Crypto markets were mixed but relatively resilient across Aug. 18-19. Bitcoin rose 1.57% on Aug. 18 to move above $64,000 and then held around $64,250 on Aug. 19, up about 1% for the week, while Ether traded around $1,900 after a roughly 1% gain. DeFi was the strongest major sector in the Aug. 18 session, up 1.06%, led by Compound's 8.92% rise, Morpho Token's 5.30% gain and Hyperliquid's 1.41% advance, even as AI fell 3.42% and CeFi slipped 0.13%. On Aug. 19, broader crypto price action remained steadier than global equity markets after a bond-yield surge and a semiconductor selloff, with Solana, XRP, TRON and Dogecoin posting modest gains while investors awaited Federal Reserve policy signals and markets priced about a 68% chance rates would stay unchanged in September.