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Two 2010-era Bitcoin addresses move 100 BTC after 16 years of silence
Two Bitcoin addresses funded by September 2010 mining rewards moved 100 BTC on November 13 after more than 16 years dormant, converting coins once worth about $3 each into roughly $6.89 million.
JPMorgan's 13F shows bigger bitcoin-adjacent bets as of Sept. 30 — before the November drop
JPMorgan's Q3 13F filing shows its Strategy stake up 36% to 848,932 shares and its BlackRock bitcoin ETF position up 9.6% to about $540 million as of Sept. 30, a snapshot already eroded by the November sell-off.
Bitcoin Core discloses three now-patched bugs, including a high-severity mining flaw
Bitcoin Core publicly disclosed three previously patched vulnerabilities on November 11, including a high-severity bug that could stop affected mining nodes from building valid block templates after a chain reorganization.
Bitcoin Core discloses three node-level bugs, all patched a year ago and sat on until the last vulnerable release died
Bitcoin Core disclosed three vulnerabilities on November 10, 2026 — two medium-severity and one high — all patched in October 2025 releases and held back until the last affected version reached end of life on October 27, 2026.
Ark Invest trims Block, Bullish and its own bitcoin ETF, rotates into Nvidia and SoFi
Ark Invest's daily disclosure shows it sold about $6.1 million of Block, $1.1 million of Bullish and $1.6 million of its own ARKB bitcoin ETF on Monday while buying Nvidia and SoFi.
Strategy bought $82M of bitcoin last week — and spent $188M buying back its own preferred stock to do it
Strategy bought 1,036 bitcoin for $81.9 million between Nov. 2 and 8, but spent more than twice that — $188.3 million — buying back its own preferred stock, funding both by selling $283.8 million of common shares days before an MSCI index decision that could remove it.
Bitcoin ETFs turn negative for 2026 after a $1.28 billion outflow week
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs bled $1.28 billion last week, their worst since June, pushing the 12 funds to roughly $914 million in net outflows for 2026 and erasing the year's gains.
Elliptic: Binance hackers have swapped $124M of stolen altcoins into bitcoin, little cashed out so far
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic says attackers in last week's $6.43 billion Binance breach have converted about $124 million in stolen altcoins into bitcoin, while Binance moves to reopen more token withdrawals.
Blowout October jobs report revives December Fed hike bets; bitcoin holds near $75,800
U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000 in October against a 65,000 forecast and unemployment fell to 4.1%, reviving bets on a December Fed rate hike as bitcoin held near $75,800.
Bitcoin Reclaims $80,000 After a Democratic Sweep Analysts Say Was Already Priced In
Bitcoin fell to roughly $75,600 overnight then recovered above $80,000 on November 4 after Democrats swept both chambers of Congress, with analysts calling the result largely priced in and the Clarity Act's path now harder.
Strategy raised $5.4B last quarter and spent $588M of it on bitcoin
Strategy raised $5.4 billion from stock sales in the third quarter but spent just $588 million of it on bitcoin, per its own 10-Q — under 11 cents of every dollar raised.
Trump Media moves 4,259 BTC to Crypto.com weeks before a $1 billion note deadline
Blockchain tracker Arkham shows wallets tied to Trump Media sent 4,259 BTC to Crypto.com days before a Nov. 30 provision that could force the company to repay up to $1 billion in convertible notes.
Democrats projected to flip Congress as crypto's record $63M bet on Ohio fails
Democrats are projected to win both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterms, defeating a record $63 million crypto-industry campaign against Sherrod Brown in Ohio, as bitcoin dipped briefly to $75,700 before recovering.
Block lifts full-year profit outlook as Q3 net income climbs — but bitcoin gross profit halves
Block Inc. reported Q3 net income of $566 million and lifted its full-year gross profit forecast to $12.63 billion, even as its bitcoin ecosystem gross profit halved to $52 million.
Tether's CEO Says It Holds 150,000 Bitcoin. Its Own Reserve Report Implies 50,000 Fewer
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino told a Lugano conference the company holds about 150,000 bitcoin, roughly 50,000 more than its Q3 reserve attestation accounts for.
Liquid Network restores full bitcoin backing after $320M exploit — with Blockstream covering the shortfall
The Liquid Federation says LBTC is back to full 1:1 bitcoin backing after September's ~4,000 BTC exploit, with Blockstream covering the roughly 600 BTC the attacker never returned.
Binance's SAFU fund is down to ~7,500 BTC after the exchange tapped it for a $6.3B hack
Binance has spent about half the bitcoin in its SAFU user-protection fund to help cover a $6.3 billion hack, leaving roughly 7,500 BTC (~$580 million) and no timeline for a refill, on-chain data shows.
BTCPay Server tells merchants to shut down after reports of drained hot wallets
BTCPay Server told merchants on November 1 to shut down their instances after reports that attackers gained admin access and swept bitcoin from internet-connected hot wallets; the project has named no loss figure or fix.
Binance hacker parks $1.4B in bitcoin across 19 wallets — and sits on it
An attacker who drained roughly 18,270 BTC (~$1.4 billion) from Binance split the haul into 19 wallets within minutes, and the coins hadn't moved as of Friday morning; blockchain firm TRM Labs tied the theft to North Korea.
