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Bitcoin's Quantum Freeze Gets a Recovery Tool, Just Not for Satoshi

Project Eleven says its zero-knowledge recovery tool can reclaim quantum-frozen bitcoin, but the roughly 1.1 million coins tied to Satoshi stay stranded.

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Bitcoin Slips Below $63K as US Strikes on Iran Lift Oil and the Dollar

A sixth straight night of US strikes on Iran lifted oil and the dollar, dragging Bitcoin to an intraday low near $62,500 before a partial recovery.

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Bitcoin Japan Raises $60 Million, Spends 7% of It on Bitcoin

The renamed Tokyo-listed firm once known as Hota Marusho pulled in $60.3 million through convertible bonds but earmarked just $4.1 million for Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Loses Its Grip on $65,000 as Rate Bets Shift

Bitcoin gave back a two-day rally, falling to $63,808 before steadying near $64,200 as easy-Fed optimism faded and Middle East risk resurfaced.

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Grayscale Pitches a 22% Bitcoin Yield as Glassnode Sees a Bottom

Grayscale is pitching covered calls for about 22% a year on Bitcoin as Glassnode flags the first signs of a bear market bottom.

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Eight-Year-Dormant Whale Moves 5,908 Bitcoin to a New Wallet

A wallet dormant since Bitcoin traded near $16,865 sent 5,908 BTC, worth about $382.67 million, to a fresh address that has not moved since.

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Bitfinex Calls Bitcoin's Rally 'Borrowed Strength'

Bitfinex Alpha says soft June inflation data lifted Bitcoin to a multi-week high, but with no spot buying or fresh ETF inflows the rally is borrowed strength.

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Bitcoin Clears $65,000 After Soft June CPI Cools Fed Hike Fears

BTC broke the $65,000 ceiling that capped every rally since mid-June, up roughly 15% from its July 1 low, but $67,300 is the level that confirms it.

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Bitcoin's RHODL Ratio Slips Below 6 as Old Coins Move to New Buyers

Glassnode's RHODL Ratio peaked at 6.5 in early July and has since fallen under 6, a sign long-term holders are handing bitcoin to new buyers near $62,000.

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Bitcoin Hovers Near $63K as Traders Await July CPI Print

A hot July inflation reading could reinforce bets on tighter Fed policy and pile downside pressure on Bitcoin, which is trading near $63,000.

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U.S. Moves $288M in Seized Crypto to Coinbase Despite Trump Order

Wallets tied to seized bitcoin and ether staged $288 million on Coinbase Prime Monday, cutting against a Trump order that said not to sell.

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Bitcoin Tweets Fall to 130,000 a Week, Lowest Since 2020

Weekly bitcoin mentions on X have dropped to about 130,000 and Ethereum to 40,000, the quietest since 2020, even as institutional flows keep climbing.

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Bitcoin Slips to $63,400 as US Strikes on Iran Meet Inflation Week

Fresh US strikes on Iran and a 4% jump in oil sent Bitcoin to $63,400, with June CPI and PPI prints this week set to test a shaky market.

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Buying the Crypto Dip Without Getting Caught in a Crash

Buying the dip only works if the drop is temporary, and in crypto, telling a healthy dip from the start of a crash is the hard, unguaranteed part.

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Analyst Puts 65% Odds on a Bitcoin Bottom Below $58,000

The DeFi Report's Mike says peak buyers haven't capitulated yet, and puts 65% odds on a lower low under $58,000 before the cycle turns.

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Bitcoin Rebounds 11% Toward $64K, but CryptoQuant Calls It Fragile

Bitcoin has bounced about 11% off last week's $57,700 low into a favorable July, yet CryptoQuant and Santiment both flag warning signs.

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Bitcoin Falls Toward $60K Test as U.S.-Iran Strikes Return

Renewed U.S.-Iran strikes sent Bitcoin back toward $62,000 and put its $60,000 support line in focus, as ETF inflows slowed the drop without stopping it.

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Hyperliquid's HYPE Draws ETF Inflows as Bitcoin Funds Bleed $6.5B

Three spot ETFs tracking Hyperliquid's HYPE have taken inflows every week since May, even as U.S. bitcoin funds shed a record $6.5 billion.

