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The US economy added far more jobs than expected in August, pressuring Bitcoin lower as traders repriced the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month. Key points: According to data released on Friday, the US economy added 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August, significantly outperforming economists’ consensus expectations of roughly 56,000 jobs. In response to the announcement, Bitcoin (BTC) sold off from $81,300 to local lows of $78,600. At the time of writing it stands at $79,500.  Recent economic data carries added weight, given how divided rate outlooks remain ahead of the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Sept. 15-16. Under previous Federal Reserve chairs, expectations ahead of the FOMC were mostly well-anchored. However, the lack of forward guidance from Chair Kevin Warsh, along with potential dissenters in the committee, has resulted in added uncertainty.  Read more

Policymakers will have CPI but not official August PCE when they decide, leaving a second market test on Sept. 30. The post Bitcoin faces a two-week Fed trap as inflation rewrite threatens to upend rate cuts appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Corporate crypto bets are getting bigger as rising markets reward direct exposure, putting balance-sheet strategies and institutional adoption back in focus. Crypto’s August rally put corporate conviction to the test. Bitcoin (BTC) miners that spent much of the crypto downturn courting AI investors are once again trading like leveraged bets on BTC, while Strategy and Strive are adding thousands more Bitcoin to their balance sheets.  The same concentration is playing out elsewhere. Bitmine is closing in on owning 5% of  Ether’s (ETH) circulating supply despite billions in unrealized losses, while 21 major financial institutions are taking a different approach by developing stablecoins for payments and settlement. Bitcoin’s August rally lifted beaten-down mining stocks by as much as 67%, reversing a trend that had favored miners pivoting to AI and underscoring the sector’s continued sensitivity to BTC market conditions. Read more

Existing fixed debt keeps its terms, while future BitBonds must clear a materially higher funding hurdle. The post Japan’s 4% bond yield spike threatens the low-cost borrowing strategy behind corporate Bitcoin buying appeared first on CryptoSlate.

QuFi’s new platform uses post-quantum cryptography to verify digital asset transactions without requiring changes to existing blockchain settlement networks. Post-quantum infrastructure company QuFi Network has launched a verification platform designed to protect digital assets against future quantum computing threats without requiring changes to existing blockchain settlement networks. The platform separates verification from settlement, using a decentralized network of nodes to validate transactions with post-quantum cryptography before they are settled on existing blockchain networks. QuFi also launched uBTC, a proof-of-concept that applies the verification system to Bitcoin (BTC) and is currently operating on Bitcoin Testnet4. The uBTC system verifies BTC collateral and generates cryptographic proofs governing how value moves between settlement environments, while redemptions ultimately settle as standard Bitcoin transactions. Read more

The 162,000 jobs gain lifted yields and the dollar, but the first selloff did not hold uniformly. The post Bitcoin falls below $80,000 as hot US payrolls revive Fed hike risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin funds recorded their third-biggest inflow day of 2026, while Ether products reversed the prior session's outflow. The post Wall Street just poured nearly $900 million into Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Its share count fell about 2.04% against a 0.93% decline in holdings, lifting BTC per share 1.13% across comparable endpoints. The post A public company sold Bitcoin and somehow gave each shareholder more BTC exposure appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin accelerated above $81,000 on Thursday as easing rate fears and fresh institutional demand lifted the broader crypto market. On Sept. 3, Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said he could support keeping interest rates unchanged this month if August inflation continues to cool, helping push the market-implied odds of a September rate increase to roughly […] The post Bitcoin’s rally over $81,000 is finding real buyers, but options traders still aren’t pricing a clean breakout appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin registered an intraday high above $82,000 on Sept. 3, pushing above the 50-week moving average that Galaxy Research says marked the definitive end of four of Bitcoin's five comparable completed bear markets. Galaxy's signal requires a weekly close above that line, and the Sept. 3 push through it happened well before the week's close. […] The post Bitcoin just crossed the line that ended 4 out of 5 bear markets, but one deadly historical trap could still trigger a crash to $62,000 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

US Bitcoin ETFs drew $730.9 million on Thursday as Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000, though CryptoQuant flagged weak fresh demand and a key $83,000 test. US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) notched their biggest inflows in nearly eight months as BTC reclaimed $80,000. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $730.9 million in net inflows on Thursday, the largest daily haul since Jan. 14, when the funds attracted $843.6 million, according to SoSoValue data. The surge followed $101.2 million inflows on Wednesday and came as Bitcoin reclaimed the $80,000 level after trading in a range between roughly $76,000 and $81,000 this week, according to CoinGecko. Read more

The existing order no longer restrains the company, while its proposed first raise covers just 1.51% of an $827 million Bitcoin target before allocation. The post After selling every coin it owned, a public company is using Strategy’s STRC playbook to restart its $827M Bitcoin treasury plan appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The IMF attributed Bitcoin added since June 2025 to private donations, addressing questions raised after El Salvador reported a $100 million acquisition. El Salvador used no public resources to accumulate Bitcoin after the first review of its International Monetary Fund (IMF) financing program in June 2025, according to the lender.  In a Thursday statement, the IMF said documents supplied by Salvadoran authorities verified that the accumulation came from private donations. According to the lender, the increase in El Salvador’s holdings therefore did not reflect additional Bitcoin purchases financed with government resources.  The IMF also said majority ownership and operational control of the Chivo wallet had been transferred to a private operator, while the government retained a minority stake and custodial responsibilities. It said no further accumulation beyond documented donations is expected.  Read more

Bitcoin and gold are trading more like each other than at any point since 2020, even as their latest divergence tests that relationship. Their 90-day correlation has climbed to about 0.55, the highest in nearly six years, while Bitcoin’s volatility stands at 36.2% compared with 25.3% for gold. That makes Bitcoin just 1.43 times as […] The post Bitcoin’s volatility ratio against gold collapses to 6-year low as traditional safe haven turbulence surges appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitquery’s scan shows why cheap OP_RETURN repetition and fake-address text impose radically different costs on Bitcoin nodes. The post Scan reveals 96,000 fake-address outputs clogging Bitcoin’s unspent database appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitquery traced 20.45 BTC through 34 Sept. 2–3 swaps, and the main destination later held roughly 5 ETH less. The post Parked Coldcard loot begins moving as attacker routes $1.6M in stolen Bitcoin to Ethereum appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The ¥878.8 million exit left its crypto portfolio Bitcoin-only, yet management may deploy the cash beyond crypto. The post This Japanese company made money on Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, but sold them anyway to keep its $121 million Bitcoin holdings appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin rallied 5% to reclaim $80,000 as the US dollar weakened amid a suspected Bank of Japan currency intervention, though analysts remain split on the impact. Bitcoin (BTC) rallied 5% during US trading hours, reaching $81,000.  Key points:  At the time of writing, BTC stands at $81,000, near the highs seen during last month’s surprise upside.  Read more

Willy Woo sees a possible 6-to-8-year macro rhythm, while recent research says the old pattern still survives. The post Bitcoin may be leaving its 4-year cycle behind for a 6-to-8-year Wall Street rhythm appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A $70.1 million outflow ended the two-session divide, but one day cannot settle whether demand is retreating. The post Bitcoin keeps whipsawing around $77,000, and ETF investors are doing the same appeared first on CryptoSlate.