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WORLDWhite House election-integrity document dump raises questions the files alone cannot answerCRYPTOColdcard hack drives biggest sub-1 BTC exodus since FTX, CryptoQuant data showsDEALSExxonMobil (XOM) declares $1.03 quarterly dividend with August 17 ex-dateENERGYA French startup is pricing survival capsules between $27,000 and $33,500. Certification is the hurdle.ENERGYBirdfy cuts the solar feeder bundle to $149.99, its second-best price on recordWORLDNirmal Purja and nine others killed by Broad Peak avalancheWORLDWhite House election-integrity document dump raises questions the files alone cannot answerCRYPTOColdcard hack drives biggest sub-1 BTC exodus since FTX, CryptoQuant data showsDEALSExxonMobil (XOM) declares $1.03 quarterly dividend with August 17 ex-dateENERGYA French startup is pricing survival capsules between $27,000 and $33,500. Certification is the hurdle.ENERGYBirdfy cuts the solar feeder bundle to $149.99, its second-best price on recordWORLDNirmal Purja and nine others killed by Broad Peak avalanche
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Coldcard hack drives biggest sub-1 BTC exodus since FTX, CryptoQuant data shows

A Coldcard hardware wallet hack set off a $BTC transfer event that CryptoQuant researchers ranked as the largest sub-1 BTC movement since the FTX collapse. Some 39,600 BTC shifted out of small

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · August 2, 2026

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Rising Treasury yields are a real-yield story, not an inflation story. That distinction matters for Bitcoin.

Treasury yields are climbing, but the TIPS market is telling a more specific story. The rise reflects higher real yields, according to Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities data, not accelerating inflation…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · August 2, 2026

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Defcon bets on open-source silicon to make the case for trustworthy computing

Defcon's annual badge has always been a design competition dressed up as a conference lanyard. Past editions came loaded with hidden puzzles, encrypted challenges, Easter eggs, and gear trains that replicate a…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · August 2, 2026

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Blockchain Penny Stocks Have Real Appeal. The Label Is the Problem.

The case for small-cap blockchain stocks rests on a technology with a documented track record: W. Scott Stornetta and Stuart Haber were using digital timestamps to order transactions as far back as 1991, Bitcoin…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · August 1, 2026

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Slain Marine's father challenges calls to abolish ICE as his son's killer faces a third deportation

Martin Martinez-Ballinas, 38, a Mexican national convicted in connection with the 2017 Maryland hit-and-run death of U.S. Marine James Ray Walden III, was arrested by ICE on July 22 and now faces deportation for the…

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · August 1, 2026

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Russia bans crypto mining in Moscow region through 2032 as grid pressure mounts

A Russian decree has placed a ban on cryptocurrency mining across the Moscow region, effective through 2032. Regional energy officials put the sector's draw at 1 gigawatt and warned the load could contribute to future…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · August 1, 2026

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5G Penny Stocks Offer Upside, but the Risk Is Real

The case for 5G penny stocks rests on an old promise: small capital, large exposure. But the sector that UTStarcom Holdings Corp, Globalstar Inc., Wireless Telecom Group Inc., and Borqs Tec

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · August 1, 2026

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Railroad stocks offer steady dividends but aging networks test the bull case

Railroad stocks carry a reputation built over two centuries of essential freight service, and that reputation still earns real dividends. What complicates the case today: the network has stopped growing, the locomotives…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · August 1, 2026

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Bank of Italy finds stablecoin remittances offer no consistent cost edge

The case for stablecoins as a lower-cost remittance rail has a serious institutional challenge. Researchers at the Bank of Italy found no consistent cost advantage for stablecoin-based transfers

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · August 1, 2026

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Tether books $1.5 billion in Q2 as Treasury yield offsets a softening stablecoin market

Tether's second-quarter profit came in at $1.5 billion, driven by US Treasury holdings in a period when the stablecoin market weakened and crypto sector pressure continued. USDT supply still rose through the quarter…

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · July 31, 2026

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Bernstein holds $160 Robinhood target with tokenization and prediction markets as next catalysts

A 78% upside call on Robinhood is a significant statement. Bernstein maintained its $160 price target on the stock, pointing to tokenization and prediction markets as the next growth vectors for the platform's crypto…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 31, 2026

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Coinkite warns Coldcard Mk3 users as 594 BTC theft reports raise fund safety concerns

Reports of 594 $BTC in stolen funds have surfaced alongside a formal warning from Coinkite, the maker of the Coldcard hardware wallet, directed at users of its Mk3 model. The company says funds may be at risk and has…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 31, 2026

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A proposed Anti-Corruption Bureau would target Trump's crypto gains. Its board would be presidential appointments.

A proposal to create the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrived in Congress Thursday with the scope to investigate presidential financial conflicts stretching back to January 20, 2025, including the Trump family's crypto…

Mateo Fuentes · 3 min · July 30, 2026

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South Korean crypto trading surges as stock market sells off

South Korean crypto exchanges recorded a spike in trading activity as the country's equity market fell across several sessions. The case for reading this as investors rotating out of stocks and into digital assets is…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 30, 2026

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Luno cuts a fifth of its staff as crypto's July layoff wave claims at least 12 firms

Twenty percent of Luno's workforce has been cut, making the exchange the most visible name in a July restructuring wave that reached at least 12 crypto companies. Gnosis joined the round in

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 30, 2026

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Ark Invest trims Bitmine, Bullish and Block as crypto stocks pull back, adds $14.5 million SpaceX stake

Selling Bitmine, Bullish, and Block into a crypto equity dip looks like standard risk reduction. Cathie Wood's Ark Invest complicated that read by simultaneously buying 128,932 shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX, a position…

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · July 30, 2026

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Ethereum Foundation adds SEAL 911 co-founder to its board in a privacy and security push

Privacy and security have been elevated to a board-level concern at the Ethereum Foundation. The organization has added Pascal Caversaccio, co-founder of SEAL 911, as its fourth board member. The complication: a board…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 30, 2026

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BNY takes transfer agency records onchain in digital asset push

BNY is building a blockchain-based platform for transfer agency records, placing core financial records on a distributed ledger as the bank widens its digital asset infrastructure. The case

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 29, 2026

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Congress pushes to fund NASA at 68 as China closes the gap in the new space race

NASA turns 68 on July 29 with a congressional push to reclaim American dominance in space, but China's accelerating lunar and satellite programs have made the margin for inaction vanishingly thin. The House Committee on…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 29, 2026

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Crypto TradFi market hits $6.6B in fivefold surge, but perpetual futures carry most of the weight

Centralized crypto exchanges have grown their traditional-finance product lines fivefold to $6.6 billion, according to a CoinGecko study. The demand for tokenized equities and commodities on those platfor

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 29, 2026

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Myanmar sets life sentence ceiling for crypto scams and scam center operators

A cryptocurrency scam conviction in Myanmar could now carry a sentence of life in prison. Parliament passed an anti-online scam bill whose draft provisions set 10 years as the floor and life imprisonment as the ceiling…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 29, 2026

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Bitcoin ETFs log $526 million in outflows as $65K support gives way

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have posted four consecutive sessions of net outflows, erasing $526 million from the products as $BTC gave up its grip on $65,000. The streak frames a tension central to how Bitcoin has been…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 29, 2026

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Ionic Digital closes 26% higher in Nasdaq direct listing debut

A Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure company tied to Celsius cleared its first public-market test with room to spare. Ionic Digital closed at $62.90 in its Nasdaq direct listing, a 26% gain that left the company…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 29, 2026

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South Dakota governor defeats Bitcoin evangelist in historic state runoff

The case for Bitcoin-aligned political candidates cleared the first test and failed the second. Toby Doeden, a businessman and Bitcoin evangelist, led South Dakota's four-way gubernatorial p

Mateo Fuentes · 3 min · July 29, 2026

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Myanmar parliament passes anti-scam bill with penalties up to life in prison

Life sentences for crypto fraud are now written into Myanmar's law, subject to one condition the bill cannot supply: a prosecution record. Myanmar's parliament approved an anti-online scam bill whose draf

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · July 29, 2026

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Ethereum's Layer 2 TVL falls to roughly $5 billion, a two-year low

The Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem has given back a significant portion of its expansion. Total value locked across L2 networks has retreated to roughly $5 billion, a level last seen in 2023, and that number reframes years…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 28, 2026

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Morgan Stanley enters the ETH and SOL ETF race with lowest fees and staking rewards

Morgan Stanley's new Ethereum and Solana ETFs carry the market's lowest fee and fold staking rewards into the structure. That combination looks competitive on paper. The funds arrive roughl

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 28, 2026

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Russia's central bank drafts framework to formalize crypto trading

A regulatory framework for Russia's digital asset markets is taking shape. The Bank of Russia has circulated draft rules covering three areas: organized trading structures, equity requirements, and digital depositories…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 28, 2026

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Bitcoin investor Toby Doeden's South Dakota governor bid puts crypto wealth to a political test

Two elections Tuesday offer a split-screen on whether outsider money moves votes. The case for Toby Doeden, a self-made millionaire bitcoin investor, rests on a first-place finish in South

Dev Okafor · 3 min · July 28, 2026

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Lido's Curated Module v2 could cut Ethereum's validator count by a third

One-third of Ethereum's validators could be consolidated out of existence if Lido's latest upgrade runs as designed. Curated Module v2 combines validator consolidation with revised operator rules, and Lido says the…

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · July 28, 2026

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Binance runs monthly phishing drills on its own staff as Asia's crypto week turns complicated

The week's most notable Asia crypto disclosure concerns internal security rather than markets. Binance has been running monthly phishing simulations on its own staff, a practice designed to catch human vulnerabilities…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 28, 2026

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NY Attorney General Letitia James says Clarity Act would weaken state fraud powers

Federal crypto legislation carries a promise of clearer rules and cleaner enforcement. New York Attorney General Letitia James is warning Congress that the Clarity Act, as currently drafted

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 27, 2026

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Lido moves $16 billion in staked ETH onto post-Pectra validators as Curated Module v2 launches

The case for Lido's validator consolidation is that it follows naturally from what Ethereum's Pectra upgrade made possible. The protocol has begun shifting more than 8 million $ETH onto 0x02 validators, the larger…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 27, 2026

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BNY Mellon's European unit lands on MiCA register in ESMA's third post-deadline update

Europe's crypto compliance register picked up its most recognizable name yet. BNY Mellon's European subsidiary has been added to the Markets in Crypto-Assets list maintained by the European Securities and Markets…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 27, 2026

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World Foundation secures $52.5M Pantera-led round to expand World ID

Biometric identity infrastructure is attracting institutional capital, and the terms of the latest deal say something about where the risk sits. World Foundation has raised $52.5M in a round led by Pantera, selling…

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · July 27, 2026

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Saylor teases "another color" as Strategy sits $9.3 billion underwater on bitcoin

Strategy has gone four straight weeks without buying bitcoin, and Michael Saylor's answer to that gap is a tease: "another color." The firm holds 843,775 BTC at an average cost of $75,476. With bitcoin near $64,600, the…

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · July 27, 2026

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SEC's Hester Peirce raises fund classification risk for crypto vault curators

A regulatory question is sharpening around crypto vaults, and the answer carries unusual weight because of who is asking it. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has said some crypto vaults may qualify as funds under existing…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 27, 2026

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WEMIX shuts down bridges and liquidity pools after contract breach moves 724,198 USDC.e

A compromised contract tied to the WEMIX$ token let an attacker drain 724,198 USDC.e from the protocol. WEMIX's response was immediate and wide: bridges suspended, liquidity-pool trading halted, several other services…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 26, 2026

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South Korea's largest bank bets on JPMorgan's Kinexys for cross-border dollar payments

South Korea's largest lender is bringing a new payment service onto JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain platform, targeting US dollar settlements for import and export businesses across 10 countri

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 26, 2026

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Bitcoin's quantum governance test: Hoskinson says $ADA is better placed to adapt

The argument that Bitcoin's scale is its greatest defense has one quiet vulnerability: the speed at which it can act. Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson argues that $BTC could surrender its market-leading position

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 26, 2026

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Senate crypto bill's ethics curbs on Trump fall short for Democrats

Republicans have woven ethics restrictions into the Clarity Act that would give President Donald Trump one year to divest or blind-trust his digital-asset holdings, but Democrats say the provisions miss the one gap that…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 26, 2026

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China's AI stock controls are pushing investors toward crypto perpetuals

Beijing's restrictions on foreign access to China's equity market have driven investors toward an unlikely instrument. Perpetual futures on crypto exchanges are now being used to sidestep those controls and gain…

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · July 26, 2026

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State Department's Freedom Tech program pairs Bitcoin advocacy with defense firms

The U.S. State Department's Freedom Tech Excellence Program has brought the Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir, and Anduril on as partners. The combination is notable for what it implies: a Bitcoin-focused policy…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 26, 2026

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Ethereum ETFs snap five-day inflow streak as Bitcoin funds log second consecutive outflow day

Ethereum ETFs snapped a five-day inflow streak to close the week in the red, while Bitcoin ETFs posted a second consecutive day of outflows. The daily reversal complicates a momentum story that had looked clean through…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 26, 2026

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EU adds HTX and seven other crypto platforms to Russia sanctions list

Eight crypto platforms, HTX among them, have been added to the EU's Russia sanctions list, with transactions barred from August 23. The others named are EXMO, Rapira, BitPapa, Aifory Pro, WhiteBird, NoOnecrypto, and…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 26, 2026

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Strategy sits $9.7 billion underwater on bitcoin as Saylor calls the chart incomplete

The orange dots on Michael Saylor's latest Strategy chart show a cost basis of $75,476 per bitcoin against a market price near $64,000, leaving the firm's 843,775 BTC position roughly $9.7 billion in the red. After a…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 12, 2026

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SWIFT's blockchain ledger puts tokenized deposits to the test with 17-bank pilot

The world's dominant interbank messaging network has moved from talking about blockchain to running it. SWIFT has launched a new blockchain ledger to host a tokenized bank deposit pilot, with 17 major banks signed on to…

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 9, 2026

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Zapper's closure after seven years tests DeFi's tooling economics

Zapper, the Mark Cuban-backed DeFi dashboard that served more than 2 million monthly active users and processed over $13 billion in transactions at its peak, has shut down after seven years. The platform's scale looked…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 9, 2026

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Paradigm raises $1.2B to push into AI

The tension in Paradigm's latest fund raise is not the dollar amount. A crypto-native venture firm collecting $1.2 billion to move into artificial intelligence and other frontier industries is a claim abo

