Bitcoin’s $BTC$64,959.26 price has stopped falling in recent weeks, and while it looks as though options traders aren’t expecting any big moves in either direction in the next few weeks, protection against declines is still not cheap. The bitcoin price has held between $62,000 and $66,000 since early July. Over the weekend, Volmex’s BVIV index,
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has pushed back against the notion that the cryptocurrency industry’s contributions to global financial inclusion are being overlooked. In a recent post on X, Armstrong argued that digital assets have played a pivotal role in bringing financial services to underserved populations, a point he says is often missing from mainstream discussions.
Asian stocks climbed on Monday after a surprisingly weak US jobs report eased fears of an imminent Federal Reserve rate increase, helping risk appetite recover even as oil prices moved higher on renewed uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose about 2%, South Korea’s KOSPI added 1.1% and MSCI’s broadest Asia-Pacific gauge
Hedge funds trading bitcoin BTC$65,166.03 futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have turned net long, according to Ki Young Ju, CEO of blockchain data analytics firm CryptoQuant. The rare positioning shift suggests professional traders are increasingly betting on bitcoin prices rising. “Hedge funds on CME have flipped net long on bitcoin futures, a rare shift
Long before big-ticket crypto deals and billion-dollar acquisitions make headlines, there’s a long and hard-fought journey, often culminating in a secretive contest where jockeying suitors bid, bluff or walk, until eventually the best match makes it down the aisle. Mastercard’s recent $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK was no exception. It’s a process
Empire Digital, one of the companies that places Bitcoin at the center of its treasury strategy, has made a significant change to its reserves. According to the company’s latest quarterly report, Empire Digital sold a total of 1,635 $BTC for $102.2 million between July 1 and August 6. Following the sales, the total amount of
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood said that the widespread adoption of AI-powered commerce could create significant opportunities for Bitcoin and stablecoins. Wood specifically noted that Bitcoin and stablecoins are the two digital assets that could benefit most from this new commerce model, known as “agent commerce,” where AI agents handle purchases, payments, and financial transactions
Market fluctuations and tightening funding conditions in the cryptocurrency sector in 2026 led to the closure of numerous projects. More than 100 crypto projects have shut down since the beginning of the year, with some companies filing for bankruptcy or permanently ceasing operations. It is noted that this wave of liquidations is not limited to
A renewed dispute among prominent Bitcoin voices has reopened a question that has followed the network since its major 2017 splits. The argument is not whether the protocol changed. Several upgrades have altered transaction handling, scripting, and validation without replacing its mining algorithm. Instead, the dispute concerns which changes preserve Bitcoin’s identity and which create