Crypto Rallied Into September's 66% Fed Rate Hike Bet
Bitcoin closed its best month since 2024, then the market flipped a September cut into a two-thirds rate hike bet before the September 16 Fed meeting.
Bitcoin closed its best month since 2024, then the market flipped a September cut into a two-thirds rate hike bet before the September 16 Fed meeting.
A crypto liquidation is the forced close of a margin trade. Learn how the mark price, maintenance margin, and cascades erase a position fast.
Bitcoin ETFs posted their best week since October and Strategy resumed buying, but 2026 net flows are still negative and its fresh coins sit underwater.
Barclays flipped from zero Fed rate hikes in 2026 to two, and bitcoin near 77,500 dollars now prices a September move that the trackers call a coin flip.
Bitcoin whales added 39,154 coins last week while the smallest wallets sold into the rally, and the move stalled below an old supply wall near $83,000.
IREN is scrapping its bitcoin mining fleet by December after a 638.8 million dollar writedown, yet mining revenue still rose 19 percent this year.
Fed Chair Warsh turned hawkish at Jackson Hole. September rate-hike odds jumped toward 60%, and crypto liquidations hit $487M in a single day.
Bitcoin cleared $80,000 in a 27% August run, but over $4 billion in short liquidations did the buying, and the Treasury buyback starts September 9.
StarkWare ran the first quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction on mainnet, but ordinary nodes rejected it and about 7 million exposed coins get no help.
The debasement trade is back after two weeks of gains, but gold rose 37 percent this year while bitcoin fell 28 percent. A look at the split.
A single Binance minute traded $1.26 billion and $3 billion in shorts got wiped. The Bitcoin rally looks more like a squeeze than a bottom.
Bitcoin jumped 8% to near $69,500 after the Treasury doubled its bond buybacks. The 30-year yield it targeted reversed within a day.
US Bitcoin ETF inflows neared $1 billion in August, but the Coinbase premium has stayed negative for a record 90 days. Two demand signals disagree.
Bitcoin volume just hit a 2023 low while open interest held above its two-year average. K33 warns the quiet market is primed for liquidation moves.
The Coldcard exploit drained roughly 1,083 BTC. It also pushed 210,000 BTC out of long-term holder wallets and lifted active addresses to a 20-month high, distorting on-chain signals.
BitMEX settles four September futures 46 days early on August 10. Three adjustment rates came back at 1.00, one at 1.03, and 18 contracts go Tuesday.