Bitcoin
All the latest Cryptovolix news on Bitcoin price, mining, and network activity.
BlackRock Says Bitcoin's Monetary-Alternative Case Holds After 27% Drop
BlackRock says bitcoin's case as a monetary alternative and portfolio diversifier is unchanged, even with the asset down 27% year-to-date at $64,713.
August 18, 2026
Riot Platforms Sold $732M in Bitcoin Through First Half of 2026
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms sold 9,665 BTC for roughly $732 million in the first half of 2026, as it redirects proceeds toward data center expansion.
August 18, 2026
Bitcoin Holds $64K as Treasury Yields, Oil Squeeze Risk Appetite
Bitcoin steadied near $64,100 as the 30-year Treasury yield hit a 2007 high and Brent crude topped $91 amid escalating US-Iran tensions.
August 18, 2026
Jane Street Piles $630M Into Bitcoin ETFs After Q1 Sell-Off
Jane Street built a $1.06B Bitcoin ETF position in Q2, reversing a 71% cut in Q1, as filings show renewed Wall Street appetite for BTC exposure.
August 18, 2026
Bitcoin Miner Riot Extends Rally on $9.1B Anthropic Data Center Deal
Riot Platforms shares kept climbing after its $9.1 billion, 20-year data center lease with Anthropic, with Morgan Stanley now valuing the stock above $43.
August 18, 2026
Strategy Extends Bitcoin Buying Pause to Eight Straight Weeks
Strategy made no Bitcoin purchases for an eighth consecutive week, instead raising $334 million through share sales to fund buybacks and cash reserves.
August 18, 2026
XRP Slips Below $1 as Bitcoin Holds Firm and Zcash Outperforms
XRP briefly broke below $1 as trading volumes spiked market-wide, while Bitcoin held steady near key support and Zcash extended a 5% gain.
August 18, 2026
Bitcoin's Summer Exchange Drain Reverses as 28,000 BTC Flow Back
Santiment data shows 28,000 BTC returned to exchanges in three weeks, reversing 84% of a summer withdrawal wave as BTC holds near $63,500.
August 17, 2026
Strategy Skips Bitcoin Buys Again, Raises $334M for Dividends
Strategy sold $333.7M in stock to fund STRC dividends and buybacks while its 840,447 BTC holdings stayed unchanged for a fifth straight week.
August 17, 2026
Bitcoin ETF Outflows Top $390M as Fed Rate-Cut Bets Fade
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $390 million as institutional demand cools, while Solana funds pulled in the week's strongest inflows.
August 17, 2026
Tudor Investment Adds Back to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF After Year of Selling
Paul Tudor Jones' Tudor Investment raised its IBIT stake 18.9% to 688,529 shares in Q2 while cutting call options 85%, reversing a year of selling.
August 17, 2026
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $390M Last Week as Ethereum Funds Hold Steady
US spot Bitcoin ETFs bled $390 million from August 10-14, led by Fidelity's FBTC, while Ethereum ETFs saw only $2.26 million in outflows.
August 17, 2026