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Gathered from the major desks

The Wire

Headlines as they are published, grouped when several desks report the same story, with paid posts left out. Each one links to the desk that wrote it.

Monday, September 21, 2026

  1. Bitcoin Magazine
    Jordi Visser: Why AI Agents Make the BTC Bull Case

    BTC

  2. Bitcoin Magazine
    Strategy and Strive Announce $182.7 Million Bitcoin Buy as Price Surges Past $86,000

    BTC

  3. Decrypt
    Can a Fruit Fly Brain Mine Bitcoin? These Companies Are Testing It

    BTC

  4. CryptoSlateNotable
    Bitcoin hits $86,000 putting ETF investors back in profit after $86 billion wipeout

    BTC

  5. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Circle launches Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing for institutional clients

    BTCUSDC

  6. Bitcoin Magazine
    Russian Crypto Industry Could Be Operating Legally by Year-End: Central Bank

    BTC

  7. Cointelegraph
    Bitcoin price tags $86K as analysis sees crypto in ‘new bull market’

    BTC

  8. CryptoSlate
    Strategy and Strive buy $183 million in Bitcoin as $85,000 rally revives treasury trade

    BTC

  9. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Is Rallying Again—What Happens Next?

    BTC

  10. Bitcoin Magazine
    Bitcoin Price Shrugs Off Clarity Act Fail, Blasts Past $86,000

    BTC

  11. The Block+1 desk
    Strive adds 1,355 bitcoin, picks up pace toward year-end second-place treasury goal

    BTC

  12. Decrypt
    Morning Minute: Kevin O’Leary Calls for $1 Million Bitcoin, With an Asterisk

    BTC

  13. NewsBTC
    USDT on TRON Becomes Most Used Onchain Payment Option on CoinsBee as Stablecoin Spending Grows

    TRXUSDTBTC

  14. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin’s $84K rally isn’t saving miners as difficulty signals already flash caution

    BTC

  15. Bitcoin Magazine
    Billionaire Investor Tim Draper: “Irresponsible” for Apple & Meta NOT to Hold BTC

    BTC

  16. Decrypt
    Strategy's Bitcoin Pile Nears June Record After $76M Purchase

    BTC

  17. DecryptNotable
    Bitcoin Tops $85K as $648M in Crypto Shorts Liquidated

    BTC

  18. The Block+2 desksNotable
    ‘A little more orange’: Strategy buys 950 bitcoin for $76 million, bringing total holdings to 846,000 BTC

    BTC

  19. CoinDesk
    Strategy returns to bitcoin buys, adding $75 million of BTC last week

    BTC

  20. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin's 44% gain in third quarter teases full-blown crypto bull run

    BTC

  21. CoinDesk
    Perp futures linked to 'bitcoin VIX' debut on Hyperliquid

    HYPEBTC

  22. The Block
    Bitcoin taps $85,000 for first time since January as crypto short liquidations surge

    BTC

  23. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Bitcoin hits $85,000 as short squeeze forces out $648 million of bearish bets

    BTC

  24. CryptoSlate
    A Bitcoin Lightning flaw could send a node’s entire balance straight to miners

    BTC

  25. Cointelegraph
    BTC price nears eight-month high above $85K: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week

    BTC

  26. CoinDeskNotable
    X sues its own users for running a fake bitcoin news bot farm

    BTC

  27. The Block+1 deskNotable
    X sues UK duo over alleged $277K crypto account payout fraud

    BTC

  28. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin shattered $80,000 after a $148 billion US liquidity shock failed to break markets

    BTC

  29. CoinDesk+2 desks
    Live updates: Bitcoin jumps toward $83,000 as falling oil lifts risk assets

    BTCXMR

  30. CryptoSlate
    2 key economic reports threaten Bitcoin’s $80k rally as BTC price model predicts $95k incoming

    BTC

  31. Bitcoinist
    Hyperliquid Launches Manual Borrowing With HYPE And Bitcoin Collateral

    HYPEBTC

  32. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Bitcoin reclaims 50-week moving average: Is the bear market over?

    BTC

  33. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin rises above $81,000, while NEAR jumps 23% on Zcash swap traffic

    BTCZECNEAR

  34. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin’s price has cleared a key hurdle that has historically preceded major bull runs

    BTC

  35. Bitcoin MagazineMajor
    Strategy Founder Michael Saylor Argues Clarity Act Collapse Is a Win

    BTC

Sunday, September 20, 2026

  1. Cointelegraph
    Who needs CLARITY anyway? ARB could see 70X increase: Hodler’s Digest

    ARBBTC

  2. CryptoSlate
    Why keeping your private keys safe won’t always stop crypto theft

    BTC

  3. CryptoSlate
    Offshore Bitcoin futures crash 97% as traders abandon traditional risk

    BTC

  4. Decrypt
    Why Holding Anything But Bitcoin Has Been a Losing Bet for Two Years

    BTC

  5. Bitcoin Magazine
    Move Over Housing – Bitcoin is Gen Z’s New Wealth Building Asset

    BTC

  6. Bitcoin Magazine
    T. Rowe Price’s Blue Macellari: Bitcoin is Now Core to the Debasement Conversation

    BTC

  7. Bitcoin Magazine
    Coinbase Policy Chief: Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Outlook

    BTC

  8. Bitcoin Magazine
    Strategy CEO Phong Le: We Want to Be the JPMorgan of Bitcoin

    BTC

  9. Bitcoin Magazine
    Why Legendary Investor Bill Miller IV has “Never Been More Bullish on Bitcoin”

    BTC

  10. CoinDesk
    Crypto traders braced for a total wipeout this week but Bitcoin had other plans

    BTC

  11. CryptoSlate
    Why Bitcoin’s rally above $80,000 isn’t backed by institutional conviction

    BTC

  12. CryptoSlate
    Why Bitcoin’s 63% HODL wave isn’t the mega bull signal everyone thinks it is

    BTC

Saturday, September 19, 2026

  1. Bitcoinist
    Aave Proposal Brings Anchorage-Custodied Bitcoin Into V4 Lending Model

    BTCAAVE

  2. CryptoSlateNotable
    Fidelity surge brings in $310M BTC saving Bitcoin ETFs from a disastrous week

    BTC

  3. CointelegraphNotable
    REX launches 2x leveraged ETF tied to Bitcoin treasury firm Strive

    BTC

  4. The BlockNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs eke out positive week with $433 million Friday inflow as ether funds snap four-week inflow streak

    BTCETH

  5. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    VanEck criticizes Metaplanet over executive dilution despite compensation cuts

    BTC

  6. Decrypt
    Bitcoin's Sharpest Rally in Two Years Ran Almost Entirely on Short Liquidations

    BTC

  7. CoinDesk
    'We have lost control': Crypto pioneer warns AI could trigger systemic banking and infrastructure shocks

    BTC

  8. NewsBTCNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs Add $324.6M As Fidelity Dominates Friday Flows

    BTC

  9. CryptoSlateNotable
    Bitcoin faces an October 18 test as Trump prepares new Russia tariffs

    BTC

  10. CoinDesk
    'The orange tie stays': Michael Saylor responds to venture capitalist's bitcoin obituary

    BTC

  11. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin survived the Fed and CLARITY, and now faces the next major test at $82,000 this weekend

    BTC

Friday, September 18, 2026

  1. Bitcoin Magazine
    European Central Bank President Blocked Binance’s EU Entry: Report

    BTC

  2. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin faces an eight-year rates test as the BOE unwinds £368 billion

    BTC