Bitcoin Holds Steady Amid Fed Rate Hike While Political Odds Shift
Bitcoin stayed in a narrow $83,000-$83,600 band as the Fed raised rates, despite a rising probability of Democratic control in the midterms.
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Strive’s $94.5 Million Bitcoin Purchase Boosts Holdings to Over 27,000 BTC
Dallas-based Strive added 1,107 Bitcoin for $94.5 million, lifting its treasury to 27,462 BTC and cementing its place among the largest public holders.
Bitcoin clears $15.6 billion options expiry, steadies near $84 k
A massive Bitcoin options settlement left the crypto near $84,000 while XRP and Solana kept outpacing it.
Bitcoin draft BIP138 offers encrypted multisig backups with privacy trade-offs
A new Bitcoin improvement draft outlines an encrypted backup format for multisig wallets, but it may expose metadata to parties holding certain xpubs.
Bitcoin’s Multi-Track Defense Against a Future Quantum Attack
Researchers are testing transaction tweaks, protocol upgrades and custody upgrades to protect Bitcoin from a potential quantum-computing threat.
US Treasury’s $202 billion September settlement could test Bitcoin’s liquidity
A massive Treasury coupon settlement on Sept. 30 may pressure overnight funding rates and influence Bitcoin’s price trajectory.
Core Lightning patches vulnerability that could bypass revoked-state penalties
Core Lightning released a security update that stops a flaw allowing revoked channel states to close without penalty.
AI-driven contest slashes cost of quantum-resistant Bitcoin transactions
A week-long competition reduced the estimated GPU cost of creating a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction from about $320 to $67.
Bitcoin Nears Critical Gold Benchmark as Correlation Peaks
A six-year high in the 90-day Bitcoin-gold correlation puts the cryptocurrency within striking distance of a positive price relationship for 2026.
Bitcoin’s 2026 Bear Market Shows No Daily Close Below Realized Cost Basis
Throughout the 2026 downturn Bitcoin never closed beneath its aggregate holder cost, suggesting the shallowest bear-market bottom since 2017.
Bitcoin ETFs Pull in Nearly $3 B as Prices Edge Higher
Investors added about $2.8 billion to Bitcoin exchange-traded funds over a week, while the cryptocurrency rose roughly 4%.
Bitcoin Holds Near $84,000 as Treasury Yields Reach Decade-High Levels
Bitcoin stayed within an $83,000-$85,000 band despite a sharp rise in U.S. Treasury yields and a $1.7 billion drop in leveraged exposure.
Dormant Bitcoin whale consolidates 4,500 BTC in $380 million on-chain move
A long-inactive Bitcoin address transferred almost 4,500 BTC, worth roughly $380 million, without clear evidence of a sale.
Researchers unveil Zcash-inspired privacy layer for Bitcoin without protocol changes
A new paper proposes Shielded Bitcoin, a Zcash-style privacy system that operates on the existing Bitcoin network.
Privacy researchers outline a fork-free way to shield Bitcoin transfers
The Shielded Bitcoin proposal would hide transaction details using zero-knowledge proofs while relying on Bitcoin only for ordering and publication.
New privacy metaprotocol aims to add shielded transactions to Bitcoin without consensus changes
Researchers propose Shielded Bitcoin, a zero-knowledge based layer that could enable private transfers on the Bitcoin chain without forks.
New Bitcoin Metaprotocol Aims to Bring Zcash-Style Privacy Without Forking
Researchers propose Shielded Bitcoin, a layer that could hide amounts and participants while leaving Bitcoin’s consensus untouched.
Lightning Labs warns of invoice-status bug that could let merchants ship for free
A flaw in older Lightning Terminal software could mark cancelled Bitcoin Lightning invoices as paid, risking unpaid deliveries.
Bitcoin’s Falling Volatility Positions It as a Macro-Asset Amid a Bond Market Crunch
Saifedean Ammous argues that shrinking drawdowns and a halving-driven cycle are turning Bitcoin into a credible macro-investment as bond markets strain.
Why a $1 Million Bitcoin Target May Undervalue Its Future Role
Jeff Booth argues that pricing Bitcoin in dollars caps its potential, seeing it as a foundational protocol rather than just a speculative asset.