Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a new electronic payment system that removes the need for third party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and minimizing the potential for fraud. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.

Bitcoin’s concept was first introduced in 2008 when a person going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto shared a white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” In January 2009, the Bitcoin blockchain was launched. 

A new electronic payment system called Bitcoin removes the need for third-party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and fraud-risk. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.   

Bitcoin has a finite supply of 21 million, which is expected to be reached by the year 2140. Currently, 18.8 million are circulating in the market. Note that Bitcoin represents the concept of the network, while bitcoin (lower-case ‘b’) represents the currency.

Bitcoin is one of the most well-known cryptos as it was the first decentralized currency. 

Currently, BTC’s dominance is above 40%. Bitcoin Dominance is a measure of how much of the total market cap of crypto is made up of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s influence in the crypto ecosystem could be vulnerable to competition as alternative coins grow in popularity and utility.

Bitcoin's price surged further on Monday, flirting with $80,000 after U.S. exchange-traded funds had their best week since October. The leading cryptocurrency was recently trading more than 2% higher over a 24-hour period after flying past $79,155. It earlier on Monday morning in New York reached as high as $79,954.

Bitcoin Rally Accelerates, With $80,000 in Sight After ETFs Have Stellar Week

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) added about 20% in market capitalization in a week, yet a prominent expert argues its investment case goes far beyond a reflexive short squeeze. Speaking with Scott Melker in a podcast on Sunday, Abra CEO Bill Barhydt pointed to U.S. Treasury efforts to support the long end of the bond market, a weaker dollar and a changing yield curve as signs that financial conditions are becoming more supportive of risk assets.

Bitcoin Will Go To $85,000 Before a Dip but the Real Story Is Its Role in the AI Economy, Expert Argues

Ethereum

Bitmine is about 187,000 Ethereum short of its 5% of supply target.

Bitmine Buys Another $81M in Ethereum as ETH Outperforms Bitcoin

Strive purchased 1,110 bitcoin for $81.5 million, raising its total holdings to 21,356 BTC as the seventh-largest public company holder.

Strive acquires 1,110 bitcoin for $81.5 million as total holdings reach 21,356 BTC

Strive grabbed another 1,110 bitcoin for $81.5 million last week, pushing its holdings to 21,356 BTC as the asset manager keeps feeding investor capital straight into its expanding digital asset treasury (DAT) strategy. The company bought bitcoin between Aug. 17 and Aug. 21 at an average price of $73,409 per coin, including fees and expenses.

Strive Scoops 1,110 Bitcoin as Its BTC Treasury Blasts Higher

Strategy went another week without buying or selling bitcoin but has a new pool of cash.

Strategy Again Skips Bitcoin Buy And Establishes USD Cash Dollar Reserve

The price of bitcoin blasted past $79,000 around 9 a.m. EDT on Monday, August 24, 2026, as buyers kept their foot on the gas following last week's blistering rally.

Bitcoin Storms Past $79K Before Hitting Resistance Near $80K

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) raised $2 billion through stock sales last week as Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) 24% surge flipped its 840,447 BTC position back into profit. What the $2 Billion Raise Actually Covered According to Monday's 8-K filing, Strategy sold 18.26 million MSTR shares between Aug. 17 and Aug. 23, directing proceeds three ways.

Strategy Raises $2 Billion as Bitcoin's 24% Surge Turns Holdings Profitable

Bitcoin just closed its biggest weekly candle of all time in notional value, and 10 alt leaders put up 50%+ gains in massive crypto rebound.

Morning Minute: Saylor's Strategy Back in Green As BTC Soars to $78k

Strategy bought zero bitcoin last week, choosing instead to stack billions in cash and buy back preferred stock as Michael Saylor's company loaded its balance sheet for whatever bitcoin or its own securities throw at it next. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company revealed on Monday, Aug.

Strategy Slams Brakes on Bitcoin Buying, Stockpiles $6.69B Cash

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent could be about to deliver a fresh, $1 trillion boost to the bitcoin price

‘You're Not Bullish Enough'—Bitcoin Is Suddenly Braced For A $1 Trillion Price Game-Changer

Ray Dalio warns a US debt crisis could arrive in three years and tells investors to hold 10-15% gold plus a bit of bitcoin, with BTC near $78,000.

Ray Dalio Debt Crisis Warning Has Bitcoin Bulls Eyeing $100,000

Strategy's total holdings account for roughly 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth around $66 billion.

Strategy sells $2 billion in MSTR shares, makes no bitcoin purchases, establishes $1.6 billion ‘USD Cash' pool

Last week's crypto rally may be just the opening shot, according to Milk Road analyst John Gillen, who argues Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is the key asset for everything that follows. Why This Rally Is Not Just a Short Squeeze Gillen wrote in a Sunday essay that two events hit crypto order books at the same time: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's bond buyback announcement weakened the dollar and Donald Trump publicly named Hyperliquid at the White House, lighting the fuse for the move.

The Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Record Week Was Just 'The Beginning,' Prominent Analyst Says

Hyperliquid

Abraxas Capital has piled into a $783 million short position on Hyperliquid even as bitcoin's biggest weekly rally since March 2023 forces billions of dollars in bearish bets to unwind elsewhere.

Abraxas Builds $783M Hyperliquid Short, Hedges ETH as BTC Hits $77.5K

Two recent developments suggest that heavily indebted governments are turning to an old playbook, one that's generated a lot of buzz on social media and could prove to be a long-term bullish tailwind for assets such as bitcoin BTC$77,734.03 and gold.

Financial repression: The new buzzword for bitcoin bulls

Kevin Warsh gives his first Jackson Hole keynote as Fed chair on Friday, with futures now pricing a September rate hike at 36%.

Bitcoin's Next Test Is $80,000 as Jackson Hole Meeting Looms

BTC was little changed Monday after last week's 24% surge triggered by a Treasury buyback announcement that squeezed over $3 billion in shorts.

Bitcoin steadies near $78,000 as gold rallies, altcoins consolidate after best week in 3 years

Households shown bitcoin's prior-year return were 23% more likely to report owning crypto in a follow-up survey.

Fed experiment shows how bitcoin rallies attract new crypto buyers

Treasury buybacks, ETF inflows and a weaker dollar ignite crypto's breakout.

Crypto roars back as bitcoin posts its second-best week since early 2021

Bitcoin holds its gains near $77,000 after a 22% week, while last week's biggest altcoin winners steady, with focus turning to Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole debut.

Live updates: Bitcoin holds $77,000 as XRP, Zcash pull back after a big weekly rally

Actor and retired professional wrestler John Cena once left social media users puzzled after casually posting a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) image on Instagram with zero context. Cena's Enigmatic Post Back on Aug. 31, 2017, Cena dropped a stock photo of Bitcoin, and it racked up almost 50,000 likes and more than 500 comments.

John Cena Once Casually Shared a Bitcoin Stock Photo on Instagram Without Saying a Word — Here's What $100 Invested into BTC Then Would Be Worth Now

The Bridgewater founder says recent Treasury-market stress fits his long-running debt-crisis framework, though he still prefers gold as the bigger hedge.

Ray Dalio says investors should own ‘a bit of Bitcoin' as U.S. debt risks rise

Bessent's bond-buyback plan fails to curb Treasury yields. Here's what it means for bitcoin and gold

Bessent's $4 billion bond buyback wanted lower yields. It got a bitcoin surge instead.

Solana

Every blockchain eventually hits a hard wall: thousands of independent computers have to settle on one history without a central referee deciding which version wins.

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