The two largest stablecoins shed supply over the past seven days, even as legislative tailwinds and a steady drumbeat of institutional partnerships pushed stablecoins to the front of the policy conversation. $USDC circulating supply fell 0.7% over the trailing week, from $75.08 billion to about $74.6 billion, per DefiLlama. Tether’s $USDT slipped 0.1% in the
A Challenge Built Over a Decade The puzzle did not begin as the massive bounty system it is today. Its earliest verified onchain origin is a Jan. 15, 2015, transaction that funded 256 outputs with rewards scaling from 0.001 $BTC to 0.256 $BTC, totaling 32.896 $BTC. A Bitcointalk thread opened Dec. 28, 2015, under the
Bitcoin price faces back-to-back tests this week, with May PCE coming out on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. EDT and more than $10 billion in Bitcoin options settling on Deribit at 08:00 UTC Friday in the quarterly expiry that closes the second quarter. Bitcoin is trading near $62,500 after a rough June that briefly pushed it
Robbie Mitchnick, the head of digital assets at BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), has warned that the Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom has been sucking the oxygen out of Bitcoin ($BTC). Mitchnick said that everything not tied to the AI trade, including Bitcoin, has struggled since the start of Q4 2025, according to an interview with Yahoo
The cryptocurrency markets are experiencing turbulent times in the shadow of economic and market shocks originating from South Korea. Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, a leading figure in the sector, made striking analyses of Bitcoin and global financial markets during her appearance on a program. In the broadcast, which also featured Andrew
Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals founder Ric Edelman believes the CLARITY Act may pave the way for institutional capital to invest in the crypto market. He expects 95% of instructions outside crypto could start investing in Bitcoin and digital assets if the U.S. crypto bill is approved.
Bitcoin ($BTC) holders who acquired their coins more than five years ago have cut spending to a 90-day average of 962 $BTC, the lowest level since November 2024, according to CryptoQuant data. The slowdown follows three major spending peaks over the past two years, including a high of 3,860 $BTC in May 2024. At the
Top European asset manager, Allfunds, has announced a collaboration between the Solana network and its digital assets and cryptocurrency arm, Allfunds Blockchain. This partnership will integrate Solana into its platform for tokenized fund offerings and give institutional asset managers easy access to on-chain channels. The partnership will put Solana’s blockchain infrastructure within the reach of
Blockchain infrastructure company Chainlink (LINK) announced it has partnered with 47 South Korean and European banks to enable real-time, stablecoin-based cross-border payments in international currency transactions. The initiative, called Project Pangea, brings together banks representing over $10 trillion in assets in total. Besides Chainlink, the project includes Qivalis, a euro stablecoin consortium supported by 37