Binance says $6.3B stolen in suspected breach; stablecoin issuers freeze funds and withdrawals halt
Binance says about $6.3 billion in crypto was stolen in a suspected Thursday breach, prompting frozen stablecoins, suspended withdrawals and over $1 billion in liquidations as bitcoin fell below $77,000.
Strategy books $19.5B quarter on bitcoin markup, wins approval for daily preferred dividends
Strategy posted $19.53 billion in Q3 net income on bitcoin gains, named a new CFO, and won shareholder approval to pay its preferred-stock dividends daily.
Galaxy: Banks and Hedge Funds, Not Retail, Led the Bitcoin ETF Exodus
A Galaxy Research report says a small group of hedge funds and banks drove nearly all institutional selling of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs during 2026's slump, while wealth platforms and sovereign funds bought in.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Bleed ~$910M Over Two Weeks as October Stays Red
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost roughly $910 million over two weeks through October 24, with net outflows on three of five days last week, per Decrypt's tracker and SoSoValue.
Bitwise bumps its 2036 bitcoin target to $1.6M — by growing the markets, not the math
Bitwise lifted its 10-year bitcoin forecast to $1.6 million by 2036, up from $1.3 million, by enlarging the markets it assumes bitcoin will capture — its share assumptions were left unchanged.
Brazilian companies rushed into stablecoins as Lula's upset win hammered the real
Brazilian firms piled into dollar-pegged stablecoins and bitcoin on Oct. 25 as Lula's upset runoff win sent the real and stocks tumbling the next day, with corporate accounts driving most of the trading.
Ark trims its own Bitcoin ETF and adds to Circle as BTC grinds below $80,000
Ark Invest bought $5.2 million of Circle stock and sold $15.9 million of its own ARKB spot Bitcoin ETF on Monday as bitcoin held below $80,000 ahead of Wednesday's Fed decision.
Strategy Stops Buying Bitcoin, Buys Back Its Own Preferred Stock Instead
Strategy halted a five-week bitcoin buying streak and instead spent $204.9 million buying back STRC preferred shares, as an MSCI rule change threatens its index membership and its stock fell 6.9% for the week.
Bitcoin dips under $80,000, wiping out $404 million in leveraged longs
Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 on Saturday, triggering $404 million in long liquidations in four hours, as spot bitcoin ETFs logged a second straight day of outflows.
Bitcoin developers rework security practices as AI makes bug-hunting cheap
Bitcoin Core is revising its security disclosure policy as AI lowers the bar for finding software bugs, while a volunteer group called the Bitcoin Red Team hunts AI-assisted vulnerabilities across the ecosystem.
Bitcoin ETFs Post Largest Daily Outflow Since June as $636M Exits
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs shed $635.6 million on Thursday — the biggest daily outflow since June — erasing the prior day's inflows as a tech-stock sell-off dragged bitcoin toward $81,500.
Bitcoin ETFs Claw Back October's Losses, Decrypt Reports — Against a Jittery Macro Tape
Decrypt reported Bitcoin ETFs drew roughly $1 billion over three days, clawing back October's losses, even as oil hit a five-month high and tech-heavy stock indexes fell on 22 October.
Switzerland clears its first spot bitcoin ETF for retail investors
Switzerland's FINMA has cleared the country's first spot bitcoin ETF investing directly in bitcoin under Swiss fund law, with other providers also seeking approval.
A 13-year-dormant Bitcoin wallet named in the "Noah Doe" abandonment suit just moved $33 million
A Bitcoin address dormant since September 2013 moved 411.45 BTC — about $33.4 million — in its first-ever outgoing transfer, and it's one of 39,069 wallets named in the pseudonymous "Noah Doe" abandoned-property lawsuit.
AnchorWatch opens Nevada bitcoin custody with fixed fees and up to $370M in optional insurance
AnchorWatch Trust Company opened Monday as a Nevada-chartered qualified bitcoin custodian, offering fixed monthly fees capped at $10,000 and optional Lloyd's-backed insurance of up to $370 million per client, subject to underwriting.
MSCI Finalizes Rule That Could Push Strategy Out of Its Indexes; Company Discloses $22M Bitcoin Buy, $193M STRC Buyback
MSCI finalized rules that could eject Michael Saylor's Strategy and other bitcoin treasury firms from its equity indexes, as the company disclosed a $22 million bitcoin buy and a $193 million buyback of its STRC preferred stock.
A 2013 Bitcoin wallet woke up and moved $34 million — but the on-chain trail points to housekeeping, not a sell-off
A Bitcoin wallet untouched since 2013 moved all 411.45 BTC — worth about $34 million — to a modern SegWit address on Oct. 18, with on-chain data pointing to a security upgrade rather than a sale.
Ledger Finds Cellular Implant in Reseller-Sold Wallets Tied to Suspected $86M Drain
Ledger says it found a hidden cellular implant inside hardware wallets sold by Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis that siphoned off users' recovery phrases, in what has been described as a suspected $86 million theft.
A scammer loses 60 BTC to the Ledger implant exploit — stolen from a wallet already full of stolen funds
Chainalysis says a task-scam operator lost 60 BTC — over $4.9 million — after moving proceeds to Ledger wallets tied to compromised devices sold by Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis.
