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Bitcoin volatility ahead of Fed decision
Bitcoin traded in a narrow range around $64,000-$65,000 as crypto markets awaited the Federal Reserve's interest-rate announcement, with price movements showing sharp liquidations despite overall price stability. The cryptocurrency remained insulated from broader market volatility in traditional sectors like semiconductors.
This is a long-running storyline that has developed over 23 days. The homepage highlights its most recent activity, so the outlet count there reflects the latest wave. The totals above cover the full run.
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2026-08-21
- Standard Chartered wavers on $100K Bitcoin year-end call, says it may be ‘too low’
- Bitcoin surge toward $80K points to liquidity-driven momentum shift as ETF flows rebound: Bernstein
- Bitcoin tops $77,000 as best week since 2023 pulls altcoins along for the ride
- Strategy Bitcoin treasury hits breakeven point as BTC price passes $77K
- Bitcoin breaks through $75,500 while analyst calls current rally ‘premature’
- Bitcoin pushes past $75,000 as rally continues.
2026-08-20
- Bitcoin breaks out of six-week range, tops $71,000 as $3 billion in shorts get wiped out
- Bitcoin approaches $72,000 as Strategy and Coinbase continue rally
- Bearish crypto bets lose record $2.7 billion as bitcoin surges toward $70,000
- Ether jumps 18% to $2,250 as bitcoin tops $69,000 in broad crypto rally
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2026-08-10
- Markets flip for Fed rate-hike pause into CPI: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
- Bitcoin steadies above $65,000 as Iran-Oman deal talk eases Hormuz concerns, lifts risk assets
- Live updates: BTC above $65,000 even as the Senate punts the CLARITY Act to the fall
- Bitcoin tops $65,000 with US inflation data due this week
2026-08-06
2026-08-05
- Analysts see bitcoin bottom forming through boredom as price clings to $64K amid spot ETF inflows
- Bitcoin, broader market fail to keep pace as global equities hit record highs
- Bitcoin flat at $64,000 as stocks print records and Hormuz deal nears
- Crypto Wrap Aug 5: Bitcoin Holds $64k as LatAm Stablecoin Use Swells
2026-08-04
- Bitcoin coils at $64K as Hormuz reopening timeline sends S&P 500 to $70T record
- Bitcoin rises toward $64,000 as Coldcard exploit, Strategy sales recede. ADA advances
- Live updates: Bitcoin at $63,600 as rare US-Japan yen action tests carry-trade fears
- Why Jim Cramer’s quantum panic isn’t rattling bitcoin as price holds steady around $64,000
- Bitcoin Steady at $63,461 as LatAm Leans on Stablecoins
- Bitcoin nears $64,000 as traders look past Strategy's BTC sales and Coldcard sweeps
- A bitcoin wallet dormant since 2013 moved $31 million, and it's not the only one
2026-08-03
- DEXs capture record 24% of spot crypto trading as CEX volumes sink
- American Bitcoin Reports Quarterly Loss But Boosts Bitcoin Stash
- Bitcoin is just the poster currency for a growing movement of alternative tender
- Trump Family’s American Bitcoin Tops 8,000 BTC After Record Mining Quarter
- Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin treasury tops 8,000 BTC as Q2 mining production hits record
- Trumps’ American Bitcoin reports record BTC output, narrower Q2 loss