# Bitcoin Holds Above $64,000 as Ether Trades Below Its Realized Price and an ETF Winds Down

CryptoQuant reports large XRP spot buying while ether holders carry unrealized losses, and Hashdex is liquidating a bitcoin fund with about $14.7 million in assets.

- Published: 2026-08-06T05:48:34.076Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-06/bitcoin-holds-above-64-000-as-ether-trades-below-its-realize
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/06/xrp-whales-keep-buying-the-dip-but-ether-shows-deeper-capitulation), [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/06/bitcoin-steadies-above-usd64-000-as-traders-watch-usd100-billion-spacex-unlock), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news)

Bitcoin held above $64,000 in Asian hours while equity markets exposed to artificial intelligence weakened, with Korea's Kospi down 4.4 percent and $101 billion of SpaceX stock becoming tradable on Thursday, CoinDesk reported. Ether opened…

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