Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the original cryptocurrency and the largest by market capitalization. LeoDex News tracks the Bitcoin economy in real time: spot ETF inflows and redemptions, institutional treasury moves (MicroStrategy, sovereign reserves, public-company allocations), mining hashrate and difficulty, on-chain analytics from Glassnode and Arkham, and the regulatory environment that shapes Bitcoin's adoption curve.
Our coverage skips the price-prediction noise and focuses on what's actually moving capital: which custodian is winning ETF flows this week, which jurisdictions are passing Bitcoin-reserve legislation, what miners are doing as block subsidies compress, and where institutional demand is coming from. We cite primary sources, name the entities involved, and link to official filings wherever possible.
Latest in Bitcoin
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Bitcoin dominance surges to 58.5% as institutions retreat from altcoins
Bitcoin's market share climbed to a new high of 63% in June 2026 before settling at 58.5%, driven by sustained institutional ETF inflows. The surge reflects a structural shift in how large allocators view cryptocurrency exposure, concentrating capital in BTC at the expense of smaller tokens.
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1,082 BTC stolen from Coldcard wallets via weak seed generation
Galaxy Research mapped a 41-minute attack on July 30 that drained 1,082.65 BTC from 1,196 Coldcard wallets by exploiting weak seed generation. The attacker never accessed the devices themselves—instead, they recreated private keys offline by brute-forcing roughly four billion possibilities.
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Strategy Inc. accelerates Bitcoin buying amid STRC dilution concerns
Strategy Inc. purchased 48 times more Bitcoin than it sold and issued 300 times more STRC than it repurchased, but prediction-market odds for the token reaching $100 by December 31 have weakened to 32%, signaling investor skepticism despite the company's aggressive accumulation strategy.
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US Treasury sanctions Iranian firms accepting Bitcoin for Hormuz passage
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned two Iranian firms on Wednesday, including HormuzSafe Marine Services Authority, which accepts Bitcoin and other digital assets to bypass Western sanctions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Bitcoin's August Headwind: Historical Seasonal Weakness Ahead
Bitcoin ended July 2026 with a gain of approximately 9.93%, but historical data shows August has closed in the red during comparable four-year cycle periods, with an average decline of 13.6%. Regulatory stalling and elevated interest rates add to the headwinds.
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Block Discloses Critical Coldcard Vulnerabilities Affecting Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
Block disclosed two critical security flaws in Coldcard hardware wallets (Mk2, Mk3, Mk4, Q, Mk5) that allowed remote theft of Bitcoin. Researchers identified over 1,082 BTC potentially stolen and warned the attack campaign remains active.
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Strive reaches 20,000 BTC but share dilution cuts per-holder stake
Strive's Bitcoin treasury reached 20,000 BTC this week after buying 79 coins, but a concurrent 430,000-share increase left investors owning slightly less Bitcoin per share, with the company offering no explanation for the funding gap.
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Citadel bets on Fed rate hike Wednesday as bitcoin analysts call a hold
Citadel's $67 billion macro team is calling for a surprise 25-basis-point rate hike from Chair Kevin Warsh on Wednesday, while crypto and traditional market analysts expect no change. The CME FedWatch tool shows odds of a hike rising to 35.8% from 25.7% a week prior.
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Apple kept fake Sparrow Wallet app on App Store after $875K theft report
A federal lawsuit filed in July alleges Apple failed to remove a fraudulent bitcoin wallet app from its App Store despite a customer reporting an $875,000 theft, resulting in a second user losing roughly $840,000.
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Bitcoin ETF outflow vs. Ethereum inflow on July 27: $11.6M divergence
Bitcoin ETFs recorded an $11.6 million outflow while Ethereum funds saw a $9.2 million inflow on July 27, signaling divergent investor sentiment. Single-day movements like these can be volatile and may not reflect sustained shifts in market positioning.
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Bitcoin slides 2% as South Korea's Kospi crashes 10%
Bitcoin fell 2.7% to $63,200 following the U.S. market close Monday, while South Korea's Kospi index crashed 10% to its lowest level since mid-April, dragging the broader crypto market lower as macro stress dominates trading.
