Tokenized equities are gaining traction as investors increasingly trade stocks outside the limits of traditional market hours. Against this backdrop, trading volume increased from $1 billion in January to $3.6 billion in May before later reaching $9 billion in July. This acceleration correlates with the growing number of trades occurring outside of traditional market hours.
As the crypto ecosystem continues to evolve, the growing adoption of the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, Bitcoin, has remained a longstanding topic of discussion. Earlier today, the leading asset management firm, BlackRock, reignited fresh debate on the matter after recommending a Bitcoin allocation strategy to investors. Bitwise’s Horsley joins discussion The viral Bitcoin
Bitcoin could struggle to reach $250,000, let alone $1 million, because billionaire Michael Saylor has fundamentally changed the cryptocurrency market through Strategy’s accumulation and financial engineering, according to early Uber investor Jason Calacanis. “Will it ever hit $1 million? Heck, will it even hit $250,000?” Calacanis wrote on X on Wednesday. “I think Saylor broke
All eyes are now on today’s minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s July 28-29 meeting. The minutes are expected to give markets a closer look at the Fed’s 9-3 decision to keep interest rates at 3.5%-3.75% and show how strongly officials disagreed over the next move. What Makes the July FOMC Minutes Important? The
Bitcoin held steady near $64,250 on Wednesday, inching up on the day and adding roughly 1% for the week, even as a sharp selloff tore through global semiconductor stocks. The split screen was hard to miss: while digital assets mostly drifted higher, the cryptocurrency and semiconductor market told two very different stories on the same
Bitcoin BTC$64,427.54 remains in its weeks-long $60,000 and $67,000 range in advance of today’s minutes from last month’s Federal Reserve interest-rate setting meeting. After briefly climbing through $65,000 yesterday, the largest cryptocurrency has dropped about 0.5% since midnight UTC. The broader CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index is little changed over the same period. Softer economic data
Kaito AI’s new Kaito Pulse browser extension has drawn scrutiny after a source-code review claimed the software can fingerprint devices, track detailed activity on X, and access account data from several third-party platforms during user-initiated verification. According to well-known analyst Ultra, who reviewed Kaito Pulse’s source code, found multiple forms of data collection, with the
Bitcoin ($BTC) falling more than 50% from its $126,200 all-time high was a “positioning correction,” BlackRock says. Key points: A BlackRock report attributes Bitcoin’s decline below $60,000 to cascading liquidations as leverage was purged from the market. The long-term $BTC investment thesis as a “low-correlation diversifier” remains intact, analysts confirm. BlackRock sees Bitcoin’s risk-asset correlation
Interstice Digital has launched a cross-chain swap engine with FalconX connecting the Canton Network with Ethereum, Solana and Robinhood Chain. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the non-custodial engine allows assets to be swapped across the four networks without Interstice taking custody or executing transactions on users’ behalf. FalconX, a digital asset prime brokerage serving institutional investors,
Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, reported that 12 of its top 15 institutional shareholders expanded their positions in the company’s stock during the second quarter of 2025. Combined, these institutions added approximately $1.2 billion in MSTR holdings, signaling sustained confidence from major financial players despite broader market fluctuations. Key Institutional Moves in Q2