🚀 Bitcoin Smashes $124K ATH – Which Crypto Will Skyrocket Next? | Aug 14 Live Update

Bitcoin just rewrote the rules—again. The OG crypto blasted past $124,000 today, leaving traditional finance clutching their spreadsheets. Meanwhile, altcoins are lining up like rockets on a launchpad.

### The Domino Effect

When BTC flexes, the market moves. Ethereum’s gas fees spike as degens scramble, while Solana validators high-five over transaction volume. Even meme coins are mooning—because nothing says ‘healthy market’ like dog-themed tokens outperforming blue chips.

### Institutional Whiplash

Wall Street’s ‘blockchain not Bitcoin’ crowd just got steamrolled. BlackRock’s ETF inflows hit $1B daily—turns out, bankers love digital gold when it’s wrapped in a prospectus.

### The Next Contender

Watch the layer-2 sector. Arbitrum and Optimism are processing transactions at Visa speeds while costing less than a bank’s monthly ‘service fee’ (that $35 overdraft charge isn’t going to explain itself).

### Cynic’s Corner

Meanwhile, goldbugs are coping hard—turns out ‘store of value’ works better when it’s programmable. The Fed’s emergency meeting? Probably just to argue about whose spreadsheet glitched.

Next Crypto To Explode? From Layer-2, Meme, to Exchange Tokens

ETH could climb toward $7,500 if ETF approvals and stablecoin growth continue. Ethereum climbed 3.44% past $4,700, and ADA secured double-digit gains at 18%, while Layer-2 tokens led sector growth — Arbitrum (ARB) and zkSync (ZK) both jumped over 16%. Meme coins also pushed higher, with TRUMP up more than 7% and Fartcoin soaring over 10%.

The day’s biggest winner was OKB, skyrocketing 132.71% after OKX announced a massive token burn. Elsewhere, Google Play unveiled updated rules for crypto wallet developers, exempting non-custodial wallets from certain restrictions.

Meanwhile, USELESS is not staying in the shadows, posting over 50% gains following its listings on Binance US and Coinbase.

The coin is $USELESS and is currently sitting at just over $230M market cap.

CMC Signals called it at $430K when almost nobody was watching.
If you’d timed the top at its ATH of $415M, you would've pocketed $48,256.

That’s a 1006x MOVE from our first alert

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— CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) August 13, 2025

With Bitcoin at record highs and multiple altcoins showing explosive momentum, the rest of August could offer incredible opportunities — though traders should be ready for strong swings as the market tests new territory.

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Radiant Capital Hacker Doubles Haul to $102.5M After Holding ETH for 10 Months

The hacker behind the $53 million Radiant Capital exploit has nearly doubled their haul to $102.54 million by trading Ethereum. Ten months ago, the attacker drained the funds and converted them into 21,957 ETH. This week, blockchain data shows the wallet began realizing profits, selling 9,631 ETH for about $43.94 million at an average price of $4,562.

The remaining balance stands at 12,326 ETH, worth roughly $58.6 million. The trades represent a $49.5 million gain, or a 93.5% profit.