Crypto slides with Asian stocks on Fed-rate jitters, erasing close to $1 billion in leveraged bets
Bitcoin fell about 3.6% to near $80,800 and ether dropped roughly 6.5% to about $2,350 on October 15 as hotter U.S. inflation data and Fed-rate uncertainty drove a risk-off slide that wiped out close to $1 billion in leveraged crypto positions and sank Asian equities.
Ethereum researcher calls for 'bunker mode' crypto migration, says AI could crack keys before quantum does
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged the blockchain industry to begin a precautionary migration of funds to unused addresses, arguing AI could break cryptographic keys before quantum computers do.
BlackRock's crypto ETF assets rebound to $79.6B, but still trail last year — and price did most of the lifting
BlackRock's digital-asset funds ended September at $79.6 billion, up 63% in a quarter, but still 23% below last year's level — with rising prices, not inflows, doing most of the work.
Strive adds $235M in bitcoin, banks $369M from warrants, and lines up a 15% preferred stock raise
Bitcoin treasury firm Strive disclosed buying 2,822 BTC for $235 million and raising $369 million from warrant exercises, lifting holdings to 35,595 BTC and proposing a 15% preferred stock sale to buy more.
Coinbase pitches 'flexible' signature designs for Bitcoin's post-quantum migration
Coinbase published its technical priorities for Bitcoin's post-quantum migration, calling for flexible signature designs and parallel debate on abandoned coins ahead of any quantum-computing threat.
A 14-Year-Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Moved 80,000 BTC. Where It's Going Isn't Clear.
A Bitcoin wallet dormant for 14 years moved 80,000 BTC — roughly $8.6 billion — to fresh addresses on October 9, according to Arkham Intelligence data cited by Decrypt.
A six-year-dormant bitcoin wallet just moved $378 million. The coins haven't gone anywhere else yet.
An OG bitcoin wallet dormant since March 2020 moved 4,582 BTC — about $377.6 million — on Monday, with the coins still sitting in five recipient addresses rather than hitting an exchange.
Ether ETFs hit nine-day outflow streak as Solana funds break a 14-week run
U.S. spot ether ETFs bled $542.1 million last week and Solana funds logged their first-ever losing week, as all three major crypto ETF categories posted net outflows totaling roughly $1.25 billion.
A 16-Year-Old Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Stash Worth $8.3 Million Just Moved
A dormant stash of 100.02 bitcoin mined in July 2010 moved on October 7 for the first time in 16 years, worth about $8.3 million at the time of the transfer.
TD Cowen lifts its bitcoin forecast but holds Strategy at $260, citing dilution
TD Cowen kept its $260 price target on Strategy while raising its bitcoin forecasts, arguing share dilution and preferred-stock obligations blunt the benefit to common MSTR holders.
U.S. government shifts $1 billion in seized bitcoin to new wallets — with no sign of a sale
U.S. government wallets moved 12,267 BTC worth about $1.01 billion out of a Bitfinex-hack seizure wallet into fresh unlabeled addresses, with no exchange deposit recorded to suggest a sale.
More than 6 million bitcoin sit behind exposed public keys, Glassnode data shows, as "bunker mode" warnings spread
Glassnode data cited by CoinDesk shows 6 million-plus bitcoin, 31.2% of supply, now sit behind public keys visible on-chain, as an Ethereum researcher urges "bunker mode" against hypothetical AI attacks on wallet cryptography.
A dormant 2010 bitcoin stash worth $8.5 million moves after 16 years
About 100 bitcoin mined in July 2010 and untouched for over 16 years moved on October 7, 2026, split into transfers of 10 and roughly 90 BTC worth about $8.5 million.
U.S. Government Wallets Move $103M in Seized Bitcoin and BNB — With No Explanation
Wallets Arkham labels as U.S. government-controlled moved about $103 million in seized Bitcoin and BNB on October 6, with 833.6 BTC landing at Coinbase Prime deposit addresses, though no sale has been confirmed.
Ethereum's Justin Drake urges 'bunker mode' as he warns ECDSA could break in 'months not years'
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged holders to begin shifting funds to never-used addresses, warning that the ECDSA signature scheme behind Bitcoin and Ethereum could be broken in "months not years.
Robinhood says it bought ~$25M in bitcoin for its balance sheet — but hasn't confirmed it in a filing
Robinhood's crypto chief Johann Kerbrat said at a Singapore conference the brokerage added about $25 million in bitcoin to its balance sheet, a purchase the company itself has not confirmed.
U.S. government shifts ~$103M in seized BTC and BNB; no sale confirmed
U.S. government wallets moved about $103 million in seized bitcoin and BNB on Tuesday to Coinbase Prime and unlabeled addresses, but no sale has been confirmed and Washington still holds roughly $27.5 billion in crypto.
Strategy Spends Six Times More Buying Back Its Own Stock Than Buying Bitcoin
Strategy bought 334 bitcoin for $28.7 million in early October while spending $176.3 million buying back its below-par Stretch preferred stock, and reported a $20.91 billion unrealized Q3 fair-value gain.
Metaplanet sold 10,000 bitcoin, bought back 11,000, and called it a liquidity demonstration
Metaplanet sold 10,000 bitcoin and then bought back 11,000 during the third quarter, a round trip it says was meant to prove it can sell, ending September with 44,000 BTC and a new income-chasing strategy.
