{
  "id": 2402106,
  "title": "Crypto Biz: Treasury’s ‘Not-QE’ playbook sends Bitcoin higher",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/crypto-biz-treasurys-not-qe-playbook-sends-bitcoin-higher",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:50:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-biz-treasurys-not-qe-playbook-sends-bitcoin-higher"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bitcoin surged as the US Treasury doubled long-dated bond buybacks, providing support to the \"not-QE\" trade. Bitcoin's price jumped over 23% towards $79,000, with Ether reaching $2,400 after the Treasury's move. This development is shaping decisions in the crypto space, with Standard Chartered predicting Bitcoin could hit $100,000 by year-end. Metaplanet is expanding its Bitcoin treasury strategy to the US, taking a controlling stake in Super League Enterprise and contributing 2,100 BTC and $2.5 million in cash. Cypherpunk Technologies, meanwhile, is making a $33 million bet on Zcash mining, acquiring a fleet from Winklevoss Capital and gaining about 18% of the network's hashrate. The CFTC is seeking public comment on futures contracts tied to AI computing capacity, which could impact the emerging market for trading and hedging computing power.",
  "summary": "Bitcoin rallied as Treasury bond buybacks fueled the “not-QE” trade, while Metaplanet expanded to the US and Cypherpunk made a $33 million Zcash mining bet.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}