Kenneth Rogoff spoke, and the Bitcoin hornet’s nest awoke. When the celebrated Harvard economist and former chief economist at the IMF yesterday publicly confessed that he was wrong on Bitcoin, he didn’t do so gracefully; instead, he doubled down. You see, it wasn’t that his prediction in 2018 of Bitcoin’s imminent doom and the bitcoin
Two early Bitcoin developers who are both believed by many in the crypto community to be Satoshi Nakamoto — Peter Todd and Adam Back — have suggested using Bitcoin as a cryptographic accumulator to make any censorship virtually impossible. However, while Back tweeted about this today, Todd pointed out that he has been talking about
Cryptocurrency investors are bracing for the US Federal Reserve’s annual gathering in Jackson Hole on Friday, where Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks may provide key signals on interest rate policy heading into September’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Bitcoin (BTC) briefly fell to $112,565 on Wednesday, a two-week low last seen on Aug. 3, Cointelegraph data
Bitcoin price enters one of its most decisive weeks of 2025 with Jerome Powell set to deliver his final Jackson Hole speech as Federal Reserve chair. Traders are on edge as the speech comes amid slowing job growth, sticky inflation, and a split inside the Fed over when to resume rate cuts. The big question
The Federal Reserve is making it clear that Bitcoin crypto is going to be part of the financial system that needs clear rules and sound oversight. There is a shift away from special supervisory programs and toward treating crypto like any other banking activity. The Novel Activities Supervision Program has been folded into standard oversight.
As of Aug. 20, 2025, bitcoin is trading for between $113,524 and $113,882 per coin over the last hour, with a 24-hour intraday price range between $112,647 and $115,789. The leading cryptocurrency commands a $2.26 trillion market cap and saw $45.41 billion in trading volume over the past day, as price consolidates near a crucial
The new partnership between BTC Core and Hex Trust creates a shift in how institutions can approach Bitcoin. For years, Bitcoin was largely treated as “digital gold,” a store of value that sat idle in custody. This move toward Institutional Staking across the Asia Pacific and the Middle East changes that narrative, offering a way
Bitcoin fell below $113,000, hitting a 17-day low, and retail crypto investors were also bearish. At this point, analysts at cryptocurrency analysis platform Santiment said that retail investors are going with the market flow after Bitcoin failed to recover and fell below $113,000. Over the past 24 hours, retail investors have displayed their worst bearish
The “great wealth transfer” is underway, and it could be one of the biggest drivers of crypto adoption in history, crypto friendly Xapo Bank said in a report Wednesday. Over the next decade, trillions of dollars will move from baby boomers to younger heirs. In the U.S. alone, an estimated $10.6 trillion will change hands
The crypto market is experiencing extreme volatility, with Bitcoin (BTC) being down 6% on the weekly chart and whales dumping around $3.45 billion worth of the cryptocurrency over the same period. While these so-called bear traps are typically indicative of long-term bull cycles, it is still far from clear where the digital hedge is going