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 9, 2026

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Bitcoin slips back to $60,000 as oil, Japan risks and Strategy sales collide

Bitcoin has retreated to the $60,000 support level, a line the market has treated as significant across multiple tests. The case for a recovery rests on how well that floor holds. What complicates it is a convergence of…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 8, 2026

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Bitcoin falls toward $61,000 as US-Iran ceasefire collapses and oil hits $75

Bitcoin came under sustained selling pressure, with $BTC tracking toward the $61,000 level after oil climbed to $75 a barrel on the collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire and threats to blockade the St

Yuki Tanaka · 2 min · July 8, 2026

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The decentralization trade-off every growing L1 will have to make

Growth in blockchain adoption is pulling layer-1 networks in opposite directions. The more users a network handles, the greater the pressure to sacrifice decentralization for speed and scalability. That tensio

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 7, 2026

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Grayscale Says Strategy's Bitcoin Sale Could Establish a Durable Bottom for BTC

Grayscale has made the case that a Bitcoin sale by Strategy could provide cryptocurrency markets with a durable price floor, citing what the asset manager describes as growing investor confidence in Strategy's

Mateo Fuentes · 2 min · July 7, 2026

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Bitcoin Shrugs Off Strategy's $216M Sale to Close Above $64,000

Bitcoin ($BTC) closed above $64,000 on Monday after reversing an early-session selloff, as buyers absorbed a $216 million Bitcoin liquidation by Strategy and pushed the price back into posit

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 7, 2026

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Strategy Offloads $216 Million in Bitcoin as Bollinger Signals Possible Breakout

Strategy, the software firm that has built its identity around holding Bitcoin as a treasury reserve, sold $216 million worth of $BTC during the week of June 29 to July 6, 2026 — even as Bol

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 7, 2026

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Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Buying Crypto Exposure, Not Crypto

Sovereign wealth funds — the state-controlled pools of capital that manage national reserves — are moving into digital assets, but not the way the industry's promoters prefer to frame it. Their route of choice is…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 6, 2026

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Crédit Agricole's CACEIS Launches EURXT Euro Stablecoin With 20.02 Million Tokens on Ethereum

CACEIS, the asset servicing subsidiary of French banking group Crédit Agricole, has launched EURXT, a euro-pegged stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain, with an initial issuance of 20.02 million tokens. The move is…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 6, 2026

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SBI Crypto Shuts Down World's 12th-Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Amid Asia's Crypto Reset

Japan's SBI Crypto has shut down what was ranked the 12th largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world, removing a significant block of institutional hash rate from the global Bitcoin network in a s

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 6, 2026

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Ethereum Nonprofit Backed by Joe Lubin, BitMine and SharpLink Targets Institutional Market

A new independent nonprofit backed by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin and publicly traded firms BitMine and SharpLink has launched with a stated mission to accelerate institutional adoption of $ETH. The organization is…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Bitcoin Nears $63.5K at Weekly Close as Trader Flags 'Absolutely Terrible' Monday Pattern

Bitcoin pushed toward $63,500 heading into the weekly close over the weekend, marking its highest price level in nearly a fortnight. The brief rally came with an immediate caveat: at least one trader issued a pointed…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Bitcoin's First TD9 Reversal Signal Since July 2022 Fires, Raising Bear-Market Bottom Case

The TD9 indicator has printed its first Bitcoin reversal signal since July 2022, a development technical analysts say mirrors the conditions that marked the final stages of the last major BTC downtrend. The appearance…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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American Bitcoin's Reverse Split Is a Lifeline Dressed Up as a Restructuring

American Bitcoin, the Trump-backed mining company, is executing a 1-for-15 reverse stock split to stay listed on the Nasdaq — a procedural move that slashes outstanding shares from roughly 1.09 billion to about 73…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Metaplanet Spent $222 Million on Bitcoin in Q2, Lifting Total Holdings to 43,000 BTC

Metaplanet added 2,823 bitcoin to its balance sheet during the second quarter, deploying $222 million at an average acquisition cost of $78,608 per coin. The purchase brings the company's total $BTC holdings to 43,000…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Tim Draper Disputes Arkham's Bitcoin Wallet Attribution, Saying the Firm Got It 'Wrong'

Tim Draper, the venture capitalist, has publicly pushed back against blockchain intelligence firm Arkham over its attribution of a $BTC wallet to him, flatly denying any connection to the holdings in question. ## The…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Supply Falls 15% in Q2, Ending Three-Year Crypto-Native Growth Run

The supply of yield-bearing stablecoins fell 15% in the second quarter, ending a three-year unbroken expansion for crypto-native products. sUSDe and sUSDS both contracted over the period, while Treasury-backed…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Solana Foundation Sets 100,000 SOL Stake Floor for Protocol Governance Proposals

The Solana Foundation has launched a formal framework for protocol-level governance, establishing a minimum threshold of 100,000 delegated $SOL for validators to publish new proposals on the network. The move marks a…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Bitwise CIO Calls Strategy's STRC Selloff a Sign Bitcoin Is Nearing a Cycle Bottom

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan is reading Strategy's STRC selloff as a late-cycle signal, not a reason to panic. Hougan said he believes the market is nearing a bottom, framing the pressure on STRC as the…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey's Erebor Bank Seeks $8 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round

Erebor Bank, the crypto-friendly lender backed by venture capitalist Peter Thiel and defense technology entrepreneur Palmer Luckey, is in talks to raise new funding at a valuation of at least $8 billion, according to…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 5, 2026

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Russia Sets September 1 Deadline for Digital Ruble as EU Sanctions Already in Place

Russia's central bank governor said the country remains on track to launch the digital ruble on September 1, pressing ahead with a state-backed digital currency that the European Union has already moved to quarantine…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 4, 2026

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Teen 'Scattered Spider' Suspect Peter Stokes Extradited to US Over $8M Crypto Ransom Charges

Peter Stokes, 19, has been extradited to the United States and charged in connection with an alleged role in Scattered Spider's $8 million cryptocurrency ransom scheme. The scheme, accordin

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 4, 2026

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Bitcoin Supply Metric Flashes First Buy Signal Since November 2022 — But Price Could Still Fall Further

A Bitcoin supply metric has printed its first buy signal since November 2022, pointing toward a potential end to the current bear market. Analysis accompanying the reading carried an explicit caveat, however: $BTC could…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 4, 2026

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Last-Minute MiCA Approvals Close Europe's Crypto Licensing Transition

A final wave of approvals under Europe's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation expanded the continent's roster of licensed crypto firms as the transitional period drew to a close. The eleventh-hour authorizations sig

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · July 1, 2026

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post Worst Month on Record, Bleeding $4.5 Billion in June

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds shed $4.5 billion in June, their worst single month since the products launched — a milestone that reframes the prevailing narrative about institutional demand for $BTC as a one-way…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · July 1, 2026

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Arkham Introduces Elo Rankings for Prediction Market Traders, Crowning "GardenerCx" at the Top

Arkham has launched a ranking system for prediction market traders, using Elo scoring to sort participants by performance rather than volume or nominal profit. The new leaderboard puts a trader known as "GardenerCx" at…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 29, 2026

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Bitcoin Clings to $60,000 as Stock Rally Leaves Crypto Buyers Unconvinced

Bitcoin is fighting to hold the $60,000 level even as US equity markets moved higher, buoyed by renewed hopes for an Iran peace deal. The divergence is telling: risk appetite returned to stocks, but analysts say BTC…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 29, 2026

