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Bitcoin

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

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Blockchain

HSBC, Standard Chartered Settle First Live Trade on Swift's Blockchain Ledger

HSBC and Standard Chartered executed the first live cross-border tokenized deposit transfer on Swift's blockchain ledger, part of a 17-bank pilot.

August 20, 2026

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Bitcoin

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

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Markets

Fed Minutes Show Some Officials Wanted a Rate Hike as Inflation Lingers

July FOMC minutes showed three of twelve voting members pushed for a rate hike, with several officials warning more increases may be needed.

August 20, 2026

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Bitcoin

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

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Regulation

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

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Blockchain

Bitcoin.com Wallet Adds UAE's Central Bank-Registered USDU Stablecoin

Bitcoin.com's self-custodial wallet now supports USDU, the UAE central bank's first registered Foreign Payment Token, expanding beyond institutional use.

August 20, 2026

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Bitcoin

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

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DeFi

Centrifuge's CFG Drops 14% as On-Chain Asset Transfers Collapse 67%

CFG slid from $0.1672 to $0.1379 as Centrifuge's monthly asset transfer count fell 67% since August 1 and TVL slipped to $1.71 billion.

August 20, 2026

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Markets

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

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DeFi

Ethena, FalconX Open $1B Facility to Diversify USDe's Backing

Ethena and prime broker FalconX have set up a $1 billion facility to deploy USDe-backing assets into overcollateralized institutional loans.

August 19, 2026

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Altcoins

Grayscale Files Fourth Amendment for Zcash ETF, Targets NYSE Arca

Grayscale's fourth S-3/A amendment moves its Zcash Trust closer to becoming the first US spot ETF for a privacy coin, listing as ZCSH on NYSE Arca.

August 19, 2026