Stablecoin activity has shifted over the past year, with Base emerging as the busiest L2 chain. Driven by trading and DeFi, Base has left other L2s behind. Base is another fast-growing hub for stablecoin transfers. The chain is carrying $USDC, one of the most active stablecoins in the past year. As Cryptopolitan reported earlier, Solana
Market analyst İslam Memiş, in his latest video, assessed the tensions in global markets, the risk of inflation, and expectations in the cryptocurrency world. Memiş made striking claims regarding the “Great Reset” and the transition process to digital currencies. As global markets enter a new era amidst war drums and an energy crisis, Gold and
As majors sell off, Tether quietly doubles down on turning Bitcoin into a $-settlement backbone via Lightning-native $USDT rails. Summary Tether co-leads a $7.5M round in Utexo to enable native $USDT settlement on Bitcoin and Lightning. Utexo promises fixed, pre-confirmable fees, atomic settlement and stronger privacy anchored to Bitcoin’s security. Move comes as $BTC trades
Bitcoin’s ($BTC) price experienced renewed selling pressure from short-term holders (STH) on March 6, after ending its six-week losing streak during the first week of March 2026. During the past 24 hours, STH sent 27,000 $BTC, valued at about $1.86 billion at press time, to crypto exchanges in profit, according to on-chain data analysis from
A large on-chain Bitcoin ($BTC) movement involving crypto exchange BitMEX has drawn attention across the cryptocurrency market. The transaction saw a wallet linked to BitMEX activate a UTXO containing 13,280 $BTC. At the current price of $70,000 per coin, the on-chain activity represents nearly $930 million in value moving across the blockchain. Key Points A
The U.S. labor market delivered a major surprise on Friday, after new data showed the economy lost 92,000 jobs. It marks one of the rare monthly employment declines since the pandemic era. The weak report raises concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. Bitcoin fell below $70,000 as financial markets remain skeptical that policymakers
Bitcoin surrendered its $70,000 support level, triggering a broader crypto market retreat that wiped out $329 million in leveraged positions. This downturn was fueled by a perfect storm of geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures. Wiping out the ‘War Gains’ Bitcoin’s midweek resilience crumbled Friday, March 6, as the cryptocurrency surrendered the psychological $70,000 stronghold. After a
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that nonfarm payrolls fell by 92,000 jobs in February. The market had expected a gain of about 58,000 jobs, while unemployment rose to 4.4%, above forecasts of 4.3%. The miss immediately pushed Fed rate cut expectations higher as investors reacted to clear weakness in the labor market.
At a certain point, Strategy investors might start asking themselves what the difference is between STRC and just buying bitcoin ($BTC) on a credit card. Michael Saylor has called STRC his company’s “greatest feat of financial engineering to date,” but its costs keep getting worse. Indeed, its dividend obligations have increased 27% since July,worsening every