AI researcher and investor Leopold Aschenbrenner is suspected of being behind the purchase of $96 million worth of SanDisk, Micron, Intel, and Marvell call options. Aschenbrenner runs hedge fund Situational Awareness, most famous for losing billions of dollars during a sudden downturn in AI stock prices. It was a wipeout the Financial Times ranked as
Bitcoin’s rebound above $80,000 on Sept. 18 extended a technology-led relief rally. The move coincided with yen weakness and followed a return to Bitcoin ETF inflows the previous day. The advance was already underway in European trading, hours before weak US economic figures offered a possible argument against further monetary tightening. At press time, Bitcoin
A $1,000 investment in $XRP on September 18, 2025, when REX-Osprey $XRP ETF (XRPR) – the first United States $XRP spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) was launched, is now worth less than half. As of September 18, 2026, $1,000 invested in $XRP the same day that XRPR launched is now worth $428.60. $XRP/USD chart for 12
Crypto-linked stocks rebounded sharply on Friday, reversing losses that followed the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act earlier this week, as Bitcoin climbed back above $80,000. Strategy led the gains, rising more than 13%, while Coinbase and American Bitcoin climbed about 11% each. Robinhood gained nearly 9%, according to Yahoo Finance data. Source: Yahoo
Robinhood’s newest retail-facing venture fund just placed a bet on one of the most closely watched pivots in tech infrastructure. The Robinhood investment Crusoe deal, worth about $25 million, gives everyday investors a small slice of a company that started out mining Bitcoin and now builds power-hungry data centers for artificial intelligence. The transaction closed
Bitcoin surged past $81,000 on Friday after pushing past $78,000 and $80,000 in a three-day recovery, despite the turbulent week full of negative macro and regulatory news. The move came alongside $300 million in leveraged crypto liquidations over four hours, as traders caught on the wrong side of the rally were forced out of positions.
A single blockchain transaction worth tens of millions of dollars just landed on one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges, and nobody knows who sent it. Whale Alert, the tracking service that flags oversized crypto movements in real time, confirmed that a wallet of unknown origin moved 880 $BTC to Coinbase on September 18. At
Bitcoin ($BTC) jumped past $80,000 around Friday’s Wall Street open as fuel-crisis woes spread through global markets. Key points: Bitcoin gained 6% on Friday as concerns about oil supply saw US bond yields reverse higher. Crypto markets liquidated $250 million in short positions over four hours. $BTC price momentum now faces the familiar resistance levels
Bitcoin ($BTC) surpassed the $80,000 level in recent hours with a strong surge, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of liquidations in short positions in the cryptocurrency market. Jiang Zhuoer, a well-known cryptocurrency miner from China, stated that the rally may not be over yet, suggesting Bitcoin could test the $83,000-$84,000 resistance zone.
Bitcoin, in its recovery that began from $62,000 last August, rose as high as over $82,000. However, $BTC has been unable to maintain this level and continues to fluctuate between $76,000 and $80,000. At this point, market analysts see $80,000 as a critical resistance point for $BTC, while one analyst stated that it is unlikely