Live updates: Bitcoin surges past $80,000 as crypto rebounds from Clarity outage and climbing interest rates
Bitcoin continued its dramatic rally on Tuesday, breaking the $80,000 threshold for the first time since its 2021 peak. The cryptocurrency’s surge came amid a series of market‑moving events that included a brief but disruptive failure of the blockchain analytics platform Clarity, a series of higher‑than‑expected interest‑rate moves by major central banks, and a surprise rate hike by the Bank of J…
Sept. 18, 2026, 9:49 a.m.