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The Crypto Fear and Greed Index Is a Thermometer, Not an Oracle

A daily 0-to-100 gauge of crowd emotion that marks market extremes in hindsight but rarely calls them in advance, and how to actually use it.

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The Bitcoin Halving, Explained: Supply, Miners, and the Price Cycle

Bitcoin cuts its block reward in half every 210,000 blocks; here's how the schedule works, when the next cut lands, and why the price cycle stays unproven.

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Bitcoin Stalls Below $64K as Rate-Cut Hopes Meet Oil and a Bearish Chart

Bitcoin held above $63,000 after a near-10% weekly rally, but Strategy's $8.32B loss, oil shocks and looming Fed minutes leave its next move unclear.

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Trump's Bitcoin Reserve Stalls on Who Has Authority to Hold It

Bloomberg reports the plan is snarled over whether Treasury or Commerce should run the reserve, and whether Washington can hold BTC at all.

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Strategy Sells $216 Million in Bitcoin, Then Trump Talks It Back Up

Strategy dumped $216 million of bitcoin, breaking its never-sell vow and dragging BTC toward $60,000, before Trump's 'big crypto guy' remark reversed it.

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Saylor Says Bitcoin's Four-Year Cycle Is Over, Replaced by Balance Sheets

Michael Saylor argues the halving no longer drives Bitcoin, and that institutional balance sheets, not retail cycles, now set the market's direction.

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Bitcoin's Next Parabolic Run May Need $1 Trillion in New Capital

Each bitcoin bull cycle has demanded far more capital for a smaller gain, and CryptoQuant says the next parabolic run would need over $1 trillion.

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Whales Bought $16.7 Billion in Bitcoin as ETFs Bled a Record $4 Billion

Large holders absorbed 270,000 BTC over two weeks while US spot ETFs bled a record $4 billion, a split that has marked past cycle bottoms.

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JPMorgan Says Strategy's Bitcoin-Sale Policy Adds Two-Way Risk

The bank says Strategy's plan to sell bitcoin for preferred dividends adds volatility just as spot ETF demand turns negative for the year.

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post Worst Month on Record With $4 Billion Out

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have bled $4.06 billion this month, the biggest monthly redemption since the funds began trading in January 2024.

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Bitcoin's Slide Drags XRP and ETH Down 20%, but Their Floors Differ

Record Bitcoin ETF outflows pulled XRP and Ethereum down about 20% each, but ETH leans on on-chain usage while XRP waits on stalled catalysts.

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Bitcoin Holds $60K Through Middle East Tension After $850M Wipeout

Bitcoin is steady near $60,000, its lowest since late 2024, shrugging off renewed US-Iran tension while Strategy's capital structure keeps sentiment fragile.

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Bitcoin Dominance Hits 58% as Traders Retreat From Altcoins

Bitcoin's share of the crypto market climbed to 58.19% as trading volumes thinned and major altcoins slipped, a classic risk-off tell.

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CZ Says No Single Cause Drove Bitcoin's Drop From $126K to $60K

The Binance founder ties the first-half selloff to AI hot money, geopolitical tension and crypto's four-year cycle, not any one trigger.

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Commerce Secretary Lutnick Buys Bitcoin on Every Dip

Howard Lutnick says he buys Bitcoin on every dip and holds hundreds of millions of it while helping shape US crypto policy.

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Bitcoin Falls Below $60,000 as Hawkish Fed Kills the Weak-Dollar Trade

Bitcoin slid below $60,000 for the first time since 2024 as a hawkish Fed and a surging dollar gutted the weak-dollar thesis that powered its rally.

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Bitcoin Slides Below $63K as Tokenized Assets Quietly Top $51 Billion

Three straight days of ETF outflows pushed Bitcoin under $63,000, even as tokenized real-world assets grew 40% this year to surpass $51 billion.

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Tech Selloff Pulls Crypto Lower as SpaceX Shorts Pile Up

Bitcoin fell 2.5% to around $62,300 and ether dropped past 4% as a Nasdaq tech selloff spilled into crypto, with $717 million wiped out.

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Strategy Sells Bitcoin for the First Time Since 2022

The 32-BTC sale is tiny against a $61 billion stack, but it breaks Michael Saylor's long-standing promise that Strategy would never sell.

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