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Five Crypto Skeptics Crossed the Aisle — Drawn by Blockchain's Profit Motive

Five once-vocal critics of Bitcoin and blockchain have reversed their positions and embraced the technology they previously dismissed, according to a survey of prominent crypto backflips. The pivots are characterized…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 29, 2026

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Dubai's VARA Reaches 50 Licensed Crypto Firms, but Only 39 Were Operational at Year-End

Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority has granted its 50th crypto licence, a milestone the emirate is treating as proof that its regulated digital-assets market is maturing. The more revealing number sits just…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 29, 2026

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Half of UK Wealth Advisers Cannot See Clients' Crypto Holdings, CoinShares Survey Finds

A CoinShares survey has found that half of UK wealth advisers lack visibility into the cryptocurrency holdings their clients carry outside of managed accounts — a structural blind spot that leaves a growing asset class

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 28, 2026

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EU's EBA Proposes Fines of Up to 12.5% of Revenue for Non-Compliant Crypto Token Issuers

The European Banking Authority on Friday detailed a proposed penalty framework capable of stripping significant crypto token issuers of up to 12.5% of their annual revenue for non-compliance, a signal that the EU's…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 28, 2026

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Coinbase's Base Blockchain Goes Dark for Two Hours After Consensus Failure

Base, the layer-2 blockchain built and operated by Coinbase, halted block production for approximately two hours on Thursday after a consensus problem took the network offline. The chain resumed operations following the…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 28, 2026

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Tether Flips Ether by Market Cap as ETH Slides to $1,500

Tether, the dollar-pegged stablecoin, has surpassed Ether in market capitalization as $ETH prices fall to the $1,500 level — a threshold the asset last visited in October 2023 and again in April 2025. The milestone…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 28, 2026

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Bitcoin ETFs Log June's Largest Single-Day Outflows as BTC Slips Below $60,000

US Bitcoin exchange-traded funds shed $696.3 million in a single day — the biggest daily outflow the products have recorded in June — as Bitcoin ($BTC) dropped beneath the $60,000 threshold. The move pushed the…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 28, 2026

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AscendEX Withdrawal Delays Mount as ZachXBT Presses Exchange on Liquidity

Multiple users have reported delayed withdrawals from cryptocurrency exchange AscendEX after on-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged potential liquidity issues and publicly urged the platform

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 28, 2026

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IBIT Investors Are Down 40% as Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post Their Longest Outflow Streak on Record

The average holder of IBIT, BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF, is now sitting on losses of around 40% as spot bitcoin ETF products close out their second-worst week on record. Friday's session alone saw $444.51 million leave…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 27, 2026

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SecondFi Sets Two-Week Timeline to Return Funds After Cardano Wallet Exploit

SecondFi has announced it is targeting a two-week window to begin returning assets to users following an exploit that hit its Cardano-linked wallet infrastructure. The firm says it has completed a forensic investigation…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 27, 2026

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Securitize Expects $400 Million From Public Debut as Shareholders Decline to Cash Out

Securitize, the digital securities platform preparing to go public, says it expects to raise $400 million on its debut after less than 30% of shareholders in the acquisition firm taking it public elected to

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 27, 2026

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A veteran Ethereum whale — the same large on-chain trader who profited from shorting ETH during the October 2025 market crash — has opened a fresh $19.7 million short position against Ether. The move signals renewed bearish conviction from a wallet with a demonstrated track record of timing downturns in the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.

The Bet and the Backstory The trader's history lends weight to the new position. Shorting a cryptocurrency means borrowing it, selling at current prices, and buying back cheaper — a bet that the price will fall

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 27, 2026

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The GENIUS Act Is Law. Here Is What It Actually Changes for Dollar-Backed Stablecoins.

The United States now has its first federal regulatory framework for dollar-backed stablecoins. The GENIUS Act

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 26, 2026

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Half of UK Wealth Advisers Say Clients' Crypto Is 'Invisible' to Them, CoinShares Survey Finds

A CoinShares survey has found that half of UK wealth advisers cannot see their clients' cryptocurrency holdings, describing those assets as effectively "invisible" to them. The finding exposes a structural gap between…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 26, 2026

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Bitcoin Options Traders Are Hedging, Not Panicking — Anchorage Analysis

Bitcoin options traders have tilted defensive as near-term uncertainty hangs over $BTC, according to analysis from Anchorage Digital, the digital-asset bank. The positioning signals caution rather

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 25, 2026

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Bitcoin Hits New 2026 Lows as ETF Outflows, Options Expiry and Strategy's Losses Compound the Pressure

Bitcoin slid to fresh 2026 price lows as three distinct forces converged against it: spot BTC ETF outflows pulled institutional money to the exits, a bearish monthly options expiry reset mar

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 25, 2026

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Indonesia to Require Certifications for Crypto-Recommending Influencers

Indonesia's financial regulator is moving to mandate that influencers who recommend cryptocurrency and other digital assets hold relevant certifications before doing so. The rule marks a meaningful escalation of…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 25, 2026

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CoinEx Processed $3.8 Billion in Iran-Linked Funds, TRM Labs Finds

Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has tied cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx to $3.8 billion in funds linked to Iran, characterizing the platform as a crypto gateway for those flows. The s

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 25, 2026

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Abracadabra Raises Rates Across All Cauldrons as MIM Stablecoin Depeg Worsens

Abracadabra, the decentralized lending protocol, has taken emergency action to defend its MIM stablecoin after the token's peg to the dollar deteriorated further. The protocol announced it

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 25, 2026

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Kraken-Incubated Ink Hands Production Infrastructure to Optimism in Multi-Year Deal

Ink, the layer-2 network incubated by crypto exchange Kraken, has signed a multi-year agreement under which Optimism will take over its production infrastructure through a product called OP Enterprise Fully Managed. The…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 24, 2026

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21Shares Sees Bitcoin Recovering to $100,000 by Year-End After 50% Slide From Peak

21Shares is calling for a $100,000 bitcoin by the end of 2026, framing the asset's prolonged slide as a recognizable post-halving pattern rather than evidence of lasting structural damage. The asset manager's base case…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 24, 2026

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Ethereum's Staking Tax Debate Meets an Offchain Funding Alternative

A proposal to tax Ethereum staking rewards — already widely resented among holders of $ETH — may be losing its rationale before it takes effect. A new wave of labs and large ETH holders has begun funding Ethereum…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 24, 2026

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Strive Shares Surge 10% as Bitcoin Holdings Near 20,000 BTC

Strive, the bitcoin treasury company founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, saw its shares jump approximately 10% in early Monday trading as the firm's $BTC holdings approached the 20,000-coin mark. T

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 23, 2026

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Crypto PACs Disclose $8 Million in Primary Spending Across New York, Maryland and Utah

Crypto-backed political action committees have disclosed spending more than $8 million on media buys to support candidates in three upcoming state primaries — New York, Maryland, and Utah. The disclosures put hard…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 23, 2026

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Solmate's Largest Stakeholder Sues Board Over Self-Dealing Share Purchase That Diluted Investors 20%

Solmate's largest stakeholder has filed suit against the Solana ($SOL) treasury firm's board, accusing directors Ron Sade and Keren Maimon of self-dealing and breaching their fiduciary duti

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 22, 2026

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Bitcoin Holds Above $63,000 With RSI Divergence Pointing to Potential Market Bottom

Bitcoin's repeated weekly candle closes above $63,000 have lined up with an RSI divergence pattern that data suggests may mark a cyclical bottom for $BTC. The confluence of price structure and momentum signals is…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 22, 2026

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Fomo Raises $75M Series B at $550M Valuation, Betting Social Trading Has a Price

Fomo, a social trading and token discovery platform, has closed a $75 million Series B round valuing the company at $550 million. The raise arrives as crypto venture capital continues to find willing

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 22, 2026

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MoneyGram Becomes a Solana Validator, Completing a Three-Chain Infrastructure Footprint

MoneyGram has taken on an official validator role on the Solana blockchain, the payments company announced, making Solana the third network where it now helps secure and process on-chain transactions

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 22, 2026

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South Korea's Toss Bank Picks Solana for Stablecoin Remittance Proof-of-Concept

South Korea's Toss Bank is set to test blockchain-based financial infrastructure on Solana, targeting overseas remittances and stablecoin payments in a joint proof-of-concept. The partnership puts a

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 22, 2026

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The On-Chain Predator That Became Prey: Jaredfromsubway.eth Exploited for $7.5M

The on-chain bot known as Jaredfromsubway.eth — responsible for 70 percent of all sandwich attacks on Ethereum between November 2024 and October 2025 — has itself been exploited for $7.5 million. The entit

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 21, 2026

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Andre Cronje and Two Others Step Down From Sonic Labs Board as S Token Sits 97% Off Its Peak

Andre Cronje, the developer most closely associated with decentralized finance's yield-farming era, has resigned from the board of Sonic Labs alongside two other directors, the Layer 1 network announced. T

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 20, 2026

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Super Micro Computer Shares Sink 10% as $7 Billion Capital Raise Signals AI Infrastructure's Steep Price Tag

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) fell roughly 10% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the server maker announced plans to raise $7 billion in new financing — a dilutive move the company says is necessary to

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 20, 2026

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Two Texas Brothers Plead Guilty to $8 Million Crypto Kidnapping of Minnesota Family

Two Texas brothers have pleaded guilty to holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forcing the transfer of $8 million in cryptocurrency. The case strips away the abstraction that surrounds most crypto crime: this was…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 20, 2026

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EU Targets 11 Crypto Platforms in Expanded Russia Sanctions Push

The European Union is moving to sanction 11 cryptocurrency platforms accused of helping entities dodge its Russia sanctions regime, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas confirmed…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 20, 2026

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Jellico Town Board to Weigh In on Bitcoin Mining

The Jellico Board of Mayor and Aldermen has placed bitcoin mining on its agenda for discussion, The Mountain Press reports. The item puts $BTC's energy-intensive proof-of-work process — in which sp

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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Bhutan Sends $34.5 Million in Bitcoin to Binance as Sovereign Holdings Fall Below 1,750 BTC

Blockchain analytics firm Arkham tracked a $34.5 million bitcoin transfer from Bhutan to Binance, with the Himalayan kingdom's monitored $BTC holdings dropping below 1,750 coins in the process. The movement to one of…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Face Fresh Scrutiny as Prediction Season Heats Up

Cryptonews.net published what it billed as an exclusive price-prediction piece on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP, flagging key technical levels across all three assets as conditions to monitor. The report puts the three…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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Bitcoin Cash Drags CoinDesk 20 Down 1.5% as Crypto Markets Split

Bitcoin Cash fell 3.1%, pulling the CoinDesk 20 index — a benchmark tracking the largest digital assets by market capitalization — down 1.5% as the broader crypto market posted mixed results

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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Bitcoin's $68K Level Is a Liquidity Test, Not a Guarantee

Bitcoin's short-term price trajectory is being shaped by a cluster of resting orders around the $68,000 mark, a liquidity zone that traders are watching as a near-term line in the sand for $BTC. ## What a Liquidity Zone…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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Bitcoin Treads Water at $65,800 While Altcoins Move Ahead of Fed Decision

$BTC has steadied near $65,800 as a broader altcoin rally takes shape in the run-up to the Federal Reserve's upcoming rate decision. The juxtaposition — a range-bound Bitcoin and rising alternative tokens including…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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CZ's Bitcoin Bottom Call Meets a Data Reality Check

Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, has declared that Bitcoin's price has already found its floor — a claim the on-chain data complicates rather than confirms

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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Ethereum Can Quantum-Proof User Accounts for Seven Cents, Says Kohaku Lead

Ethereum's Kohaku lead says the network can protect user accounts against quantum-computing attacks for just seven cents, pointing to a proposal built around the SPHINCS+ signature scheme as a near-term solution. The…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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Over $208 Million Liquidated in Crypto Futures as Leveraged Longs Pay the Tab

The crypto derivatives market shed more than $208 million in forced liquidations over a single 24-hour period, with long positions — bets on prices rising — accounting for the majority of losses across Bitcoin ($BTC)…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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ETF Holders Blinked First as Bitcoin Shed 16% in a Week

Spot Bitcoin ETF investors pulled more than $5.5 billion from their positions over 13 days as $BTC shed 16% in a single week — and the on-chain divergence that ran alongside that selloff is worth examining closely…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 17, 2026

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Tokenized Real-World Assets Reach $31.8 Billion, With Bonds and Equities Driving the Surge

Binance Research's June 2026 monthly report puts tokenized real-world assets — blockchain-based representations of traditional financial instruments — at $31.8 billion, a 589% increase from

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 16, 2026

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Coinbase Stock Slips Premarket as Saylor Tags the Exchange a Bitcoin 'Suit Corner'

Coinbase shares fell in premarket trading despite the exchange pressing an artificial-intelligence initiative, a signal that product narratives are not always enough to hold the line when broader sentiment softens. At…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 16, 2026

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What a Warsh-Led Fed Means for Bitcoin Is the Question Markets Are Starting to Ask

The Federal Reserve's next meeting is drawing unusual attention from cryptocurrency traders, and the name at the center of the conversation is Kevin Warsh — now referenced as Fed Chair in preview coverage from Benzinga…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 16, 2026

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Bitcoin Miners Look Strong on Charts — Fundamentals Tell a Different Story

Bitcoin miners are sending conflicting signals, according to analysis from ChartMill: technical indicators point to strength, while the underlying business fundamentals are moving in the opp

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 16, 2026

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Pull Back as Fed Watch Takes Over

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP have each given back a portion of recent breakout gains as trader attention rotates away from crypto-specific catalysts and toward the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy decision. The retreat…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 16, 2026

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BTC/M2 Ratio Prints Head-and-Shoulders Warning as S&P 500's Money-Supply-Adjusted Chart Raises Its Own Alarm

A closely watched ratio of Bitcoin's price against global M2 money supply has traced out a head-and-shoulders technical pattern, a forma

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 15, 2026

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Ethereum Whales Step In Near $2,000 as $ETH Fights to Hold Key Level

Ethereum is battling to defend the $2,000 price level, with large on-chain holders — commonly called whales — stepping in to buy the recent dip, according to Cryptonews.net. The accumulation signals that some of the…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 15, 2026

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Bitcoin's Covenant Debate: One Missing Feature, Twelve Competing Fixes

A single absent capability in Bitcoin Script has ignited one of the most contested upgrade debates in the network's history, producing twelve competing proposals and no consensus in sight. Cointelegraph Research has…

