Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a new electronic payment system that removes the need for third party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and minimizing the potential for fraud. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.

Bitcoin’s concept was first introduced in 2008 when a person going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto shared a white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” In January 2009, the Bitcoin blockchain was launched. 

A new electronic payment system called Bitcoin removes the need for third-party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and fraud-risk. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.   

Bitcoin has a finite supply of 21 million, which is expected to be reached by the year 2140. Currently, 18.8 million are circulating in the market. Note that Bitcoin represents the concept of the network, while bitcoin (lower-case ‘b’) represents the currency.

Bitcoin is one of the most well-known cryptos as it was the first decentralized currency. 

Currently, BTC’s dominance is above 40%. Bitcoin Dominance is a measure of how much of the total market cap of crypto is made up of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s influence in the crypto ecosystem could be vulnerable to competition as alternative coins grow in popularity and utility.

Bitcoin shifted from digital cash to investment asset while stablecoins took over payments. As block rewards diminish, miners are exploring ways as payment facilitators.

Can Bitcoin Miners Become Part Of The Payment Stack?

Strategy holds 843,775 BTC at an average cost of $75,476, leaving the position roughly $9.3 billion underwater with bitcoin near $64,600.

Michael Saylor teases ‘another color' after four straight weeks without a Strategy bitcoin buy

This week's stories spanned regulation, adoption, market conviction, and industry shakeouts. Seven Senate Democrats rejected the latest CLARITY Act draft, while Cathie Wood doubled down on SpaceX despite its sharp stock decline.

BTC Ownership Overtakes Gold in The US, Democrats Reject CLARITY Draft, And More – Weekly Recap

The Bitcoin blockchain just recorded its 15th difficulty adjustment of the year, trimming mining difficulty by about 0.74% at block height 959616. Amid the year's wild swings, the balance has clearly tilted toward difficulty cuts, with negative adjustments outnumbering increases by nearly 3 to 2.

Bitcoin's 15th Difficulty Reset Exposes a Mining Industry Under Pressure

Michael Saylor's latest bitcoin chart comes as Strategy holds 843,775 BTC, maintains a $3.225 billion cash reserve, and still has authorization to sell up to $23.53 billion of additional stock to raise capital, sharpening questions over whether the company will resume bitcoin purchases. Saylor Shares Strategy's Crowded Bitcoin Chart Strategy Inc.

‘We're Gonna Need Another Color': Michael Saylor Fuels Speculation Over Strategy's Next Bitcoin Move

On Sunday, during the morning trading sessions, bitcoin exchanged hands for $64,466 on July 26, giving back most of a rally that had pushed the cryptocurrency above $66,900 earlier in the week. The past seven days followed a familiar pattern.

Bitcoin Enters Volatility Trap as Fed Decision, CLARITY Act and Fork Drama Converge

Ethereum

The US Senate moved closer to a key vote on the CLARITY Act, and crypto markets rallied as a result. Will the BTC and ETH rally continue for another week?

Bitcoin, Ethereum Soar as CLARITY Act Edges Closer, but Will a Fed Hike End the Rally?

It's been another eventful week in crypto, with Bitcoin steadying through a tech-stock selloff, meme coins splitting into winners and losers, and Washington's CLARITY Act back in focus. Here's a quick recap of the major crypto stories that came in over the week.

Bitcoin Holds Ground, Meme Coins Diverge, CLARITY Act Looms Large and More: This Week in Crypto

At the inaugural Energy Investors Forum (EIF) in Dallas on July 23, the AI boom looked less like a software story than an enormous energy-infrastructure buildout. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag.

EIF's Megawatt Verdict: Not Every Bitcoin Mine Is Ready for AI

The Central Bank of El Salvador reported that cryptocurrency remittances failed to reach up to 1% of all volumes received during the first half of 2026. Only $35.4 million out of the over $5 billion received by Salvadorans was settled using digital currencies between January and June 2026.

