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Bitcoin price hits $69,500 because US just doubled Treasury buybacks to crush long-term yields

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Bitcoin price hits $69,500 because US just doubled Treasury buybacks to crush long-term yields

August 19, 2026

Bitcoin and Ethereum surged above $69,500 and $2,000 on Wednesday after the US Treasury doubled planned buybacks...

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Wall Street piled $1.2 billion into MSTR in Q2 before Strategy turned its Bitcoin flywheel toward rescuing STRC

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Wall Street piled $1.2 billion into MSTR in Q2 before Strategy turned its Bitcoin flywheel toward rescuing STRC

August 19, 2026

Wall Street institutions increased their exposure to Strategy’s MSTR in the second quarter, just before Michael Saylor’s...

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HSBC, Standard Chartered make first live tokenized deposit tranfer via Swift blockchain

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HSBC, Standard Chartered make first live tokenized deposit tranfer via Swift blockchain

August 19, 2026

HSBC and Standard Chartered have announced the inaugural live tokenized deposit transaction using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. Currently...

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Metaplanet’s US Bitcoin treasury bet could unlock up to $3.4 billion, but there’s a catch

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Metaplanet’s US Bitcoin treasury bet could unlock up to $3.4 billion, but there’s a catch

August 19, 2026

Metaplanet is set to take near-total control of Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise with a $134.6 million investment,...

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A hidden divide inside the Fed could trigger a hawkish shock for Bitcoin at 2 PM today

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A hidden divide inside the Fed could trigger a hawkish shock for Bitcoin at 2 PM today

August 19, 2026

Bitcoin heads into the Federal Reserve’s July meeting minutes, due Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. Eastern,...

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Ripple just scored two major institutional wins but XRP traders are bracing for a bigger move

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Ripple just scored two major institutional wins but XRP traders are bracing for a bigger move

August 19, 2026

On Aug. 18, Ripple deepened its push into traditional finance, securing a South Korean banking deal as...

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Bitcoin’s Q2 selloff split Wall Street as banks bought, hedge funds cut and sovereigns held

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Bitcoin’s Q2 selloff split Wall Street as banks bought, hedge funds cut and sovereigns held

August 19, 2026

Bitcoin fell 14.2% in the second quarter, while institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings rose 7.5% over the same...

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SEC opens door to day-one crypto insider sales that Senate draft would block

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SEC opens door to day-one crypto insider sales that Senate draft would block

August 19, 2026

The SEC’s new crypto fundraising proposal deliberately treats tokens as free to trade as soon as a...

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This Solana treasury company may sell SOL as a DeFi loan ties up more than half its treasury

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This Solana treasury company may sell SOL as a DeFi loan ties up more than half its treasury

August 19, 2026

SOL Strategies may sell part of its Solana treasury to meet obligations, as much of its holdings...

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Ethereum’s 12-GPU proving problem just got a 4-GPU answer

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Ethereum’s 12-GPU proving problem just got a 4-GPU answer

August 19, 2026

ZisK’s new four-GPU benchmark claim has lowered the headline hardware count in Ethereum’s real-time proving race. In...

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Canaan counted paused Ethiopia mining as nearly 35% of its July operating hashrate total

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Canaan counted paused Ethiopia mining as nearly 35% of its July operating hashrate total

August 19, 2026

Canaan’s July mining update counted 4.96 exahashes per second from paused operations in Ethiopia inside 14.24 EH/s...

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Yakovenko wants Solana to mint SOL to buy a company, but who would own it?

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Yakovenko wants Solana to mint SOL to buy a company, but who would own it?

August 19, 2026

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has floated the idea of expanding SOL’s supply, paying for a company with...

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AsiaStrategy’s Astra deal lets insider-linked buyers take ownership before $8 million comes due

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AsiaStrategy’s Astra deal lets insider-linked buyers take ownership before $8 million comes due

August 19, 2026

AsiaStrategy agreed to sell all the shares of a Singapore holding company whose sole asset is a...

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HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a record

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HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a record

August 19, 2026

HIVE Digital Technologies booked an $84.7 million non-cash Swedish tax provision tied to contested VAT exposure after...

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GENIUS Act: does exempting synthetic stablecoins open a back door?

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GENIUS Act: does exempting synthetic stablecoins open a back door?

August 19, 2026

The GENIUS Act was drafted to cover permitted payment stablecoins, with some of the wording clearly aiming...

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