Bitcoin’s network has been running nonstop since 2009. The question nobody had rigorously answered until now is what it would actually take to break it. Researchers at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance last week published the first longitudinal study of Bitcoin blockchain’s resilience to physical infrastructure disruption, analyzing 11 years of peer-to-peer network data
Bitcoin’s market reaction to the ongoing Iran war is beginning to resemble the price behavior seen during the first month after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. A comparison of the two periods shows a strikingly similar sequence: an initial panic sell-off, a rapid rebound, and then a volatile consolidation phase as markets adjust to geopolitical
Michael Saylor has responded sharply after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticized Bitcoin ($BTC) and suggested that it resembles a Ponzi scheme. Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticizes Bitcoin Johnson described a conversation with a church acquaintance who lost money after being lured into a supposed crypto investment opportunity. According to Johnson, the
A significant and sustained withdrawal of Bitcoin from a major global exchange is capturing market attention, as an anonymous entity moves over $140 million worth of the cryptocurrency into private custody, a move analysts interpret as a strong signal for long-term holding. According to on-chain data analyzed by blockchain intelligence firm EmberCN, a single address,
Bitcoin traded near $72,386 at the time of writing, gaining about 2.5% over the last 7 days. The short-term recovery has sparked cautious optimism among some traders. Yet others continue to warn that the market may not have reached its final bottom. Why the concern? Analysts point to a pattern in the current chart structure
Bitcoin price continued its upward move on Friday as traders reacted to fresh U.S. inflation data. As of press time, the $BTC price traded near $73,800, marking a gain of nearly 5% over the previous 24 hours. Much of the price increase came after comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He said the administration
Crypto analyst Colin Talks Crypto provided a technical analysis of Bitcoin’s recent price movements. The analyst noted that Bitcoin rose to the $74,000 level, but was rejected twice from that point, yet continued to form higher lows. According to Colin Talks Crypto, the $74,500 level is a critical technical threshold. The analyst stated that this
Bitcoin price started a decent increase above the $70,000 zone. $BTC is now consolidating and might aim for more gains if it clears $72,000. Bitcoin started a decent recovery wave above the $70,000 zone. The price is trading above $70,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break above a bullish flag
The next big Bitcoin policy fight may have nothing to do with ETFs or government legislation, but with a dry Federal Reserve capital proposal that most investors will never read. The landscape is simple: will big banks continue to treat Bitcoin as a balance sheet hazard, or will US capital rules begin to leave room
The first week of America’s war with Iran already cost taxpayers more than $11 billion, about half the total value of the government’s Bitcoin holdings, according to figures provided to Congress behind closed doors. To put that in context, the US government has 328,372 Bitcoins, worth around $23.13 billion, as of March 13. This indicates