Veteran analyst Peter Brant, who has long warned against the fluctuating Bitcoin ($BTC) price, cautioned investors to be wary. Peter Brandt, a renowned figure with 50 years of experience, stated that there shouldn’t be too much expectation of a bullish move for Bitcoin. Brandt, commenting on the $BTC price from account X, stated that he
Circle, the leading stablecoin issuer, officially launches $USDC and its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) on the Pharos network. This integration marks a significant milestone for decentralized finance. It enables seamless, secure, and efficient cross-chain transactions. Developers and users on Pharos now access native $USDC liquidity. This move strengthens Circle’s multi-chain strategy. It also enhances the
The United Arab Emirates officially withdrew from OPEC and the broader OPEC+ alliance on April 28, 2026, and bitcoin fell below $76,000 within hours of the announcement. Key Takeaways: The UAE exits OPEC on May 1, 2026, ending 59 years of membership and removing OPEC’s third-largest producer. Bitcoin fell from a weekly high of $79,490
Bitcoin is trading around $76k as April draws to a close. It is sitting at one of the most technically loaded junctures of its entire corrective phase. After clawing back from the February low near $60k, $BTC has quietly rebuilt momentum through the mid-$70ks, and with whale-sized spot accumulation now clustering at current levels, the
Everyone watching Bitcoin this week is watching the Federal Reserve, while the more important tell may be sitting in the Treasury market, where the 10-year yield has compressed into one of its tightest ranges of the year just as a dense macro calendar opens. Bitcoin’s recovery now rests on renewed institutional inflows and the assumption
The Federal Reserve is set to announce its April 29 policy decision, and markets already expect no change in interest rates. Traders are fully pricing in a hold at 3.50%–3.75%, with near certainty that policymakers will keep rates steady. Attention is now on Jerome Powell, whose comments will shape expectations on whether rate cuts come
Artificial intelligence is pushing financial systems toward a model where machines execute transactions at scale, raising new challenges around control, oversight and infrastructure, said Microsoft and Chainalysis executives. Bill Borden, corporate vice president of worldwide financial services at Microsoft, said Tuesday that legacy systems will face increasing pressure as transaction demands grow more complex. The
Imagine a tireless analyst who works around the clock, cross-referencing a company’s onchain purchasing patterns with satellite imagery of its warehouses, correlating its job postings with its patent filings, and mapping its entire supply chain by watching the flow of smart contract payments. This analyst never sleeps, never loses focus and costs almost nothing to
Visa is working with WeFi, a deobanking infrastructure provider that combines traditional banking with decentralized finance, to explore stablecoin-based payments and on-chain banking in select markets across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, the companies said Tuesday. The partnership will test how on-chain banking and stablecoins can be embedded into traditional payment ecosystems under established regulatory