Bitcoin Price Hits New Local High Above $72,500 Despite Cooling US Stocks
Bitcoin (BTC) saw multimonth highs after Thursday’s Wall Street open while stocks dipped and bond yields rebounded on US-Iran war...
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Strategy Breaks Down 6 Securities Built Around Its Bitcoin
Key TakeawaysMSTR absorbs residual bitcoin exposure after senior claims.Five preferred securities offer different income protections.None gives holders direct ownership of...
11-Year-Old Dormant Bitcoin Wallets Move 1,214 BTC Worth $86M in 24 Hours – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBlockchain parser btcparser.com tracked 28 dormant wallets moving 1,314.41 BTC worth $94.03 million over the last 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 2014...
Trump’s Hyperliquid Name-Drop Sends HYPE Charging Toward Record Highs
Key TakeawaysHYPE gained roughly 20%-25% after Trump discussed Hyperliquid on Aug. 19.Hyperliquid volume topped $1.3 billion as HYPE approached record...
Bitcoin ETFs Draw $517M in Largest Daily Inflow Since Early May
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $517.2 million in net inflows on Wednesday, their largest single-day investment since May...
BTC Nears $72K as Altcoins Surge and Short Sellers Lose $3B
Key TakeawaysBitcoin neared $72,000 on Aug. 19 after Donald Trump voiced strong support for crypto.Crypto liquidations hit $3.35 billion, while...
Bitcoin Eyes $72,000 As Crypto Short Liquidations Pass The $3 Billion Mark
Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins are breaking records as short position liquidations pass $3 billion over two days.Key points:Crypto short liquidations...
CFTC Seats Kalshi, Polymarket, Draftkings on Its New Advisory Panel
Key TakeawaysThe CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee meets Aug. 20 on crypto, AI and prediction markets.Kalshi’s Tarek Mansour and Polymarket’s Shayne...
Metaplanet Puts 2,100 BTC Into Super League for US Expansion
Key TakeawaysMetaplanet will inject 2,100 BTC and $2.5M into Super League to form a new U.S. treasury called Superplanet.Superplanet links...
New Jersey Player Turns $2 Spin Into Record $2.95M Online Jackpot
Key TakeawaysA $2 spin on Long Xing Da Da returned $2,949,857.40, Hard Rock Bet’s largest online casino payout.The win beat...
You Found $500,000 Hidden in Your Own Walls. A Court Says It’s Not Yours
Key TakeawaysArizona courts awarded Spann’s estate $500,000 found inside 4 ammunition cans.Grande v. Jennings showed in 2012 that hidden cash...
Crypto Mastermind Deported to Face Massive $165 Million Fraud Trial
Key TakeawaysEdward Zimbardi faces federal charges after being deported from Fiji.Scheme allegedly misappropriated $165 million from thousands of victims.Funds were...
Binance Helps Stop $1.2M Governance Attack in Under 48 Hours
Key TakeawaysBinance detected the proposal with less than 48 hours remaining.The unnamed project rejected the measure before it could execute.Comparable...
XRP Sees 23% of Onchain Trading Volume in a Three-Hour Trading Window
Key TakeawaysThree weekday hours accounted for 23.5% of July’s on-chain XRP volume.The same period accounted for 14.3% of volume in...
Trump Opens Bitcoin Door as US Debt Blows Past $40 Trillion
Key TakeawaysU.S. debt reached $40.049 trillion Aug. 19 as federal interest costs climbed.Bitcoin neared $70,000 as Treasury buybacks helped ignite...
Replay Attack Alarm Grows as BIP-110 Backers Brand Bitcoin ‘Spamcoin’
Key TakeawaysDashjr said Aug. 18 that Bitcoin, which he calls “Spamcoin,” should handle replay protection.BIP-110 peaked at 2.53% miner support...
Trump Hosts Top Crypto CEOs at White House as US Weighs Bitcoin Buy
Key TakeawaysTrump said his administration ended the “war on crypto.”Officials have discussed acquiring more bitcoin, Trump said.Industry executives urged senators...
Scaramucci Backs BTC Above $100K as Bear Phase Nears End
Key TakeawaysSkybridge noted bitcoin dipped below pre-war levels by June 7 after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.Capital shift to...
ZEC, SOL, and XRP Rally as Ethereum Breaches $2,000
Key TakeawaysDriven by a $4B Treasury buyback news, ETH surged past $2,000 on Aug. 19 to an intraday peak of...
Cash App Adds XRP, SOL and ETH via Moonpay for 59M Users
Key TakeawaysCash App’s 59 million users can now buy XRP, solana, ether, and USDT via Moonpay.The integration, launched August 18,...
Kalshi Seeks CFTC Nod for Perpetual Bets on 500 Shares and Copper
Key TakeawaysKalshi filed Aug. 18 for US500 and COPPERPERP perpetual futures.Kalshi’s contracts could broaden U.S. access to continuous leveraged market...
Bitcoin’s $70K Rip Vaporizes $1.9B as Shorts Get Steamrolled
Key TakeawaysBitcoin surged towards $70,000 after the U.S. Treasury doubled its bond buybacks to $4 billion.Over $1.9 billion in liquidations...
