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Mt. Gox trustees face a deadline on Oct. 31 to complete Base, Early lump-sum, and Intermediate repayments for Bitcoin creditors (BTC), with roughly 34,689 BTC still sitting in Mt. Gox-linked wallets as the clock ticks down. The Tokyo court extended the original cutoff date of Oct. 31, 2024, by one year after processing delays and […] The post Mt. Gox repayments due Oct. 31: Will a supply wave hit BTC? appeared first on...
The firm's top researcher says the structural bull case is intact, pointing to AI capex, stablecoins and tokenization as tailwinds even after this month’s shakeout.
Grayscale, one of crypto’s largest institutional asset managers, published a research note on Oct. 10 calling Solana (SOL) “crypto’s financial bazaar.” This characterization goes well beyond the usual speed-and-throughput pitch. The report positions SOL as the category leader in users, transactions, and fees, arguing that its user experience, architectural moat via the Solana Virtual Machine, […] The post Grayscale...
The recent market crash that caused some cryptocurrencies to lose up to 99% of their value also dealt a significant hit to Satoshi's wallets.
Current laws in the United States do not explicitly protect open source software developers and create the risk of retroactive prosecution.
Bitcoin is once again caught in the crossfire of a high-stakes geopolitical standoff. This time, the knock-on effects are being felt across every corner of the crypto market. The script is familiar: The return of U.S.–China trade tensions has triggered a sharp correction in Bitcoin, echoing a pattern seen earlier this year. When escalating tariffs […] The post Trade wars and Bitcoin blues: déjà vu as U.S.–China...
In an X post, a respected pseudonymous crypto analyst said he bought a HYPE spot position under $34 and would "load up" closer to $28 amid a market downtrend.
In an X post, Ripple's Stuart Alderoty said two recent New York Times pieces wrongly cast crypto as only a tool for crime and corruption.
The Wikimedia Foundation revealed an unsettling trend: search engines and chatbots are providing Wikipedia's content directly to users without sending them to the site.
Jeremy Kranz, founder of Sentinel Global, a venture capital firm, said investors should be "discerning" and read the fine print on any stablecoin.
Six hacker wallets dumped ETH during the Oct. 10 market crash, then rebought at higher prices, amplifying losses.
The token will be integrated into OpenSea, allowing users to stake behind favorite collections or projects, Finzer said.
Already losing favor with investors when bitcoin was in bull mode, companies built around stacking BTC are facing an even larger threat thanks to the price collapse over the past two weeks.
The token's price action is driven partly by Coinbase considering BNB for a listing and China Merchants Bank International tokenizing a MMF on the BNB Chain.
There’s a grim symmetry to every crypto boom: an idea born from freedom eventually gets packaged, securitized, and sold back to the masses, this time at a hefty premium. According to a new 10XResearch report, retail investors have collectively lost $17 billion trying to gain indirect Bitcoin exposure through listed “digital asset treasury” companies like […] The post The $17billion lesson: how retail turned Bitcoin...
Projects such as Rootstock and Babylon may be perking institutional demand for Bitcoin-based yield and restaking
The proposed rule change relies on Nasdaq's vague understanding of how the Depository Trust Company (DTC) would handle post-trade settlement for these tokens.
Bitcoin-to-gold ratio hits historic lows that previously preceded major bull runs, with past bottoms preceding 100–600% BTC price rallies.
Crypto prices plummeted last week as liquidations fueled historic volatility. Experts say that Wall Street’s safety net wouldn’t have helped.
Bitcoin steadied into weekend trading, but BTC price targets still saw a dip below $100,000 despite increasingly bullish RSI signals.
For years, Bitcoin has been hailed as “digital gold,” a hedge against inflation and policy excess. Yet, as geopolitical tensions rise and trade disputes return to the headlines, the original store of value, gold, is stealing the spotlight. According to TradingView data, gold climbed to an all-time high of $4,376 per ounce on Oct. 17, […] The post Why the price of gold is rising while Bitcoin is struggling appeared...
Are these two ideas compatible? That question directed a conversation at this week's D.C. Fintech Week.
Corporate giants are building their own L1s, shifting blockchain from neutral infrastructure to strategic moats with regulatory advantages.
A quantum computer powerful enough to break Bitcoin could steal coins while the network runs as usual.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey previously gave $21 million to support OpenSats, which backs Bitcoin developers. Tether gave $250,000 to the nonprofit this week.
JPMorgan attributes the recent Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) sell-off to crypto-native leverage rather than institutional exits, noting that spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed minimal forced selling while perpetual futures markets faced sharp deleveraging across both assets. Bitcoin fell 13.1% from $122,316 on Oct. 3 to $106,329 by Oct. 17, while perpetual open interest […] The post How crypto-native leverage drove...
The restriction on paying interest to stablecoin users looks easy to circumvent, argues EY’s Paul Brody. So why not just let stablecoin providers pay interest the same as any bank would?
Holding above $2 increases XRP's potential to retest $3 in the coming weeks, while also maintaining a record high target of around $7.75.
HMRC sent nearly 65,000 warning letters to crypto investors last year, more than double the previous year, as the UK steps up efforts to trace undeclared capital gains.
The session’s 7% swing came amid renewed macro jitters and reports of large whale liquidations totaling over $74 million.
The move came amid renewed U.S.–China tariff fears and cautious positioning ahead of next week’s SEC deadlines for spot XRP ETFs.
The Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index turned negative as BTC’s RSI hit its lowest level since April, but it could also mark the beginning of a slow recovery.
Bitcoin treasury firms saw NAV premiums collapse as retail lost billions, but the reset created entry points for a new era of skilled asset managers, say researchers.
Regional banks faced renewed stress despite 2023 crisis reforms, with Zions and Western Alliance stocks plunging as Bitcoin fell to a four-month low.
Led by Thrive Capital and Greenoaks, the raise comes less than two months after Stripe unveiled its layer-1 blockchain for stablecoin and real-world payments.