Live updates: Bitcoin holds $78,000 as yen breaks 160 and rate-hike bets lift the dollar

Bitcoin is holding just under $78,000 as August closes. The dollar strength that pushed the yen past its intervention line is the same force capping crypto.

The top 3

  1. Bitcoin's Top 3 All-Time Price Highs: Bitcoin's highest recorded prices include over $126,000 in October 2025, $82,400 in November 2024, and over $68,500 in November 2021.
  2. Bitcoin's Fastest Growth Milestones: Bitcoin was the fastest asset to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization in just 12 years, recorded its largest weekly dollar gain of over $16,000 in August 2026, and achieved its highest yearly percentage gain of 6,600% in 2013.
  3. Bitcoin's Top 3 Yearly Percentage Gains: Bitcoin experienced an over 8,000% surge in 2011, a 6,600% gain in 2013, and a 1,300% increase in 2017.

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