Crypto Market Cap Drops 2.6% as $164M in Longs Are Liquidated
The global crypto market cap fell 2.6% to $2.88 trillion as more than $164 million in leveraged positions were liquidated, mostly affecting long traders.
BTCThe global crypto market cap fell 2.6% to $2.88 trillion as more than $164 million in leveraged positions were liquidated, mostly affecting long traders.
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STX gained 21% in 24 hours as Muneeb Ali was named Stacks Labs CEO and the next Bitcoin staking bonding period approaches.
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Bitcoin ETFs logged nine straight inflow sessions totaling $3.1B, while Ether ETFs posted outflows after seven days of inflows.
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Bitcoin ETFs extended their inflow streak to $3.1B. Ether funds saw a modest outflow after seven days of inflows.
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Bitget has reopened Bitcoin withdrawals and scheduled ETH and USDT services next. User balance availability has not been independently verified.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $2.39 billion in weekly inflows through September 25, their strongest week of 2026, as demand through traditional investment products rebounds.
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Michael Saylor proposes five digital asset rights. The plan could widen Bitcoin banking, but no law or rule has adopted it.
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THORChain is swapping funds linked to the Bitget hack into Bitcoin, reviving questions over who should stop stolen crypto.
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U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs erased a $5.8B YTD deficit, returning to ~$800M in net inflows.
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says USDT is 'coming home' to Bitcoin via RGB. Utexo is building the stack and says it met Morgan Stanley about adoption.
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Cryptography firm Alloc Init proposes a Zcash-style shielded pool on Bitcoin that needs no soft fork.
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Block joined the x402 Foundation and added Bitcoin Lightning support, putting Lightning onto a rail built for AI agent payments.
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JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said bitcoin's move above $85K production cost could ease miner selling if sustained, after 280 days below the
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DWF says only 4 of the 20 largest crypto treasury companies still trade above mNAV of 1, with Sequans, Satsuma and others exiting their Bitcoin holdings
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs added $347 million on Sept. 23, extending their inflow streak to five sessions as BlackRock's IBIT led with $166 million.
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Bitcoin topped $80,000 this week as spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed nearly $1 billion in a single session, the largest daily ETP inflow since November 2024.
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Bitcoin trades near $85,800 after failing at $87,300. Bitcoin Cash jumps 28% to nearly $349 after CME says it will list BCH futures from Oct.
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CryptoQuant calls Bitcoin's bull market confirmed at $86K spot, but flags a $90,300 upper profit-taking band as the next real test.
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Bitcoin held $86,379 with daily volume down 36% as CoinDesk 100 breadth narrowed sharply and Brent crude slipped below $100 for the first time since Sept. 9.
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BitMEX stopped all trading at 4:00 UTC on Sept. 23, 2026. Users can still withdraw via the website, but API withdrawals close on Sept. 28.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled $1.7B over Monday and Tuesday while BTC cleared the average ETF holder's $81,722 cost basis for the first time since January.
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Bitcoin trades near $86,300 ahead of Friday's $16B Deribit expiry, with US data and CME futures behind it. The gamma map and the invalidation levels.
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The median 18-month return for the top 20 non-mining bitcoin treasury stocks is roughly negative 18%, while BTC itself is up less than 3%.
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Strategy sold 6,948 BTC at $62,150 in summer, then rebought 5,553 at $80,207 this autumn. The roundtrip cost $100M+; 1,363 coins remain missing.
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