Category: 🪙 CRYPTO

Strategy also sold about 800,000 shares for $128 million through its at-the-market program in the same week. If the bitcoin sale did not matter, traders were left asking why it needed to happen at all. One possible answer is the S&P 500. Strategy met the technical requirements for index inclusion in September 2025 but was […]

Bitcoin (BTC) circled $64,000 into Sunday’s weekly close as a US-Iran peace deal appeared imminent. Key points: Bitcoin stays higher as US president Donald Trump pledges an Iran peace deal on Sunday. The Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route, will be “open to all,” he says. Bitcoin analysis says no bearish chart patterns […]

TL;DR GameStop’s Form 10-Q includes digital asset custody risk disclosures. The filing discusses circumstances in which a custodian may liquidate or retain custody assets under default or insolvency-related events. The issue should be framed as a risk disclosure, not as a current liquidation threat. GameStop Discloses Digital Asset Custody Risks GameStop’s latest Form 10-Q filing […]

The government told Anthropic it had become aware of a method to bypass, or jailbreak, Fable 5. Anthropic reviewed the technique and said it saw it as narrow, not a universal jailbreak, and that it involved identifying a small number of previously known, minor vulnerabilities. It said other publicly available models, including OpenAI’s GPT-5.5, can […]

Bitcoin (BTC) erased its intraday losses and rose by around 2.5% to $62,410 immediately after the US inflation report, even as the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit its highest level in more than three years. BTC/USD hourly chart. Source: TradingView Key takeaways: Bitcoin rose as the latest US CPI reading matched economists’ expectations. BTC […]

Many are assumed to belong to Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto and other owners who lost their keys, which means they can never be moved to safety. Another 5 million or so are exposed through address reuse, according to Project11, a research group tracking the issue, though most of those are thought to be active […]

Since 2024, Bitcoin (BTC) has posted four major corrections after interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), with declines ranging from 18% to 28%. This dynamic places renewed attention on the BOJ’s June 16 policy decision.  Data currently point to a variety of pressures on BTC, with BTC whale distribution and exchange inflows […]

TL;DR Coinbase’s Quantum Advisory Council published a report on post-quantum migration and abandoned coins. The report estimates that millions of Bitcoin may eventually be exposed through legacy address formats and address reuse. The risk is future-oriented; the report does not say quantum computers can break Bitcoin today. Coinbase Flags Long-Term Quantum Exposure Coinbase’s Quantum Advisory […]

Ripple is trying to put XRP and RLUSD into the market for AI-agent payments in an environment that is still mostly paying in the dollar-pegged USDC stablecoin. The company introduced the XRPL AI Starter Kit earlier this week, a set of developer tools for building AI agents that can send payments on the XRP Ledger, […]

Key takeaways: Record-low Bitcoin mining margins and rising demand for AI infrastructure incentivize miners to reduce their BTC positions. Institutional spot Bitcoin flows vastly surpass miner output, making macro trends more vital than miner profits alone. Bitcoin’s price slide to $62,000 was paired with weak on-chain activity and declining BTC miner revenues, which have fallen […]

TL;DR Kraken has enabled deposits and withdrawals of USDCx on Canton Network. USDCx is backed 1:1 by USDC held in Circle’s xReserve, according to Kraken. Canton is built for regulated financial institutions and tokenized real-world asset workflows. Kraken Adds Canton Network Support For USDCx Kraken has enabled deposits and withdrawals of USDCx on the Canton […]

Those markets function because trading activity sits atop a vast network of credit relationships, clearing brokers and prime brokerage arrangements, Mercer says. “That’s what the world’s economies and capital markets are built on,” he added. When LMAX launched institutional crypto venue LMAX Digital in 2018, Mercer expected similar infrastructure would quickly emerge in digital assets. […]

XRP’s (XRP) onchain activity has contracted sharply since its 2025 peak. The 90-day network fee average fell by 91.5%, while the realized profit-to-loss ratio dropped to 0.38 from 50, according to Glassnode.  The decline in activity and profitability comes as traders identify the $1.00-$0.65 region as a major area of interest.   XRP profit-taking flips to […]

TL;DR SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered a farewell speech titled “Peirce Out.” She criticized the agency’s reliance on enforcement instead of clearer rulemaking. She said she would join Regent University School of Law in November 2026. Peirce Uses Farewell Speech To Criticize SEC Approach SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce used her farewell address, titled “Peirce Out,” […]

Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy, the world’s largest publicly listed bitcoin holder, has a new term for Wall Street’s most elite stocks and a congratulatory message for Elon Musk. Following SpaceX’s historic Nasdaq debut on Friday, the Strategy chairman took to X to congratulate Musk, noting that with SpaceX now public, 25% of what he […]

BEAT, the native token of AI music platform Audiera, has exploded higher over the past month, surging more than 1,500% to a record high of $9.20 even as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) fell roughly 25% and 30%, respectively, in the same period. BEAT/USD vs. BTC/USD and ETH/USD 1-month price performance. Source: TradingView Key takeaways: […]

TL;DR Deribit Insights says Wall Street participation has changed Bitcoin’s market structure. The episode points to lower volatility, compressed basis trades and stronger institutional market-making. Options gamma is becoming large enough to matter for short-term spot market behavior. Bitcoin’s Market Structure Looks Different After ETFs A new Deribit Insights episode argues that Wall Street’s arrival […]

The comparison may indicate how much the U.S. crypto derivatives market could change over the next several years. While spot bitcoin ETFs opened the door for traditional investors to gain exposure to bitcoin through brokerage accounts, regulated perpetual futures could give both retail and institutional traders access to one of crypto’s most popular trading instruments […]

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $63,000 on Thursday as crypto shook off news that Iran had closed a key global oil route. Key points: Bitcoin sees volatility but hits intraday highs despite surging US inflation and another Strait of Hormuz closure. Oil rebounds as the US promises fresh attacks on Iranian infrastructure on Thursday. Bitcoin upside […]

TL;DR Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick reportedly says Bitcoin’s $59,000 area marked the cycle bottom. The note cites SpaceX IPO-related capital rotation and easing oil-price pressure as key catalysts. Kendrick reportedly maintains a $100,000 year-end Bitcoin target and a $4,000 Ethereum target. Standard Chartered Calls Bitcoin’s $59,000 Low The Cycle Bottom Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick […]