When it comes to pensions and retirement, we have a clear pensions adequacy issue in much of the world given that the population is living longer and many individuals have inadequate savings for a comfortable retirement. Bitcoin fixes this – in part – by offering a form of savings which can’t be debased and should
Bitcoin price outlook after BTC breaks below the 50-week moving average. While it’s a buy opportunity, bulls risk seeing another pullback and a revisit of sub-$90k levels. A flip of $95,000 into key support could allow for bullish retests of highs above $104,504. Bitcoin’s price hovers near $94,900 after its latest plunge allowed bears to
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3031.83, down 1.3% (-39.07) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Three of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: UNI (+10.7%) and BCH (+2.2%). Laggards: ICP (-13.2%) and CRO (-5.8%).
Infura, a blockchain infrastructure firm owned by Consensys, is expanding its API data marketplace, the Decentralized Infrastructure Network (DIN), to run on EigenLayer, a protocol that lets Ethereum stakers reuse their staked ETH to secure external services. In a press release shared with The Defiant, Infura said this marks the first large-scale RPC and API
Corporate Bitcoin holdings continue to climb, but treasury executives argue the trend is strengthening, not weakening, decentralization across the network. Despite increasing concerns about concentrated Bitcoin (BTC) ownership, emerging corporate treasury firms and new institutional players are contributing to broader distribution across the ecosystem, according to several executives speaking at Bitcoin Amsterdam 2025. “At the
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) founder Michael Saylor may well have lost more than $4 billion of his own money in the last six months thanks largely to declines in the price of bitcoin (BTC) and his company’s MSTR stock. Indeed, Protos has examined Forbes’ most recent estimate of Saylor’s personal wealth and found it to be
Bitcoin trades 9% above the ETF realized price, as data shows a narrowing profitability and shifting trends from 2024 to 2025. In a post on X, crypto analyst JA Maartunn reported that the realized price for U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs has climbed to $86,680. This places Bitcoin’s current price at approximately 9% above the average
The BTC accumulation trend persists despite the recent price slide. More accumulation wallets are storing coins, undisturbed by the volatility on derivative markets. BTC is still relatively scarce, with more coins landing in accumulation addresses that rarely move coins or sell. Despite the recent signs of selling, there are also buyers for the available BTC,
Market analysts anticipate the Federal Reserve will implement liquidity measures that could change cryptocurrency markets in 2026. The chief market strategist at Wellington Altus, James E. Thorne, projects the Fed will begin purchases of approximately $25 billion per month, likely starting early 2026 and maintaining this pace for at least six months to stabilize reserve
As Bitcoin and Ethereum stumble through their worst year in recent memory, and the Crypto Fear & Greed Index tumbles into extreme fear, it may be time for crypto investors to return to first principles. The Bitcoin long-term thesis hasn’t changed, and if you believe it’s inevitably going up, you’ll buy at any price. As