Circle has put Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing inside its institutional Mint interface. The smoother workflow ends, however, where cirBTC leaves Mint and enters an external DeFi market.

X has added a trade button to Bitcoin and stock cashtags for eligible US users. The feature begins on X, but the order is completed through a separate financial platform.

Bitcoin briefly reached $87,374 before slipping below $87,000. The next $3,000 could prove unusually volatile because estimated short-liquidation exposure increases toward $90,000.

Strategy bought another 950 BTC for $75.7 million, lifting its total holdings to 846,000 BTC as the cryptocurrency moved above the company’s latest purchase price.

Bitcoin briefly traded above $84,000 before easing to $83,800. Its move beyond May’s $82,800 swing high coincided with a concentrated wave of short liquidations.

Bolivian Toyota distributor Toyosa now lets customers pay for vehicles with Bitcoin, but it has not disclosed whether it receives BTC or converted funds.

Bitcoin moved almost $200 billion ahead of Tesla in the global asset ranking, even though the automaker itself owns 11,509 BTC worth close to $1 billion.

Bitcoin pushed toward $81,000 after bouncing from $74,800, while onchain data shows that more BTC has remained unspent long enough to enter the long-term-holder cohort.

Bitcoin climbed back above $78,000, but the larger moves came from further down the market. In the CoinMarketCap snapshot reviewed for this article, 31 of 45 non-stablecoin and non-gold crypto assets gained more than 5% over 24 hours. Fourteen posted double-digit increases.

JPMorgan says Bitcoin could receive more support than gold if investors unwind the short positions and options used to protect Bitcoin ETF holdings. The claim is conditional: it assumes investors keep their underlying Bitcoin exposure rather than selling it.

Bitcoin’s onchain structure is moving away from conditions associated with a bear market, but price still needs to defend $71,300 and absorb break-even selling near $79,800.

The House Financial Services Committee will examine legislation that could turn the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve from a presidential policy into a statutory program.