia, and the U.S. Senate is set to vote on the Crypto CLARITY Act on September 15, which President Donald Trump said he supports. September rate-hike odds fell to 40% from 56%, and Strategy’s STRC shares hit a 51-day high of $9.4.

Tokenized funds surpassed $9.0 billion in assets under management in Q1 2026, rising 181.3% year over year. Traditional asset managers and crypto-native firms are accelerating their push into onchain markets, according to a report by CoinShares and Token Terminal. The trend points to the rise of Hybrid Finance, where Wall Street products, blockchain infrastructure and digital-asset markets are increasingly converging into a single ecosystem.

Bitcoin was trading around $65,000 ahead of the weekend as macro tailwinds and headwinds pulled in opposite directions. A softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report, including a combined 103,000 downward revision to May and June, pushed Treasury yields and the dollar lower as markets trimmed the odds of a September Fed hike. At the same time, rising tensions around the Strait of Hormuz renewed worries about inflation returning via higher energy prices. U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $763.7 million this week, the fastest pace of inflows since April.