The leading crypto asset by market cap, bitcoin ($BTC), reached climbed over the $126,000 mark in early October before entering a prolonged decline. By August, it was trading mostly between $63,000 and $65,400, leaving buyers near the peak with heavy losses but producing a bear market that remains unusually shallow by bitcoin’s historical standards. Previous
Bitcoin Policy Institute and more than 40 digital-asset organizations have called on leading AI laboratories to give qualified open-source security researchers controlled access to frontier models as AI-assisted cyberattacks grow more capable. Bitcoin coalition asks AI labs for controlled access Bitcoin Policy Institute announced the initiative in an Aug. 10 X post, saying the coalition
When BlackRock’s infrastructure arm sat down with North America’s largest construction union coalition this month, the message was blunt: the AI boom is running out of hands to build it. The BlackRock NABTU partnership, formalized through a memorandum of understanding signed on August 10, 2026, is one of the clearest signals yet that Wall Street’s
BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes said that potential steps by the US and Japan to support the yen could increase global dollar liquidity, potentially leading to a strong rally in Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market. Hayes, in his assessment via X, pointed out three different scenarios that could be implemented to support the Japanese yen. The
The world’s commercial ships (the vessels themselves, not the cargo they carry) are worth an estimated $2 trillion in total. Yet the market financing their purchase and construction remains closed and relationship-driven, dominated by a small circle of shipowners, banks and specialist lenders. That structure shuts smaller operators and alternative investors out of a significant
Renowned cryptocurrency analyst Benjamin Cowen, in his latest analysis video, evaluated recent developments and historical cycles in the Bitcoin market. Noting that Bitcoin is trading between $64,000 and $65,000, Cowen argued that market dynamics and investor interest show similarities to past cycles, suggesting that the upcoming period marks a critical turning point. Cowen pointed out
Key takeaways – Kalshi’s valuation went from $11 billion in December 2025 to $22 billion in March 2026, and it is reportedly now in talks for a $40 billion round that could close this quarter. – Polymarket was valued near $8 billion when Intercontinental Exchange committed $2 billion to it last October. It is now
A signal that has appeared only three times in 15 years and landed on a major Bitcoin bottom each time is completing on August 31, according to a prominent analyst. What is This Bitcoin Bottom Signal? When that chart rises, Bitcoin is losing ground to stocks. When it falls, Bitcoin is winning. The pattern that
Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream has announced a new feature allowing users to make trustless swaps. Dubbed Blockstream Swaps, the idea is that Bitcoiners will be able to quickly move between the main chain and Lightning network. It comes after non-custodial Bitcoin swap provider Boltz suspended its service after it said attackers were finding vulnerabilities faster
A breakaway bitcoin chain is now so short of miners that its own mechanism for fixing that is six years away. The chain that broke away from bitcoin on Saturday has not moved since. It is still sitting on block 961,633, its second. Bitcoin has since climbed to block 961,959, leaving the fork 326 blocks