Bitcoin Flash Crash, Ethereum’s New High & Web3 Breakouts – Blockchain News Roundup (Aug 25–26, 2025)
Over the weekend, an anonymous whale dumped 24,000 BTC worth over $2.7 billion, triggering a flash crash that sent BTC briefly below $111,000 before hovering around $112–113K by Monday morning. Ethereum briefly crossed $4,900 to set a fresh all-time high before easing to the mid-$4,700s, with ETH up about 9% on the week amid BTC-to-ETH rotation. DeFi total value locked rose about 3.3% to roughly $149.2 billion, led by Lido Finance with $38.1 billion in assets. Solana’s mainnet stress test on August 17 pushed throughput to 107,540 TPS using noop transactions, while typical real-world throughput runs about 3,000–3,500 TPS and