US banks are facing renewed scrutiny as their increased exposure to the private credit market comes into the limelight. With investors being prevented from withdrawing from the major financial funds, analysts are drawing a parallel between the current scenario and the prelude to the Financial Crisis of 2008.
Although Bitcoin ($BTC) is consolidating, short-term whale activity around the asset has surged, a move likely to impact the cryptocurrency. In this context, on-chain data shows that over 72 hours, whales accumulated approximately 10,000 $BTC, according to insights from Santiment shared by crypto analyst Ali Martinez on April 4. Bitcoin whale accumulation. Source: Santiment This
This day, April 5, the crypto community celebrates Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed Bitcoin, authored the cryptocurrency’s white paper and created and deployed its original reference implementation. According to Satoshi’s P2P Foundation profile, the Bitcoin creator Satoshi listed his birthday as
Jordi Visser, founder of Visser Labs, who was a guest of renowned investor Anthony Pompliano, explained the confusion in the world of economics and the major transformations expected in the future with striking examples. Contrary to the general perception in the markets, Visser stated that the increase in oil prices was not a temporary fluctuation,
Bitcoin is trading at $67,100 on Sunday, roughly flat over the weekend, but the mood around it is the worst it has been since the Iran conflict began on February 28. Santiment data published Saturday shows social media commentary on bitcoin has hit a ratio of five bearish posts for every four bullish ones, the
Michael Saylor made noteworthy statements regarding the future of Bitcoin ($BTC), arguing that a new era has begun in the cryptocurrency market. According to Saylor, the global consensus shows that Bitcoin is now accepted as “digital capital.” Saylor stated that the traditional four-year Bitcoin cycle has ended, and price movements are now largely determined by
Ant Digital Technologies, the blockchain division of Chinese conglomerate Ant Group, has unveiled a new platform aimed at enabling AI agents, not humans, to become the main participants in crypto transactions called Anvita. Unveiled at the company’s Real Up summit in Cannes, Anvita is Ant’s bet on what it calls an “agent-to-agent economy,” where autonomous
Wall Street’s crypto footprint has never been larger. BlackRock alone reported nearly $150 billion in digital asset-linked AUM in its 2026 chairman’s letter. Public companies hold over 1.1 million $BTC on their balance sheets. Institutions disclose more than 513,000 $BTC through ETF wrappers. Yet aggregate numbers obscure the question that matters most. Who actually holds
Social media bearishness around Bitcoin has reached its highest level since the end of February, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment. “FUD has crept back in with the community showing a key lack of optimism,” Santiment said in an X post on Saturday, adding that it is “usually a common ingredient for prices rebounding.” The