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.
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.
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.
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.
Ethereum treasury firms are buying large amounts of ETH and now hold as much as the new U.S. spot ETFs. Unlike ETFs, these companies can earn staking rewards and use DeFi, making them more attractive to some investors.
Ethereum is capturing market attention once again, with analysts widely forecasting a major breakout that could send ETH soaring to the $5,000 level and beyond.
The US SEC clarified that certain liquid staking tokens are not securities, allowing these platforms to operate without registering their tokens. This decision opens the door for liquid staking tokens to be included in ETFs, boosting institutional interest in crypto assets.
BitMine quickly bought over 833,000 ETH in just over a month, becoming the largest company holder of Ethereum. The firm’s fast growth, investor backing, and a $1 billion stock buyback have pushed its market value up sharply.
One of the founders has been arrested, while the other one remains at large.
Previously sanctioned Tornado Cash is up again on the news cycle.
The number of unique users on Tornado Cash has hit notable lows following sanctions by the U.S. Treasury.
Coin Center is backing a second lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department alleging its sanctioning of Tornado Cash overstepped legal bounds.
The Tornado Cash situation is a riddle wrapped up in an enigma.
U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen regarding the sanctions imposed on the ...
“By treating autonomous code as a ‘person’ OFAC exceeds its statutory authority,” said Coin Center's Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh.
The Tornado Cash chronicle unfolds. Authorities in the Netherlands apprehended a man suspected to be a Tornado Cash developer in ...
Roman Semenov, co-founder of TornadoCash, tweeted that his GitHub account had been suspended after the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions announcement, and the Tornado Cash repository has also been deleted from GitHub.