Bitcoin news

August 21, 2026

16:30 Bitcoin

Bhutan Moves 490.87 BTC to Fresh Wallets as State-Linked Transfers Continue

Bhutan moves 490.87 BTC to fresh wallets The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred 490.87 BTC worth about $32.74 million to fresh wallets over the past 24 hours, including a 485 BTC move worth roughly $32.31 million, Onchain Lens said. The recipient addresses were not identified as exchanges or trading firms, and the data does not confirm the transfers were sales, extending a run of large state-linked BTC movements in 2026.

August 8, 2026

12:40 Bitcoin

Bhutan Moves 434.87 BTC to Binance, Extending Government Selling Trend

Bhutan sends 435 BTC to Binance after month-long pause The Royal Government of Bhutan deposited 434.87 BTC worth about $27.93 million to Binance on Aug. 7 after a month of inactivity, on-chain tracker Lookonchain said, indicating another likely sale. The transfer continues Bhutan’s recent offloading streak as it raises funds for the planned Gelephu Mindfulness City, a 2,600-square-kilometer special administrative region.

August 7, 2026

10:41 Bitcoin

Binance BTC Futures-to-Spot Volume Ratio Reaches Record 7.82x

Binance BTC futures-to-spot volume ratio hits record 7.82x Bitcoin price discovery is shifting further into derivatives on Binance, where futures volumes are now about 7.82 times spot turnover, based on CryptoQuant data. As of Aug. 6, BTC open interest stood at $24.47 billion, down from more than $44 billion in October 2025, while daily futures volume reached $57.82 billion versus roughly $6 billion in spot, pointing to weaker spot demand and more short-term speculative trading.

July 27, 2026

18:01 Bitcoin

Strive Adds 79 BTC, Taking Treasury Holdings to 20,000 Bitcoin

Strive buys 79 BTC to bring corporate treasury to 20,000 Bitcoin Strive said it bought 79 BTC between July 20 and 24 for about $5.2 million at an average price of $65,723 per coin plus fees, lifting its holdings from 19,921 to 20,000 BTC. The company, which adopted Bitcoin as a treasury asset in September 2025, now holds roughly $1.3 billion in BTC and has authorized a $4.2 billion capital raise program aimed at converting new cash into Bitcoin.

July 18, 2026

19:47 Bitcoin

Michael Saylor Opposes BIP 110, Citing Governance and Chain-Split Risks

Saylor rejects BIP 110 softfork over Bitcoin governance and split risk Strategy founder Michael Saylor published a 100-point essay Saturday opposing BIP 110, a proposed Bitcoin softfork that would temporarily restrict several non-payment data transaction types. He said the plan would use consensus rules to police disputed but valid activity, could cut miner fee revenue, and raise chain-split risk because it uses a 55% miner-signaling threshold instead of the 95% standard used in BIP 9.

July 13, 2026

12:22 Bitcoin

Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Moves 2,931 BTC Worth About $188 Million After Nearly Eight Years

Dormant Bitcoin wallet moves 2,931 BTC to new address A Bitcoin wallet inactive since Oct. 23, 2018 moved all 2,931 BTC, worth about $188 million, to an unmarked address on July 12 at around 3:41 p.m. ET, Onchain Lens said, citing Arkham data. The recipient wallet had not moved the funds at the time of reporting, and no exchange or OTC affiliation was identified, leaving the transfer classified as wallet-to-wallet rather than a confirmed exchange inflow.

July 12, 2026

18:20 Bitcoin

Saylor and Adam Back reject BIP-110 proposal to curb Ordinals activity on Bitcoin

Saylor and Back oppose proposed Bitcoin fork to curb Ordinals spam Michael Saylor and Adam Back have publicly opposed BIP-110, a Bitcoin proposal introduced in December 2025 to temporarily restrict non-monetary transactions such as Ordinals-style inscriptions. Saylor said the fork could invalidate ordinary transactions and hurt Bitcoin’s credibility, while Back called it an attempt to “police other people” that clashes with Bitcoin’s permissionless, censorship-resistant ethos.