Bitcoin hits $72,000 after buyback plan
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Bitcoin rose from about $63,000 to $72,000 after the Treasury said it would at least double long-bond buybacks from September 9. Spot buying and added leverage drove the latest leg higher.
Bitcoin rose from about $63,000 to $72,000 after the Treasury said it would at least double long-bond buybacks from September 9. Spot buying and added leverage drove the latest leg higher.
Investors pulled a net $389.7 million from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs from August 10 to 14, the largest weekly outflow in six weeks. Fidelity’s FBTC accounted for $153 million.
TradeXYZ allocated about $3.4 million, or 12% of perpetual-fee revenue, to buy roughly 59,000 HYPE through time-weighted orders. It also plans to let HIP-3 markets set fees from a 90% discount to three times the standard rate.
Trump said the SEC is working on a path to bring Hyperliquid into the United States. HYPE rallied toward its all-time high after the remarks.
X is discussing stablecoins such as USDC for creator royalties as it replaces its old revenue-sharing program. The talks have not produced a launch commitment.
CLOCKIN launched on StonkBrokers with a 33% anti-sniper tax set to fall one point per minute until zero or until the token bonds at a $750,000 market cap.
Ethereum gained about 23% over 24 hours and reached $2,300. The short squeeze forced nearly $500 million in liquidations.
South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit accepted BitGo Korea’s VASP registration. It is the first locally established subsidiary of a foreign crypto company to obtain the status directly.
Trump said the administration has discussed buying more Bitcoin and that he would consider recommendations from regulators. He did not commit to a purchase.
TradeXYZ listed MRNA perpetuals on Hyperliquid with up to 10x leverage. Moderna shares rose 212% after hours following positive Phase 3 cancer-vaccine results.
The Senate scheduled a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act for September 15. Stalled ethics talks with the White House remain the key obstacle, so final passage is unresolved.
Pump.fun alerts followers when selected traders call out tokens, but tracked traders often held positions for zero or one minute. One hired trader sold 17 seconds after buying, leaving followers little time to react.
Three wallets withdrew 54,704 ETH worth about $121 million from Binance in one day. Wallet 0x2d59 accounted for 30,000 ETH and has withdrawn 120,000 ETH over three weeks.
Basecat launched on Base under contract 0xb2000000000000000000004c27f6523082f41d01. Base and Base App accounts followed or shared the memecoin, but neither confirmed an official link.
Coldcard Mk3 firmware fell back to guessable software randomness, letting an attacker sweep 1,082 BTC from affected wallets. Law enforcement may already know the attacker’s identity.
VanEck found eight of 12 Bitcoin capitulation signals active, suggesting the 11-month correction may be near its end. Traders also spent $551.8 million on puts over 30 days, and those signals have not reliably timed rebounds.
Cypherpunk Technologies activated a 4.2 GSol/s U.S. mining fleet through a $33.33 million equity-funded deal with Winklevoss Capital. The fleet controls about 18% of Zcash hashrate, but full warrant issuance would leave the new shares at about 28.7% of the enlarged total.
A leaked Stripe investor letter says the company bought OpenRouter to pair AI-agent access with native stablecoin payments. Bridge and Privy cover issuance and wallet storage in the same stack.
Interfold launched FOLD to support operator bonds, rewards and governance for its private voting network. Onchain trading also opened for the token.
Strategy raised $333.7 million through MSTR sales and spent $132.2 million to retire $138.9 million of STRC. It bought or sold no Bitcoin and added $149.1 million to its cash reserves.
Arthur Hayes is leading Flop Labs, which plans to launch FLOP without a presale or venture allocation. The project targets a Q4 2026 airdrop and a Q1 2027 genesis block for its AI-agent network.
Robinhood Chain reached a record 375,000 active addresses as DEX volume rose to $361 million and launchpad volume rebounded to $212 million. Uniswap controls 97% of the chain’s DEX liquidity.
Bloomberg added the Token Transparency Framework across more than 350,000 terminals, giving users access to standardized disclosures from participating crypto projects.
Circle minted $1.25 billion of USDC on Solana over 24 hours, combining a $750 million issuance with another $500 million.
Wallet bc1qsy sold another 2,000 BTC worth $136.5 million as Bitcoin rebounded. Its sales over the past month reached 9,513 BTC worth $623.4 million.