Bitcoin pushed back above $82,000 on Monday, rising over 1% to a high of $82,358 and approaching last Wednesday’s peak. The move came despite escalating US-Iran tensions that briefly sent prices sharply lower over the weekend. However, the market’s next major direction will likely be decided by Tuesday’s April CPI inflation data, not the Middle
South Korea is generally known as a major cryptocurrency hub, but it is currently in a rather tough predicament that has started to resemble a full-blown existential crisis, The Korea Times reports. The fledgling industry is currently facing some major headwinds, including plunging trading volumes, growing regulatory scrutiny, and a rather controversial tax initiative. Moreover,
Capital B, a publicly traded company based in Europe, announced it has secured new investment to expand its Bitcoin reserve strategy. The company successfully raised approximately €15.2 million, or $17.8 million. The majority of this funding will be used for additional Bitcoin purchases. According to the company’s statement, Adam Back, CEO of blockchain technology company
Tokenized gold trading has moved past last year’s total in only three months. CoinGecko’s RWA Report 2026 said spot trading volume for tokenized gold reached $90.70 billion in Q1 2026, above the $84.64 billion recorded for the full year of 2025. The report linked the growth to demand from crypto traders seeking exposure to gold
South Korea is not waiting for a major smart contract exploit to force its hand. The Korea Financial Security Institute has announced a comprehensive three-part initiative designed to build security infrastructure around smart contracts before problems emerge at scale. 据 ZDNET Korea，韩国金融安全院宣布，将围绕智能合约推进三项工作，包括开发智能合约验证工具、培养数字资产专业人才、建立智能合约验证体系。… — 吴说区块链 (@wublockchain12) May 11, 2026 The timing is deliberate; South Korea is
Bitcoin held near the $80,000 mark on Monday after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest response to a U.S. peace plan. The move kept traders focused on the conflict, oil prices, and the Strait of Hormuz. Trump called the Iranian counterproposal “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE” after Tehran pushed for compensation, sanctions relief, an end to the blockade,
The S&P 500 has gained 142% from May 2024 to June 2026. However, when AI stocks are striped out, that figure collapses to 16%. The rest of the market, hundreds of companies across dozens of sectors, contributed almost nothing to one of the biggest bull runs in modern history. Five stocks alone have accounted for
Macro investor and former hedge fund manager Jordi Visser said he recently bought Ether as he sees the “tokenization reality” starting this year, with tokenized assets powering agentic AI payments. “I don’t think enough people are talking about tokenization and what’s happening,” Visser told Anthony Pompliano on a podcast on Saturday, predicting that tokenization and
Has the market really not bottomed yet? Looking at post-halving cycles, this idea actually carries some weight. In both 2016 and 2020, Bitcoin [$BTC] tended to bottom around 875 to 917 days after the halving. That timing lines up pretty closely with the big drawdowns we saw, about 73% in the 2018 cycle and around
Developer activity continues to play the role of the leading factor denoting the position of the blockchain network. In this respect, Ethereum, $BNB Chain, and Polygon are dominating the blockchain sector in terms of developer activity. As per the data from Santiment, the other prominent blockchains include Solana, Cosmos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, Harmony, and Gnosis.