Bitcoin is holding steady near $79,500 despite slipping from $80K, and institutions are still buying — $500M in fresh ETF inflows proves it. But the real stories today are Coinbase going dark after an AWS outage, Kraken's $600M stablecoin infrastructure bet, and XRP metrics flashing 2021-level signals. Here's everything that moved the market in the last 24 hours.

Bitcoin surged past $70,000 as institutional momentum accelerated across the crypto market. MicroStrategy added nearly 18,000 BTC, Nasdaq announced plans for tokenized stock trading with Kraken, and Bitcoin reached a historic milestone with its 20 millionth coin mined. Here’s what today’s biggest crypto developments mean for the future of digital finance.