Strategy Proposes Daily Dividend Accrual on Its Four Preferred Shares
Strategy filed a preliminary proxy on September 25 to have dividends on its four U.S. preferred shares — STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD — accrue every calendar day, with shareholders voting October 28.
Trump's Ethics Disclosure Reports Over $1.2 Billion in 2025 Crypto Earnings
A U.S. Office of Government Ethics disclosure reported this week shows President Trump earned more than $1.2 billion from crypto ventures in 2025 and holds over $50 million in Bitcoin, per Decrypt.
Four Decade-Old Bitcoin Wallets Move $161 Million in Two Weeks, Most Tagged to New York Lawsuit
Four long-dormant Bitcoin wallets moved 1,971 BTC — roughly $161 million — between September 6 and 22, most tagged to a New York abandoned-property lawsuit, according to Galaxy Research.
Repeating fixed-dollar trades made up most of Kalshi's crypto perp volume, CoinDesk data shows
A CoinDesk analysis of Kalshi's public trade records found a handful of recurring fixed-dollar trade sizes made up more than half the volume on its bitcoin and ether perpetual-futures markets, raising questions about how much real activity underpins the figures.
Bitcoin ETFs post their biggest day since October — with a $1.06 billion short squeeze doing much of the lifting
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $998.95 million on Monday, their biggest single-day haul since bitcoin's October 2025 record — but the funds remain down roughly $450 million for the year, and much of the price move traced to short covering.
Strategy resumes bitcoin buying with a $76 million purchase, ending a three-week pause
Strategy bought 950 bitcoin for $75.7 million last week — its first purchase since late August — lifting its holdings to 846,000 BTC, per a Monday regulatory filing.
Bitcoin tops $85,000 for the first time since January as short liquidations pass $650 million
Bitcoin briefly traded above $85,000 on September 21, its highest since January, a roughly 5% daily gain that triggered more than $750 million in crypto liquidations, mostly short positions.
US sanctions Iranian exchange BitBank over alleged bitcoin transfers to IRGC
The U.S. Treasury's OFAC sanctioned Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, alleging it moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the IRGC, along with its developer and three Zanjani associates.
Bitcoin ETFs shed $450M as Senate stalls the Clarity Act
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $450 million in outflows Tuesday, their heaviest since June, after the Senate fell about 10 votes short of advancing the Clarity Act, killing crypto market-structure legislation for 2026.
Clarity Act Heads to a Doomed First Vote as Republicans Reject Democrats' Ethics Fix
Sen. Cynthia Lummis rejected a Democratic counteroffer on the Clarity Act's Trump-ethics provision hours before the Senate's first procedural vote, which is expected to fail without Democratic votes.
Strategy Buys Back $139M of STRC Preferred, Sits Out Bitcoin for a Second Week
Strategy repurchased $139 million of its STRC preferred shares and, for the second straight week, made no new bitcoin purchases, according to Decrypt.
Strive hits 25,000 BTC, funded entirely by preferred-stock sales as leverage climbs to 53.5%
Strive bought 469 bitcoin last week to reach 25,000 BTC, funding the purchase entirely with sales of its SATA perpetual preferred stock and lifting its leverage ratio to 53.5%.
Strategy buys back $139M of preferred stock — and, for a second week, no bitcoin
Strategy bought back $139.3 million of its STRC preferred shares last week and left its bitcoin stack flat at 845,050 BTC for a second straight week, funding the repurchase from cash reserves.
Symbiosis recovers ~15 BTC after Bitcoin bridge exploit, dangles 20% bounty at attacker
Symbiosis says it recovered about 15 BTC after a Sept. 11 exploit of its Bitcoin Bridge minted roughly 46.1 billion unbacked syBTC, though security firms peg the attacker's actual take at about $336,000.
Blockstream refuses to pay ransom over $47M Liquid bitcoin hack: 'It is theft'
Blockstream has rejected a ransom demand tied to a hack of its Liquid network that took roughly $47 million in bitcoin, saying it will treat the loss as theft rather than pay for the coins' return.
Researchers cut a key quantum-attack benchmark for Bitcoin and Ethereum in half — with caveats attached
A crowdsourced challenge run through Eigen Labs' ECDSA.Fail cut the estimated quantum resources for a core step of a Bitcoin and Ethereum attack to roughly 1.5 billion, more than half below Google's March benchmark, though the two counts aren't strictly comparable.
XRP ETFs Were the Only U.S. Crypto Fund Group Taking In Money on Tuesday
XRP funds drew nearly $2 million on Sept. 8 while U.S. bitcoin, ether and solana ETFs bled cash, with Grayscale's high-fee products driving most of the redemptions, per SoSoValue data cited by CoinDesk.
Coldcard-Linked Hacker Moves $7.7M in Bitcoin, About Half of a Third Tranche
A hacker shifted about $7.7 million in bitcoin — reportedly nearly half of a third batch of coins tied to a Coldcard-linked theft — while BTC traded near $79,400, per Decrypt.
Coldcard thief moves nearly half of 'Wave 3' bitcoin as total losses near 1,806 BTC
Galaxy Research says the attacker behind the Coldcard hardware-wallet thefts has moved 45% of the bitcoin taken in the "Wave 3" round, with total losses now put at roughly 1,806 BTC (~$143.9 million).
