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…
A hidden divide inside the Fed could trigger a hawkish shock for Bitcoin at 2 PM today
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August 19, 2026
Bitcoin heads into the Federal Reserve’s July meeting minutes, due Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. Eastern, with a question the policy statement could not answer: did pressure for higher rates stop with the three officials who dissented, or did it…