Bitcoin is trading around $79.3K, up roughly 1.2%–1.3% over 24 hours on the freshest CoinDesk/CoinMarketCap readings. BTC traded back above $80K earlier this morning before slipping under it again; the rolling lower end is around $77.6K–$77.7K based on the latest completed session data.

more data on my blog : https://bitcoinintel.blogspot.com/

The most important improvement versus Wednesday evening is institutional confirmation: August 26 U.S. spot-BTC ETFs finalized at +$232.2M, giving Bitcoin ETFs eight consecutive positive sessions and about +$2.80B across the streak. Farside’s fund-level data show IBIT +$200.8M and FBTC +$25.6M, while GBTC had −$50.4M.

The second important positive is market quality. CoinDesk Research found that spot order-book depth remained unusually robust throughout the roughly 24%–25% rally. The 0.5% depth across major exchanges was about $9.6M when the rally began and still around $8.7M near $80K, supporting the conclusion that real capital was moving through a liquid market rather than a few orders pushing BTC through a thin book.

However, there is a new security development this morning: Core Lightning has issued an emergency warning after AI-generated security reports uncovered several real vulnerabilities. This affects Lightning Network software, not Bitcoin base-layer consensus, and no exploitation has yet been confirmed.

ETF / Institutional Demand

The completed recent flow sequence now extends through Wednesday:

Date

Net U.S. spot-BTC ETF flow

Aug. 17

+$297.5M

Aug. 18

+$189.3M

Aug. 19

+$517.2M

Aug. 20

+$606.3M

Aug. 21

+$307.5M

Aug. 24

+$337.6M

Aug. 25

+$314.3M

Aug. 26

+$232.2M

8-session total

~+$2.80B