news.bitcoin.comadded August 2026
Bitcoin Newsby Alex Richardson19h ago
This week’s stories centered on liquidity, regulation, and signs of a possible market turn. Scott Bessent moved to expand Treasury buybacks as long-term yields came under pressure, while bitcoin...
Bitcoin Newsby Terence Zimwara20h ago
Following a U.S. Treasury bond buyback announcement and supportive White House discussions under the Trump administration, the global crypto market cap surged by $500 billion to peak near $2.74...
Bitcoin Newsby Kevin Helms22h ago
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says U.S. crypto regulation is approaching a decisive point after White House and CFTC meetings.
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman23h ago
American economist Peter Schiff is warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could become a threat to the leading crypto asset bitcoin.
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman1d ago
Yesterday, at block height 963648, Bitcoin logged its 17th difficulty adjustment of 2026, and the numbers tell a brutal story. This has not been a year of steady hashrate expansion.
Bitcoin Newsby Kevin Helms1d ago
Michael Saylor says bitcoin’s defining advance is converting economic energy into digitally controlled value for people, companies, machines, and nations.
Bitcoin Newsby Kevin Helms1d ago
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is demanding an enforceable ban on presidential crypto profits in market structure legislation.
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman1d ago
Since Paul Sztorc’s ECX hard fork kicked off, more than 25,092 blocks have been mined during the Alpha phase, and block times have swung wildly.
Bitcoin Newsby David Sencil1d ago
This week, bitcoin awoke from its slumber, springing out of bed. Going in, bitcoin volatility was as compressed as it has been in a decade, with BVOL 7D at 2.82, the sixth-lowest reading in ten...
Bitcoin Newsby Shiraz Jagati1d ago
Stablecoins promise a constant $1, yet USDC has traded at $0.87, Tether’s USDT at $0.88, and Terra’s UST collapsed to virtually zero in a crash that erased roughly $40 billion.
Bitcoin Newsby Shiraz Jagati1d ago
Metaverse platform The Sandbox confirmed recently that an exploited bridge let an attacker mint unbacked SAND on Base and BNB Smart Chain, prompting an immediate shutdown.
Bitcoin Newsby Sergio Goschenko1d ago
The study, published by three Vietnamese investigators, found a positive relation between the EU’s carbon emissions pricing and a so-called “leakage” to cheaper jurisdictions, such as Russia.
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman1d ago
Over the last four days, Bitcoin’s hashprice has climbed 20.41%, punching into territory not seen since May.
Bitcoin Newsby Sergio Goschenko1d ago
The Bank Policy Institute, representing the massive U.S. banking lobby, filed a comment letter asking FinCEN to apply customer identification requirements to secondary stabilization markets...
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman1d ago
Bitcoin holders are lined up to receive a matching balance of a new asset called ecash (ECX) when the project kicks off its three-stage hard-fork rollout with an alpha launch around Bitcoin block...
Bitcoin Newsby Kevin Helms1d ago
Grayscale says bitcoin’s sharp weekly rally could mark a turning point after a relatively shallow bear market.
Bitcoin Newsby Kevin Helms1d ago
Robert Kiyosaki says expanded U.S. Treasury debt buybacks amount to quantitative easing and renewed his preference for bitcoin, gold, silver, and selected real estate.
Bitcoin Newsby Kevin Helms1d ago
Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick says record bitcoin short liquidations and renewed ETF demand have increased the market’s upside risk.
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman1d ago
Ethereum (ETH) surged 29.8% higher over the past seven days, smoking bitcoin’s 22.9% gain as returning exchange-traded fund (ETF) buyers, squeezed shorts, and a shrinking pile of readily tradable...
Bitcoin Newsby Kevin Helms1d ago
Grayscale sees three conditions aligning for people asking whether now is a good time to buy bitcoin.
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