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US bitcoin ETFs log a second straight week of inflows, breaking a two-month rout
US-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net inflows for a second consecutive week (through about 20 July), ending a roughly two-month stretch of outflows. According to reports, inflows over the latest five trading days reached about 727 million dollars, the longest such streak since the late-April to early-May period. The flows coincided with bitcoin climbing above 66,000 dollars on Tuesday 21 July (30 Tir), its highest in around two weeks. Even so, some analysts caution that the inflows likely reflect easing selling pressure rather than a broad return of institutional demand. The direction of bitcoin ETF flows is one gauge of the overall crypto-market mood that Iranian traders watch.
Bloomberg · Jul 21, 2026
Bitcoin hit a two-week high near $65,500 on Tuesday; Ethereum topped $1,900
The cryptocurrency market rose on Tuesday, 21 July 2026. Bitcoin gained about 0.8 percent to a two-week high near $65,500, and Ethereum rose about 1.5 percent to move above $1,900. According to CoinDesk, the advance came alongside a rebound in Asian chipmaker stocks and improving risk appetite in markets. Despite the price gains, the crypto Fear and Greed Index remained in extreme fear territory at 25. U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds have logged five straight trading days of inflows totaling more than $600 million. Traders view the Federal Reserve's late-July meeting as the next test for the market. In Iran's domestic market, tether is the main reference for crypto trading and moves in step with the free-market dollar rate.
CoinDesk · Jul 21, 2026
Standard Chartered: 2026 is the year of Ethereum; renews $100,000 bitcoin year-end target
Standard Chartered said in a new report that it believes 2026 will be "the year of Ethereum" and expects ether to outperform bitcoin, citing Ethereum's role in stablecoins, tokenized real world assets and decentralized finance. The bank reaffirmed its $100,000 year-end 2026 target for bitcoin, but cut its end 2026 ether target to $7,500 from $12,000, while raising its longer term outlook and lifting its end 2030 target to $40,000. The comments circulated on 19 and 20 July 2026. The crypto market matters to Iranian traders through tether and bitcoin.
The Block · Jul 20, 2026
Bitcoin holds near $64,600 on Monday as Iran's tether eases with the dollar
Bitcoin held near $64,600 on Monday, 29 Tir 1405 (July 20, 2026), trading in a narrow range with a small daily gain of about 0.2 percent. In Iran's domestic market, the price of tether eased alongside the retreat of the dollar in the open market, slipping to around 189,000 tomans, roughly 2 percent lower than the previous day. A calmer currency market has reduced selling pressure on widely used domestic cryptocurrencies such as tether. Iran's local crypto pricing remains tied more to the open market dollar than to the global trend.
اقتصادنیوز · Jul 20, 2026
Bitcoin near $64,900 as crypto trades like a risk asset amid the war and oil surge
Bitcoin traded near $64,900 on the morning of Sunday, July 19, 2026, slightly higher (about 0.3 percent) than the prior day. That level followed a volatile week in which bitcoin fell as US strikes on Iran resumed and oil prices jumped, dipping to the low $63,000s mid-week (around July 16 to 18). According to CoinDesk and Bloomberg, bitcoin behaved over the period more like a risk asset (moving with technology stocks) than a safe haven: as oil climbed and worries about sticky inflation and interest rates grew, cryptocurrencies fell alongside US equities (the Nasdaq dropped about 2.9 percent in the week to July 18), while gold held its ground. For an Iranian audience, cryptocurrencies and Tether in particular are a common channel for transferring and saving value under currency restrictions, so global bitcoin volatility together with a weakening rial shapes domestic demand.
CoinDesk · Jul 19, 2026
Bitcoin slips to around $63,000 on Friday, roughly $1,100 below the previous day
Bitcoin traded at around $62,900 on the morning of Friday, July 17, 2026 (US Eastern time), roughly $1,100 below the previous morning. The world's largest cryptocurrency has fluctuated in the $60,000 to $65,000 range for more than a month. Friday's decline came alongside selling pressure in equity and precious-metals markets amid the intensifying US-Iran war. Several billion dollars' worth of bitcoin and ethereum options also expired on Friday. Tether, the cryptocurrency widely used in Iran's market, has traded inside the country above the free-market dollar rate this week.
Fortune · Jul 17, 2026
Bitcoin near $64,000 Thursday as crypto holds up against falling gold
The crypto market held up on Thursday, 16 July 2026, even as global gold slid. Per Yahoo Finance, bitcoin opened the day near $64,720 (about 0.4% below Wednesday) and eased to around $64,066 by morning US trading. By Thursday evening Tehran time it was trading near $64,085, roughly 1.4% below the prior day. Ethereum outperformed, opening near $1,917, about 1.5% higher. That resilience came as spot gold fell nearly 2% the same day to below $4,000 and silver stayed under $58. Crypto analysts attribute this week's steadiness to softer US inflation data, which opened more room for risk assets. For Iranian savers, Tether is the main gateway to the global crypto market, and moves in bitcoin and stablecoins track this dollar-denominated market.
