Bitcoin

Anthony Pompliano was on Fox Business Monday telling America exactly what Bitcoin’s breakout means: “There’s a saying that Bitcoin has no top because the dollar has no bottom,” he said. “As long as they keep printing money, Bitcoin’s going to keep going up.” That is the exact setup playing out right now — and the on-chain data says the bull phase has already started. Here is what is happening, why $83,000 is the line in the sand, and why this week could be the moment the breakout gets confirmed. ...

Bitcoin crossed $80,000 on August 24 for the first time since late 2025, capping a week that will go down in the history books: a 23% weekly gain — the largest weekly dollar gain in the asset’s history — powered not by retail FOMO but by the machinery of US fiscal and monetary policy. Ethereum traded back above $2,500, roughly $1.2 billion in leveraged shorts were liquidated in 24 hours, and XRP just posted its best week in 21 months. ...

Bitcoin just did something it hasn’t done since last November: it broke decisively above its 200-day moving average — and it didn’t stop there. Over the past week, BTC surged roughly 23%, climbing to around $77,000 and posting a 100-day high alongside gold. The catalyst? The US Treasury stepped into the bond market with a playbook officials are insisting is “not QE” but that markets have already started pricing as a soft version of yield curve control. ...

You felt it this week — that little sting when you opened your news feed and saw Bitcoin ripping again. +23% in seven days. It pumped, and you watched from the sidelines. That itch isn’t going away, because this rally isn’t done yet. Let’s be honest about what’s happening. Bitcoin just pushed past $77,500 — up 23% in the last 7 days and 18% in the last 30 days. This isn’t a dead-cat bounce or a weekend blip. This is a genuine breakout, the kind that historically marks the start of a larger move. ...

More than a decade after Bitcoin’s first block, the biggest question for many American investors is no longer whether to own it — it’s where to own it. And increasingly, the answer is inside a retirement account, where Bitcoin’s long-term upside can compound without an annual tax bill. Adding Bitcoin to an IRA in 2026 is easier than most people assume, but the rules are uniquely American: the IRS sets contribution limits, the SEC decides which products you can buy inside a brokerage IRA, and a specialized industry of self-directed IRA custodians exists to hold the rest. Get the details right and you can defer — or eliminate — taxes on Bitcoin’s gains. Get them wrong and you can trigger penalties, disqualify your account, or end up with an unexpected reporting obligation. ...

Imagine a form of money that no government controls, no central bank can inflate, and no corporation can shut down. A currency with a fixed supply of 21 million units — hard-coded, unchangeable, enforced by mathematics rather than policy. That’s Bitcoin. Since its launch in 2009 by the pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin has grown from a cypherpunk experiment to a trillion-dollar asset class. The US government now holds over 200,000 BTC seized from criminal cases. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, operates the biggest spot Bitcoin ETF with over $50 billion in assets. And in 2026, Bitcoin is treated by the SEC and CFTC as a commodity — putting it in the same regulatory category as gold and oil. ...

Bitcoin is trading around $64,320 — down less than 1% on the week and looking, frankly, boring. But beneath the surface, a very different story is unfolding. While retail investors sit on the sidelines waiting for a breakout, the biggest players in crypto are loading up. This week alone, Bitcoin whales — wallets holding over 1,000 BTC — accumulated $1.2 billion worth of Bitcoin. Meanwhile, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $754 million in net inflows. The message from institutional and high-net-worth investors is clear: they’re not waiting. ...