Strategy sold 18,261,118 MSTR shares for US$2.01 billion net in the week to 23 August, with all four of its preferred at-the-market programmes at zero. “No Bitcoin purchases or sales were made this week,” the filing states, leaving holdings at 840,447 BTC bought for an aggregate US$63.36 billion. US$136.4 million of the proceeds repurchased 1,431,212 […]
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen predicts Bitcoin will finish 2026 within US$10k to US$20k of its current price, favouring a cautious rather than bold forecast. She points to Bitcoin’s deepening ties with mainstream finance, meaning interest rates and liquidity conditions now weigh heavily on its price. Her outlook aligns with prediction market Kalshi, where traders similarly […]
Bitcoin traded at US$74,926 at 04:37 UTC on Friday, up 8.19% over 24 hours with a session high of US$75,528. US spot bitcoin ETFs took a net US$517.19 million on 19 August, on US$6.89 billion of value traded, SoSoValue figures show. CoinGlass put short liquidations across crypto at US$2.7 billion in the 24 hours to […]
Bitcoin traded at US$68,995 (AU$97,283) at 03:10 UTC on Thursday, up 7.38% over 24 hours with a session high of US$69,892, CoinGecko data shows. The 30-year Treasury yield closed at 5.19% on Wednesday against 5.28% a day earlier, and the 10-year at 4.65% against 4.71%. Treasury said it will at least double the size of […]
Eight of 12 capitulation signals were firing as of 12 August, and all 12 reached their capitulation zone at some point in the prior three months, VanEck said. VanEck flags that its drawdown signal fires on an absolute minus 35% rule; on its own percentile rule the count would be seven of 12. Bitcoin closed […]
Metaplanet is set to take majority control of Super League Enterprise, which will retain its Nasdaq listing and existing advertising and media business. Super League will be renamed Superplanet and begin with 2,100 BTC, while Metaplanet has further investment capacity and will receive long-term warrants. Completion is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026, with […]
Markus Thielen estimated that roughly US$15 trillion (AU$21.15 trillion) in fresh capital would be required to lift Bitcoin to US$1 million (AU$1.41 million) a coin by 2030. He described that sum as about a quarter of the value of the US stock market, and the target as “mathematically impossible”. Bitcoin reaching US$1 million (AU$1.41 million) […]
Bitcoin traded at US$63,680 (AU$90,426) early on Wednesday, down 0.48% over 24 hours, for a market capitalisation of US$1.28 trillion (AU$1.82 trillion), on CoinGecko figures. Strategy sold 1,690 BTC for US$108.6 million (AU$154.2 million) in the week to 9 August at an average US$64,262 (AU$91,252), against an average purchase price of US$75,385 (AU$107,047). US inflation […]
The Bank of Russia published a draft framework on 11 August letting non-qualified investors buy Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether’s USDT through brokers, exchanges and asset managers. Purchases would be capped at 300,000 rubles a year with each intermediary, and the limit applies separately to every firm an investor uses. XRP and every other token are […]
BlackRock head of digital assets Robbie Mitchnick said Bitcoin’s decoupling from equities is “healthy” and supports the case for holding it as a diversifier. US spot Bitcoin ETFs took US$853.5 million in the week to 7 August, their best since mid-April, with BlackRock’s fund taking about 80% of it. Bitcoin is beginning to pull away […]