Leveraged funds held a 41,252 $BTC-equivalent net short across CME Bitcoin futures, including standard and Micro contracts on Aug. 25, while the CFTC snapshot showed the same category net long just 151 $BTC in Coinbase’s nano Bitcoin perpetual-style contract. For the next forced unwind, the important distinction is scale rather than an evenly matched directional […]
The United States spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their highest weekly cash inflow in nine months, of more than $100 million during the week of August 24, 2026. The spot XRP ETFs recorded a net cash inflow of $110.49 million last week, according to data from SoSoValue, which Finbold analyzed on Monday, August 31. […]
Strive CEO Matt Cole took it to X to announce that the company has accumulated another 1,800 $BTC for $143 million at an average price of $79,431 per unit. Thus, the firm’s total holdings have grown to 23,156 $BTC. From a USD perspective, the firm’s cryptocurrency stash is now worth $1.760 billion, given the asset’s […]
Ripple is set to unlock 1 billion XRP from escrow on September 1 as part of its long-running monthly release program, placing over $1 billion worth of tokens back under the company’s control. The scheduled release comes as XRP continues to trade above the psychologically important $1 level, consolidating after its recent rally in line […]
Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, has experienced a significant surge in recent days, climbing from $62,000 to over $81,000. Whales were the biggest buyers during this rise, and there was a clear divergence between the actions of large and small investors. According to on-chain data shared by CryptoQuant writer Woo Minkyu (using a pseudonym), large wallets […]
After months of decline, August offered a glimpse that the cryptocurrency bear market might be at its end, as rising digital asset prices led to a large increase in the number of addresses holding more than $1 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC). Specifically, data compiled by Finbold and retrieved from BitInfoCharts, as well as from […]
Strategy MSTR$129.49·At close made its first bitcoin purchases since late June, adding 4,603 coins for $369.7 million last week, or an average price of $80,318 each. The acquisition was funded via the sale of $602.8 of common stock, according to a Monday morning press release. The remaining proceeds went toward $151.8 million in buybacks of […]
Metaplanet, a Japan-based Bitcoin-focused company, has made headlines in the cryptocurrency market with a recent Bitcoin transfer. According to data from the on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain dated August 31st, the company sent a total of 2,400 Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime within the last three hours. The total value of the transferred Bitcoins at the time […]
After jumping past $79,000 on Sunday evening, bitcoin entered the new business week on the wrong foot, slipping below $77,000 in an hour or so as geopolitical tensions returned to financial markets. The decline came amid renewed fighting between the United States and Iran, following nearly a month of relative calm as the US reportedly […]
Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy, a company known for its institutional investments in Bitcoin, signaled that his firm might buy Bitcoin again. Saylor attracted market attention by simply sharing the phrase “We’re ₿ack” on his social media account. The use of the Bitcoin symbol in the post was interpreted as an indication that Strategy, led […]