Bitcoin Drops Below $117,000, As Altcoins Gears Up For A September Rally
Bitcoin has retraced below $117,000 after reaching an all-time high last week, signaling a pause in upward momentum and growing caution among investors.

Bitcoin has retraced below $117,000 after reaching an all-time high last week, signaling a pause in upward momentum and growing caution among investors.
Dutch cryptocurrency company Amdax is preparing to launch one of Europe’s most ambitious Bitcoin strategies yet: creating a dedicated Bitcoin treasury firm, seeking a listing on Amsterdam’s Euronext, and ultimately aiming to acquire 1% of the total Bitcoin supply.
The SEC has delayed decisions on several crypto ETFs, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Litecoin, and Dogecoin, pushing most deadlines into October. Regulators are working on new listing standards that could allow faster approvals of altcoin ETFs once rules are finalised.
Taiwan’s WiseLink led a $10 million funding round for Nasdaq-listed Top Win International, helping the company buy Bitcoin and expand into digital assets. The deal makes WiseLink the first public Taiwanese firm to back a Bitcoin treasury strategy and aims to combine crypto holdings with cross-border business operations.
Citigroup plans to offer custody services for assets backing stablecoins and cryptocurrency ETFs, aiming to meet new US rules. The bank is also developing stablecoin payment solutions for faster cross-border transactions.
Metaplanet bought 518 more bitcoins for about $61.4 million, bringing its total holdings to 18,113 BTC. The company uses creative financing methods to keep buying and aims to hold 210,000 BTC by 2027.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s on-chain portfolio has surged past the $1 billion mark, fueled by Ether’s recent price rally, according to blockchain intelligence firm Arkham.
Stripe is developing its own blockchain, called Tempo, to make payments faster and cheaper while staying compatible with Ethereum. The project is linked to recent crypto-related acquisitions and could help Stripe compete with major payment networks.
Blue Origin now accepts Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and stablecoins for booking space flights through a partnership with Shift4. This move aims to make high-cost space tourism payments easier for digital asset holders using popular crypto wallets.
El Salvador has just approved it new Investment Banking Law, which allows investment banks to not only hold Bitcoin and other digital assets but also to offer full crypto services, but only to "sophisticated investors."
In the future, BTC will absorb all long-term capital. If Microsoft replaces the "wasted" capital from stock repurchases with BTC, it will more effectively push up Microsoft's stock price. Therefore, Microsoft should adopt the BTC strategy and hoard BTC.
The proposal, submitted by a shareholder advisory committee, calls for a detailed assessment of the flagship crypto asset’s potential role in Microsoft’s financial operations.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in an interview. “Launching your own blockchain is probably not the right move. There are many very good blockchains.”
Being deceived by a third-party virtual currency judicial processor, let’s talk about the judicial disposal of virtual currency
Love it or hate it, a crypto crackdown seems imminent, especially with the U.S. government urging Congress to accelerate its progress on crypto regulations.
Hopefully Ethereum becomes a system more like Bitcoin.
Hope Ethereum becomes a more Bitcoin-like system
To understand the content and imagination of Taproot's upgrade, we must first understand some bitcoins.
The root cause of RBI’s concern appears to be that digital assets could undermine India’s rise as a global power.