Bitcoin Faces A Resistance Battle As The Monthly Close Below $80,000 Approaches

Bitcoin (BTC) heads into September still battling key resistance as markets flip hawkish on Federal Reserve policy. Key points: Markets see a 60% chance of the Fed hiking interest rates in September, with jobs data due this week. Oil has experienced renewed volatility amid fresh US strikes on Iran and an unprecedented US-Venezuela oil-supply deal….

Poland Upholds Crypto Bill Veto as Zondacrypto Probe Widens

Polish lawmakers have again failed to secure the three-fifths majority needed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of legislation aimed at strengthening oversight of the country’s crypto market. The Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament, on Friday voted 241-198 in favor of overriding the veto, with three abstentions, falling 25 votes short of the 266…

Bitcoin ETF Demand Grows While Ether and XRP Cool

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recorded their strongest three-week inflow stretch of 2026 as Bitcoin traded around $80,000. The funds attracted $986.9 million in the week ending Friday, bringing net inflows over the past three weeks to $3.8 billion, according to SoSoValue data. Total net assets across the funds stood at $101.3 billion…

XRP Ledger has fewer active accounts than last year, but bigger trades and more value

Daily order-book traders fell about 40% from a year ago while volume rose 79%, as the value held on XRPL climbed above $4 billion. Source link

Revolut, OpenReserve Win US Approval for Crypto Banks

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Strategy Buys $370M Bitcoin in First Corporate Acquisition Since June

Michael Saylor’s Strategy acquired 4,603 Bitcoin for $370 million, marking the first acquisition from the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in two months. Strategy acquired 4,603 Bitcoin (BTC) at an average purchase price of $80,318, pushing its holdings to 845,050 BTC, acquired for a total of $63.3 billion at an average price of $75,413, according to…

From warning to listing: UK’s largest retail investment platform opens access to crypto ETNs

The U.K.’s largest retail investment platform, Hargreaves Lansdown, has reversed course following the FCA’s decision to lift its retail ban on crypto ETPs in October. Source link

FinCEN Ties $13B in Crypto Scams to Non-US Operations

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US Labor Data Beat Sends Bitcoin Lower Amid Fed Rate Uncertainty

Key points: The US economy added 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August, nearly triple economists’ consensus estimate of 56,000. Bitcoin sold off from $81,300 to local lows of $78,600 following the data, before recovering to $79,500. A rival Bitcoin fork using the Blake2b algorithm saw its first trading activity, with coins changing hands at $350…

US Law Enforcement Group Moves to ‘Neutral’ position on CLARITY Act

The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) has dropped its opposition to a cryptocurrency market structure bill scheduled for a vote later this month when the US Senate returns to session. In a Thursday letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the US law enforcement group said that it was changing its…