India’s crypto economy is often described through Bitcoin ownership. Yet 2026 platform data points to a second force: stablecoins. $USDT/$USDC provides dollar-linked liquidity that users can trade, transfer, or hold without taking direct exposure to Bitcoin’s price. WazirX reported that stablecoins generated 38.5% of its H1 2026 trading volume. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other Layer-1 assets
Bitcoin is trading near $77,600 after pulling back from above $80,000, leaving traders with a sharp divide between short-term weakness and a still-constructive longer-term structure. A four-hour chart points to increased risk of a drop toward $74,000, while a separate macro setup argues that holding the broader breakout zone could eventually restart Bitcoin’s expansion toward
Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale Investments, said he expects the CLARITY Act to act as a positive catalyst for crypto if it passes a scheduled Senate vote on September 15, but argued the rally could favor smart contract platforms over Bitcoin itself. “I absolutely think that the Clarity Act will be a positive
Much has recently been said about the burgeoning U.S. federal debt and how it’s bullish for hard assets such as bitcoin $BTC$78,432.93 and gold. The problem looks more severe once that debt is weighed against gross domestic product (GDP) and then compared against other nations’. The U.S. government is running a primary budget deficit of
Bitcoin, the pioneer cryptocurrency, is now trading around $78,320 after a modest pullback, but it is still up about 2% over the past week. While $BTC is ending August with a strong 24% gain, raising the question of whether the rally will continue into September, a month that has historically seen an average 3% decline.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson suggested that his longstanding network within the Bitcoin community could give Cardano an advantage in the race to build Bitcoin DeFi. Speaking recently on The Breakdown podcast, Hoskinson revealed that he was once among the world’s largest Bitcoin holders. He noted that Cardano’s early crowdsale controlled 108,000 Bitcoin. He explained that
Bitcoin is on track to wrap this August with its strongest performance for the month in nine years. The bellwether coin has managed to reverse a multi-quarter slump. Now, the cryptocurrency’s late-summer rally is drawing direct comparisons to the historic and headline-grabbing price action that precipitated the 2017 bull run. A decisive breakout According to
Ripple CTO emeritus David Schwartz engaged with a staunch supporter of BIP-110 on X, slamming the argument of an attempt to “fix the legacy chain” through the proposal. The discussion began after an X user described BLAKE2b as an “attack on BTC,” comparing the move to earlier Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin SV (BSV) forks.
Ant Group CEO and Alipay chairman Han Xinyi has identified stablecoin payments as one of four major models in the emerging global AI payments market, according to a report by PA News citing Caixin. The statement places digital currencies at the core of machine-to-machine payment systems, a sector expected to grow rapidly as artificial intelligence
Catapult Trade, a Solana-based platform focused on launching memecoins and offering leveraged trading, has secured approximately $6.6 million across four funding rounds, according to an announcement made on X. The funding included participation from KuCoin Ventures, Odyana Ventures, and Venture Vault VC, along with institutional and angel investors. The company plans to use the capital