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Circulating supply: 20,085,571 BTC · Total supply: 20,085,571 · Maximum supply: 21,000,000.
Market data: CoinMarketCap. Daily observations, not live quotes.
THE BRIEFING
15 Sep 2026 · Erin Douglas
Bitcoin attracted $933 million into digital asset investment products during the week covered by CoinShares’ April 27 report, comfortably exceeding flows into other individual crypto assets. Bitcoin accounted for the largest asset-level inflow as total digital asset investment products recorded $1.2 billion…
Read the full story ↗THE DEFI FOOTPRINT
DeFi TVL is distinct from Bitcoin’s price and market capitalization. Observed · 17 Sep 2026, 10:15 UTC.
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THE CHRONOLOGY
A running record of our Bitcoin coverage and tracked project publications. Read the essentials here, then follow a story for the detail. Dates show when something was published, which may differ from when the underlying event happened.
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Bitcoin attracted $933 million into digital asset investment products during the week covered by CoinShares’ April 27 report, comfortably exceeding flows into other individual crypto assets. Bitcoin accounted for the largest asset-level inflow as total digital asset investment products recorded $1.2 billion…
Bitcoin wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC accumulated 36,322 bitcoin over a nine-day period, representing roughly $3.21 billion at prevailing prices. The balance increase points to renewed accumulation among mid-to-large holders, a cohort frequently monitored for signs of longer-term positioning in…
Bitcoin Ordinals continued to generate secondary-market activity in March 2026, providing evidence that trading extended beyond initial inscriptions and primary sales. The activity shows that Ordinals were still changing hands between collectors after their original distribution, giving the Bitcoin-based collectible market a…
Bitcoin trading activity on Binance has tilted further toward derivatives, with the exchange’s futures-to-spot volume ratio reaching a record 7.82, based on CryptoQuant data. Daily Bitcoin futures volume reached $57.82 billion during the measured period, compared with $6.08 billion in spot trading.…
Bitcoin improvement proposal BIP-110 is approaching a critical stage in its activation schedule, with mandatory signaling set to begin at block 961,632. The enforcement window had not started at the time of writing, making the immediate development a countdown to the predefined…
Arthur Hayes has tied his long-term Bitcoin bull case to a potential collapse in the financing cycle behind artificial intelligence. Speaking on Bankless, the BitMEX co-founder argued that a credit shock involving AI infrastructure could trigger an aggressive policy response and redirect…
Bitcoin absorbed an unusually dense week of selling and macro shocks without breaking its narrow trading structure. Prices moved inside a $3,400 corridor between $61,300 and $64,700 even as Strategy completed its largest Bitcoin sale, conflict intensified in the Middle East, and…
CleanSpark has recorded a net addition of 454 bitcoin to its corporate treasury, raising its publicly reported holdings to 13,924 BTC. The figure aligns with independent profile indicators tied to the company’s official public account, which also lists cumulative holdings at the…
A software release was published by Bitcoin Core. Open the release notes for the changes, compatibility details and upgrade instructions. This publication does not establish a network activation date.
A software release was published by Bitcoin Core. Open the release notes for the changes, compatibility details and upgrade instructions. This publication does not establish a network activation date.
A software release was published by Bitcoin Core. Open the release notes for the changes, compatibility details and upgrade instructions. This publication does not establish a network activation date.