Yahoo Finance · Jul 16, 2026
Bitcoin and ethereum rally Wednesday after softer US inflation data; bitcoin back near $65,000
The cryptocurrency market rose on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Bitcoin opened Wednesday's trading at about $64,975, roughly 4.4% above Tuesday's open, and traded near $64,622 as of 8:07 a.m. US Eastern time. Ethereum also opened the day near $1,890, about 6.6% higher. According to Yahoo Finance, the main driver was Tuesday's softer-than-expected US inflation report, which showed the largest monthly decline in consumer prices since April 2020. A Japan bitcoin ETF bill clearing a committee in the country's Upper House also supported sentiment. Total crypto market capitalization rose about 3.2% over 24 hours to roughly $2.3 trillion.
Yahoo Finance · Jul 15, 2026
Bitcoin falls to around $62,000 as crypto joins Monday's risk-off selloff
Bitcoin dropped below $63,000 on Monday, July 13, 2026, sliding to around $62,000, a decline of nearly 3% over 24 hours. The world's largest cryptocurrency, which had held up near $63,800 earlier in the day despite the escalating US-Iran conflict, lost that resilience in evening trade and joined a broad risk-off selloff alongside falling equities and precious metals. Traders attributed the drop to a mix of geopolitical tension and concern over US consumer inflation data due Tuesday, along with expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates elevated. The total crypto market capitalization also fell about 3%.
Crypto Times · Jul 13, 2026
Bitcoin ETFs snap a 10-day outflow streak with $221 million of inflows as ether and XRP fall
US spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds ended a 10-day run of outflows on Friday, drawing about 221.7 million dollars in net inflows, their largest single-day haul in two months. The figure, covering the last US trading session before the weekend, is read as a partial return of institutional demand, even as the broader crypto market opened the week under the shadow of renewed US-Iran tensions. In Monday trading on 13 July 2026, ether fell about 2.9 percent over 24 hours to near 1,736 dollars and XRP dropped about 2.9 percent to near 1.09 dollars. Bitcoin proved more resilient to the selling pressure, hovering in the area near 63,000 dollars.
CoinDesk · Jul 13, 2026
Bitcoin stays muted against the war, near $63,400 while gold and oil swing
Bitcoin traded near $63,400 on Monday, July 13, 2026, down about 1 percent, while Ethereum sat around $1,807. Unlike gold, oil, equities and bonds, which swung sharply after a fourth round of US strikes on Iran, the crypto market held in a narrow range. According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin's muted reaction to the war headlines marks a shift in the asset's behaviour; per the analysis, Bitcoin now moves more with dollar liquidity and the technology-equity cycle than with West Asia military tensions. The point matters for Iranian tether and crypto traders, as it shows the global market's swings on tense days do not necessarily follow war news.
CoinDesk · Jul 13, 2026
Ethereum ETFs draw 84 million dollars, their best week since April
Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded about 84 million dollars in net inflows in the week ending 11 July, their best week since April and the end of an eight-week outflow streak. Ether climbed past the 1,700 dollar area on the back of the inflows. Over the same week, XRP funds saw about 7 million dollars in outflows, signaling a rotation of institutional capital toward Ethereum.
crypto.news · Jul 13, 2026
Bitcoin holds little changed near $63,800 despite third round of US strikes on Iran
Bitcoin was little changed in trading on Sunday, 12 July 2026, holding near $63,800 despite the start of a third round of US military strikes on Iran and the IRGC's declaration that the Strait of Hormuz was closed. It was down about 0.3% over 24 hours and up about 2% on the week. Ether traded near $1,794, up about 2.9%, and XRP near $1.10, up about 1%. With oil, stock and bond markets shut for the weekend, crypto was one of the few markets pricing the escalation in real time. Analysts say investors no longer treat West Asia risk as a crypto-specific event but as a rates event: the main worry is that a jump in oil prices reignites inflation and keeps interest rates elevated. Tether's price inside Iran typically follows these global crypto levels.
CoinDesk · Jul 12, 2026
US Bitcoin ETFs Return to Net Inflows With About 90 Million Dollars on Friday
US spot bitcoin exchange traded funds recorded about 90 million dollars of net inflows on Friday, July 10, 2026, with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) the largest contributor at nearly 87 million dollars. US ether ETFs added roughly 18 million dollars the same day. The inflows followed a June in which US bitcoin ETFs saw close to 4 billion dollars of net outflows, the largest monthly withdrawal since the funds launched in January 2024. Bitcoin was trading near 64,200 dollars at the time. The return of institutional demand, even amid renewed US-Iran military tensions, was read as a sign of resilience in the crypto market, a trend that matters for Iran's own tether and crypto market, which tracks global sentiment.
