Bitcoin $BTC$71,859.13 is adding to overnight gains in early U.S. trading on Friday, continuing to show strong relative price action after many months of underperformance to assets like stocks and precious metals. Trading at $73,800, bitcoin is higher by nearly 5% over the past 24 hours, with most of those gains coming after U.S. Treasury
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2077.68, up 3.7% (+74.61) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SUI (+6.7%) and ADA (+5.8%). Laggards: ICP (+0.2%) and NEAR (+0.7%). The
The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin ($BTC), continues to hold strong despite the intensification of geopolitical crises in the Middle East. In this context, as Bitcoin surpassed $72,000, data reveals that major global investment funds are rapidly shifting from gold, a traditional safe-haven asset, to Bitcoin. At this point, global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX has predicted a
The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin ($BTC), is struggling around $71,000 amid the uncertainty and tension created by the US-Iran conflict. The war between the two countries has driven up oil prices, indirectly increasing inflation concerns. Analysts worry that inflation, which the US Federal Reserve (FED) has long been trying to bring down to its 2 percent
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