Strategy Inc., the enterprise software firm formerly known as MicroStrategy, acquired 520 additional Bitcoin for approximately $34.9 million between June 15 and June 21, according to a Form 8-K released on June 22, 2026. The purchase was funded through proceeds from the…
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell 10.09% in its latest adjustment, dropping to 124.93T after one of the largest downward retargets in the network’s history. Specialist mining accounts described the move as the 11th-largest negative adjustment on record and the second-largest downward shift of…
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a combined $85.8 million net inflow on June 14, reversing a five-day run of redemptions and bringing the full 12-fund group back into non-negative territory. The print marked a notable shift after several sessions of pressure across…
Aerodrome said on May 27, 2026 that “the #1 ETH pool and #1 BTC pool onchain” are on its protocol, according to a post from the project’s official X account. The timestamp is derived from the public X post ID using X’s…
Bitcoin traded near $77,000 on May 26, 2026, even as equities rallied and geopolitical tensions cooled. The market still looks fragile rather than convincingly bullish, with technical levels, on-chain supply bands and derivatives positioning keeping price action compressed. The immediate setup centers…
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw six consecutive days of net redemptions from May 15 to May 22, 2026, with about $1.55 billion leaving the funds. The withdrawal streak marked the heaviest short-term redemption pressure since late January, reducing year-to-date net inflows to…
HIVE Digital Technologies announced that its BUZZ High Performance Computing subsidiary acquired roughly 25 acres in the Greater Toronto Area for $58 million, anchoring a planned 320 MW AI infrastructure campus. The project marks a strategic pivot from Bitcoin mining toward large-scale…
France-based Capital B acquired 192 BTC for €13 million on May 18, 2026, lifting its publicly disclosed Bitcoin holdings to 3,135 BTC. The company said the purchase forms part of its Bitcoin Treasury Company strategy, with total holdings acquired for €283.6 million…
Eleven major Japanese brokerages are preparing to offer crypto investment trusts once the regulatory framework is finalized, with SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities already developing in-house products for Bitcoin and Ethereum exposure. The shift would let retail investors access crypto through ordinary…
All published, unprotected stories in this project’s category are available through these pages. Official publications cover the last 180 days of our tracked sources. Dates indicate publication, not necessarily when an event occurred.
BENEATH THE HEADLINES
CHAIN PROGRESS
Block height counts the chain’s progress. It is not a transaction count or an estimate of network usage.
Observed · 17 Sep 2026, 10:54 UTCWAITING TO BE INCLUDED
A node’s view of waiting transactions. Queues differ across nodes and can change before confirmation.
Observed · 17 Sep 2026, 10:54 UTCCOST TO TRANSACT
Fee rate per virtual byte, not total transaction cost. Time targets are estimates, not guarantees.
Observed · 17 Sep 2026, 10:54 UTCBITCOIN’S DEFI ECOSYSTEM
Daily TVL observations use their own scale. USD prices and protocol coverage can change the total without a matching change in token deposits. Observed · 16 Sep 2026, 12:24 UTC.
Fees describe current transaction demand in the observed snapshot. TVL describes a separate slice of DeFi activity. Neither is a complete measure of Bitcoin adoption, investment demand or network security.
BUILD & SHIP
Follow published Bitcoin software versions and open their release notes. Publication order does not establish which branch is the recommended upgrade. Release counts are not developer counts, commit activity or a quality score.
Bitcoin Core
A software release was published by Bitcoin Core. Open the release notes for the changes, compatibility details and upgrade instructions. This publication does not establish a network activation date.
Open release notes ↗Bitcoin Core
A software release was published by Bitcoin Core. Open the release notes for the changes, compatibility details and upgrade instructions. This publication does not establish a network activation date.
Open release notes ↗Bitcoin Core
A software release was published by Bitcoin Core. Open the release notes for the changes, compatibility details and upgrade instructions. This publication does not establish a network activation date.
Open release notes ↗Bitcoin Core
A software release was published by Bitcoin Core. Open the release notes for the changes, compatibility details and upgrade instructions. This publication does not establish a network activation date.
Open release notes ↗Bitcoin Core
A software release was published by Bitcoin Core. Open the release notes for the changes, compatibility details and upgrade instructions. This publication does not establish a network activation date.
Open release notes ↗THE PROJECT IN PERSPECTIVE
Bitcoin is an open network for transferring value without a central operator. Its native asset, BTC, is used for transfers and transaction fees. Proof-of-work miners propose blocks, while validating nodes enforce the protocol’s rules.
The protocol, the asset and the businesses built around them are related but distinct. This dossier brings together newsroom coverage, selected software publications and network observations so those different stories can be followed in context.
