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Bitcoin Reached About $79,650 Today, Its Strongest Month in Over a Year, But It's Still Well Below Its All-Time Record (Thursday, August 27, 2026)
Bitcoin traded around $79,650 today, Thursday, August 27, 2026, per CoinGecko, ArzDigital and TradingEconomics. The world's largest cryptocurrency is having its best monthly performance in over a year, but it remains clearly below its October 2025 all-time record. The main driver has been the US Treasury's August 19 decision to roughly double its long-dated bond buybacks.
Bitcoin Tops $72,000 to Its Highest Since Early June as the US Treasury Doubles Long-Term Bond Buybacks (Thursday, 20 August 2026)
Bitcoin climbed about 5.3% on Thursday, 20 August 2026, pushing past $72,000 to $72,415, its highest level since early June, according to CoinGecko and Sahmino data. The jump accelerated after the US Treasury said it would double buybacks of old long-term government bonds, a move markets read as indirect quantitative easing that weakens the dollar and lifts scarce assets like bitcoin. Around $1.5 billion of short positions were forced to cover.
Trump to Host Coinbase, Ripple and Kraken CEOs at the White House on Wednesday, August 19; CFTC's New Crypto Innovation Committee Holds Its First Meeting the Next Day
President Trump is expected to meet the CEOs of Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, Polymarket and Kraken at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, according to CoinDesk and Bitcoin.com News; the SEC and CFTC chairs are also on the guest list. The meeting precedes the CFTC's new crypto Innovation Advisory Committee's first session on Thursday, while the CLARITY Act remains stalled in the Senate until Congress returns in September.
US Bitcoin ETFs Turn Positive After 10-Day Outflow Streak; Bitcoin Tops $62,000 (Sunday, Tir 14, 1405 / July 5, 2026)
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a $221.72 million net inflow on Thursday, July 2, 2026, ending a 10-day, $2.7 billion outflow streak, the largest single-day intake in two months. Bitcoin rose 1.74% to $62,512 by Saturday, July 4, and BlackRock's new staked Ethereum fund pulled in $100 million on its debut day.
