The thorniest part of Mike Wilson’s pitch isn’t the gold call itself. It’s the word defensive. The Morgan Stanley chief US equity strategist and CIO told Bloomberg Money that gold has been in a bull market for 25 years and still functions as a portfolio shield, according to the original report. For crypto allocators, that
Grayscale Says Bitcoin Adoption Can Outlast the Bear Market Bitcoin adoption can continue rising even if short-term prices remain unsettled, Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl said on Aug. 12, identifying three forces driving bitcoin adoption over the medium and longer term. Pandl pointed to government deficits, blockchain adoption, and generational changes in portfolio construction
Edelman Financial Engines has disclosed a $34 million position in spot Bitcoin ETFs — a stake that now exceeds some of the firm’s other holdings in major tech companies. While the position is still tiny in the investment advisor’s portfolio, it is still larger than its $25 million position in Amazon. The position — held
On Friday, August 14, Bitcoin [$BTC] briefly fell below the $63k mark, falling as low as $62,535. Incidentally, earlier in August, the same $62.5k area set up a Bitcoin price rebound up to $65.5k. The $BTC average production cost, or mining cost, stood at $76.5k. Despite a 17% drawdown from this price level, miners remained
Crypto is trading broadly lower in a quiet weekend session on August 15, 2026, extending a pullback that has been building since this week’s inflation report. Bitcoin sits at $62,812.32, down 0.92% over the past 24 hours and 3.34% over the past week, with the broader market drifting toward the lower end of the range
Bitcoin treasury holder CIMG Inc. said in its Aug. 13 quarterly filing that it needs to raise capital immediately, even though it held 1,145.4 $BTC valued at $67.19 million on June 30. CIMG had just $5,397 in cash and $1.87 million in current assets against $9.25 million in current liabilities, leaving a $7.38 million working-capital
Bitcoin is the most important asset in two of Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds, according to regulatory filings. Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company disclosed Friday that it held a $490 million stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust — the second-largest single holding across its entire 13F portfolio. And a Thursday filing from the Abu Dhabi
Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin Trust and Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF were the only US spot Bitcoin funds to attract capital on Aug. 13, offsetting part of a broad withdrawal that pushed the group to $131.1 million in net outflows for the session. Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust added $7.1 million, while Grayscale’s smaller Bitcoin fund took
Bitcoin has lost half its value since October, sliding from record highs to trade well below the $100,000 mark investors once treated as a floor. For Strategy founder Michael Saylor, the crypto industry’s loudest permabull, this is just Tuesday. “We’ve lived through more brutal drawdowns,” Saylor said, pointing to a 75% collapse in 2021-2022 that
BTC Stumbles Near $63,000 Bitcoin dipped below $63,000 for the second consecutive day on Friday, with the decline deepening in early trading. The cryptocurrency initially appeared to consolidate around $63,400 hours after falling to $62,912 on Thursday. However, a sell-off shortly after midnight dragged the price to $62,670 before it recovered to trade just below