Fed hike odds have climbed to 52% while 30-year U.S. Treasury yields have pushed above 5%, tightening financial conditions and upping the pressure on risk assets from stocks to crypto. Market-based indicators show traders assigning a roughly 52% probability that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again before year-end, reversing earlier consensus that the
a16z crypto says Wall Street is adopting blockchain less for ideology than for efficiency, risk control and programmable market infrastructure that makes assets composable. a16z crypto general partner Guy Wuollet says the financial industry is undergoing a digital migration in which blockchain is becoming core infrastructure, much as cloud computing became the backbone of modern
$BTC selling pressure remains strong, keeping prices from reaching a true breakout. On-chain data shows the selling pressure may be coming from older cohorts of whales. On the demand side, $BTC shows robust weekly buying, far surpassing the weekly $BTC production. Institutional inflows remain strong, with Strategy adding 24,869 $BTC in the past week. Based
Demand for Bitcoin ($BTC) has decreased sharply over the last few days as the price ran into overhead resistance above $80,000. Analysts say $BTC’s inability to hold key support levels may be paving the way for a prolonged consolidation. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s apparent demand fell to -3,138 $BTC, its lowest level in four months. Weak
EUR-denominated stablecoins processed at retail virtual asset service providers (VASPs) have grown 12-fold over 15 months to reach $777 million in transaction volume, according to Fireblocks’ State of Stablecoins 2025 report. European banks and fintechs are accelerating production deployments of Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)-compliant stablecoins following the EU’s regulatory framework implementation. Banking Circle and
Two weeks ago, GD Culture Group (GDC), a bitcoin ($BTC) treasury stock with ties to Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, published a “going private proposal” of $10.75 per share. Yesterday, the stock traded to a 52-week low below $0.10. Aside from evaluating that non-binding, going-private proposal roughly 88 times higher than its actual stock price, GDC
South Korean blockchain firm AI0x, the operator of Fancycoin (FANC), is exploring a novel approach to credit scoring that leverages the influence of content creators and their fan communities. Speaking at the 2026 Future Finance Forum in Seoul, CEO Park Sung-hoon outlined plans to build an on-chain credit infrastructure using verified activity data from platforms
Blockchain.com has filed for a US initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, marking a major milestone for one of the oldest surviving companies in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The company, which started life as Blockchain.info back in 2011, is betting that American public markets are the right venue for its next chapter. It’s
An in-depth investigation into insider trading by Bubblemaps analysts reveal how accurate bets on U.S. attacks on Iran were, exposing a trend that experts fear poses immense risks to the United States’ national security. In an interview with CoinDesk, Nicolas Vaiman, Bubblemaps co-founder and CEO, expressed deep concern over the national security implications of this
Global hedge fund Millennium Management has significantly reduced its exposure to spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to its latest 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing, which covers the first quarter of 2025, reveals a substantial pullback from two of the largest digital asset ETFs on the market.