The U.S. government transferred 12,267 BTC worth about $1.01 billion from a Bitfinex hack seizure wallet to new, unlabeled wallets, with no signs of sale as no exchange deposits were made. This move appears to be wallet reshuffling rather than selling, following a previous day’s activity where $383 million in crypto was deposited to Coinbase Prime, a custody platform. A 2025 executive order mandates that seized Bitcoin be held in a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and not sold. The government currently holds around $25.5 billion in cryptocurrency assets.
Bitcoin is trading at Rp1.453.527.698 on Pluang as of Oct 08, 2026 23:03 WIB, showing a 2.65% decrease in the last day. The platform sees a majority of buy orders at 63%, with typical holders keeping Bitcoin for about 111 days. This trading activity provides context to the U.S. government's recent movement of $1 billion in Bitcoin from a Bitfinex hack wallet.
Ether (ETH) fell below $2,500 to $2,467.88 as crypto liquidations hit $759 million in 24 hours, mainly from long positions worth $692 million. This forced selling pressured major cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin dropping 2.14% to $81,333.50 and Solana ...
Analyst Gert van Lagen projects XRP could reach $50 if it breaks a key resistance level at $2.10 and gains strength relative to Bitcoin. This scenario assumes Bitcoin's price reaches about $450,000 and XRP's market cap hits around $3 trillion, surpas...
Bitcoin's price fell below $81,000 on Binance's spot market, reaching $80,926 at 12:58 p.m. ET on October 8. This marked a decline of $408 within 15 minutes and a 0.19% drop from one hour earlier. The slight decrease reflects short-term market fluctu...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will not strike Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, signaling a de-escalation in tensions. This statement came amid ongoing productive discussions between the two countries and followed re...
Bitcoin fell to as low as $81,749.83, breaking below a key support level of $82,776.30, amid a 2.67% drop in 24 hours. This decline coincides with Bitcoin ETFs losing $484.9 million on October 7, their worst day since June, and significant liquidatio...
