Bitcoin climbed more than 23% toward $79,000 and Ether crossed $2,400 after the U.S. Treasury moved to at least double buybacks of certain long-dated bonds, strengthening the "not-QE" trade: liquidity support without a formal quantitative-easing program. Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick said Bitcoin could reach $100,000 by year-end if BTC holds above the key $65,500 level, which he considers important for confirming that the cycle low is in. Metaplanet plans to take a controlling stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise, contributing 2,100 BTC and $2.5 million in cash; the company will be renamed Superplanet. Cypherpunk Technologies agreed to acquire a Zcash mining fleet from Winklevoss Capital in a $33.33 million equity deal, giving it about 18% of the network's hashrate. Separately, the CFTC (U.S. derivatives regulator) is seeking comment on futures tied to AI computing capacity as CME Group targets an Oct. 5 launch, pending approval.