Bitcoin hits $69,000, ether jumps 10% as Treasury buybacks, SEC crypto proposal fuel market rally

AI Summary The move triggered nearly $2 billion in crypto liquidations and lifted crypto-linked stocks, with Strategy and Bitmine gaining around 10%. fulltext: 138 chars | fulltext source: rss-fallback | summary method: extractive Original: https://www.theblock.co/news/markets/2026-08-19-bitcoin-69000-ether-jumps-treasury-buybacks-sec-crypto-proposal-fuel-market-rally-412248 Source: The Block