Opendoor, the $6 billion real estate giant, may soon join the growing list of companies embracing Bitcoin and crypto payments. The company’s CEO, Kaz Nejatian, hinted at such a plan in a recent conversation on X, suggesting that Opendoor may soon allow customers to buy homes using Bitcoin. However, the firm has not yet released
Bitcoin (BTC) has made history again. The largest cryptocurrency broke its all-time high price record, reaching $125,819 minutes ago, according to Binance data. The government shutdown in the US and the uncertainty it created in global markets are cited as the most important reason behind this rise. Bitcoin is trading at $125,771, up 2.05% in
Switzerland’s gambling authority Gespa has opened a preliminary investigation into FIFA’s sale of blockchain-based tokens that grant fans the right to purchase tickets for matches at the 2026 World Cup. Bloomberg reported on Monday that the regulator is determining whether FIFA’s “Right to Buy” tokens constitute a form of gambling under Swiss law. Gespa director
Key Takeaways Bitcoin price surged to $125,000, mainly driven by increased retail investor demand. The ongoing US government shutdown heightened governance risk, leading investors to seek safe-haven assets like Bitcoin. Bitcoin climbed over $125,000 driven by retail demand amid the ongoing US government shutdown, according to QCP Capital, a cryptocurrency trading and analysis firm. The
Blockchain lender Figure Technologies (FIGR) has “tremendous growth headroom” according to analysts at investment firm Bernstein, earning it an “outperform” rating and a new price target of $54 per share. The new price target hints at more than 30% upside based on Monday’s opening FIGR trading price of $41.02. Shares of FIGR were up 6.4%
Shares of Leap Therapeutics (LPTX) climbed 25% after the microcap cancer drug developer announced a $58.9 million private investment led by Winklevoss Capital to kickstart a crypto treasury strategy. The investment, structured as a private placement, includes common shares and warrants priced at $0.61439 per unit. Winklevoss Capital, founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, will
Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, stopped accumulating the asset last week, as it made $140 million in dividend payments, according to a press release. That was the first time that the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm, which owns 640,000 Bitcoin, put its Bitcoin-buying activity on pause since the end of July. On Monday,
The Bitcoin BTC$124,901.48 options market has grown so large and so structurally diverse that it is now influencing the price of bitcoin itself, according to a report by trading firm FalconX. Open interest in BTC options has swelled to nearly $80 billion, up from around $8 billion at the start of the year, putting it
Strategy Inc. co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor said Monday that the company had a massive $3.9 billion fair value gain on its Bitcoin holdings during the third quarter of the year. On Saturday, Bitcoin (BTC) reached a new all-time high of $125,000 as exchange balances plunged to six-year lows. Saylor’s Strategy, a company known
Various optimistic forecasts about the price of Bitcoin are starting to circulate. However, it is necessary to make a couple of important clarifications to avoid excess enthusiasm that could mislead investors’ operational decisions. The situation indeed appears rosy because it probably is, but it is not certain that the current scenario is destined to last