Bernstein has reaffirmed its bullish Bitcoin (BTC) price prediction for 2026, arguing that the cryptocurrency remains on track to reach $150,000 despite a slowdown in capital inflows and weaker retail participation. According to the Wall Street brokerage, Bitcoin’s recent decline is primarily due to reduced investment flows rather than concerns about its long-term fundamentals. The
Global investment bank TD Cowen has reaffirmed its Buy rating and $400 price target for MicroStrategy (MSTR), the publicly traded software company known for its significant Bitcoin holdings. The firm, which manages approximately $150 billion in assets, issued the reiteration in a recent research report, signaling continued confidence in the company’s strategy. Why TD Cowen
Blockstream CEO Adam Back publicly rejected Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 110 on June 8, citing fundamental technical flaws and warning that forced activation could split the Bitcoin network into competing minority chains. The proposal, which aims to limit non-financial data in Bitcoin transactions, has ignited a fierce debate within the developer and mining communities. What
Bitwise Asset Management has offered a nuanced perspective on Bitcoin’s recent price weakness, framing it not as a crypto-specific problem but as an early warning signal for broader financial markets. In a new analysis, the firm argues that Bitcoin is acting as a ‘canary in the coal mine,’ detecting shifts in investor risk appetite before
The cryptocurrency market ended last week with a massive loss of billions of dollars. Bitcoin’s market capitalization plummeted by $235 billion, sparking a major debate within the sector. Industry representatives and analysts are completely divided on the reasons behind this sharp sell-off. Prominent figures in the cryptocurrency industry, Bill Barhydt, Andrew Parish, and Tillman Holloway,
Five years ago yesterday, El Salvador’s Congress voted 62-to-22 to pass the world’s first Bitcoin Law, making the small Central American nation the first country on earth to grant bitcoin legal tender status. The date was June 8, 2021. Half a decade later, the government holds 7,677 $BTC worth approximately $480 million — and it
Canton and public Ethereum solve the same core problem — settling transactions between parties who do not fully trust each other, but they make opposite architectural choices to do it. Ethereum exposes every transaction to every participant on a shared global ledger, which makes its composability deep and open. Canton partitions state by privacy rules,
Second, a Bitcoin development lab, has officially launched Bark — its implementation of the Ark protocol — on the Bitcoin mainnet, opening up self-custodial bitcoin payments to developers and everyday users alike without the complexity traditionally associated with Lightning Network or on-chain transactions. Bark is built on the Ark protocol, a layer-2 solution that allows
Trad.Fi, which lends money to companies buying heavy equipment, said it is working with W3, a developer of AI agents for enterprises, to deploy $650 million in private credit onchain over the next 48 months. The program targets the heavily paper-based U.S. equipment distribution sector, focusing on manufacturing systems, industrial electrical infrastructure and residential solar
Bitcoin continues to flash warning signs, according to Quinn Thompson, CIO at Lekker Capital, as his fund remains firmly bearish on crypto heading into the summer. Thompson argues that the market faces a combination of structural challenges, including ongoing digital asset treasury (DAT) concerns, unresolved questions about Strategy’s preferred stock STRC, and lingering fears about