Bitcoin ($BTC), with its recent accelerated rise, is approaching the “golden cross” pattern, which is considered one of the key indicators of long-term bullish momentum in technical analysis. Bitcoin’s price surged above $72,000, with gains exceeding 12% in the past week. This rise also pushed $BTC above its 200-day simple moving average (SMA), currently standing […]
Bitcoin and Ethereum surged above $69,500 and $2,000 on Wednesday after the US Treasury doubled planned buybacks of long-dated government debt. On Aug. 19, the Treasury Department said it will raise the maximum size of its liquidity-support operations for 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion […]
As Team Liquid and Team Yandex faced off in a Dota 2 playoff match at The International 2026 in Shanghai, China, on August 20, two Polymarket whales placed opposing six-figure bets, amounting to $393,221. Whale 1 (0x5dab…322e1) backed Team Liquid at 10:23 UTC with a $245,259 at entry odds of 58%, according to whale data […]
Oobit has partnered with Web3 payment infrastructure provider AEON to enable crypto payments through Vietnam’s VietQR network, allowing travelers in the country to pay with crypto by scanning local QR codes. With the integration in place, Oobit users can make payments in crypto while merchants receive the funds in local currency, according to the official […]
President Donald Trump said on Aug. 20 that the US is considering accumulating sizable amounts of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Current law gives his administration several ways to increase federal crypto holdings, though no public authority gives Treasury a funded program for multibillion-dollar open-market purchases. For Bitcoin, Trump’s 2025 executive order already directs Treasury and […]
Highest liquidations by crypto categories. Source: Coinalyze The meme coin space, which has a reported market capitalization of about $23.8 billion at the time of publication, also experienced the biggest daily spike in crypto liquidations of roughly 12.25% to 15.1 million. What’s next for the crypto market? The sharp liquidation of crypto traders during the […]
Bitcoin $BTC$71,936.32 extended Wednesday’s advance, climbing above $71,000 for the first time since June. The largest cryptocurrency has added 3.5% since midnight UTC and 11% over 24 hours, having broken decisively out of the range that had held it since July 8. The price move was mechanical rather than narrative-driven. $BTC spent six weeks between […]
XRP’s price surged alongside the broader cryptocurrency market on August 20, recovering more than $9 billion of its market capitalization in 24 hours as macroeconomic tailwinds, short liquidations, and renewed presidential support for digital assets drove risk appetite higher. In particular, XRP’s market cap rose from roughly $63.08 billion at 11 a.m. (UTC), August 19, […]
Bitcoin perpetual futures recorded approximately $1.1 billion in short position liquidations within 24 hours. The total liquidation volume in the cryptocurrency market reached $1.92 billion on the same day. The price of the leading cryptocurrency touched an intraday high of $68,982.40 before stabilizing above $68,100. During the day on August 19, the price of Bitcoin […]