Bitcoin rebounded from an intraday low of $62,653 to cross $64,000, securing a nearly 2% daily gain and pushing its market cap past $1.29 trillion. Rapid Intraday Recovery Drives Liquidations On Monday, bitcoin reclaimed the $64,000 threshold just hours after the cryptocurrency fell below $63,000 and appeared on course to match its Aug. 14 lows. […]
Read MoreCrypto Stocks Break Free as Wall Street Buckles Under Iran Risk
U.S. crypto-linked stocks broke from a broader Wall Street sell-off Monday as bitcoin held above $64,000 while mounting tensions over Iran, Oman, and the Strait of Hormuz rattled traditional markets. Near midday Aug. 17, the Nasdaq Composite was down about 56 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had shed roughly 189 points and the S&P […]
Read MoreZEC Breaks $500 as 4.3% Daily Gain Puts XMR Further Behind
Zcash rallied over 4.3% to cross $518, bringing its market cap to $8.65 billion and widening its lead over monero (XMR). Ecosystem Progress Zcash (ZEC) surged past the $500 mark on Monday, rebounding from an Aug. 11 slump that saw it dip below $470. Market data shows the privacy coin fell from under $495 on […]
Read MoreStrive Buys 79 Bitcoin, Expands Its $1.27B Corporate BTC War Chest
Strive Inc. scooped up 79 bitcoin for roughly $5 million, pushing its corporate treasury to 20,246 BTC as of Aug. 14. The Dallas-based public asset manager accumulated the bitcoin (BTC) between Aug. 10 and Aug. 14 at an average cost of roughly $63,231 per coin, including fees and expenses. With bitcoin recently changing hands near […]
Read MoreBessent Seeks Industry Feedback to Shape New GENIUS Rules
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify issues still unclear in the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, including the scope of the regulation, the extraterritorial character of its provisions, and other relevant elements before its implementation date. U.S. Department of the […]
Read MoreFidelity Leads $389.7M Bitcoin ETF Weekly Outflow With $153M Exit
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $389.7 million in net outflows during the week of August 10 to August 14, reversing the previous week’s strong inflow run. Ether funds slipped slightly into the red, while solana, XRP and HYPE ETFs ended the week with net additions. Bitcoin ETFs Reverse Prior Week’s Rally With $389.7M Outflow The […]
Read MoreBitcoin Has Been Declared Dead 21 Times in 2026, Yet It Won’t Stay Buried
With bitcoin still holding above $60,000 and 19 full weeks left in 2026, critics have already buried it 21 times this year. The Bitcoin Obituary List Bitcoin obituaries, better known as Bitcoin death lists, archive public statements, headlines, articles, tweets, and predictions declaring bitcoin dead, dying, finished, worthless, or inevitably headed to zero. These independently […]
Read MoreStrategy Holds Bitcoin at 840,447 BTC as Cash Reserve Hits $4.8B
Strategy kept its bitcoin holdings unchanged at 840,447 BTC through Aug. 16 while lifting its U.S. dollar reserve to $4.8 billion. Common-stock sales funded the reserve increase, STRC repurchases and preferred-stock dividends. Strategy Leaves Bitcoin Holdings Unchanged Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Aug. […]
Read MoreUS Debt Nears $40 Trillion in 5 Months as Bitcoin’s Case Gets Louder
The U.S. national debt is set to cross $40 trillion, a mark it was expected to surpass only after Labor Day. The milestone has come faster than any previous trillion-dollar jump in the United States’ history. The Fastest Trillion in US History The pace of America’s debt accumulation has become a story unto itself. The […]
Read MoreCurve Founder Blasts Pump.fun, Phantom Wallet Experience
Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov has called Pump.fun “a casino of scams called memecoins” while referring to Phantom’s hardware-wallet experience as worse than Metamask’s, prompting pushback from industry personnel. Blunt Critique at Its Finest Michael Egorov, the founder of Curve Finance, has taken direct aim at two of Solana’s most prominent consumer products, describing Pump.fun, […]
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