IMF says El Salvador's growing bitcoin stash came from private donors, not the treasury
The IMF says all bitcoin El Salvador added to its official holdings since June 2025 came from unnamed private donors, not state money, clearing the way for roughly $140 million in program funding.
Capital B taps Adam Back for €7.6M to add 376 BTC — while its existing stack sits underwater
Capital B raised €7.6 million ($8.8 million) from Blockstream's Adam Back to buy up to 376 bitcoin, a purchase that would lift its treasury to 3,521 BTC even as its existing holdings sit below cost.
Ark Invest Reported to Have Bought $37M in Bitcoin and Block Shares
Decrypt reported that Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought about $37 million combined in bitcoin exposure and shares of payments company Block on September 1, 2026, with bitcoin trading near $77,400.
Cango stock drops ~21% after $81.6M quarterly loss as miner shrinks its fleet
Bitcoin miner Cango's stock fell about 21% on September 1 after it reported an $81.6 million second-quarter net loss and roughly halved revenue while shrinking its mining fleet.
Bitcoin ETFs resume inflows after a single red day; ether funds run to 11 straight
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $217 million on Monday, ending a one-day outflow, while ether ETFs extended net buying to an 11th straight day.
Traders Wanted a Rate Signal From Fed Chair Warsh. They Got a Lecture on AI.
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh used a closely watched appearance to talk up artificial intelligence rather than interest rates, denying crypto traders the monetary-policy signal they wanted while Bitcoin idled near $78,300.
Starkware Says It Ran Bitcoin's First 'Quantum-Safe' Transaction. The Receipts Are Thin.
Decrypt reported on 27 August that Starkware says it has carried out Bitcoin's first experimental quantum-safe transaction, a company-sourced claim with no independent confirmation yet published.
Eight days of bitcoin ETF inflows, $2.8 billion — and a tape that never quite showed $80,000
Spot bitcoin ETFs logged an eighth straight day of net inflows totalling $2.8 billion on Aug. 27, while BTC changed hands just under $80,000 and futures open interest stayed flat.
Bitcoin ETFs log an eighth straight day of inflows, but 2026 is still in the hole
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $232 million Wednesday for an eighth straight day of net buying, pushing August above $3 billion even as the funds stay roughly $2.5 billion negative for 2026.
StarkWare says it pushed through a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction — by going around the network
StarkWare says it executed the first Bitcoin transaction hardened against quantum attack, using brute-forced signatures that a MARA mining pool had to accept directly because ordinary nodes would reject it.
Decade-Dormant Bitcoin Wallets Moved About $40M Last Week, Decrypt Reports
Decrypt reports that bitcoin wallets untouched for more than ten years moved roughly $40 million worth of BTC over the past week, with the coins' destinations and the addresses involved still unverified.
Solana ETFs post their biggest day of 2026 — and nearly all of it is Bitwise
U.S. spot solana ETFs took in $33.5 million on Aug. 24, their biggest single day since December, with Bitwise's BSOL holding roughly 80% of the category's $1.22 billion in cumulative net inflows.
Bitcoin ETFs post seventh straight inflow day as price holds above $80,000
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $337.56 million on Aug. 24, a seventh straight day of net inflows, as bitcoin held above $80,000 and fund assets reached $98.56 billion.
Most of Last Week's $23 Billion ETF Move Was Markup, Not Money
Decrypt reports combined bitcoin and ether ETF assets rose about $23 billion last week, but only $2.6 billion of that was net new investor money.
Strategy raised $2 billion selling its own stock last week — and bought no bitcoin with it
Strategy sold 18.26 million common shares for roughly $2 billion in the week to Aug. 23, put none of it into bitcoin, and parked $1.59 billion in a new "USD Cash" pool.
Bitcoin and ether ETFs post best week of 2026 at $2.6 billion — and are still down on the year
U.S. spot bitcoin and ether ETFs pulled in a combined $2.6 billion in net inflows last week, per SoSoValue data, reversing a $392 million outflow — though both categories remain net negative for 2026.
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Hit a Three-Month High — and BlackRock Took Most of It
Decrypt reports that U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs booked their largest single-day inflow since May, with BlackRock's IBIT absorbing 83% of it, while bitcoin trades at $77,255.
Bitcoin back above $77,000, still 39% below its October high
Bitcoin traded at $77,010 on Friday, up 7.67% on the day and roughly 20% from below $64,000 earlier in the week, while still sitting about 39% under October's record near $126,000.
Bitcoin ETFs post $517M day as the summer range finally breaks
US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $517 million of net inflows on Aug. 19 and ether funds $189 million, per SoSoValue data cited by CoinDesk, as bitcoin cleared $69,000 and ether rose 18% to about $2,250.
Maya Protocol Halts Network After Six-Bug Exploit Drains $1.4M in Bitcoin
Maya Protocol halted its network on Wednesday after attackers chained six separate bugs to take roughly $1.4 million in Bitcoin, per a Decrypt report; the team has not published its own accounting.
Bitcoin adds 6% to $68,000 on Treasury buyback news, with gold up 2.7% alongside it
Bitcoin rose about 6% to just above $68,000 on Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled the size of the department's bond buybacks, with between $1.14 billion and $1.4 billion in short positions liquidated depending on the window measured.
