The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced 1.3 billion satoshis in new grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund, backing 22 projects worldwide aimed at strengthening financial freedom and censorship resistance under authoritarian regimes. The funding round, disclosed today exclusively to Bitcoin Magazine, will support open-source Bitcoin development, decentralized mining infrastructure, privacy-preserving financial tools, and grassroots
Bitcoin’s price has shown strength over the past 48 hours and is now trading in the mid-$90,000s after days of consolidating around $90,000. Technical analyst Jackis presented a fair assessment of potential paths for Bitcoin’s next significant rise in the context of near-term consolidation and attempted breakouts above $95,000, outlining distinct scenarios for both bulls
Bitcoin positions worth more than $375 million have been liquidated in the past 24 hours, according to data from Coinglass. More than $100 million has been liquidated in the past hour, as BTC surges past $96,000. Additionally, $1 billion in short positions face potential liquidation as Bitcoin approaches $97,100. Data from Coinglass indicates that the
Bitcoin has regained strong upward momentum in early 2026 after breaking above the $97,000 level, as markets welcomed the news that the US Supreme Court did not issue a ruling today on President Trump’s tariff case. The absence of an immediate decision removed a key source of political risk, allowing risk assets to rally and
Bitcoin BTC$97,231.90 pushed higher during the U.S. morning, rising as high as $97,000 at one point and lifting bitcoin related equities alongside. Strategy (MSTR), the largest bitcoin treasury company, rose more than 8% and KindlyMD (NAKA) advanced 10% Metaplanet, the largest Asian bitcoin company, gained 15% in Tokyo trading. Strive (ASST) added 7% after Semler
Bitcoin, the leader of the cryptocurrency market, reached its highest level in nearly eight weeks with its latest surge. According to Polymarket data, the probability of Bitcoin surpassing the $100,000 level in January is priced at 63%. A chart showing the increase in BTC price. According to the data, Bitcoin is trading around $96,800, having
Bitwise finds gold cushions 60/40 portfolios in drawdowns while Bitcoin drives outsized recovery gains, with a combined 15% allocation lifting Sharpe to 0.679 versus 0.23. Summary Gold posted gains or shallow losses during major drawdowns, rising about 6% in 2018 and 2025 pullbacks as equities and Bitcoin sold off sharply. Bitcoin rallied roughly 79% after
Bitcoin taps a 50-day high above $95k as cooling U.S. inflation, fading ETF outflows and rising Iran–U.S. tensions revive its dual role as macro asset and geopolitical hedge. Summary Bitcoin climbs above $95,000 after stable CPI eases pressure for aggressive Fed hikes, supporting risk assets and keeping ETF-driven selling in check. Middle East tensions and
Rhode Island lawmakers have introduced a bill that would temporarily exempt small-scale Bitcoin transactions from state income taxes, marking the second consecutive year legislators have proposed the measure as somewhat of a pilot program to reduce tax friction on everyday Bitcoin use. Senate Bill S2021, introduced on January 9 by Senator Peter A. Appollonio and