Staff · 2 min · June 15, 2026

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Bitcoin June Drop Leaves $8.6 Billion in Options Out of the Money, With Large Expiries in Sight

Bitcoin's June selloff has left $8.6 billion in options contracts out of the money, according to data cited by Pluang, raising the stakes ahead of what the firm flagged as large upcoming expirie

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 15, 2026

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Passive Investors Who Avoided Bitcoin Now Own SpaceX Shares — Three Times More Volatile

Investors who deliberately sidestepped bitcoin's volatility by staying in passive funds have ended up holding SpaceX shares — an asset that, according to CNBC, carries three times the volatility of $BTC

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 15, 2026

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Passive Bitcoin Skeptics Inherit SpaceX Risk After Index Inclusion

Investors who built portfolios around avoiding bitcoin's volatility are now discovering they hold something more volatile. According to CNBC, passive investors who steered clear of $BTC are

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 14, 2026

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Bitcoin Drops to $65K as $42 Billion Exits Market and Trading Volume Falls 25%

Bitcoin traded at $65,000 as $42 billion was stripped from the broader market, according to data cited by Cryptonews.net. The sell-off arrived alongside a 25% drop in trading volume — a combination that historically…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 14, 2026

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Bitcoin Retreats as Ethereum Climbs on Falling Volumes, Pointing to a Market Without Conviction

Bitcoin slipped while Ethereum moved in the opposite direction, even as overall crypto trading volumes declined — a combination that reads less like a rotation trade and more like a market that

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 14, 2026

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Andrew Tate's 40x Bitcoin Bet Raises the Obvious Question: Who Absorbs the Next Liquidation?

Andrew Tate has opened a fresh leveraged Bitcoin position at 40 times exposure — a move that comes after racking up 107 prior liquidations, according to reporting by Yahoo Finance. The bet is l

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 14, 2026

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Coinbase CEO's Bitcoin Call Meets On-Chain Resistance

The Coinbase CEO's bullish prediction for $BTC is running into a challenge from on-chain data that analysts say tells a different story, according to BeInCrypto. The divergence puts two common ways of reading Bitcoin…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 13, 2026

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Wintermute Warns Bitcoin Could Revisit $50,000 Despite 'Crypto Spring' Calls

Wintermute, the crypto market-making firm, is pushing back on the emerging "Crypto Spring" narrative, warning that Bitcoin could still drop to $50,000. The caution lands as bullish sentiment is being declared across…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 13, 2026

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Bitcoin Cash Falls 4% as Crypto-Wide Selling Pressure Builds

Bitcoin Cash shed 4% as a broad pullback swept across cryptocurrency markets, CoinMarketCap reported. The move was not tied to any BCH-specific development; it reflected a market-wide downdraft that pulled assets across…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 13, 2026

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Bitcoin Drops 2% as Traders Stall Before Fed Decision, ETF Flows Offer No Clarity

Bitcoin ($BTC) and major cryptocurrencies pulled back approximately 2% as investors held their breath ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision, with ETF flows — the metric the market has leaned on to gauge…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 13, 2026

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Ethereum's Clear Signing Push Targets the Blind-Approval Problem in Wallet UX

The Ethereum ecosystem is advancing a clear signing standard designed to end a persistent hazard: users approving transactions they cannot actually read. Wallet interfaces have long displayed raw hexadecimal data — or…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 12, 2026

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin Each Drop 2% as Fed Rate Decision Looms

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin each pulled back roughly 2% as crypto markets entered a wait-and-see posture ahead of a Federal Reserve rate decision. The synchronized slide across four otherwise unrelated tokens…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 12, 2026

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BlackRock CIO Says Bitcoin Has Room to Run Despite AI Capital Rotation

BlackRock's chief investment officer has argued that Bitcoin retains meaningful upside, even as the artificial intelligence boom pulls institutional attention — and dollars — toward tech equities. The remarks put one of…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 12, 2026

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Strategy and Bitcoin: When the Headline Outpaces the Source

MarketBeat published a report titled "Strategy's Bitcoin Rally Has a Hidden Engine," signaling that the firm's relationship with $BTC involves a mechanism beyond straightforward price appreciation. The headline suggests…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 12, 2026

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Michigan Couple Claims Bitcoin Mortgage First — Without Selling a Single Coin

A Michigan couple may have completed the first Bitcoin-backed standard U.S. mortgage — using their $BTC holdings as part of the transaction without liquidating any coins. The deal, reported by Yahoo Finance, marks what…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 11, 2026

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Strategy Buys 1,587 BTC for Around $100 Million in Continued Accumulation Push

Strategy has added 1,587 bitcoin to its balance sheet in a purchase valued at approximately $100 million, according to CryptoRank, extending what the company has positioned as an ongoing institutional accumulation…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 11, 2026

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BlackRock Plans a Yield-Bearing Bitcoin ETF — and the Mechanism Is the Story

BlackRock is preparing to launch a bitcoin ETF structured to generate income for its holders, according to reporting from Yahoo Finance UK. The product would mark a departure from straightforward spot exposure, the

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 11, 2026

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BlackRock to Launch a Bitcoin ETF With an Income Component

BlackRock is developing a bitcoin ETF structured to pay holders a yield, moving beyond the simple price-tracking model that has defined every spot bitcoin fund launched to date. The product, reported by Yahoo Finance…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 10, 2026

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A Crypto Firm's Reported Bitcoin Return: What We Know — and What We Don't

A prominent but as-yet-unnamed cryptocurrency firm has reportedly staged a significant return to Bitcoin, according to a report cited by Yahoo Finance Singapore. The sourcing relies on the word "reportedly," signaling…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 10, 2026

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A Michigan Couple May Have Just Made Bitcoin Mortgage History

A Michigan couple may be the first borrowers in the United States to use Bitcoin ($BTC) to secure a mortgage, according to a report from Moneywise. If the account holds up, it marks a concrete step beyond the years of…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 10, 2026

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BlackRock Launches Bitcoin ETF With Monthly Income Feature

BlackRock has introduced a new Bitcoin ETF structured to pay investors monthly income — a notable product wrinkle in a market where the underlying asset generates no native yield. The fund adds a distribution mechanism…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 9, 2026

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Grant Cardone Pitches a Real-Estate-and-Bitcoin Hybrid — But the Mechanism Is the Story

Grant Cardone is marketing a hybrid investment structure that pairs rental property income with Bitcoin price exposure, Bitcoin Magazine reports. The product is generating attention across both real estate and crypto…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 9, 2026

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Bitcoin DeFi Has a Niche-but-Committed User Base, Rootstock Executive Says

A Rootstock executive told The Block that demand for Bitcoin-native decentralized finance is real but narrow, characterizing the user base as concentrated in "small-but-deep pockets" — a description that cuts against…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 9, 2026

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The Scarcity Myth Gets a Banking-Sector Challenge

American Banker has published a direct challenge to one of Bitcoin's most load-bearing investment arguments: that the asset is, by design, scarce. The piece argues that scarcity, as applied to $BTC, does not hold up…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 8, 2026

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Roughly Half of Bitcoin's Supply Is Underwater, Moomoo Data Shows

Roughly half of all $BTC in circulation is held at a loss, according to market data cited by Moomoo. The finding, flagged in the platform's Market Talk feed, points to a market where a large share of holders paid more…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 8, 2026

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Bitcoin's 4.38% Jump to $66,551 Is the Kind of Day That Resets the Conversation

The CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index surged 4.38% to close at $66,551.33, a single-session move that forces a recalibration of where $BTC stands and where it may be headed. In a market where noise is constant

Staff · 2 min · June 8, 2026

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US-Regulated Bitcoin Perpetuals Could Reshape Who Gets to Play the Derivatives Game

The case that US-regulated Bitcoin perpetual contracts could fundamentally alter crypto trading rests on a single structural question: what changes when the exchange clearing a perpetual swap answers to a domestic…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 8, 2026

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Strategy's $100 Million Bitcoin Buy Signals Unbroken Accumulation Pace

Strategy added 1,587 BTC to its holdings in a purchase totaling approximately $100 million, the company disclosed in its latest filing. The move confirms that Strategy's systematic accumulation of $BTC has continued…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 8, 2026

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BlackRock's Rieder Stays Long-Term Bullish on Bitcoin but Trims IBIT in Favour of Tech, Credit and EM Debt

Rick Rieder, one of BlackRock's most prominent fixed-income executives, has voiced a long-term bullish outlook on Bitcoin ($BTC) while simultaneously cutting the firm's position in IBIT — BlackRock's own iShares Bitcoin

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 8, 2026

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Saylor: Bitcoin Has No Need for Ethereum-Style Yield

Michael Saylor, the chairman of Strategy, has staked out a clear position in the ongoing debate over how digital assets should generate returns — arguing that $BTC does not require the kind of native staking yield that…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 7, 2026

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Bitcoin's Available-for-Sale Float Hits 2.56M BTC — Lowest Exchange Supply Since 2020

Bitcoin's supply held on centralized exchanges has fallen to 2.56 million BTC, marking the sharpest exchange-supply drawdown since 2020, according to data cited by CryptoPotato. The move signals that a growing share of…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 7, 2026

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CZ Softens the Super Cycle Call, But Keeps the Faith in $BTC

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance and one of crypto's most followed voices, has walked back the timing on Bitcoin's so-called "super cycle" — without abandoning the thesis entirely. The man known as CZ now says the

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 7, 2026

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Saylor: Bitcoin Doesn't Need to Yield — The Wrapper Does

Michael Saylor, the executive chairman most closely associated with large-scale corporate $BTC accumulation, has articulated a position that cuts against one of the more persistent criticis

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 6, 2026

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BlackRock's BITA ETF Sets 25% Yield Target on Bitcoin Volatility

BlackRock is targeting a 25% annual yield through a new product called the BITA ETF, structured to generate income from Bitcoin's price swings rather than its directional price movement, according to a Coinpedia report…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 6, 2026

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Invite-Only Bitcoin Summit in Punta Mita Draws 125 Investors and Builders to Mita TechTalks

Mita TechTalks gathered 125 investors and builders at an invite-only summit in Punta Mita, focusing on the intersection of Bitcoin ($BTC), artificial intelligence, and energy. The closed-door format signals an event…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 6, 2026

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India Should Mine Bitcoin at Home to Stem Dollar Outflows, Crypto Educator Argues

A crypto educator is making a balance-of-payments case for domestic $BTC mining in India, arguing that local production would prevent dollars from leaving the country to fund overseas purchases of the asset. The…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 6, 2026

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Metaplanet's Bitcoin Flywheel Strategy Is Paused, Analyst Says — But the Thesis Holds

A Seeking Alpha analysis argues that Metaplanet, the Japanese investment company trading over the counter under the ticker MTPLF, has not broken its so-called Bitcoin flywheel — even as that mechanism shows signs of…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 5, 2026

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Bitcoin High Income ETF Declares Monthly Distribution of $0.6525

The Bitcoin High Income ETF has announced a monthly distribution of $0.6525 per share, according to a declaration reported by MSN. The payout underscores the continued appetite among fund issuers for yield-generating…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 5, 2026

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Bitcoin Hit $125,000. An Analyst Says the Next Rally Will Be Even Bigger.

Bitcoin ($BTC) reached $125,000, and at least one analyst is already calling it a warm-up act, arguing through Benzinga that the next move will be larger still. The prediction comes without a price target, a timeline…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 5, 2026

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ETH Bulls Eye $2,000 as Recovery Hangs on Key Level

Ethereum's next move is drawing a clear dividing line: bulls are targeting $2,000, but analysts say a recovery first depends on holding or reclaiming a specific price level, according to a CryptoPotato technical…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 5, 2026

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Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Reaches Final Development Stage

Ethereum's next scheduled protocol upgrade, known as Glamsterdam, has moved into its final development stage, according to a report from CoinDesk. The milestone advances the upgrade closer to eventual deployment on the…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 4, 2026

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Ethereum's Biggest Protocol Overhaul in Years Enters Final Development Stage

Ethereum's most significant protocol upgrade in years has moved into its final development stage, CoinDesk reported. The milestone puts $ETH on a narrowing path toward what developers have characterized as the network's…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 4, 2026

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One-Third of Ethereum Supply Now Staked, Bolstering the Supply Shock Case

Roughly a third of all Ethereum in existence is currently locked in staking contracts, according to a report from Investing.com, a threshold analysts say meaningfully tightens the float available to trade. The…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 4, 2026

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Saylor Draws the Line: Bitcoin Is Not a Yield Asset

Michael Saylor has publicly rejected the idea of applying Ethereum-style yield mechanics to Bitcoin, staking out a clear philosophical boundary between the two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation. ## The…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 4, 2026

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BlackRock Launches BITA, a Covered-Call Bitcoin ETF Targeting Monthly Income

BlackRock has launched BITA, a covered-call Bitcoin ETF designed to generate monthly income for investors. The product layers an options strategy on top of Bitcoin exposure, collecting premium by systematically selling…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 3, 2026

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A Crypto Firm Is Reportedly Returning to Bitcoin — and That's About All We Know

A cryptocurrency firm described as "popular" is reportedly making a significant return to Bitcoin ($BTC), according to a report from TheStreet. The report uses "reportedly," a word that should travel with that claim…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 3, 2026

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Bitcoin-Stock Divergence Returns as BTC Slips to $66K and Oil Falls Below $78

Bitcoin fell to $66,000 as oil simultaneously dropped under $78, and the gap between BTC's spot price and Bitcoin-linked equities has reopened — a divergence the market has visited before and one that raises pointed

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 3, 2026

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BlackRock Moves Beyond Spot Bitcoin With New Income-Focused ETF

BlackRock is pushing further into digital asset markets with a new income-focused ETF that goes beyond straightforward spot $BTC exposure, according to AMBCrypto. The move suggests the world's largest asset manager sees…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 3, 2026

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Bitcoin Navigates Tension Between Weakening Flows and Macro Tailwinds

Bitcoin is caught between deteriorating flow signals and a measure of macroeconomic relief, according to Sherwood News. The characterization frames $BTC as a market pulled in two directions at once — where demand-side…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 3, 2026

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BlackRock's Rick Rieder Is Bullish on Bitcoin Long-Term — But He's Trimming the Position Anyway

BlackRock's chief investment officer of global fixed income Rick Rieder has publicly backed Bitcoin's long-term trajectory while simultaneously cutting the firm's allocation to IBIT, BlackRock's own spot Bitcoin ETF…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 2, 2026

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Bitcoin Bear Flag Risk Mounts as Ichimoku Cloud Rejection Holds

Bitcoin's technical picture darkened after a failed attempt to confirm a bullish close above the Ichimoku Cloud, according to analysis published by Kitco. The rejection has shifted focus toward a bear flag pattern that…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 2, 2026

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BlackRock Launches Options Strategy Tied to Its Bitcoin ETF

BlackRock has launched an options strategy connected to its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, ForkLog reported, pushing institutional infrastructure around $BTC further into conventional derivatives territory. The move lets…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 2, 2026

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Bitcoin Stocks Diverge Again as BTC Slides to $66K and Oil Falls Below $78

Bitcoin slipped to $66,000 as a familiar gap opened back up between the cryptocurrency and Bitcoin-adjacent equities, a divergence that has periodically rattled investors who treat crypto stocks as a liquid proxy for…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 2, 2026

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259,000 Bitcoin Changed Hands in 10 Days. Calling It a Bottom Is Premature.

