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Ethereum is targeting quantum resistance for its base layer by December 2029.

Bitcoin was still up 23% in August, compared with a 9% gain for gold and a 4% rise for the Nasdaq.

US spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in US$2.8 billion across eight sessions.

The cryptocurrency is up about 38% from its late-June to early-July low below US$58,000.

TradingView data showed bitcoin hit US$70,000 on Coinbase before slipping below that level. It was still up more than 7% over 24 hours.

At that level, bitcoin still trades about 50% below its all-time high of US$124,496, showing the rebound remains limited.

The move came as a fourth sweep of addresses generated by affected Coldcard firmware took about 449 bitcoin from 709 addresses.

The flaw traced to 2021 let attackers recreate a limited set of private keys offline.

Strategy held 843,775 bitcoin as of July 26, up 25% from the start of the year.

Bitcoin’s 30-day correlation with the S&P 500 was 0.26, indicating a modest positive relationship.