Story Highlights Citi turns bullish on Bitcoin, pointing to easing U.S. regulation and renewed institutional momentum. After a sharp market reset, major banks now say Bitcoin may be stabilizing rather than weakening. Wall Street is starting to treat Bitcoin less like a trade and more like a macro asset. Bitcoin is once again drawing serious
The European Central Bank plans to allow blockchain-based settlement in central bank money next year and is preparing to issue a digital euro, but its privacy safeguards will ultimately depend on approval from EU lawmakers. ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone said in a Friday statement that the institution will “make it possible to settle
Quantum computers can’t decrypt Bitcoin but could forge signatures from exposed public keys, putting ~6.7m BTC at risk unless wallets migrate to post‑quantum paths before large fault‑tolerant machines arrive. Summary Bitcoin stores no encrypted secrets on‑chain; the critical quantum threat is Shor‑enabled key recovery from exposed public keys, allowing authorization forgery on vulnerable UTXOs. Project
The U.S. Federal Reserve has requested public feedback on the payment accounts, also known as the ‘skinny master account,’ which Fed Governor Chris Waller proposed earlier this year. This marks a positive for crypto firms such as Ripple and Circle, which could gain direct, although limited, Fed access as they advance payment innovations.
Wall Street bank Citigroup refreshed its digital-assets stock coverage to reflect recent across-the-board declines in crypto, but remains constructive on the sector. “Despite recent token volatility, we remain bullish on digital assets stocks,” wrote analysts led by Peter Christiansen, in a Friday report. Issuer of the USDC stablecoin, Circle Financial (CRCL) remains Citi’s top pick,
Bitcoin price rebounded by 3% today, Dec. 19, reaching a high of $87,960. This rise happened after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) delivered its first interest rate in 11 months. However, technicals suggest that the BTC price may dive to $80,000 and below ahead of a $2.7 billion options expiry and as ETF outflows continue.
Crypto analysis platform CryptoQuant has warned that demand for Bitcoin is weakening, suggesting that the current outlook could put downward pressure on the price. In data shared on its social media account, the company stated that there have been three major increases in demand in the spot market during this cycle, but the latest wave
Key Takeaways Board member Richard Busch acquired 175,000 shares of American Bitcoin Corp for $290,500. The share purchase occurred during a price decline and the company is backed by the Trump family. Richard Busch, a board member and director of American Bitcoin, the Bitcoin-focused company led by the two Trump sons, acquired 175,000 ABTC shares
Key Takeaways TRON DAO said Kalshi, one of the world’s largest prediction market platforms, has added support for the TRON blockchain network. The move enables deposits and withdrawals using TRX and USDT on TRON. Kalshi has integrated the TRON blockchain network, allowing users to transact on the prediction market platform using TRX and USDT on
Veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr is at the forefront of one of the most hotly-discussed debates in cryptocurrency — what the original blockchain network should be used for. The advent of the Ordinals protocol in 2023, which allowed a form of NFTs to be minted on Bitcoin, and Runes a year later, which did something