Bitcoin is charging toward $73,000 amid a fresh decoupling from the stock market. The surge in $BTC price comes despite fears around escalating oil prices. Ethereum, $XRP, and Solana are also eyeing momentum as traditional assets falter. Bitcoin climbed past $72,500 on Friday, extending gains ahead of the Wall Street open. The cryptocurrency had earlier
Litecoin (LTC) founder Charlie Lee warns that Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1.1 million Bitcoins ($BTC) are vulnerable to quantum-computing attacks. The warning raises an uncomfortable governance dilemma for Bitcoin’s decentralized community. If Satoshi is no longer alive or accessible, no one can migrate those coins to safety, and freezing them would mean compromising Bitcoin’s foundational principles.
Tesla has received regulatory clearance to convert its investment in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI into a small stake in SpaceX, formalizing financial ties between the billionaire’s companies ahead of the rocket maker’s planned initial public offering, according to a Bloomberg report. Filings with the US Federal Trade Commission list Tesla as the acquirer
Venezuela is becoming a key hub for illegal gold coming from the Amazon region. A new report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. That says many of these gold deals are now being settled with Tether instead of traditional money. The report says this trade generated about $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025.
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During a recent appearance on a podcast, the founder of Skybridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci, reaffirmed his ultra-bullish stance on Bitcoin’s future value. He also agreed with Michael Saylor on a key aspect of Bitcoin that they expect to unravel in the near future. Scaramucci: Bitcoin is my largest position by far, and I’ve bought more
Institutional interest in Bitcoin continues to show signs of strength. The Bitcoin ETF from BlackRock has added another large purchase of the crypto. Reports show that BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) recently bought about $46.36 million worth of $BTC. The purchase came during a period when Bitcoin prices were trading close to the $70K range.
The price of Bitcoin climbed to a weekly high on March 13, defying geopolitical concerns tied to rising tensions between the United States and Iran. Summary Bitcoin price reached a weekly high near $72,000, holding above the $70K level. Negative funding rates on Binance suggest many traders are still shorting the rally. A potential short
Bitcoin rose in the past day as buyers reclaimed key Fibonacci levels, with stronger money flow supporting a push toward higher liquidity. Bitcoin ($BTC) is trading firmly higher over the past 24 hours, climbing 2.6% through this timeframe. The first-born crypto has surged to around $71,575 after pushing from an intraday low near $69,460 to
Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller predicted that crypto could eventually supplant the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency. Druckenmiller is doubtful about the greenback’s ability to maintain its much-coveted status 50 years from now. “I doubt the US dollar will be the reserve currency in 50 years, but I don’t have a clue what would