Las Vegas — MARA Holdings (MARA) CEO Fred Thiel announced the launch of the MARA Foundation at the Bitcoin Conference Monday, outlining a broad effort to support the long-term resilience of the bitcoin network beyond the firm’s bitcoin and AI mining operations. “Bitcoin is the most important decentralized system ever created, but its future is
China has ordered Meta to unwind its more than $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, escalating Beijing’s scrutiny of US investment in Chinese linked frontier technology companies. The National Development and Reform Commission said its foreign investment security review office would prohibit foreign investment in Manus and require the parties involved to withdraw the
With Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s term nearing its end, his successor is expected to be Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee. While Warsh is expected to receive confirmation from the US Senate, a social media influencer claimed that Bitcoin always falls during changes in the Federal Reserve Chair. Ted Pillows, a prominent figure in
Bitcoin’s recent climb toward $80,000 is showing signs of strain, with low trading volume and muted derivatives activity raising questions about how durable the rally may be. In a weekly report, 10x Research head Markus Thielen pointed to a disconnect between price action and underlying market participation. “Bitcoin rallied 4.7% over the past week, yet
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust returned to focus last week after fresh ETF flow data showed strong institutional demand behind Bitcoin’s latest move. According to Arkham, IBIT clients bought about $732.6 million worth of $BTC during the week. That figure accounted for most of the $823.7 million in total net inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs.
TL;DR $BTC briefly touched the $79k level during the late hours of Sunday. US-listed spot $BTC ETFs recorded inflows of over $820 million last week, marking the fourth straight week of positive flows. Bitcoin ($BTC) edges slightly lower on Monday, trading around $77,873 after securing its fourth consecutive weekly gain since late March. Despite the
Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has had a strong run this month, its stock climbing more than 26% as one of the market’s best-performing equities. The rally has also outpaced the broader S&P 500, keeping Google at the center of investor attention. Now, further momentum is building ahead of Alphabet’s upcoming earnings report on April 29. Investors
Traders on Polymarket are generating outsized returns by betting on daily temperature outcomes in cities worldwide, making weather prediction markets one of the platform’s fastest-growing segments. Notably, the opportunity has attracted both human traders and automated strategies, which capitalize on gaps between forecast models and market pricing. In one instance, on-chain data indicates that one
United States President Donald Trump executed 175 financial transactions in March 2026, trades that mainly involved purchases. According to his periodic transaction report filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on April 20, 2026, the activity recorded only 11 sales, with transactions centered on fixed-income securities, particularly bonds. The 26 largest transactions fell in
The digital assets market entered the second quarter in consolidation mode, but Fidelity Digital Assets said underlying data points to early signs of stabilization beneath the surface. In its Q2 2026 Signals Report published Monday, the crypto trading firm highlighted improving conditions across a number of key metrics, including unrealized profitability, momentum and network usage.