Clarity Act Will Pass in 2025, McHenry Says
The banking lobby's last-ditch fight over stablecoin yields mirrors the early-80s money market war it lost.
Clarity Act Will Pass in 2025, McHenry Says
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Bitcoin (BTC) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency, introduced in 2009 by an individual or group operating under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. It runs on its own blockchain, the Bitcoin network, secured through a Proof of Work consensus mechanism in which miners use computing power to validate transactions and produce new blocks roughly every ten minutes. The protocol defines a hard cap of 21 million coins, and the block reward given to miners is automatically halved approximately every four years, embedding a predictable, disinflationary issuance schedule into the network. This scarcity, combined with permissionless access and resistance to censorship, has led many to characterize Bitcoin as a form of digital gold or a store of value distinct from traditional fiat currencies. Beyond peer-to-peer transfers, the Bitcoin ecosystem has expanded to include Ordinals, a method of inscribing data onto individual satoshis that enables NFT-like assets directly on the base layer, and BRC-20, an experimental fungible token standard built on those inscriptions. Emerging Bitcoin Finance (BTCFi) initiatives extend these capabilities further, allowing BTC to be used in staking, lending, and cross-chain security applications, positioning Bitcoin as a foundation for a broader decentralized financial ecosystem.
Altcoin Daily
IBIT: Harvard Holds 3.04M Shares Steady in Q2
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IBIT: Harvard Holds 3.04M Shares Steady in Q2
The pause comes amid mixed institutional positioning: Abu Dhabi funds held about $764M of IBIT with unchanged share counts, while JPMorgan added and Morgan Stanley trimmed.
TheBlock
Bitcoin Whale Activity Nears 2018 Lows
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Bitcoin Whale Activity Nears 2018 Lows
The composite spikes at both cycle tops and bottoms, so the read is observational, not directional. Supply is quietly rotating from 1K-10K holders down to the 100-1K band.
Benjamin Cowen
Bitcoin First Broke Through $4,400 in 2017
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Bitcoin First Broke Through $4,400 in 2017
The anniversary links Bitcoin's early four-digit milestone to a later six-figure level, offering historical context rather than a directional signal.
CoinTelegraph
Bitcoin tops 971K wallets holding at least 1 BTC
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Bitcoin tops 971K wallets holding at least 1 BTC
The figures sharpen Bitcoin's decentralization debate, but wallet counts do not equal unique holders because exchanges and custodians can pool addresses.
Bitcoin Whale Activity Stays Subdued as Large Trades Lag
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Bitcoin Whale Activity Stays Subdued as Large Trades Lag
Whale activity can accompany sharp Bitcoin moves in either direction, but it is not a standalone forecast and could change in coming months.
Staked ETH ETF Loses $48M as 86% of ETH Stays Locked
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Staked ETH ETF Loses $48M as 86% of ETH Stays Locked
Broader BTC and ETH ETF outflows neared $2.7B in two weeks, while HYPE, XRP and Solana fund inflows point to institutional rotation rather than a clean exit.
CryptoSlate
Bitcoin Sets Record for Longest Run Below Fire Sale
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Bitcoin Sets Record for Longest Run Below Fire Sale
The record duration points to persistent market weakness, making a reclaim of the level the key technical sign that pressure is easing.
Hyperscale Data Sells 685 BTC for $43M to Fund Data Center
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Hyperscale Data Sells 685 BTC for $43M to Fund Data Center
The sale reduces Hyperscale Data's BTC exposure while redirecting capital toward data-center infrastructure, reflecting a wider shift from mining reserves to AI and high-performance computing.
BTC June bid wall drains under spot as buyers step aside
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BTC June bid wall drains under spot as buyers step aside
A thinner floor under spot means reflexive sell-offs now travel further before bids reappear. The structural cushion traders leaned on through the summer is rolling away quietly.
Glassnode
UBS Q2 IBIT calls surge 24x as puts drop 53%
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UBS Q2 IBIT calls surge 24x as puts drop 53%
The 24-fold call surge from a $7T-asset bank is the loudest institutional Bitcoin bid signal this quarter, but the cleaner tell is the other side: UBS cut its IBIT put hedges by more than half in…
CoinDesk
IBIT: Paul Tudor Jones adds to Bitcoin ETF after year of selling
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IBIT: Paul Tudor Jones adds to Bitcoin ETF after year of selling
The dollar change is rounding error inside Tudor's $71.9B book, but the inflection is the story: a macro legend who sold into Bitcoin's $124K top now re-engaging with the ETF wrapper after a year of…
French Tax Breach: 678K Records Leak on Dark Web Market
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French Tax Breach: 678K Records Leak on Dark Web Market
The 678K records include names, addresses and emails but not crypto ownership flags, giving criminals a wealth-target directory to cross-reference against on-chain footprints and prior leaks.
