The latest on Bitcoin — price action, spot ETFs, mining, Lightning and the macro forces moving BTC.
Bitcoin fell to $64,384 on July 26 as Trump's 'massive attack' threat on Iran, Houthi tanker strikes, and Brent crude topping $100 pushed the Fear & Greed Index to 26.
BlackRock, Coinbase, Strategy, and Fidelity are among nine firms pledging $15M over three years to fund open-source Bitcoin quantum-resistance research.
Strategy has published its BTC Floor ARR metric, revealing Bitcoin must not fall more than 11.34% annually before the firm's debt coverage breaks below 1.0x and restructuring risk becomes real.
Tesla sat on a $112M unrealized Bitcoin loss in Q2 2026, with digital asset holdings falling to $674M. The company held its 11,509 BTC position unchanged for three straight quarters of red ink.
Poolin, once Bitcoin's largest mining pool with ~20% of global hashrate, has filed Chapter 11 in New Jersey with $500M in liabilities and $164M owed to 11,700 users.
Smarter Web sold 177.89 BTC at $65,762 avg to retire its TOBAM convertible debt early, avoiding 7.7M share dilution — but Bitcoin-per-share still declined.
Swiss cantonal bank BancaStato joins Sygnum's B2B platform, bringing regulated Bitcoin trading directly into its Avaloq-powered web and mobile banking apps.
Nasdaq-listed Chinese insurtech Zhibao Technology (ZBAO) signs a non-binding term sheet to accept ~3,500 BTC (~$220M) in a proposed PIPE deal, joining the public-company bitcoin treasury wave.
Satsuma Technology shareholders voted 90%+ to liquidate 668 BTC (~$43.5M) and cancel its London Stock Exchange listing by September 14, 2026.
Metaplanet subsidiary Bitcoin Japan enters a financing deal to build a corporate Bitcoin treasury as the Fear & Greed Index hits 25 and the parent targets 210,000 BTC by 2027.
