The latest Bitcoin correction is drawing comparisons to the 2022 downturn, which came before the asset surged 8x to the 2025 all-time high. Top market analyst TARA pointed to similarities in structure between these two market phases in a recent Bitcoin ($BTC) price analysis on X. Her analysis suggested that $BTC is currently in this
Popular American investor Anthony Pompliano has highlighted several indicators suggesting that Bitcoin may be nearing the bottom of the current bear market. Speaking in an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Pompliano discussed Bitcoin’s recent decline, which briefly pushed the asset to around $59,000 last week. Interestingly, he argued that the premier cryptocurrency is approaching its
Shibarium is a Layer 2 (L2) blockchain built on top of Ethereum that processes transactions off-chain in batches before settling them on the Ethereum mainnet. Launched on August 16, 2023, it was designed to solve two specific problems Shiba Inu ($SHIB) faced on Ethereum: high gas fees and slow throughput. By June 2026, the network
When U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched in January 2024, investors had more than a dozen funds to choose from. BlackRock, Fidelity, Ark Invest, Bitwise, VanEck, Franklin Templeton and several others entered what many expected would become a fiercely competitive market. Eighteen months later, the battle increasingly looks like a two-player race. Data shows
Travala launches AI travel protocol for autonomous bookings. Platform supports 2.2 million + hotels with on-chain $USDC payments. Developers earn 10% cbBTC rebates for AI-driven bookings. Travala has launched what it describes as the world’s first end-to-end agentic AI travel protocol, allowing autonomous artificial intelligence agents to search, book, and pay for travel services with
Lava Network, a blockchain infrastructure protocol, has signed a preliminary agreement to help design a tokenization sandbox for Alba Bay, a planned Caribbean residential development of more than 40,000 units. Lava said it is the protocol’s first real-world asset mandate. BHL says the project will span nearly 40 million square meters, cost multiple billions of
Nick Timiraos, a Wall Street Journal reporter known for his close ties to the Fed and often referred to as a “Fed spokesperson,” stated that the May inflation data was not strong enough to change the Fed’s monetary policy outlook, adding that policy discussions have expanded to include the possibility of another interest rate hike.
ZK blockchain project Hyli is shutting down after two years, with the team citing weak market demand for zero-knowledge technology as the decisive factor. “ZK has not gained the traction we had hoped for,” the team said in an announcement posted Wednesday on X, adding that it sees no viable path to launching the network
Fold Holdings, a Bitcoin (BTC) financial services company traded on Nasdaq, announced it sold approximately $45 million worth of Bitcoin to strengthen its balance sheet and support its growth plans. The company reported that it completed sales transactions at an average price of $71,000. According to Fold’s statement, approximately $20 million of the proceeds were
The customer experience industry will become a $5 trillion market by 2030, according to Netomi founder and CEO Puneet Mehta, who says that growth will create demand for stablecoins and blockchain-based payment infrastructure rather than pull capital away from crypto. Mehta said companies currently spend roughly $500 billion annually on customer experience-related knowledge work. As