The preliminary agreement announced over the weekend between the US and Iran has boosted risk appetite in global markets, but the cryptocurrency market has not seen a similarly strong sense of relief. In particular, expectations of a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz led to rapid price fluctuations in energy markets. While oil prices
Summary BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA), designed to provide bitcoin exposure while generating monthly income through a covered call strategy, begins trading on Tuesday. The fund holds spot bitcoin and shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), selling call options on about 25% to 35% of its portfolio to collect option premiums. BlackRock
Bitcoin’s protocol rewards miners through block subsidies and transaction fees, leaving holders who sit on coins with no claim on the network’s output, no interest, no dividend, no staking reward of any kind. Wall Street is building income products around it anyway, and two events landing within days of each other show how far that
ARO Network, a renowned decentralized AI infrastructure platform, has partnered with Zypher DAO, a popular DAO for an AI-based, Zero-Knowledge-led economy. The partnership merges the strengths of both entities to delve into unique possibilities for user-centric and intuitive blockchain applications. As ARO Network mentioned in its official X announcement, the development underscores a rising shift
Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that connects blockchain smart contracts to real-world data. Most DeFi users interact with it every single day without knowing it. When you deposit crypto into Aave or borrow against collateral on Compound, Chainlink is the system feeding those protocols the price data they need to work correctly. Why Smart
UAE-based XVC Tech (“XVC”), headquartered in Dubai, venture capital arm of $XDC Network, and SettleMint, headquartered in Belgium with offices in the UAE, the company behind the Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform (DALP), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support $XDC’s tokenization drive on its network, which has already crossed $1 billion. By May 2026,
Summary This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter ‘Daybook.’ Sign up here, if you haven’t already. BlackRock is expected to debut a new bitcoin $BTC$66,389.05 ETF later Tuesday. The fund offers more than just exposure to the cryptocurrency, it is designed to generate additional income from bitcoin’s volatility. The iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA)
Crypto asset manager Bitwise has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to formally withdraw its S-1 registration statement for a proposed Bitcoin & Ethereum ETF. Amid the withdrawal, the asset manager has purchased another 77,097 $HYPE tokens amid growing Wall Street interest in Hyperliquid.
The sharp market rally seen in the past day has suddenly awakened a long-dormant Bitcoin whale that has remained inactive for about five to seven years. According to recent on-chain data shared by a CryptoQuant analyst, Maartun, an unknown Bitcoin whale has moved over 2,373 $BTC that had remained untouched for between five and seven
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin does not need staking, inflation, or protocol-based yield to create returns for investors. His comments came in a June 16 post on X, where he outlined a five-layer Digital Asset Stack built around Bitcoin. “Bitcoin does not need staking,” Saylor said. He also said Bitcoin does not need