“The Federal Reserve officially approves Kraken Financial as the first digital asset bank with direct access to the United States’ payment systems,” the popular Bitcoin curation account @DocumentingBTC posted on X this week, racking up over 3,000 likes. The post set off a wave of commentary about what it means when a crypto company gets
The current Bitcoin market is experiencing two interesting phenomena having to do with short-term purchasing power compared to longer-term structural metrics. As of April 12th, 2026, new market data shows that the Coinbase premium index has turned positive, this is an important metric used to measure demand to purchase bitcoin from both institutions and retail
Now almost a week old, the Bitcoin ($BTC) recovery is “fragile” as the crypto market faces geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds from the ongoing war in the Middle East, according to Nic Puckrin, a crypto market analyst and founder of the CoinBureau media outlet. “Even if the war ends now, its repercussions will likely be the
Is Coinbase too big to fail? It has to be now ETFs rely on it daily Wall Street spent two years selling investors on a clean vision of Bitcoin: a regulated exchange-traded fund, cleared and settled through the same institutional machinery that handles equities and bonds, scrubbed of the Wild West baggage that haunted crypto’s
Bitcoin is trading around $71k as global markets enter a cautious holding pattern. Investors are closely watching whether the recently announced US-Iran ceasefire will hold and how its resolution might affect broader risk sentiment. Until there is greater geopolitical clarity, crypto markets appear content to consolidate rather than commit to a directional move. Bitcoin Price
SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci has predicted a massive wave of corporate adoption following the revelation that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has maintained its massive Bitcoin treasury despite enduring severe financial losses. Scaramucci pointed to the aerospace manufacturer as the ultimate proof of concept for treating Bitcoin as a strategic corporate reserve asset. “Everyone will soon
The countdown for the Osaka/Mendel hard fork has begun. In this light, $BNB Chain developers’ X account issues a notice to node operators on a mandatory update to perform before April 28. The Osaka/Mendel hard fork will launch on the BSC mainnet 16 days from now, on April 28 at 2:30 a.m. UTC. Before the
Bitcoin is trading at $71,587 on Sunday morning with a market cap of $1.43 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $28.39 billion, moving within an intraday range of $71,484 to $73,720. The price drop followed comments from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who disclosed that the United States failed to reach an agreement with
Bitcoin dropped to $71,067 on Sunday after U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad collapsed and the U.S. Navy moved two destroyers into the Strait of Hormuz to begin clearing Iranian mines. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin fell to $71,067 on April 12, 2026, after U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad collapsed without a deal. The U.S. Navy deployed USS