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With Bitcoin near $77,743 and weekend options volatility elevated, Wednesday’s Fed decision will test whether the gap persists. The post Bitcoin’s $80,000 ceiling looks fragile after stocks shrugged off near-5% Treasury yields appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The operation supported older bonds, but rising real yields showed why market plumbing had yet to ease Bitcoin’s funding backdrop. The post Treasury buys $5.2 billion of bonds as Bitcoin ETF flows stay negative appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Long-term yields moved higher despite a $6 billion Treasury buyback, as debt concerns and rising oil prices continue to pressure global bond markets.

The September 10 operation triples the prior limit, but accepted purchases and funding conditions will matter more than capacity alone. The post Treasury’s $6 billion bond intervention creates a stealth test for Bitcoin’s next move appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin's current rally started when the Treasury Department announced on Aug. 19 that, beginning Sept. 9, it would at least double the maximum size of certain buyback operations for government bonds with 10 to 30 years left to maturity, raising the cap from $2 billion to $4 billion per operation. Simply put, the Treasury was […] The post Bitcoin’s faces a weird new macro reality as the Fed turns off the tap and Treasury opens the floodgates appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Platforms could rely on foreign issuers only after reasonable diligence, while comments on the proposed standard remain open through Oct. 19. The post Treasury proposed GENIUS change forces US exchanges to audit foreign stablecoin or face delisting appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Custodians gain a federal coordination forum, while EO 14412's dated requirements remain limited to federal systems and covered contractors. The post Bitcoin’s 7 million coin quantum problem just reached the US Treasury appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin price has crossed $80,000 as the US Treasury explored tapping its roughly $1 trillion cash pile to fund an escalating effort to stabilize long-term government debt. Two senior Treasury officials told CNBC that the Treasury General Account, the federal government's operating account at the Federal Reserve, could help finance expanded bond buybacks. The officials […] The post Bitcoin tops $80,000 as Treasury weighs $950 billion cash pile for bond buybacks appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Foreign investors sent a net $133.5 billion into US financial markets in June. During the same month, they sold $29 billion of Treasury bills. Those numbers describe two different tides in the same month. Most of the incoming money went into US stocks, while demand for government debt was much weaker. Foreign buyers purchased $181.4 […] The post As foreign investors dump $29 billion in Treasury bills, Washington pivots to stablecoin issuers to back US debt appeared first on CryptoSlate.

By July 18, 2028, a stablecoin could still move freely across blockchains and yet disappear from the buy menu on an American exchange. Under the Treasury Department’s proposed GENIUS Act rules, a digital asset service provider wouldn't be able to offer or sell a payment stablecoin to someone in the United States from that date […] The post Treasury just put a deadline on offshore stablecoins’ access to US customers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Treasury buybacks are not QE, analysts said, but the move helped pull long-term yields off 19-year highs and triggered a record short squeeze in a market already leaning too bearish.

Four days of fund inflows now face a $183 billion Treasury auction window that can test the rally’s staying power. The post The latest $1.61 billion crypto ETF surge risks grinding to a halt against a 30-year US Treasury yield spike appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin rallied as Treasury bond buybacks fueled the “not-QE” trade, while Metaplanet expanded to the US and Cypherpunk made a $33 million Zcash mining bet. Bitcoin and the broader digital asset market got a taste of “not-QE” this week — and liked it. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) jumped more than 23% toward $79,000 and Ether’s price crossed $2,400 after the US Treasury moved to double certain long-dated bond buybacks, adding fuel to an increasingly important question for digital asset markets. If Washington keeps finding new ways to support liquidity without technically embarking on quantitative easing, could Bitcoin and other risk assets become some of the biggest beneficiaries? That question is already shaping business decisions across crypto. Standard Chartered sees Bitcoin heading toward $100,000, Metaplanet is taking its Bitcoin treasury strategy to the US and Cypherpunk Technologies is making a $33 million bet on Zcash mining. Read more

Bitcoin topped $70,000 after larger Treasury buybacks, but fading bond-market relief suggests the rally was driven by a short squeeze. The post Treasury’s $14 Billion Buyback Triggered a $3.5 Billion Crypto Short Squeeze appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin surged above $70,000 for the first time since June as falling Treasury yields and Washington’s crypto push crushed bearish bets. Data from CryptoSlate shows that BTC extended its breakout above $72,000 on Thursday, taking its gain since Monday to roughly 15%. It has climbed to $72,207 as of press time. Blockchain analysis firm Glassnode […] The post Bitcoin blasts past $72,000 as Trump, Treasury buybacks wipe out $3.1B in shorts appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BTC rose about 6% while ether, solana and crypto stocks climbed after the Treasury doubled the size of its bond buybacks.

Bitcoin’s rebound toward $69,000 is gaining momentum as Geoff Kendrick points to improving liquidity conditions and a potential cycle bottom. Bitcoin could be poised for a run toward $100,000 by year-end as the US Treasury ramps up support for the long end of the government bond market in an effort to rein in surging interest rates, according to Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick. In a recent client note shared with Cointelegraph, Kendrick said Bitcoin’s (BTC) key technical level is $65,500, with a break above that threshold potentially confirming that the cycle low is already in. “Investors should now be positioning for a move ot USD $100,000 by year-end 2026,” he wrote.  Read more

Bitcoin joined US stocks in a broad rally after the US Treasury announced that it was at least doubling the amount of its debt buyback operations from September. Bitcoin (BTC) saw its highest levels since the start of June after Wednesday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to a US government liquidity move. Key points: Read more

Bitcoin and Ethereum surged above $69,500 and $2,000 on Wednesday after the US Treasury doubled planned buybacks of long-dated government debt. On Aug. 19, the Treasury Department said it will raise the maximum size of its liquidity-support operations for 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion […] The post Bitcoin price hits $69,500 because US just doubled Treasury buybacks to crush long-term yields appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The US 30-year Treasury yield crossed 5.3% on Aug. 17 for the first time since June 2007, the same day Galaxy published a report showing crypto-collateralized lending down more than $22 billion from its peak. Bitcoin hit an intraday high of $64,610.01 that day. What makes the Treasury move unusual is its direction against the […] The post Bitcoin faces its highest Treasury hurdle since 2007 with $22.5B less crypto credit to unwind appeared first on CryptoSlate.