[Today's Global Coins of Interest] PumpDotPump·Bitcoin·Aptos etc.

According to Kaito's Token Mindshare (an indicator that quantifies the influence of a specific token in the virtual asset (cryptocurrency) market) top gainer, as of the 14th the top five crypto-related keywords that people are most interested in are PumpDotPump (PUMP), Bitcoin (BTC), Aptos (APT), Dogecoin (DOGE), and Binance Coin (BNB).

PumpDotPump drew investors' attention as its price surged to a record high today. According to CoinMarketCap, PumpDotPump is trading at about $0.0076, up about 20% from the previous day as of today. Compared with a week ago, it has risen more than 60%. PumpDotPump briefly exceeded $0.008 today, reaching an all-time high.

Bitcoin is drawing attention ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the 16th–17th. Bitcoin's price has risen more than 4% this week, from the previous $111,000 range to the $115,000 range, on expectations of September rate cuts. The market sees this rate decision as potentially determining Bitcoin's price direction in Q4. On-chain analytics firm Glassnode said, "Bitcoin has been trapped in the $110,000–$116,000 range after recording an all-time high last month," and explained, "profit-taking and a slowdown in ETF inflows have weakened the upward momentum."

Aptos appears to have seen an increase in online mentions due to a large token unlock that took place this week. On the 11th, 11.31 million Aptos tokens were unlocked. It amounted to $48.2 million (about 67 billion won), equal to 2.2% of Aptos's total circulating supply. As of 1:30 p.m. today, Aptos is trading at $4.57 on CoinMarketCap, down about 1.3% from the previous day. Compared with a week ago, it is up about 7.7%.

Dogecoin drew attention amid growing expectations for the launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Dogecoin ETFs from U.S. asset managers Rex Shares and Osprey Funds are set to launch in the U.S. as early as the 18th. The original launch date was the 11th but it was postponed once. The ETF would operate as an indirect exposure method investing in Dogecoin spot and derivatives. If Rex Shares' and Osprey Funds' Dogecoin ETFs launch, they would become the first meme-coin-based ETF in history. On this expectation, Dogecoin is trading at about $0.286 on CoinMarketCap, up about 32% compared with a week ago.

Binance Coin attracted attention due to remarks by Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao. Earlier, on the 13th, Changpeng Zhao said on X, "Banks should adopt Binance Coin." He added, "I'm a member of a small community, but if any bank wants to adopt (Binance Coin), I'd be happy to help." Meanwhile, Binance Coin's market capitalization has surpassed that of Swiss investment bank UBS this week. Binance Coin is trading at about $932 on CoinMarketCap, up about 0.6% from the previous day as of today.