A single accumulation figure — 259,000 Bitcoin purchased over ten days — has sparked the familiar bottom-calling reflex across crypto markets, according to a Benzinga report. The number is striking. The conclusion it…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 1, 2026

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A Veteran Bitcoin Bull Admits Nobody Is Buying—and That May Be Exactly the Point

A veteran investor has publicly acknowledged what many crypto watchers sense but few with long track records will say aloud: demand for Bitcoin has dried up, at least for now. The admission is s

Staff · 2 min · June 1, 2026

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CLARITY Act Hype Drives $5,000 Ethereum Speculation as Senator Forecasts Ten-Fold Crypto Surge

A senator's prediction of a ten-fold increase across crypto markets has fed a fresh wave of Ethereum price targets, with passage of the CLARITY Act named as the catalyst. The claim is circulating

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 1, 2026

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Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $64M on June 15 as Ethereum, Solana, and XRP Products Draw Inflows

On June 15, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $64 million in net outflows, according to data cited by Pluang, even as spot products tied to Ethereum, Solana, and XRP all attracted fresh capital on the s

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · June 1, 2026

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Bitcoin and Gold Fall Together, Leaving the Safe-Haven Case With Nowhere to Hide

Bitcoin ($BTC) and gold declined in tandem, a simultaneous retreat that puts pressure on the narrative that either asset reliably functions as a shelter when risk appetite sours. ## When the Hedge and the Hedge's Hedge…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · June 1, 2026

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CLARITY Act Price Speculation Puts Ethereum $5,000 Target in the Spotlight

A senator's prediction of a ten-fold increase in crypto values has generated a fresh wave of price speculation centered on $ETH, with some market participants placing Ethereum at $5,000 if the CL

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 31, 2026

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Bitcoin's Status as Crypto's Beginner Default Is Being Questioned

Ventureburn has put a blunt question to the 2026 crypto market: does $BTC still deserve its long-held reputation as the right first purchase for newcomers? The outlet's framing — built around the

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 31, 2026

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BlackRock's New Bitcoin ETF Trades Upside for Monthly Income

BlackRock has launched a new Bitcoin ETF designed to pay investors monthly income, a structure that comes with a deliberate cost: the fund limits how much holders can earn when $BTC prices surge. The product carves out…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 31, 2026

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BlackRock Launches Bitcoin Income Fund Structured Around Covered Calls

BlackRock has moved to launch a Bitcoin income fund built on a covered-call strategy, marking the asset management giant's latest structured product targeting $BTC exposure. The fund is designed to generate yield by…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 31, 2026

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BlackRock Launches iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF

BlackRock has launched the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, extending its iShares family into yield-focused $BTC exposure. The product name places it squarely in a fast-growing ETF category that generates income by…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 30, 2026

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Bitcoin Rally and HYPE Record Run Leave Analysts Unconvinced of Genuine Market Conviction

Bitcoin has staged a rally and the token HYPE has hit record levels, but analysts are not treating either move as a signal that the broader market has turned a corner. According to reporting by The Block, the…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 30, 2026

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Bitcoin King Claims Fastest BSS Victory at Northfield

A harness horse named Bitcoin King posted the fastest winning time among Breeders Stake Series competitors at Northfield, according to U.S. Trotting News. The result places the $BTC-branded name in the winner's circle…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 30, 2026

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Binance Faces EU Licence Rejection, Threatening Access Across the Bloc

Binance is set to lose its European Union licence bid and be denied permission to offer services across the bloc, according to sources cited by Reuters in an exclusive report. The outcome, if confirmed, would mark a…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 30, 2026

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Ethereum's 10% Surge Points to a Crypto Market Back in Motion

Ethereum climbed 10% as renewed appetite for crypto assets swept back into markets, according to Yahoo Finance. The move in $ETH marked one of the sharper single-asset rallies in the space, arriv

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 29, 2026

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Oil Slips Below $80 for the First Time in Nearly Four Months as Bitcoin Eyes $70,000

Oil prices have fallen below $80 for the first time in nearly four months, a macro development that is now feeding speculation about where Bitcoin goes from here. The question circulating in markets is whether the move…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 29, 2026

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Saylor Blames 'AI Summer' for Soft Bitcoin Demand, Bets on Year-End Rotation

Michael Saylor is offering a theory for why $BTC demand has softened: capital is chasing the artificial-intelligence boom instead, and he expects that dynamic to reverse before the year is out as excitement around…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 29, 2026

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Saylor Frames Bitcoin's Malaise as an 'AI Summer' Problem

Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Strategy and one of the most prominent institutional advocates for Bitcoin ($BTC), has attributed the cryptocurrency's current sluggishness to what he calls an "AI Summer" — his…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 29, 2026

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Ethereum Exchange Reserves Drop to a 10-Year Low, Reigniting Supply Shock Talk

Ethereum's available float on centralized exchanges has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, according to Coinpedia, a development that has rekindled the familiar argument that tightening supply must eventually push…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 28, 2026

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Covered-Call Bitcoin ETFs Probe Whether Investors Want More Than a Simple $BTC Position

Covered-call Bitcoin ETFs are moving from novelty to market test, signaling that issuers believe a segment of investors wants income-oriented exposure to $BTC rather than a straightforward bet on its price. The products…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 28, 2026

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Bitcoin Billed as the Grid's Ideal Flexible Load in EIF Speaker Series Talk

Sean McDonough argued that Bitcoin is "the ultimate flexible consumer of energy" in an EIF Speaker Series presentation reported by TheEnergyMag. The framing turns the network's electricity appetite from a liability into…

Sofia Almeida · 2 min · May 28, 2026

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Arthur Hayes Bets $5.4M on ETH Following Iran Peace Deal

Arthur Hayes has purchased $5.4 million worth of Ether ($ETH), with the buy timed to follow news of an Iran peace deal, according to a report from Yahoo Finance. ## The Trade and Its Trigger The purchase ties a macro…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 28, 2026

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Binance Traders Drove Bitcoin Futures to a Reported $800 Trillion, But the Number Demands Scrutiny

Binance traders have pushed Bitcoin ($BTC) futures activity to $800 trillion, according to a report from Coinpedia. The figure is extraordinary on its face — and that is precisely the probl

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 27, 2026

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Three Wall Street Firms, Three Different Bitcoin Calls

Three Wall Street firms have offered diverging outlooks on $BTC, according to Benzinga, with the $50,000 level serving as the axis of the debate. The fact that three institutions asked the same question produced three…

Dev Okafor · 2 min · May 27, 2026

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