Bitcoin is threatening to break through US$80,000 after recording its largest weekly dollar gain on record, as renewed institutional buying and a shift in US Treasury policy injected fresh momentum into crypto markets. Bitcoin was trading around US$78,700 early Tuesday, having briefly touched US$80,000 during the latest session.
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Picture the last week of December with Bitcoin (BTC) back above $100,000. That is the scene behind the latest Google Gemini AI price prediction, which puts the base case at $102,000 by Christmas 2026.The full bullish range spans $95,000 to $110,000. Gemini also flags a full expansion target of $105,000 before year-end.
Bitcoin is making a comeback and Wall Street analysts are citing three factors that could push it up and make its next move. BTC is getting a lot of buzz, not only as an investment with high risk but also as a possible countermeasure against the general uncertainty of the economy.
Bitcoin recorded a 25% weekly surge, bringing its price to around $78,702 during the final week of August 2026. Zcash (ZEC) led sector returns with a 75.5% rally on its weekly chart, trading at $846.51. XRP broke a 13-month descending trendline after posting a 53% gain, reaching $1.
While even the oldest Bitcoiners disagree on what the Bitcoin network and its asset, bitcoin (BTC), are, a new survey showed that the existing knowledge gap among the general public might be turned into a major boost for this market.
The 23% appreciation in Bitcoin's value during the week of August 17–21, 2026, does not constitute an isolated event in the asset's volatility history. The move, which carried the price from the $62,000–$67,000 range to above $77,000 in Friday's session, presents a particularity that warrants analysis: the temporal synchronization with two fiscal policy events from the largest global economy.
Jon Atack, a longtime Bitcoin Core contributor, commented on the declining level of adoption of bitcoin payments in El Salvador. During a lunch in El Zonte, AKA Bitcoin Beach, Atack, who has lived in the zone since 2022, was told his payment was the first made in BTC in a whole month.
Ceffu, Binance's institutional custody partner, deposited 136.54 million USDC onto Binance and then withdrew 1,524 BTC and 59,484 ETH worth a combined $263.8 million in a single 30-minute window on Aug. 24. A Familiar Custody Pattern Repeats Onchain sleuths reported that Ceffu deposited 136.54 million USDC into Binance before pulling 1,524 BTC (worth $117.
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Bitcoin's march toward the historic $80,000 milestone hit a brick wall today, as immense sell pressure triggered a sharp intraday pullback.
Ray Dalio's August 21, 2026, LinkedIn post reopened a debate that the crypto sector should examine with technical precision, independent of the enthusiasm generated by any endorsement from an investor of his standing. Founder of Bridgewater Associates, Dalio operates as a debt-cycle analyst rather than a crypto proponent or a decentralization theorist.