Bitcoin
All the latest Cryptovolix news on Bitcoin price, mining, and network activity.
Bitcoin Reclaims $69K as Treasury Doubles Bond Buybacks to $4B
Bitcoin jumped 7% to $69,000 after the Treasury doubled long-bond buybacks to $4 billion, with analysts eyeing $76,000 as the next confirmation level.
August 20, 2026
Chinese Nasdaq Firm Zhibao Adds 2,380 BTC, Overhauls Its Board to Match
Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology closed a $154.7 million private placement paid entirely in Bitcoin, with its CEO, CFO and four directors stepping down.
August 20, 2026
Strategy CEO Calls MSCI's Bitcoin Treasury Exclusion Plan 'Ill-Advised'
Phong Le pushed back on MSCI's proposal to drop Bitcoin treasury firms from its indexes, while a shareholder pressed him on steep MSTR losses.
August 20, 2026
Trump Tells White House Crypto Summit US May Buy 'Sizable' Bitcoin
Trump hosted Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken and other crypto executives at the White House, floating a US Bitcoin purchase and CFTC plans to onshore Hyperliquid.
August 20, 2026
Bitcoin's 8.7% Surge to $69,749 Sends $1.44B in Shorts Into Liquidation
Bitcoin's steepest one-day gain since March hit $69,749 after a Treasury buyback boost, wiping out $1.44 billion in short positions in an hour.
August 20, 2026
Bitcoin Stalls Below $66,300 as XRP Defends $1, SHIB Flows Thin Out
Bitcoin trades near $64,843 under key resistance, XRP fights to hold $1, and Shiba Inu's billion-token exchange flows have all but vanished.
August 20, 2026
Bitcoin, Ethereum Jump as $1.44B in Crypto Shorts Get Liquidated
A wave of forced short covering pushed Bitcoin past $69,000 and Ethereum near $2,100, wiping out $1.44 billion in bearish bets in hours.
August 19, 2026
Riot Platforms' $9.1B Anthropic Lease Outearns Its Bitcoin Mining
Riot Platforms now earns more per megawatt hosting Anthropic's AI workloads than mining Bitcoin, under a 20-year, $9.1 billion Texas data center lease.
August 19, 2026
Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Stall at Key Levels in Tight Range
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and XRP are all compressing into narrow technical ranges on August 19, with neither buyers nor sellers in control.
August 19, 2026
Metaplanet Commits 2,100 BTC to Launch US Treasury Firm Superplanet
Metaplanet will invest 2,100 BTC and $2.5M in cash to take a 95.7% stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League, relaunching it as Superplanet.
August 18, 2026
Jane Street's Bitcoin ETF Stake Nears $1B, XRP Position Jumps 60x
Jane Street's Q2 13F shows Bitcoin ETF holdings near $1 billion, led by $828M in IBIT, while its Bitwise XRP ETF stake grew 60x to $14 million.
August 18, 2026
Citi to Launch Bitcoin Custody Later This Year Under New Custody+ Platform
Citi says it will launch native Bitcoin custody later this year under its new Custody+ platform, letting clients hold BTC alongside stocks and bonds.
August 18, 2026