Ethereum Bitcoin surges above $68,000, liquidating $1.4 billion shorts as Treasury buybacks boost risk appetite By info@uweb3.io August 19, 2026 Share This Post FacebookXPinterestWhatsApp BTC rose about 6% while ether, solana and crypto stocks climbed after the Treasury doubled the size of its bond buybacks. TagsAppetiteBillionBitcoinBoostBuybacksliquidatingRiskshortsSurgestreasury Related Posts Bitcoin climbs to $78,000 as crypto sits out the AI selloff Bitcoin rose 1.9% since midnight UTC while Nasdaq 100... UK FCA seeks views on fund rule exemptions for tokenized gold The FCA said uncertainty over whether some tokenized gold... Fed, BOE, BOJ interest-rate decisions: Crypto Week Ahead Your look at what's coming in the week starting... US Republicans Release Final CLARITY Act Text Senate Republicans on Sunday released revised text of the... Is Clarity dead? A vibes-based analysis: State of Crypto I dunno, flip a coin. Fed rate hike is about Wall Street, not inflation, says economist Goldman Sachs late Friday became the last of the... Previous articleUS commodities regulator imposes 5-year trading ban on ex-Alameda, FTX execsNext articleCrypto PAC Notches Primary Wins, But Loses $2M Florida Race