Strategy sold $334 million of its own stock last week and bought no bitcoin with any of it
Strategy raised $333.7 million selling MSTR common stock in the week to Aug. 16, spent all of it on preferred dividends, STRC buybacks and its dollar reserve, and bought no bitcoin.
Bitcoin sits near $63,500 while one trading firm argues the ETF flows have flipped
A note from trading firm ARP Digital says US spot bitcoin ETFs absorbed more than 14,000 BTC in five days to August 7 as spot and perpetual volumes hit multi-year lows, with bitcoin flat near $63,500.
UBS reports a 24-fold jump in IBIT call options — with no strikes, no expirations, and no explanation
UBS disclosed call options on 1.95 million BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust shares as of June 30, up from 80,000 three months earlier, though its outright stake remains below December's level.
Strategy tells MSCI to stay in its lane as index-exclusion screen looms
Strategy publicly objected to MSCI's proposed "non-operating company" screen, which — applied to May 2026 data — would have removed it, Metaplanet and uranium holder Yellow Cake from the ACWI IMI.
Norway's sovereign fund carries 11,549 BTC of indirect bitcoin exposure — 86% of it sitting in Strategy
Norges Bank Investment Management's half-year disclosures show its equity stakes map to a record 11,549 BTC of look-through bitcoin exposure, with Strategy alone accounting for 9,914 of it.
Bitcoin's derivatives market went quiet before CPI — but the leverage didn't go anywhere
Bitcoin perpetual volumes on Binance and Bybit fell to a three-year low of $10.8 billion, K33 says, while open interest stayed elevated and a Harmony exploit minted 4 billion ONE tokens.
Metaplanet moves 3,881 BTC between its own wallets as its bitcoin stack sits 34% underwater
Metaplanet shifted 3,881 BTC — roughly $247 million — out of cold storage into new addresses it also controls on Wednesday, repeating a pattern it ran in March while sitting on a $1.4 billion paper loss.
Coldcard seed bug drives a spike in new Bitcoin addresses as users flee 2021-era wallets
Coinkite users have lost at least 1,816 BTC — roughly $116 million — in four theft waves since July 30, traced to a 2021 firmware bug that generated wallet seeds with a weak software random number generator.
Trump Media's crypto treasury drops $306.7 million in value as company books $360.6 million in half-year digital-asset losses
Trump Media booked a $238.1 million second-quarter net loss and $360.6 million in digital-asset losses for the first half, as its bitcoin and Cronos holdings fell to $597.7 million from $904.4 million.
Bitcoin wallets holding 10,000+ BTC hit 90, a six-month high, per Santiment
Analytics firm Santiment counts 90 bitcoin wallets holding at least 10,000 BTC, a six-month high, while smaller wallets shrink and bitcoin trades near $64,000.
Strategy sold another 1,690 BTC below cost, and used stock sales to top up a $4.65 billion cash pile
Strategy sold 1,690 bitcoin below its own average cost basis last week and issued $653 million of common stock, routing the proceeds into preferred-share buybacks and a $4.65 billion dollar reserve.
Decrypt Puts Five-Day Bitcoin ETF Inflows at $854 Million, With Bitcoin Quoted at $65,032
Decrypt reported $854 million of net inflows into bitcoin ETFs across five sessions, with bitcoin quoted at $65,032 — a single-outlet figure not yet matched against issuer or tracker data.
Spot bitcoin ETFs post best week since April — and four-fifths of it landed at BlackRock
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $853.54 million in the week ended Aug. 7, their best week since mid-April, but the funds are still roughly $4.5 billion in the red for 2026.
BTCPay Server warns of critical flaw under active exploitation; patch details not yet public
BTCPay Server has warned that a critical flaw in the self-hosted Bitcoin payment processor is under active exploitation, though no CVE number or patched release has surfaced in public reporting yet.
BTCPay Server tells users to patch or power down, citing an actively exploited critical bug
BTCPay Server told users on Aug. 7 to upgrade to version 2.4.2 or shut down their servers, saying a critical flaw is already being exploited and funds may be at risk.
Big wallets and ETFs both bought bitcoin this week. The price didn't move.
Santiment data cited by CoinDesk shows wallets holding 10 to 10,000 BTC added more than 20,000 coins since July 29, while U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $754.69 million this week — with bitcoin still stuck below $65,000.
A 2011 bitcoin wallet moved 50 BTC. Where it went next is the part nobody can confirm
A wallet untouched since July 2011 sent 49.97 BTC — about $3.2 million — into an address that has previously deposited coins with brokerage FalconX, though the funds have not moved again.
Intesa Sanpaolo cut its IBIT position 94% last quarter — and quietly added puts
Intesa Sanpaolo's second-quarter filing shows a 94% cut to its IBIT position, calls swapped for puts on 500,000 shares, and a tripled staked-ether ETF stake.
Coldcard's seed flaw is still live, and an exchange is already selling the moral
Coinkite says the entropy flaw behind up to $114 million in stolen bitcoin is still live and requires manual migration, while OKX claims the theft is driving record deposits to exchanges.
Strategy sold 1,638 bitcoin and bought back its own preferred stock below par
Strategy sold 1,638 bitcoin for $104.73 million last week and issued $290.6 million of common stock, using the cash to buy back preferred shares and lift its dollar reserve to $4 billion.
