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US Debt Buyback Boost Sends Bitcoin To Multimonth High Above $69,000

Summary by Cointelegraph
Bitcoin joined US stocks in a broad rally after the US Treasury announced that it was at least doubling the amount of its debt buyback operations from September.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent announced that the scale of Treasury bond buybacks would be doubled to stabilize the U.S. bond market. Following this, the price of Bitcoin surged as bond yields fell and investor sentiment in virtual assets recovered. According to CoinMarketCap, a global virtual asset market data site, the price of Bitcoin was recorded at $69,290.29 as of 8:05 AM on the 20th. This is 7% higher than 24 hours ago.

Bitcoin has grown by more than 7% today, from €55,868 to almost €60,000. This movement follows the US Treasury's announcement to double its long-term government bond buybacks (from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per Maturity transaction on 10-30 [...] The Bitcoin article: a technical rebound carried by the US Treasury appeared first on bitcoin.fr.

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Cointelegraph broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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