Cryptocurrency analysis firm CryptoQuant has published a noteworthy assessment of the recent decline in the price of Bitcoin (BTC). According to the company’s data, the price of BTC fell by 4% in a short period of time, from $118,920 to below $114,000. This move occurred immediately after US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs. During
In a surprising and unexpected twist for the crypto community, new reports suggest that the statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, erected in Lugano, Switzerland, has gone missing. In an homage to innovation, Plan B, an initiative founded in partnership with Tether and the City of Lugano, unveiled a life-sized statue of Satoshi Nakamoto at the 3rd
With Bitcoin (BTC) losing the $115,000 support amid a broader market correction, a trading expert has suggested that the asset has officially entered correction mode. According to Master Ananda, Bitcoin’s corrective phase is evident in its nearly 10% decline from mid-July record highs, with the price now testing key support near the previous all-time high.
Elon Musk, the richest person on the planet, is seemingly concerned about the security of Bitcoin’s cryptographic security. He recently took on X to ask Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot embedded in the social media network, to estimate the probability of Bitcoin’s SHA-256 hashing algorithm getting cracked by quantum computing. This came in response to
Bitcoin is trading at $113,924 to $114,016 over the past hour as of Aug. 3, 2025, with a market capitalization of $2.26 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $32.42 billion. The cryptocurrency has seen an intraday range of $112,113 to $113,981, underscoring ongoing volatility and cautious sentiment among traders. Bitcoin From the daily chart,
As global markets hit the skids this week and forced liquidations and margin calls wipe out more levered longs, prominent traders are repositioning accordingly. New tariffs announced by the Trump administration and a sharply weaker U.S. jobs report caused anxiety in global markets; the S&P 500 lost 1.6% in a day, and Bitcoin, true to
Cryptocurrency analyst Seán Murray has made a sweeping claim that Jack Dorsey, founder of social media platform Twitter, could be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious founder of Bitcoin. Murray stated that he supports this theory based on many details, from technical background to personal connections. According to Murray, Bitcoin’s source code, written in C++, is noteworthy
Professor Andrew Urquhart is Professor of Finance and Financial Technology and Head of the Department of Finance at Birmingham Business School (BBS). This is the eighth installment of the Professor Coin column, in which I bring important insights from published academic literature on cryptocurrencies to the Decrypt readership. In this article, I discuss what gives
The founder and CEO of digital asset investment firm BKCM, Brian Kelly, believes Bitcoin (BTC) could skyrocket by triple-digit percentage points if a core use case is heavily adopted. In an interview on the RiskReversal Media YouTube channel, Kelly says Bitcoin could explode by around 600% from the current level if the crypto king reaches