Fourth Coldcard sweep is running live, with estimated losses near $114 million
Galaxy's Alex Thorn says a fourth wave of sweeps against Coldcard-generated bitcoin addresses began Monday, putting estimated losses since July 30 near 1,816 BTC, or roughly $114 million.
Coldcard wallet drain reaches $88 million, per Decrypt — with the mechanism still unspecified
Decrypt reports that losses from an exploit hitting Coldcard bitcoin wallets have reached $88 million and are still climbing, with the attack vector and vendor response not yet specified.
Trump Media moves 2,628 BTC to Crypto.com, says it wasn't a sale
Wallets tagged to Trump Media sent 2,628 BTC worth roughly $165 million to Crypto.com on Saturday; the company says the coins were moved, not sold.
Treasury sanctions Iranian marine "insurance" scheme that took bitcoin for Hormuz passage
The U.S. Treasury designated two Iranian maritime insurers, including a bitcoin-accepting platform built by Tehran's economy ministry, alleging they extorted ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz for the IRGC.
CZ warns Bitcoin holders after reported $70 million Coldcard exploit
Decrypt reported on August 1 that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao warned Bitcoin holders after a roughly $70 million exploit involving Coldcard hardware wallets, with the attack path still unspecified.
Bitcoin mining difficulty falls below year-ago levels for only the second time ever
Bitcoin's mining difficulty has dropped to 126.23 trillion, 1.1% below where it sat a year ago — only the second annual decline ever, after China's 2021 mining ban.
Coldcard key flaw: third sweep takes 208 BTC, running total hits 1,367
A third sweep of wallets seeded by a flawed March 2021 Coldcard firmware build drained 208 bitcoin from 1,912 addresses, pushing the running total to 1,367 BTC.
Quantum Solutions sells another 1,000 ETH at a 47% discount to cost, cedes Japan's top ether treasury to Def Consulting
Tokyo-listed Quantum Solutions sold 1,000 ether at $1,903 on July 30 to fund an AI data center push, cutting its stack 29% since June and losing Japan's largest listed ETH position to Def Consulting.
Galaxy puts the Coldcard drain at 1,082 BTC across 1,196 wallets — roughly double the first count
Galaxy Research says an attacker swept 1,082.65 BTC from 1,196 Coldcard wallets in 41 minutes on July 30 by reconstructing weakly generated seeds offline, without touching a single device.
Bitcoin ETFs eke out a third weekly inflow — after $465 million walked out the door on Thursday and Friday
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs booked a net $33.79 million for the week ended July 24, their third straight weekly inflow, but $465 million left over the final two days as BlackRock's IBIT led the exits.
Strategy sits out bitcoin for a fifth week, raising cash and selling stock instead of stacking coins
Strategy went a fifth straight week without buying bitcoin, instead selling $544.5 million of stock to lift its cash reserve to $3.75 billion and repurchasing $25 million of its own preferred shares.
Bitcoin Core ships v30.3
The Bitcoin Core project published version 30.3 of its reference client on July 23, 2026, posting binaries and release notes to bitcoincore.org.
Galaxy commits up to $5M to prep Bitcoin for a quantum threat that doesn't exist yet
Galaxy has pledged up to $5 million in milestone-based developer grants and formed an advisory council to prepare Bitcoin for a future quantum-computing threat that experts agree does not exist yet.
CoinShares opens UCITS platform to reach European institutions its old products couldn't touch
CoinShares launched a UCITS platform and a Bitcoin Mining ETF on Deutsche Börse Xetra, aiming at European pension funds, insurers and private banks whose mandates barred its existing debt-backed products.
A quantum recovery tool for frozen bitcoin — that can't reach Satoshi's coins
Quantum research firm Project Eleven says it has built a fast zero-knowledge proof to recover frozen quantum-vulnerable bitcoin, but it can't rescue Satoshi's ~1.1 million coins or any pre-2012 wallet.
Bitcoin wallet dormant for 8 years moves 5,908 BTC, worth about $383 million
A bitcoin wallet dormant since December 2017 moved 5,908 BTC — worth roughly $383 million — to a new address on July 15, according to on-chain trackers; the coins have not moved since and no sale is confirmed.
US government wallets shift $288M in seized bitcoin and ether to Coinbase Prime, per Arkham
On-chain analytics firm Arkham says U.S. government-linked wallets moved roughly 3,800 BTC and 30,007 ETH — over $288 million — to Coinbase Prime on July 13, drawn from criminal-case seizures.
Retail chatter about Bitcoin and Ethereum has drained back to 2020 levels, The Block's data desk says
The Block's data desk reports that daily tweet volume for "Bitcoin" and "Ethereum" has fallen to roughly 130,000 and 40,000 mentions — 12-month lows last seen in 2020 — even as institutional crypto activity climbs.
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Log Fresh Inflows After Extended Outflow Run, Decrypt Reports
Decrypt's July 13 Morning Minute reports US spot bitcoin and ether ETFs recorded net inflows after an extended run of outflows, though the brief did not disclose the dollar figures behind the reversal.
Dormant bitcoin wallet moves 2,931 BTC worth ~$188 million after seven years quiet
A bitcoin wallet dormant since October 2018 moved 2,931 BTC — worth roughly $188 million — to a fresh address on July 12, according to on-chain trackers; the reason is unknown.
