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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Sality botnet disrupted, but EggJagger clipboard malware persists on infected devices
A Justice Department operation on Aug. 31 cut off the Sality botnet's ability to deploy fresh malware to 33,000+ infected machines, but CrowdStrike warns that already-installed address-swapping software continues to redirect cryptocurrency payments to attacker-controlled wallets.
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Liquid recovers 3,400 BTC as hacker returns $47 million in partial restitution
Bitcoin's Liquid sidechain recovered 3,400 BTC into its federation wallet on September 7 after a reserve drain, though attackers retained roughly 598.5 BTC worth $47 million. Blockstream's status page still listed an active security incident and major outage the following morning.
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Liquid Network Hackers Return $269M Bitcoin, Retain $47M
Hackers who withdrew 4,000 BTC from Liquid Network returned 3,400 BTC worth $269.2 million after Blockstream patched the bridge nodes, but roughly 600 BTC remains unaccounted for amid questions about their white-hat claims.
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Bitcoin Miners Halt Sales After $30B AI Infrastructure Pivot
Major Bitcoin miners have stopped selling mined coins and shifted to holding mode after redirecting over $30 billion toward AI infrastructure, creating a supply squeeze on exchanges and signaling a structural shift in miner behavior.
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Capital B acquires 376 BTC for $29M, largest purchase in a year
French bitcoin treasury firm Capital B spent €25.3 million ($29.4 million) on 376 BTC, marking its biggest annual purchase and bringing total holdings to 3,521 BTC, funded by recent capital raises including a €28.7 million private placement.
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Michael Saylor Compares Bitcoin Strategy to Golf as MSTR Ranks No. 2 Reserve Holder
Strategy chairman Michael Saylor posted a video drawing an analogy between accumulating Bitcoin and playing golf, saying rich people buy BTC. The company now holds 845,050 Bitcoin worth $65.2 billion and ranks second among S&P 500 financial firms by total reserve capital.
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Dogecoin Cofounder Reacts as September Market Selloff Liquidates $361M
September opened with risk assets trading in the red. Dogecoin cofounder Billy Markus posted a sardonic X comment about the selloff, which has liquidated $361 million in crypto positions in 24 hours and pushed DOGE out of the top 10 by market cap.
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MicroStrategy Resumes Bitcoin Buying With $370M Purchase After Two-Month Pause
Strategy, the world's largest Bitcoin treasury firm led by Michael Saylor, purchased 4,603 Bitcoin worth $370 million after a two-month break from its aggressive buying strategy, bringing total holdings to 845,050 BTC.
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Hazync achieves 27ms Bitcoin block verification with zero-knowledge proofs
Hazync's developer reported millisecond-speed verification of Bitcoin's first 1,789 blocks using a zero-knowledge proof system, though completing a genesis-to-tip proof campaign remains unfinished and would demand substantial computational resources.
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BSTR Bitcoin Treasury Deal Ends, Leaving $15M Payment Obligation
Adam Back's BSTR abandoned its plan to go public as a Bitcoin treasury company through Cantor Equity Partners I, but the collapse leaves a $15 million cash obligation due in two tranches by September 19 and December 1, with a narrow seven-day grace period before legal protections expire.
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MicroStrategy Bitcoin Holdings Swing to $1.4B Gain as BTC Rallies Above $77,000
Strategy's 840,447 BTC holdings have reversed from a $13 billion loss in July to a $1.4 billion unrealized gain, as Bitcoin surged nearly 23% over five consecutive days following regulatory clarity signals from the Trump administration.
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Bitcoin captures 77% of $1.3B crypto ETF inflow surge as BlackRock leads
Bitcoin accounted for 77.4% of $1.297 billion in inflows across US Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ETPs from August 17–19, with BlackRock's IBIT fund leading the rebound. Ethereum accelerated sharply while Solana lagged its historical average.
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GMO Coin may suspend Bitcoin services during eCash Alpha snapshot Aug. 23
GMO Coin signaled potential suspension of Bitcoin trading and deposit services when eCash, a Bitcoin-derived chain, takes its first balance snapshot at block 963,648 around Aug. 23. The exchange hasn't confirmed timing, raising questions about replay safety and market stability during the Alpha stage rollout.
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Zhibao Closes $154.7M Raise Entirely in Bitcoin
Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology, a Shanghai-based insurance-tech firm, closed a $154.7 million private placement funded entirely in cryptocurrency, with non-U.S. investors contributing 2,380 Bitcoin directly to the company wallet rather than cash.
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Institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings hit record 44.2% despite Q2 price decline
Institutional investors expanded their Bitcoin ETF positions by 7.5% in Q2 2026 even as Bitcoin fell 14.2%, reaching a record 44.2% ownership share while retail investors shed over 100,000 BTC.
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KuCoin shifts perpetual contracts to hourly funding settlement
KuCoin activated an automatic rule on August 17 that moves USDT- and USDC-margined perpetual contracts to hourly funding settlement when funding rates hit contract-specific limits. Returning to four-hour settlement requires 36 consecutive hours of stable rates below 0.002%.
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Tom Lee Forecasts Ethereum to Outperform Bitcoin in Coming Years
Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee forecasts Ethereum will significantly outperform Bitcoin, citing emerging use cases in tokenization and agentic AI as catalysts that could exceed previous crypto cycle tailwinds.
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Strategy Raises $334M from MSTR Offering, Repurchases $132M STRC
Strategy raised approximately $334 million from an at-the-market MSTR offering and used proceeds to repurchase $132.2 million of STRC shares while maintaining its 840,447 BTC holdings unchanged.
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Prediction Markets Shift From Questions to Data Infrastructure
Prediction market platforms are evolving from standalone question lists into financial data providers, but raw prices require context to interpret accurately. New research reveals calibration gaps and timing effects in contract pricing.
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Rumble's Bitcoin Holdings Surge to 293 BTC Amid AI Expansion
RUM Group, parent of video platform Rumble, increased its Bitcoin treasury by 82.32 BTC in Q2 2026, reaching 293.14 BTC worth $17.2 million. The accumulation coincides with the company's acquisition of Northern Data and 61% revenue growth.
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Tim Draper Predicts Bitcoin Could Go "Infinite" as Adoption Accelerates
Venture capitalist Tim Draper reiterated his long-standing bullish thesis on Bitcoin, predicting the cryptocurrency could eventually go "infinite" against the U.S. dollar as merchant adoption accelerates. His forecasting track record, however, has faced scrutiny after repeated timeline delays.
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BTCPay Server patches critical Lightning vulnerability, awards 0.42 BTC
BTCPay Server disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Lightning integration that exposed LND node credentials to remote attackers, patched the flaw in version 2.4.2, and donated 0.42 BTC to security researchers who responsibly disclosed the issue.
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Binance Bitcoin futures hit $57.8B daily volume, dwarfing spot trading
Bitcoin futures trading on Binance reached approximately $57.8 billion in daily volume, nearly eight times larger than spot activity. The surge underscores growing reliance on leveraged derivatives and raises concerns about volatility and liquidation risk.
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Coldcard Bitcoin Exploit: $130M Stolen via Randomness Flaw
A flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets allowed attackers to brute-force private keys by exploiting weak entropy generation. More than 1,596 BTC have been stolen across confirmed waves, with a suspected fourth bringing the total to roughly 2,055 BTC worth approximately $130 million. Fixed firmware is now available.