Once a struggling hospitality company, Metaplanet (TSE: 3350, OTC: MTPLF) has reinvented itself into what it now calls Asia’s Bitcoin rocketship. With its latest purchase, the Bitcoin For Corporations member has become the 4th largest publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company in the world, positioning Japan at the center of the corporate Bitcoin movement. The Treasury Engine:
The journey of the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap toward new peaks is being shaped by a hidden conflict among its biggest holders. According to CryptoQuant analyst Carmelo Alemán, there’s a fundamental divide in Bitcoin (BTC) whale behavior that is creating a market pulled between steadfast conviction and short-term speculation. The Whale Divide: Calm
Bitcoin has recovered from the latest downtrend amid the recent political developments in the United States. Notably, Bitcoin bounced back strongly after more than a week of heavy losses. The leading cryptocurrency dropped from $117,968 on Sept. 18 and kept falling until it broke below $110,000, hitting a low of $108,676 on Friday, Sept. 26.
Despite big investments and clear demand for yield, most Bitcoin holders have never tried BTCFi because the platforms feel complex and unfamiliar. Without simpler products and better communication, BTCFi could stay a niche space for insiders rather than reach mainstream adoption. Summary Most Bitcoin holders still haven’t touched BTCFi, even though investors are pouring money
Adam Back, a renowned cryptographer and close associate of Satoshi Nakamoto, has sent a crucial message to the Bitcoin (BTC) community. Back, in a short post on X, urged the Bitcoin community to ignore the misinformation and drama meant to distract them. He advocated that attention should be paid to strengthening the ecosystem. Adam Back
Bitcoin Knots supporters have argued in recent months that a change in an upcoming release of Bitcoin Core could open node operators up to legal attacks. The basic argument is that OP_RETURN outputs larger than 83 bytes, which will be relayed by default in Bitcoin Core version 30, will allow users to upload illegal content,
The U.S. government officially shut down at midnight after lawmakers in Congress failed to pass a new funding bill. While Wall Street dumped in early trading, Bitcoin’s price surged to fresh highs above $118,000. At 12:01 a.m., the funding bill that kept the government running expired, leaving large parts of the federal apparatus shuttered. Social
Crypto markets are off to a positive start in what in the past has been their strongest quarter of the year, with bitcoin BTC$117,478.56 rising nearly 4% over the past 24 hours to $117,400. Already higher overnight, crypto prices rose further early in the U.S. session as fresh economic data suggested September’s Federal Reserve rate
The budget crisis in the USA remained unresolved and the US government officially shut down after 7 years. As a result, the publication of key economic indicators such as employment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data will be suspended and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed. As uncertainty grows in the US