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Fed experiment shows how bitcoin rallies attract new crypto buyers

Households shown bitcoin’s prior-year return were 23% more likely to report owning crypto in a follow-up survey.
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Bitcoin steadies near $78,000 as gold rallies, altcoins consolidate after best week in 3 years

BTC was little changed Monday after last week's 24% surge triggered by a Treasury buyback announcement that squeezed over $3 billion in shorts.
Gemini strikes Apex deal to widen prediction markets reach

The planned tie-up would make Gemini the exclusive CFTC-regulated venue for crypto event contracts offered through Apex’s futures commission merchant.
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Standard Chartered becomes first bank to distribute Hong Kong dollar stablecoin

The London-based multinational bank with $850 billion in assets announced it will distribute Anchorpoint's HKDAP to eligible clients and partners.
Strategy raises $2 billion through MSTR sales and creates new USD Cash pool

The company sold 18.26 million MSTR shares, increased its USD Reserve to $5.1 billion and repurchased another $136.4 million of STRC.
New Solana vote could ramp daily SOL burns to $800,000 and slow new token creation

Two of the three proposals would reduce SOL supply growth by speeding up Solana’s inflation decline and raising daily fee burns from about 650 SOL to as much as 9,000 SOL.
Tom Lee's Bitmine buys $81 million of ETH in largest weekly haul since early July

The treasury firm stepped up its ETH buying as Tom Lee said the crypto’s 30% weekly rally could signal a larger move ahead.
Coinbase debuts tokenized stocks on Base network, joining race to bring equities on blockchain

The crypto exchange is starting with tokenized versions of Apple, Nvidia, Meta and Alphabet, issued under its new Abu Dhabi framework.
Crypto political group details list of U.S. congressional allies its backing this year

Stand With Crypto, a member group that rates the crypto friendliness of politicians, is supporting 32 U.S. House incumbents, with more endorsements coming.
Bitcoin hits $80,000 for the first time since May as crypto recovery accelerates

BTC has now surged 38% following its June plunge as shifting U.S. Treasury policy helped bring buyers back to crypto, rejuvenating ETF demand.
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Bitcoin tops $80,000, solana jumps 8% but rally now runs into overbought warning

BTC is up more than 25% on the week after Treasury’s bond-buyback expansion sparked a rally, while Solana led majors Tuesday as validators vote on proposals to slow new SOL creation and raise daily burns.
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Crypto rally spills into dog and cat memecoins as smaller tokens double in a week

Robinhood Chain-based Cash Cat jumped more than 50% in a day, while several smaller animal-themed tokens have gained between 50% and 130% over the past week.
Treasury’s bond buyback plan fights the market and heightens the danger, billionaire Druckenmiller says

The billionaire investor argues the intervention removes a vital check on government borrowing and fiscal accountability while markets remain the better judge of prices.
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Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs draw a seventh straight day of inflows as the rally holds above $80,000

Spot bitcoin funds took in $337.56 million on Aug. 24, extending an unbroken run of inflows that has now put real money behind a rally that started with a short squeeze.
Franklin Templeton and Hashkey roll out U.S. tokenized money fund in Asia

Tokenized U.S. treasury and money market funds are one of the fastest-growing segments in the digital asset markets, growing fifteenfold in two years.
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U.S. widens Iran crackdown to encompass crypto, gold, shipping and technology

Treasury says Ivan Obukhov processed over $100 million in crypto for IRGC-QF oil sales since 2023.
Solana ETFs extend growth streak to 5 days after year's biggest inflows

Monday's $33.5 million was the largest single-day inflow since December, pushing cumulative net inflows to a record $1.22 billion and trading volume to $166.8 million.
Bitcoin extends 7-day advance to roughly 25%

Bitcoin crossed $80,000 for the first time since May, extending its seven-day advance to roughly 25%.
A bitcoin short squeeze for the ages as futures open interest collapses

Falling open interest and subdued funding rates suggest the rally remains structurally healthy.