Last week in Bitcoin:
→ Bitcoin spent the week range-bound between $76,000 and $80,400, closing near $77,200 down roughly 3 to 4% from Monday's open.
→ Bitcoin bucked the AI-driven sell off, rising on September 14 while US tech and AI equities fell, a rare decoupling from risk assets.
→ A hotter August core CPI pushed odds of a 25bp Fed hike on September 16 to about 87%.
→ US spot Bitcoin ETFs bled about $462.7M over the week with zero net-inflow days, while spot Ether ETFs pulled in $196.9M.
→ Strategy (MSTR) made no Bitcoin changes and repurchased $139M of its STRC preferred stock; Strive kept buying, crossing 25,000 BTC.
→ Blockstream's Liquid sidechain was drained of about $319M in Bitcoin, with roughly 85% later returned by self-described white hats.
→ Symbiosis' native Bitcoin bridge was exploited on September 11, minting billions in unbacked syBTC but netting only about $336,000.
→ Corporate treasuries showed rotation and exits, with battery firm KULR selling its last 764 BTC and miner Bitdeer liquidating its full weekly output.
→ Bitcoin Bancorp bought thousands of defunct Bitcoin Depot ATMs out of bankruptcy for about $620,000.
→ The Senate set a CLARITY Act cloture vote for September 15, needing 60 votes with Republicans holding 53; Galaxy Research puts 2026 passage odds near 10%.