Bitcoin Core development picked up significantly in 2025, with the software still powering about 78% of all Bitcoin full nodes, according to metrics from Casa’s Jameson Lopp. Emails to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List, a central forum for protocol debate, were also up 60% from last year. Lopp said the latest bump was even more
Retail investors in Japan are dumping local stocks at the fastest pace in more than ten years while pushing fresh cash into overseas markets, according to data from Japan Exchange Group and the Investment Trusts Association, Japan. Through November 2025, Japanese retail investors sold a net ¥3.8 trillion, equal to $24.3 billion, in domestic equities
MicroStrategy continues to rewrite the rules of private equity and capital markets, leveraging Bitcoin to achieve what traditional funds have pursued, and largely failed to do, for over a decade. According to Chaitanya Jain, MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Strategy Manager, the company has successfully addressed two persistent challenges in private equity. MicroStrategy Turns Bitcoin into Perpetual Capital,
DMAIL, a Web3-based decentralized communication platform, is excited to launch a storage expansion plan for Web3 users. This expansion plan is basically powered by DFINITY. The primary objective of this launch is to provide additional space for Web3 users to securely store their communication data permanently on a decentralized platform. Dmail DApp has launched the
Venezuela’s long-rumored Bitcoin hoard has come into sharp focus following the January 2026 US-led operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro. Intelligence reports indicate the country may have amassed a “shadow reserve” of 600,000–660,000 BTC, valued at between $60 billion and $67 billion, making it one of the largest holders of Bitcoin globally. How does the
M3 DAO, a decentralized network that focuses on empowering people to capitalize on Web3 ecosystems, today announced a strategic partnership with HSL Protocol, a decentralized perpetual network that enables people to trade cryptocurrencies using leverage through perpetual futures as well as manage and trade tokenized digital assets, including RWAs. Through this partnership, the two platforms
Crypto markets experienced a sharp liquidation event over the past 24 hours, wiping out nearly $190 million in leveraged positions. Short sellers absorbed the majority of losses, with approximately $140 million in bearish bets erased as prices surged rapidly. The sudden move caught traders off-guard and forced a cascade of forced closures across major exchanges.
Bitcoin-related equities and technology stock futures such as Invesco’s QQQ are higher in pre-market trading as bitcoin BTC$92,652.12 has broken above $92,000, briefly touching $93,000 during the Asian morning on Monday, Strategy (MSTR) is up 3.5% to $163 per share and is expected to announce another bitcoin purchase later on Monday. STRC, the perpetual preferred
Bitcoin BTC$92,652.12 traders began 2026 on a positive note, snapping up options bets that target a price rally into six digits. Since at least Friday, there has been a notable increase in investor interest in the $100,000 strike January expiry call option listed on Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange by volume and open
JasperVault, a prominent Web3 asset management platform, has partnered with BACKROOM, a popular blockchain security and infrastructure entity. The partnership aims to revolutionize asset management in the Web3 sector. As per JasperVault’s official X announcement, the development denotes a happy start to the new year. Additionally, the move is set to advance the interaction between