Cryptobriefing · Jul 11, 2026
Tether Moves to Relaunch USDT Natively on Bitcoin via RGB Protocol
Tether is preparing to relaunch USDT natively on the Bitcoin network using version 0.11.1 of the RGB protocol, which recently went live on Bitcoin's mainnet, Cryptobriefing reported July 7, 2026. The rollout is being led by UTEXO, a Bitcoin native settlement layer that raised $7.5 million in seed funding in March 2026, primarily from Tether, and is intended to compete with Tron, which currently handles the bulk of USDT settlement. According to the report, the new version is expected to go live within weeks.
Cryptobriefing · Jul 11, 2026
Tether Burns $2.5 Billion in USDT on the Ethereum Network
Tether burned $2.5 billion worth of USDT on the Ethereum network on Tuesday, July 7, 2026 (16 Tir 1405), its largest single reduction in circulating supply since February 2026, cutting roughly 1.3 percent of USDT's circulating supply. The move brought total USDT supply to approximately $189.6 billion. Reports described the burn as routine cross-chain treasury rebalancing rather than a strategic move to shrink supply, and the stablecoin's peg to the dollar held steady.
Cryptonews.com · Jul 11, 2026
BitMine's Ethereum Treasury Reaches 4.8% of Total ETH Supply
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) said in an official release on Monday, July 6, 2026, that it had bought 42,197 ETH for about 74 million dollars over the prior week, lifting its total Ethereum holdings to 5,742,237 tokens, about 4.8 percent of Ethereum's roughly 120.7 million circulating supply. The release put the company's total crypto and cash holdings at 11.1 billion dollars. BitMine chairman Tom Lee has dubbed the accumulation campaign the Alchemy of 5%, targeting ownership of 5 percent of Ethereum's total supply. According to CoinDesk and The Block, on-chain trackers identified two further transfers worth about 71.6 million dollars combined to the company's wallets on July 7 and 8, which had not yet been confirmed in a new official disclosure as of publication.
PR Newswire (BitMine Immersion Technologies) · Jul 10, 2026
Arbitrum's ARB Token Jumps 19 Percent as Robinhood Chain Revenue Sharing Kicks In
Arbitrum's ARB token surged 19 percent over 24 hours on Thursday, July 9, 2026 (18 Tir 1405), becoming the top-performing asset among the top 100 cryptocurrencies, after the launch of a revenue-sharing model tied to Robinhood Chain. According to CoinDesk, Robinhood Chain, built on Arbitrum's technology stack, logged $568 million in trading volume in a single active day. Under the arrangement, 10 percent of the chain's net protocol revenue flows back to the Arbitrum ecosystem, split between 8 percent to the Arbitrum DAO treasury and 2 percent for development funding. Brendan Ma, head of investment strategies at the Arbitrum Foundation, said the day's activity put Robinhood Chain on an annualized revenue run rate above $12.5 million.
CoinDesk · Jul 10, 2026
Bitcoin jumps 3.5 percent to near 64,000 dollars
Bitcoin rose about 3.5 percent on Friday, July 10 (19 Tir), climbing to near 64,000 dollars and erasing part of the recent losses triggered by President Donald Trump's warnings on Iran. According to CoinDesk, the rally was driven more by a surge in Asian semiconductor and AI related stocks, a stronger Japanese yen and a weaker US dollar than by crypto specific news; Bitcoin ended the week up 4.2 percent. Total crypto market capitalization also rose from about 2.21 trillion to roughly 2.25 trillion dollars over the same period.
CoinDesk · Jul 10, 2026
Bitcoin Holds Near $62,000, Showing Muted Reaction to Renewed Iran-US Strikes
Per CoinDesk (July 9, 2026), Bitcoin traded above $62,000 on Thursday, July 9, settling at $62,009, down 1.2% over 24 hours but up 1.6% for the week, even as oil rose, gold fell and Treasury yields climbed. The relatively muted reaction came even as Iran widened strikes on US bases across the Persian Gulf, in contrast to gold's sharper multi day slide, which CoinDesk analysts say reflects Bitcoin's growing correlation with bond yields rather than traditional safe haven assets.
CoinDesk · Jul 10, 2026
Bitcoin Holds Near $62,900, Pulling Back From $64,000 Peak
Bitcoin traded near $62,900 on Thursday, July 9, 2026 (18 Tir), pulling back after briefly topping $64,000 days earlier for the first time. According to CoinDesk, the cryptocurrency has rallied nearly 10 percent since the start of July, driven largely by shifting expectations for Federal Reserve policy. A weaker than expected US jobs report, showing only 57,000 new jobs, fueled speculation that new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh will pursue more aggressive interest rate cuts.
CoinDesk · Jul 10, 2026