Bitcoin BTC$79,695.29 is nursing losses as crude trades higher following a weekend of escalation escalation in the U.S.-Iran war. On Saturday, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) confirmed striking three Iranian oil tankers, M/T Downy, M/T Stark 1, and M/T Kylo, near Kharg Island, Jask, and in the Gulf of Oman, respectively. “If you shoot at two
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin rejected a Sept. 7 prediction that artificial intelligence could undermine confidence in Bitcoin’s security and cause its price to fall by more than 50% within two years. Investor and AI-risk commentator Liron Shapira assigned a “50% confidence” level to his prediction that Bitcoin would suffer such a decline because AI could
Bitcoin is approaching a critical technical level that could determine whether its recent rally marks the start of a genuine trend reversal, according to Verified Investing chief market strategist Gareth Soloway. The analyst laid out both the bullish and bearish case using chart structure and historical cycle comparisons. Why This Isn’t a Confirmed Bull Market
Bitcoin’s rebound toward its May highs has drawn leverage back into the market, making derivatives increasingly important to the recovery. As Bitcoin [$BTC] retested $82,000, Binance Open Interest (OI) jumped nearly 8% within 24 hours and briefly exceeded $10 billion. In other words, the move up was being driven by leverage versus just Spot demand.
Robinhood Fee Debate Moves Beyond Transaction Costs A debate over Robinhood Chain’s network economics expanded on Sept. 6 into a wider dispute about how blockchains should fund long-term growth. BNB Chain Executive Director of Growth Nina Rong argued in a post on X that sustainable business models should now take priority, shifting attention from the
WEEK IN REVIEW FOMO Cracks Top 5 US Finance Charts, Passes Kalshi and Cash App Fomo, the social crypto trading app built for Robinhood Chain and other networks, has climbed into the top five U.S. finance apps on Apple’s App Store… Editor’s comment: While it may be the epitome of extractiveness and a PVP-style arena,
Crypto holders relied more on loans backed by digital assets as market conditions weakened in 2026, according to research from CryptoQuant. The report analyzed data from crypto lender CoinRabbit. It found higher borrowing activity among both retail and high-net-worth users. Borrowing Activity Rises Crypto-backed loans allow holders to access cash without immediately selling their digital
BIP-110 Fallout Gives Birth to Bitcoin Blake2 BTCB2 is the coin that came out of the BIP-110 fiasco that happened last month. Basically, Luke Dashjr and his group of Knots-aligned developers pushed a change called BIP-110, which restricted non-monetary data (large OP_RETURNs, bulky scripts, contiguous junk data), and 97% to 98% of the SHA-256 hashrate
SECZ has made headlines today by recording the largest seven-day market cap increase among tokenized stock assets at $29.2 million. This surge highlights the growing interest in tokenized stocks. According to a tweet from Token Terminal, this uptick could signal heightened investor confidence in SECZ as a leading asset in this space. Traders should watch