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Bitcoin holds $65,000 as Fed decision looms over crypto's next move
Bitcoin held near $65,000 Monday despite a sharp selloff in AI stocks, while analysts say this week's Federal Reserve decision and inflation data will likely determine whether crypto breaks higher or revisits June lows.
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Bitcoin options traders cut downside hedges ahead of Fed rate decision
Bitcoin options traders have sharply reduced put-call ratios and collapsed near-term downside protection, betting on a quiet week despite Wednesday's Federal Reserve rate decision. The market is pricing in a 15% odds of a July rate hike.
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Bitcoin stays range-bound near $65,500 as mega-cap earnings loom
Jeff Ko, chief analyst at CoinEx, expects bitcoin to remain range-bound this week as oil retreats, the 10-year Treasury yield approaches 4.7%, and Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon report earnings that could indirectly shape crypto liquidity.
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Quantum threat to crypto isn't cryptography—it's governance speed
As quantum computing milestones accelerate, cryptography experts argue Bitcoin and decentralized blockchains face a unique vulnerability: the inability to achieve consensus fast enough to deploy quantum-resistant defenses before a cryptographically relevant quantum computer emerges.
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Poolin Bitcoin mining pool files Chapter 11 with $163.7M in IOUs
Poolin Technology and its Texas affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 22, owing 11,700 wallet users $163.7 million in unsecured IOUs. Opening bids for asset sales total $52 million, or roughly 31.8% of the debt owed.
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Poolin Bitcoin Mining Pool Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy With $173M Debt
Poolin, which once controlled nearly a fifth of Bitcoin's global hashrate, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey with debts around $173 million. The Singapore-based mining company and its two U.S. affiliates are liquidating assets, including a $52 million bid on two West Texas mining sites.
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BlackRock IBIT Logs $202M Outflow as Clients Rotate to Ethereum ETFs
BlackRock's flagship Bitcoin ETF saw a $202 million withdrawal in a single day as institutional capital rotated toward Ethereum, yet Bitcoin held steady above $65,400 amid broader market turmoil.
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Smarter Web sells 177 Bitcoin, erases 7.7M convertible shares
UK-listed Bitcoin treasury company Smarter Web sold 177.89 Bitcoin at an average price of $65,762 to repay an $11.7 million convertible instrument, eliminating 7.72 million potential shares. The move simplified the capital stack but reduced Bitcoin per share across both share-count denominators.
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BitMEX shuts down Sept. 23; reduce-only trading starts Aug. 26
BitMEX announced its closure on July 23 with a two-month wind-down window. Starting Aug. 26, users can only reduce positions, and any contracts still open on Sept. 23 will be force-closed.
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Smarter Web sells 178 BTC to repay $11.7M convertible ahead of maturity
The Smarter Web Company liquidated 177.89 BTC at $65,762 per coin to retire a convertible instrument roughly two weeks early, eliminating 7.7 million potential shares and signaling a shift away from debt-based capital raises.
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Bitcoin Bounces to $66K, But Yield-Adjusted Valuations Lag 2020-21 Peaks
Bitcoin regained momentum on July 22, 2026, but yield-adjusted valuations remain far below 2020-21 peaks. Analysts warn that divergence between nominal prices and interest-rate-adjusted levels may resolve through asset price decline if oil-driven inflation persists.
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Jack Mallers Steps Down as Twenty One Capital CEO; Tether Merger Collapses
Jack Mallers resigned as CEO of Tether-controlled Twenty One Capital on July 20, 2026, as the company abandoned a proposed three-way merger with his bitcoin payments firm Strike and mining company Elektron Energy. Raphael Zagury replaces him.
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B HODL Plc's Stock Buybacks Beat Bitcoin Purchases by 24%
B HODL Plc's first week of share repurchases generated 24% more Bitcoin-per-share accretion than buying Bitcoin outright at the same price, highlighting the advantage of buybacks when a treasury trades below its Bitcoin holdings' value.