Author: CryptoPress
Bitcoin briefly touched $81,000 and is holding above the $80,000 level for the first time since May.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $1.9 billion in net inflows last week, the strongest since October 2025.
The rally was triggered by a U.S. Treasury decision to expand long-dated bond buybacks, leading to over $3 billion in short liquidations.
Analysts view the move as a catch-up trade amid lagging performance versus other risk...
Bitcoin Posts Largest Weekly Dollar Gain on Record Amid ETF Inflows and Treasury Buybacks
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Bitcoin posted its largest weekly gain measured in dollars in history, rising $14,264 to close the week ended Aug. 23 at $77,387, according to The Block. The move represented a 22.7% increase over seven days and marked the cryptocurrency’s strongest dollar-denominated weekly performance on record.
The advance was supported by renewed institutional demand. U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted $1.92 billion in net inflows in the...
Shiny Coins #22 – Privacy Coins and Degens Hijack Bitcoin’s Best Week in Years as Greed Floods Back In
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Bitcoin closed the week near the mid-$77,000s after a roughly 23–24% climb from the low $63k region, its strongest weekly performance in years. Total crypto market capitalization expanded into the $2.66–2.72 trillion range. Bitcoin dominance hovered around 57–58.5%, giving alts some room to breathe. The Fear & Greed Index flipped hard from the mid-20s/30s (fear) last week into the low-to-mid 70s (greed), with some readings touching...
Crypto is turning GPU time into a tradable commodity
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In May 2026, three major venues listed cash-settled GPU futures within sixteen days. CME partnered with Silicon Data. ICE followed with Ornn. Architect’s American Innovation Exchange joined shortly after. At least six ETF filings appeared before a single contract traded. Larry Fink had already framed the thesis: compute is becoming an asset class. AI capital expenditure hit roughly $765 billion that year, surpassing oil and gas for the first...
Zcash Surges Past $800 for First Time Since 2018 as Grayscale Advances Spot ETF Conversion
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Zcash (ZEC) surged as much as 48% to trade above $800 for the first time since January 2018, hitting a high of $851.
Grayscale filed its fourth amendment on Aug. 18 to convert its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF on NYSE Arca under ticker ZCSH.
A DCG subsidiary is in non-binding talks to contribute approximately 200,000 ZEC, valued at around $163 million.
Futures volume hit roughly $4.55 billion on Friday, with open interest near $1.35 billion....



