San Francisco-based lender Divine Research has issued around 30,000 unbacked short-term crypto loans since December, using OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s iris-scanning platform World ID to verify borrowers. Divine offers loans under $1,000 in the USDC (USDC) stablecoin, mainly to overseas borrowers underserved by traditional finance. It uses World ID to ensure users cannot open multiple
Bitcoin’s price traded between $117,922 and $118,020 over the last 60 minutes, indicating minimal price volatility in the short term. With a market capitalization of $2.34 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $22.32 billion, bitcoin maintained an intraday range between $117,196 and $118,479, reflecting tight consolidation near recent highs. Bitcoin Bitcoin’s 1-hour chart shows
It started with a simple question on X: Where could the Bitcoin price be in 21 years? Chaitanya Jain, a former Blackstone analyst and Michael Saylor’s Strategy executive, posed the question on the platform, and it didn’t take long for Elon Musk’s AI assistant, Grok, to provide an eye-opening answer: $25 million per coin by
Crypto microloans are experiencing a dramatic resurgence, fueled by a broader revival in digital asset markets closely tied to US President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto stance. Three years after a devastating market crash triggered a wave of bankruptcies across the crypto lending sector, a new crop of startups is aggressively re-entering the space. They possess unsecured,
A historical price comparison between Bitcoin (BTC) and gold suggests that the cryptocurrency could rally by 35% in the fourth quarter. Notably, analysis by Ted Pillows projects a major upward move for Bitcoin, suggesting the digital asset could mirror gold’s historical breakout pattern. If the analogy holds, BTC may trade above $160,000 by Q4, he
With global M2 money supply climbing to an all-time high of $95 trillion to $96 trillion, bitcoin—trading between $117,800 and $118,102 in the past 24 hours—looks set to capture serious upside in 2025 as liquidity floods into assets. M2 Money Boom: Why Bitcoin Prices May Soar Amid Liquidity Flood Plenty of crypto fans are banking
Bitcoin’s identity crisis came roaring back into focus this weekend after Galaxy Digital (GLXY) announced that it had facilitated a $9 billion sale of more than 80,000 bitcoin for a Satoshi-era investor. The firm said the sale — one of the largest notional BTC transactions ever—was part of the seller’s estate planning strategy. The transaction
Bitcoin’s price could see significant upside in 2026, bucking the traditional four-year market cycle, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan. The prediction comes as other analysts are divided on whether Bitcoin (BTC) will stray from its historical pattern or follow the traditional halving cycle and peak in the coming months. Bitcoin may be