Tensions between the US and Iran have risen again following a new maritime incident in the Gulf of Oman. US President Donald Trump announced that the USS Spruance, a US Navy destroyer, intercepted a cargo ship named “Touska,” believed to be linked to Iran, in the Gulf of Oman. Trump stated that US Marines had
Recent on-chain data shows a sharp rise in Bitcoin (BTC) movement to exchanges. On April 14, Binance recorded a major spike in Exchange Inflow Coin Days Destroyed (CDD), reaching about 2.59 million. Analysts link this surge to long-term holders moving older coins. This behavior often appears when investors prepare to take profits after price recovery
Users paid $9.7 billion in on-chain fees in the first half of 2025, up 41% year over year and the second-highest total on record. 1kx projects more than $32 billion in on-chain fees for 2026, driven by accelerating application growth. That growth has pushed the word “revenue” into every crypto investor pitch deck, every sector
SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci has predicted that the flagship cryptocurrency could eventually reach a staggering market capitalization of $21 trillion. Scaramucci has laid out his thesis for a $1 million per-coin valuation, arguing that Bitcoin has successfully evolved into a globally trusted, institutional-grade store of value that rivals. Wall Street adoption Scaramucci opened his
Prediction market traders are putting real money on where bitcoin goes next, and right now, the crowd is split between a short-term bounce and a deeper correction. Key Takeaways: Polymarket shows a 31% chance bitcoin hits $80K in April 2026, making it the most active live bracket with $3.7M in volume. Kalshi traders give bitcoin
Morgan Stanley launched its spot Bitcoin ETF on Apr. 8 on NYSE Arca, calling MSBT the first cryptocurrency ETP from a US bank-affiliated asset manager and pricing its sponsor fee at 0.14%, the lowest Bitcoin ETP sponsor fee. By Apr. 16, Farside Investors’ data showed cumulative net inflows of $116 million across seven trading sessions.
The current Bitcoin ($BTC) market cycle is “dramatically” weaker than the three previous cycles, according to Alex Thorn, the head of firmwide research at investment firm Galaxy. Thorn compared price action since the April 2024 Bitcoin halving to cycles triggered in 2012, 2016 and 2020; the current cycle shows significantly dampened volatility and lower upside.
Charles Schwab announced this week that it will begin selling Bitcoin and Ethereum directly to its 39 million brokerage clients. They will appear in the same account view as stocks, ETFs, and retirement funds, in the same app, under the same brand, one click from the S&P 500 index fund a customer bought for their
The average Web3 VC pitch sounds like ours did three years ago. “We have deep relationships across the ecosystem.” “We add value beyond capital.” “Our network is our edge.” It’s not that any of these statements is a lie; it’s that everyone says them, which makes them effectively meaningless. Liquidity providers (LPs) have heard this
Paolo Ardoino, the CEO of Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin firm, has reaffirmed his bullish stance on Bitcoin, sparking reactions as all eyes appear to be on Bitcoin following the recent market rally. In his post, Ardoino declared that Bitcoin is resistant after a viral artwork shared by Satoshigallery sparked the attention of the crypto