BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes published a new essay, “Situationship,” on Aug. 4, 2026, arguing that the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom could end as a credit crisis rather than a dot com style equity collapse. Hayes framed data centers as leveraged real estate containing computing equipment that can lose economic value as newer chips become
Bitcoin is making another attempt to break out of its recent trading range today, and one analyst says the setup still leaves room for a move higher before any real downturn takes hold. The overall trend remains bearish according to the analysis, but the short-term picture tells a more hopeful story. Bitcoin’s support zone right
Strategy CEO Phong Le remains confident in the company’s long-term Bitcoin strategy, despite recent $BTC sales and heavy market losses. Speaking to CNBC, Le described the current market as another Bitcoin bear cycle. He said Strategy has been through similar conditions before. Therefore, he believes the company will come out stronger and outperform Bitcoin during
Bitcoin finished July on a strong note before losing momentum at the start of August with two straight daily closes below $63,000. The decline has raised fresh caution even as blockchain data points to steady buying around current price levels. That buying activity became clearer in recent on-chain data, which shows roughly 155,000 BTC moved
In brief Jim Cramer says he is selling his Bitcoin after IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told him to get “paranoid” about crypto’s cryptography within three or four years. The warning follows a July 30 IBM and University of Chicago demonstration of verified quantum advantage. Traders invoked the “Inverse Cramer” trade, a pattern so established that
BIP-110 is approaching its first consequential activation boundary. The proposal enters mandatory signaling at block 961,632, currently projected around August 9, 2026. It locks in no later than block 963,648, roughly in late August, and activates its new transaction rules at block 965,664, currently projected for early September. BIP-110 uses a 55% signaling threshold and
Bitcoin Defends $63,500 Support Bitcoin oscillated between $63,300 and $64,300 on Tuesday amid reports that the U.S. Senate could vote on the CLARITY Act this week. Since reclaiming $63,000 shortly after midday on Aug. 3, the cryptocurrency has largely held above that key threshold. In fact, 24-hour data shows that save for two occasions when
Poolin Technology and several affiliates entered Chapter 11 on July 22 with two proposed asset sales, worth a combined $52 million, tied to its West Texas mining sites. Prospective buyer Thor CALAP LLC can terminate either deal over unsatisfactory diligence through Aug. 9, five days before the court’s scheduled hearing on the bidding process and
Bitcoin price rebounded above $64,000 as Qatar reported progress in efforts to restart US-Iran negotiations, while technical charts pointed to a possible breakout from a descending channel. Bitcoin price rebounds above $64,000 According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin ($BTC) price traded near $64,100 late Tuesday, recovering from an intraday low around $63,300 and extending its