Diplomatic efforts between Iran and the United States showed early signs of progress after senior officials from both countries held talks in Switzerland. Mediators from Qatar and Pakistan said the discussions were constructive, as both sides agreed to a 60-day timeline to secure a final deal. Further technical meetings are scheduled to take place at
Two of the biggest companies in the tokenization space are heading toward a legal showdown over intellectual property just as the industry they helped create begins to seriously court institutional investors on Wall Street. Securitize said Monday it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Delaware seeking a declaratory judgment that it does
The first event is BIP-110, also known as the Reduced Data Temporary Softfork, a draft proposal authored by Dathon Ohm and assigned in December 2025. The measure would impose a temporary one-year consensus soft fork on Bitcoin by restricting certain forms of arbitrary data storage in transactions. Supporters describe the proposal as a response to
Michael Saylor has teased again with his recent X post amid a flurry of discussion about Strategy. Posting the usual orange dot chart on Strategy’s Bitcoin [$BTC] purchase, Saylor said, Source: Michael Saylor/X Considering the trend, this could indicate that Strategy will buy Bitcoin for the 113th time. Since the last update, Strategy has made
Arthur Hayes, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and a leading figure in the industry, made striking predictions that will profoundly shake global markets during his appearance on the Bankless podcast. Hayes argued that the Artificial Intelligence (AI) craze sweeping the technology world has turned into a massive financial bubble, and that after this
Latest developments: Edelman argues investor sentiment and industry fundamentals are moving in opposite directions. Bitcoin ETF investors have pulled billions from funds in recent days, while market fears have risen amid concerns about Mt. Gox wallet movements and regulatory uncertainty, Edelman said. Debate around the CLARITY Act has added to uncertainty, with lawmakers including Sen.
What she’s saying: Former 21Shares co-founder Ophelia Snyder argues that crypto and traditional finance are talking past each other when it comes to tokenization. Tokenization solves real problems around settlement rails and moving assets, Snyder said. The larger challenge is integrating blockchain-based assets with the systems banks, brokerages and asset managers already use. Existing discussions
Latest developments: Digital credit products tied to Strategy’s bitcoin-backed ecosystem suffered steep declines last week before partially recovering. Strategy’s preferred stock funding vehicle STRC fell as low as $82.53 on Thursday before rebounding to roughly $90.50, according to Strive Chief Risk Officer Jeff Walton. Strive’s SATA dropped into the low $90 range before recovering to
Bitcoin has reclaimed the $65,000 level after the U.S. Treasury temporarily authorized Iranian oil sales amid progress in talks with Tehran. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin ($BTC) climbed more than 3.5% from an intraday low of $63,231 to a high of $65,468 on Monday, June 22, before easing to around $65,000 at press time.
Bitcoin price climbed above $65,000 Monday morning, caught between a sixth straight week of spot ETF outflows, a hawkish Federal Reserve debut, and a U.S.-Iran peace deal that gave risk assets a short-lived lift. The move higher came as U.S. and Iranian officials reported progress at peace talks in Switzerland, building on last week’s signed