Bitcoin's long-term holders are capitulating, but analysts stop short of calling a bottom
Glassnode data cited by The Block shows bitcoin has traded below key on-chain value levels for five months as long-term holders sell at the fastest pace since December 2022, with no confirmed bottom.
BitGo says it will ship quantum-risk tools for institutional Bitcoin wallets 'in coming weeks'
BitGo said Thursday it will roll out tools in the coming weeks to help institutions measure and cut Bitcoin wallets' exposure to a future quantum-computing attack, built on its existing multi-signature setup.
Bitcoin Core v31.1 released
The Bitcoin Core project announced the release of Bitcoin Core v31.1 on July 8, 2026, a point update to the reference implementation, though the release notes' contents were not detailed in the announcement.
U.S. bitcoin reserve still on the drawing board 16 months after Trump ordered it
Sixteen months after Trump's executive order, the White House says it is still evaluating whether Treasury or Commerce should house a U.S. bitcoin reserve, and Congress has passed no law to back it.
Strategy sells 3,588 bitcoin at a loss to pay its dividends, formalizing the one thing Saylor swore it wouldn't do
Strategy sold 3,588 bitcoin for about $216 million last week to fund preferred-stock dividends, an SEC filing shows, formalizing a sell mechanism at a company long defined by never selling.
Bitcoin claws back above $61,000 as a soft jobs report ends the ETF bleed — but the 'dovish' read has holes
Bitcoin rebounded above $61,000 and US spot bitcoin ETFs took in roughly $222 million on July 2, ending a 10-day outflow streak, after a weak June jobs report trimmed the odds of another Fed rate hike this year.
Bitcoin whales added 270,000 BTC in two weeks as U.S. ETFs logged a record $4.06B June outflow
Large bitcoin holders bought more than 270,000 BTC (about $16.7 billion) over two weeks in late June while U.S. spot ETFs shed a record $4.06 billion, per CoinDesk citing Bitfinex.
CryptoQuant flags a jump in exchange deposits as bitcoin tests $60,000
CryptoQuant analyst Julio Moreno says a spike in bitcoin, ether and altcoin exchange deposits — driven by large holders — has historically preceded higher volatility, as bitcoin trades near $62,000 and tests $60,000 support.
Coinbase and Better launch a crypto-backed mortgage — with a lot riding on one company's blog post
Coinbase and lender Better announced a mortgage that lets borrowers pledge Bitcoin or USDC to fund a down payment without selling it, wrapped into a Fannie Mae-backed conforming loan.
Metaplanet Added 2,823 Bitcoin in Q2, With Buying Slowing
Metaplanet disclosed adding 2,823 bitcoin during the second quarter of 2026, a purchase pace that has slowed from the Japanese firm's earlier, more aggressive accumulation, according to Decrypt.
Irish investigators recover another 500 BTC from Clifton Collins stash, reaching 1,500 total
Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau, aided by Europol, seized a third tranche of 500 bitcoin from a lost stash tied to drug trafficker Clifton Collins, bringing total recoveries to 1,500 BTC.
Metaplanet's bitcoin buying slows to its weakest quarter as its treasury sits about $1.5 billion underwater
Metaplanet bought 2,823 bitcoin in Q2 2026, its smallest quarter yet, lifting holdings to 43,000 BTC — a stack that cost about $4.07 billion but is worth roughly $2.6 billion at current prices.
Trump-family miner American Bitcoin plans reverse split to keep its Nasdaq listing
American Bitcoin, the Trump-family bitcoin miner, will execute a 1-for-15 reverse stock split next week to stay above Nasdaq's $1 minimum bid after shares hit a record low around $0.64.
Bitcoin Core ships a test build to fix the privacy feature that leaked privacy
Bitcoin Core has published v31.1rc1 for testing, a minor release whose headline fix closes a privacy bug in the new private-broadcast feature that could leak a sender's IP address to a peer.
Bitcoin Core ships v31.0 as the Core-versus-Knots rift stays raw
Bitcoin Core published its v31.0 node software on April 20, 2026 after a five-week release-candidate cycle; the announcement threads carry no feature detail but are thick with hostile reactions and pitches for the rival Bitcoin Knots implementation.
Bitcoin Core discloses a high-severity node-crash bug, CVE-2024-52911, fixed in version 29.0
Bitcoin Core disclosed CVE-2024-52911, a high-severity use-after-free bug that let a miner crash nodes running versions from 0.14.0 up to 29.0 by broadcasting a specially crafted invalid block.
Bitcoin Core discloses five patched vulnerabilities, including a high-severity remote-crash bug that lingered for eight years
Bitcoin Core disclosed five node vulnerabilities patched in earlier releases, led by a high-severity use-after-free crash bug that went unnoticed for roughly eight years.
Bitcoin Core 31.0 ships, with details deferred to the release notes
Bitcoin Core released version 31.0 on April 19, 2026, with a minimal announcement citing bug fixes and directing users to the release notes for details.
Strategy Authorizes Up to $1.25B in Bitcoin Sales, Reversing Saylor's "Never Sell" Pledge
Michael Saylor's Strategy has authorized selling up to $1.25 billion in bitcoin to fund share buybacks after its stock and preferred shares slid to 52-week lows, though no coins have been sold.