BTC Treasury Losses Undermine Strive's 4.3% AI Gain
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BTC Treasury Losses Undermine Strive's 4.3% AI Gain
Strategy's STRC stress was supposed to stay contained. Strive's disclosure just turned preferred-stock discounts across the Bitcoin-treasury sector into a market-wide credit test.
Moscow Bitcoin Mining Banned Through 2032 Under Russia Decree
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Moscow Bitcoin Mining Banned Through 2032 Under Russia Decree
Russia runs 16.4% of global Bitcoin hashrate. The Moscow-region ban joins 10 other restricted regions, and the Energy Ministry is reallocating grid capacity as data-center demand heads toward 3.6 GW…
Morgan Stanley’s BTC ETF drew $371M despite a $67M slide
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Morgan Stanley’s BTC ETF drew $371M despite a $67M slide
$16.3B of Wall Street Bitcoin exposure is sorting into four positional patterns under stress. Morgan Stanley's $371M against $66.8M of decline puts it firmly in the accumulating-through-drawdowns…
Bitcoin faces Clarity Act delay as Strategy sells 1,690 BTC
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Bitcoin faces Clarity Act delay as Strategy sells 1,690 BTC
The week crystallised the gap between institutional pull-in and project-level weakness: a $1.8B Mastercard stablecoin deal and Fidelity's staking push landed while over 100 projects folded and a…
BTC ETF: Jones Adds 109,446 Shares, Cuts Call Bets 85%
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BTC ETF: Jones Adds 109,446 Shares, Cuts Call Bets 85%
Jones’ shift makes the Aug. 14 filings a key test of whether institutions are buying through the drawdown or simply trimming leveraged risk.
Bitcoin Risks $58.5K if $62.5K Support Breaks
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Bitcoin Risks $58.5K if $62.5K Support Breaks
The $62.5K level carries added downside risk because weak ETF demand and historically thin spot liquidity could accelerate a move toward $58.5K.
Abu Dhabi Sovereigns Hold BTC ETF Through $118M Drawdown
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Abu Dhabi Sovereigns Hold BTC ETF Through $118M Drawdown
MGX's $2B Binance ticket is the largest institutional stablecoin-backed crypto deal on record. Sitting through a $118M ETF drawdown without trimming is the parallel signal: sovereign capital is…
BTC in the editors' digests
Where Zipp's editorial desk has weighed in on this token.
BlackRock's $311B Tokenization Bet Changes the Adoption Map
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BlackRock's $311B Tokenization Bet Changes the Adoption Map
The adoption delta is moving from crypto exposure to financial plumbing, with BlackRock's $311B Ethereum move leading a day of mixed signals.
Lina HaddadThe 20% Volume Drop Exposes Crypto's Liquidity Rotation
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The 20% Volume Drop Exposes Crypto's Liquidity Rotation
Gold and stablecoins climb as meme, DeFi and crypto equities soften, leaving Bitcoin stalled while liquidity turns selective.
Alex MorganBitcoin Owns the Room as Altcoin Narratives Flicker
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Bitcoin Owns the Room as Altcoin Narratives Flicker
BlackRock's $311B Ethereum push meets a Coldcard shock and choppy token rotation, leaving risk appetite active but sharply selective.
Sofia AlmeidaETF Inflows Lifted BTC to $64K. The Distribution Test Comes Next.
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ETF Inflows Lifted BTC to $64K. The Distribution Test Comes Next.
Bitcoin reclaimed $64K on $170M of ETF demand while Coldcard wallets bled up to $130M. The flow picture is bullish; the price has not yet been tested.
Marco De SantisTwo Stress Tests, One Quiet Day for Crypto's Plumbing
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Two Stress Tests, One Quiet Day for Crypto's Plumbing
On a day with only two headlines, the message was structural. Markets shrugged at a custody scare while Washington stalled on the bill that defines US digital asset market structure.
A Constructive Mood on a Fragile Foundation
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A Constructive Mood on a Fragile Foundation
BlackRock tokenized $311 billion on Ethereum. Bitcoin stalled below $65K as jobs data looms. The market looked past everything, and the mood is the story.
Ethan BrooksBitcoin (BTC) — FAQ
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What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.
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When was Bitcoin launched?
Bitcoin (BTC) launched on 2009-01-03.
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What kind of project is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin (BTC) is categorised as: Smart Contract Platform, Layer 1 (L1), FTX Holdings.
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Where is Bitcoin's official website?
The official Bitcoin site is http://www.bitcoin.org.
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What's the latest Bitcoin news on Zipp?
Most recent Bitcoin coverage: "Clarity Act Will Pass in 2025, McHenry Says" — read at /en-US/a/clarity-act-will-pass-in-2025-mchenry-says.
