Despite all the negative macro and industry developments that took place in the past week, bitcoin’s price went on an impressive run on Monday morning, surging to a new eight-month high of just over $87,000. Here are some of the possible reasons behind this, but let’s start with why it was unexpected. The Bad News…
Bitcoin closed the week of Sept. 20 at $81,178, its first weekly settlement above the 50-week moving average since November 2025, and pushed further to an intraday high above $87,000 the next day. The breakout clears one of the market’s most closely watched technical lines, but leaves open the question of whether the buying underneath…
Inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs picked up Monday as bitcoin rallied to its highest since January.
Bitcoin pushed past $87,000 on Monday before stabilizing a little below it. But the rally has triggered a strong surge in market optimism. In fact, Santiment found that Bitcoin-related FOMO has reached a level not seen since late 2024. $648M in Shorts Gone Social media discussions are now heavily tilted toward expectations of more gains.…
According to Galaxy Digital, the good guys have moved 52 BTC to an address carrying an OP_RETURN message reading “claim:cryptorecoverytrust dot com.”
The Senate fell short of advancing the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15, when a 49-50 cloture vote failed to reach the 60-vote threshold. Six days later, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said Stand With Crypto had surpassed four million members. Armstrong wrote in a post that “the 2024 election proved the importance of the crypto voter,” adding…
Hayden Adams has claimed that Sam Bankman-Fried paid seven figures for the Uniswap.com domain. Adams said Uniswap Labs had earlier rejected the original owner’s seven-figure asking price. According to Adams, Bankman-Fried later acquired the domain and redirected it to a Uniswap fork. He described the move as a way to “flex” or mess with the…
Elon Musk’s X lets U.S. users tap cashtags such as $BTC to view live charts and access Coinbase, Kraken and other trading platforms.
A wave of forced buying that cost short sellers $844 million has run its course, leaving the largest cryptocurrency flat over the past hour and ZEC the only major token in the red.
The official x402 kit now includes Cardano tools for apps and AI agents to pay with ADA and other network tokens, though the facilitator has so far only been tested on pre-production.