Bitcoin and Ethereum surged above $69,500 and $2,000 on Wednesday after the US Treasury doubled planned buybacks of long-dated government debt. On Aug. 19, the Treasury Department said it will raise the maximum size of its liquidity-support operations for 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion
Sweden-listed health-tech and Bitcoin treasury company H100 Group reported a pre-tax loss of 98 million Swedish kronor ($10.3 million) for the second quarter and a loss of 253 million kronor for the first half of 2026. H100 also reported 3 million kronor in operating income, flat with Q2 2025, and 6.1 million kronor for H1
Bitcoin ($BTC) saw its highest levels since the start of June after Wednesday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to a US government liquidity move. Key points: Bitcoin spikes 6% on the day to hit $69,749, its highest level since June 2. The US Treasury plans to at least double the maximum size of debt
Bitcoin ($BTC) experienced a sharp surge today, briefly reaching $69,500. This sudden movement in the cryptocurrency market caught investors, particularly those holding short positions, off guard, with $1.21 billion in leveraged positions liquidated in just the last hour. According to liquidation data, short positions accounted for $1.13 billion of the liquidations in the last hour,
Bitcoin $BTC$64,316.33’s bounce, it’s up 3% since midnight UTC, is rapidly lifting it to a critical level that chart analysts say could trigger a classic bullish reversal pattern, potentially unlocking a substantial upside move. Charts from market technician Aksel Kibar of Tech Charts show an inverse head-and-shoulders formation developing on the daily chart since the
FalconX and Ethena have set up a $1 billion secured lending facility that will put assets backing Ethena’s $USDe to work in institutional credit, expanding the synthetic dollar protocol beyond crypto-native trades. The facility will finance overcollateralized loans originated by digital-asset prime broker FalconX for uses including trading strategies, corporate treasury management and payments, according
While the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin continues to hold above $60,000 and move sideways, renowned technology investor and early Uber investor Jason Calacanis has made noteworthy assessments regarding Bitcoin’s future. Jason Calacanis, commenting on the sales and changing strategy of Strategy, one of the largest institutional Bitcoin holders, argued that the company and its founder Michael
Bitcoin is flashing the same warnings that have marked the end of past selloffs, and history suggests that has been a reason for patience rather than optimism. Eight of 12 capitulation signals tracked by VanEck are currently in their zones, and all 12 hit those levels at some point over the past three months, according
Bitcoin News Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss has cast the artificial-intelligence equity trade as an unexpected entry point for Bitcoin ($BTC), arguing in an Aug. 18 post on X that the AI trade is effectively a time machine for buyers. Writing on X, Winklevoss described the AI trade as a time machine that lets investors buy
A growing gap between traditional risk assets and cryptocurrency markets is being revealed by Bitcoin’s inability to follow the S&P 500 higher. It’s not hard to explain why $BTC is still close to $64,000 and stocks are still moving toward record territory: the cryptocurrency market seems to be lacking new funding. Supply stays limited The