Cryptocurrencies and bitcoin news

Bitcoin Spot Volume Hits a 7-Year Low: A Late-Stage Bear? Spot volume has dropped to its lowest level since 2019, and leverage is the only thing moving prices. Coins held for under six months have shrunk to barely 23% of supply. A pattern that appeared near the end of every past bear market.

The Modern CFO Playbook: Killing Cash Drag With Bitcoin and Tokenized Yield John sutter: corporate treasury management operated within a relatively straightforward playbook. He says inflation, shifting interest rate regimes, frictions have rendered passive cash management obsolete. Sutter: instead, a clear operational strategy is taking place within corporate balance sheet management. He says corporate rationale for holding Bitcoin on balance sheet relies on three primary financial mechanics.

Robinhood Chain Exposes Crypto’s Regulatory Blind Spot Users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Switzerland cannot access certain products. The problem is what happens when someone opens a different wallet. A u.s. User can block a US person in its own app.

The Crypto Market Has Again Stepped Back on Strong Stocks The crypto market has pulled back to the lower end of the consolidation range in place since may. The upward trend seen in the first week of the month failed to gain momentum. The theory of an inverse correlation between cryptocurrencies and the stock market has again been confirmed.

Bitcoin’s AI Access Fight Exposes a Deeper Security Gap Crypto firms want equal AI access to defend. The letter is organized by the Bitcoin Policy Institute. It asks frontier AI developers to open standing access programs to volunteers.

XRP’s 72% Drawdown Shows Why Catalysts Have Failed to Lift Price XRP traded at $1.012 on tuesday, august 13, holding barely above the psychological $1.00 level. Defending it twice this week on progressively thinner conviction. XRP has been the weakest performer among major cryptocurrencies this week.

Bitcoin: Will Patience be Rewarded? Crypto market capitalisation remains around $2.19T ‘centre of gravity’ for third day running. This marks the continuation of a protracted sideways trend that has been ongoing since early June. Large volumes often emerge as major long-term players build positions around a particular market view.

What Today’s US Inflation Report Could Mean for BTC US CPI is expected to ease to 3.4% YoY in July vs 3.5% previously rallied 20% in July. But NFP was weaker than expected Market is pricing in a 50% chance of a September rate cut. Bitcoin remains unchanged at 64k as investors remain cautious ahead of today’s U.S. Inflation report.

Hyperliquid: Bullish Setup Still in Play After the Pullback Prices of cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and may be affected by external factors. Prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual price at any given market.

BNB’s Rise Points to a Recovery in Crypto Despite a Cloud Hanging Over Bitcoin The crypto market capitalisation has remained virtually unchanged over the past 24 hours, hovering around $2.18T. Trading activity in crypto and equity markets is currently at its lowest due to the holiday season. This period often lays the groundwork for trends in the coming quarters.

Ethereum’s Post-NFP Rally Fades ahead of US CPI Report - What’s Ahead? Ethereum surrendered most of its post-NFP rally, consolidating between $1,850 and $1,880. Corporate treasury purchases from BitMine and SharpLink offset weakening ETF flows. Corporate treasury purchases from BitMine and Sharplink offset negative sentiment.

The Bid That Went Backwards: Inside Tether’s $40 Billion Monthly Bill Roll Jarring news that total stablecoin supply went backwards this month. A month ago, 76.5 billion USDT were sitting on Ethereum. Now there is 73.8 billion USDT sitting on trom.

Riot’s Anthropic Deal Shows Bitcoin Miners Are Moving Deeper Into AI Compute Riot Platforms has signed a long-term data center lease agreement tied to Anthropic. The deal gives the bitcoin miner another route into AI and high-performance computing. The deal carries revenue potential of up to $16.1 billion if extension options are exercised.

Coinbase Expands Derivatives Trading To UK Professional Clients Coinbase has expanded derivatives access for UK professional clients. Products include futures, options, and perpetuals. The rollout is not available to ordinary UK retail users.

BlackRock Cuts IBIT In-Kind Conversion Minimum To $1M BlackRock has cut the in-kind conversion minimum for its iShares Bitcoin Trust from $25 million to $1 million. The change relates to in-kind creation and redemption activity, not retail holders directly swapping ETF shares for physical Bitcoin. The process remains limited to authorized participants and qualifying institutional channels.

BitMine Pushes Ethereum Treasury Past 5.8M ETH BitMine Immersion Technologies has added another 7,391 ETH to its balance sheet. It pushes its Ethereum treasury to about 5.81 million ETH. The scale is what makes this story important.

Ether Supply Scarcity Deepens as Price Remains Far Below Its Peak The price traded at $1,874 on Tuesday, down 2.8% over 24 hours after moving between roughly $1,867 and $1,929. The pivot for the session sits at $1,890.41 with resistance layered at $1,911.97, $1,950.63, and $1,972.19. The daily relative strength index reads 55.47.

SharpLink Reports $394M Q2 Loss As Ethereum Revaluation Hits Results SharpLink reported a $394.3 million net loss for the second quarter of 2026. The result was driven largely by non-cash Ethereum revaluation losses. The company's filing shows $321.0 million in unrealized ETH losses.

Strategy Boosts Cash Reserve As Bitcoin Treasury Model Gets More Complex Strategy added $650 million to its USD reserve and repurchased $109 million of STRC preferred stock. Strategy remains the market’s most watched corporate Bitcoin holder. It is still a Bitcoin treasury company, but it is also managing preferred stock obligations, reserve duration, equity issuance, buybacks, and investor expectations.

XRP ETF Holdings Remain Too Small to Create a Supply Squeeze XRP has fallen roughly 5% to 6% over the past week. XRP sits approximately 69% below mid-2025 highs near $3.35 to $3.66. XRP is among the weakest large-capitalization digital assets during the latest pullback.