Japanese institutional investors are warming to crypto as a portfolio diversification instrument, according to a survey of 518 investment professionals conducted by Nomura and its digital asset subsidiary Laser Digital. Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!) The numbers point in one direction. Sixty-five percent of respondents now
Capital B, the listed arm of The Blockchain Group, confirmed the acquisition of 12 bitcoin as it continues to build out its treasury strategy centered on the digital asset. The company said it spent €0.8 million on the purchase, bringing total holdings to 2,937 $BTC. The group’s aggregate acquisition cost stands at €270.1 million, with
Bitcoin is testing an important support area after reclaiming the $73,000 to $74,500 zone on different time frames. One chart shows a possible post breakout retest, while the other suggests that former resistance is starting to act like support. Bitcoin Weekly Close Puts $73K Retest Back in Focus Bitcoin may be setting up for a
Halfway through Q2, the market is already pricing in end-of-quarter targets. From a technical standpoint, Bitcoin’s [$BTC] 10% move so far could just be the early leg of a setup similar to 2025, where Q2 closed with 30% gains. If we get a repeat of that structure, $BTC could still be on track to finish
Bybit has led an $8 million Series A funding round in Hata, a dual-licensed digital asset exchange operating in Malaysia. The round also included participation from global family offices and follows Bybit’s earlier investment in Hata’s $4.2 million seed round. According to Monday’s announcement, the funding will be used to improve liquidity, expand the user
The Trump Iran deal under negotiation includes a proposal to unfreeze $20 billion in Iranian assets in exchange for Tehran surrendering its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, CNN reported, according to two US officials and two additional sources briefed on the talks, placing Trump on the verge of the very kind of financial concession to
B.AI, a new-generation digital financial infrastructure specifically built for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent era, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Biconomy, a modular blockchain infrastructure protocol designed to simplify Web3 user experiences. The basic purpose of this history-making collaboration is to enhance security infrastructure for AI along with its global accessibility. B.AI has shared
Nasdaq drops 1% and the S&P 500 0.6%, but Bitcoin near $75k and Ethereum around $2.3k show crypto holding up better than U.S. tech — at least intraday. U.S. equities opened the week on the back foot, with Gate’s TradFi desk reporting that the Nasdaq fell roughly 1%, the S&P 500 dropped nearly 0.6% and
The International Monetary Fund cut its global growth forecast for 2026 to 3.1% in its April update. The new figure is 0.2 percentage points lower than its January estimate and reflects weaker momentum in the world economy. The IMF said the downgrade is tied largely to disruption from the ongoing Middle East conflict. It added
Renowned cryptocurrency analyst Benjamin Cowen, in his new analysis evaluating Bitcoin’s recent rise, stated that the market is at a critical juncture. Cowen noted that Bitcoin has climbed to the “bear market resistance band” (21-week EMA) levels, emphasizing that this region will be decisive for the market’s direction. Bitcoin’s price pulled back from $78,361, coming