How crypto turned a 68-point deficit into a market lead as Bitcoin and top altcoins outrun the Nasdaq
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August 19, 2026
Bitcoin trailed the Nasdaq 100 by 68 percentage points over the past year, and it has spent the last 60 days turning that deficit into a five-point lead. According to Glassnode’s cross-asset return table, Bitcoin fell 44% over the past twelve…
Bitcoin price hits $69,500 because US just doubled Treasury buybacks to crush long-term yields
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August 19, 2026
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…
Wall Street piled $1.2 billion into MSTR in Q2 before Strategy turned its Bitcoin flywheel toward rescuing STRC
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August 19, 2026
Wall Street institutions increased their exposure to Strategy’s MSTR in the second quarter, just before Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin accumulation machine began redirecting capital toward STRC. On Aug. 18, Strategy said 12 of its 15 largest…