5 Years After the Bitcoin Law, Crypto Accounts for Just 0.7% of El Salvador's $5B Remittance Market

Ten public companies now hold more than 1 million bitcoin between them, and the gap between the winners and losers on Wall Street has never been wider.

Top 10 Publicly Traded Firms by BTC Holdings Reveal a Million-Bitcoin Power Bloc

Michael Saylor shared a 953-hour reading curriculum outlining the ideas that shaped his views on leadership, markets, technology, and Bitcoin, giving followers a roadmap to the intellectual framework behind his long-term investment philosophy. Saylor Explains Why He Published the Curriculum Strategy Inc.

Michael Saylor Publishes 953-Hour Leadership Curriculum Culminating in Bitcoin

Crypto influencer and trader Carl Runefelt, known as "The Moon," said he sold two Ferraris worth a combined $2.5 million to increase his exposure to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Historically Significant Support Zones In a podcast on Friday, trader Runefelt argued that Bitcoin is approaching one of its most historically significant support zones.

Crypto Trader Sells $2.5M In Ferraris To Buy More Bitcoin

Ether funds have drawn nearly as much capital as bitcoin ETFs over the past three weeks despite holding about one-eighth as much in net assets.

Bitcoin ETF weekly trading volume falls to lowest since October 2024 as ether funds lead inflows again

Bitcoin currently trades near $63,800, oscillating around the $64,000 mark after touching a 24-hour low of $63,700. The choppy price action comes as the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sits at 27, still firmly in fear territory.

Bitcoin Continues to Flirt With $64,000 After $225 Million ETF Outflow Rattles Confidence

Every 2,016 blocks, i.e. roughly every two weeks, Bitcoin automatically resets how hard it is to mine a block, a self-correcting rule that swung from an 11.16% cut on Feb. 7, 2026 to a 14.7% hike just 12 days later, the network's sharpest whipsaw since 2021.

Bitcoin's Difficulty Adjustment Explained: How the Network Punishes Itself Every Two Weeks

The Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir and Anduril are partners in the U.S. State Department's Freedom Tech Excellence Program.

Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir and Anduril join US State Department's Freedom Tech Excellence Program

Investors were cashing out of Bitcoin ETFs this week — but Morgan Stanley's product received fresh cash.

Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Nearly Notches $400M in Assets

Grayscale says bitcoin could remain under pressure until September or October if its historic four-year cycle repeats. However, the asset manager believes economic growth and Federal Reserve policy now offer a more useful guide to the market.

Grayscale Says Fed Policy Could Decide if Bitcoin Bear Market Ends Now or Runs to October

The initiative wants to protect free expression online.

State Department to Debut Freedom Tech Program with Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir as Founding Partners

Cardano

Cardano's governance and ability to enact upgrades make it better equipped to respond to existential technical threats, said Hoskinson.

Cardano co-founder Hoskinson says Bitcoin could lose top spot if governance fails quantum test

Dogecoin

Bitcoin held steady despite a sharp selloff in technology stocks triggered by weaker-than-expected corporate earnings. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $64,088.52 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $1,861.73 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $73.97 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.08 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.06902 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.054166 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 83,203 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $301.33 million.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin End Week Quietly as Analyst Predicts 'One Last Leg Lower'

Bitcoin fell below $64,000 after reaching nearly $67,000 mid-week, dropping its market cap to $1.285 trillion and triggering $312 million in total crypto liquidations. Bitcoin Reverses Gains as Liquidations Mount Bitcoin briefly slipped below $64,000 on Friday, positioning the top cryptocurrency to end the week flat after nearly reaching $67,000 on Wednesday.

Bitcoin Traders Trigger $87M in Liquidations After BTC Slides Below $64,000

The Singapore-based pool never recovered from freezing withdrawals in 2022. Now it's auctioning off its last Texas mining sites to pay back 11,700 users still holding IOUs.

Poolin, Once One of Bitcoin's Biggest Mining Pools, Files for Bankruptcy

The firm says its "digital credit" shift needs new yardsticks that strip out debt and preferred claims to show what common shareholders own.

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