Tag: Bitcoin
Why Bitcoin Forks Came Back — After Five Quiet Years
Bitcoin’s rules have not changed since Taproot. In 2026 they almost did — twice. What a fork is, what actually split, and what still dies.
On August 8, 2026, a contested Bitcoin soft fork called BIP-110 opened its mandatory signaling window at block 961,632. Enforcing nodes rejected the block the rest of the network accepted. The breakaway branch mined two blocks, peaked at about 2.53...
Why Crypto’s Global Reference Price May Matter Less Than the Price Traders Can Actually Access
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Bitcoin can have a widely recognized global price without every investor being able to trade anywhere near it.
That distinction is becoming more important as crypto markets mature under different regulatory regimes. Price aggregators, institutional indexes and derivatives markets can still produce a broadly accepted reference value for a digital asset. Yet the price a trader can actually execute may depend increasingly on where that trader...
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Draw Nearly $1 Billion in Largest Daily Inflow Since October 2025
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U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $998.95 million in net inflows on Monday, Sept. 21, the largest daily haul since Oct. 6, 2025.
BlackRock’s IBIT led with $381.37 million, followed by ARK 21Shares’ ARKB at $289.12 million and Fidelity’s FBTC at $238.84 million.
Bitcoin briefly traded above $87,000 as combined ETF net assets rose to about $110.14 billion.
The products remain roughly $450 million in net outflows year to date...
Bitcoin Hits Eight-Month High Near $85,000 After ETF Inflows and Short Squeeze
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Bitcoin traded as high as about $85,200–$85,400 on Monday, 21 September 2026, its strongest level since late January, after U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs finished last week slightly in the black and a short-covering cascade forced buying. The global market cap recovered toward $2.8–$2.9 trillion. The bounce followed midweek shocks: the Federal Reserve’s first rate increase in more than three years and a failed Senate cloture vote on the CLARITY...
Altcoins, Bitcoin, Crypto market, Cryptocurrencies, Ethereum
Bitcoin ETFs Scraped a $6.2 Million Weekly Gain After $433 Million Friday Inflow
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U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs finished the week ending Sept. 18 with just $6.2 million in net inflows after a $433 million Friday rebound.
Fidelity’s FBTC accounted for $310.7 million of Friday’s creations, with BlackRock’s IBIT adding $108.4 million.
Spot ether ETFs posted about $140 million in weekly outflows, ending a four-week inflow streak that collected $1.94 billion.
Zcash spot ETFs led weekly crypto product inflows with...




