Who Called It, and When? BTC’s obituary is its own genre by now, and the arithmetic on it has finally been done. Here’s what $1,000 would be worth today had it been invested at each of the most prominent moments a public figure or institution announced that bitcoin was finished. The dates line up with
The latest paper from Blackrock on “The Machine-Native Economy” essentially omits bitcoin, assigning it only the role of a savings technology. The report, co-authored by the company’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) product executives among others, argues that artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is an underappreciated source of demand for digital assets. Stablecoins are considered the most likely
Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Keeps Waking Up, but the Patoshi Coins Stay Silent Nearly every day, so-called sleeping bitcoins move—and every so often, Bitcoin produces a ghost story. This happens when a wallet from 2010 or 2011 suddenly moves, and headlines start appearing from newsdesks and across social media. In the industry, when the mined $BTC dates
President Donald Trump disclosed purchasing $50,001 to $100,000 worth of Strategy shares in July, according to a US Office of Government Ethics filing released Tuesday. The filing shows Trump bought $50,001 to $100,000 worth of Strategy shares on July 27, following a smaller $1,001 to $15,000 purchase three days earlier. Strategy is the world’s largest
Crypto Derivatives Reload as Bitcoin Price Puts Traders on Edge Bitcoin derivatives have become a rather expensive tug-of-war, with futures and options exposure rebuilding rapidly as bitcoin’s price stands around $84,000 per unit at 2 p.m. EST on Sept. 23, 2026. The strange part is what’s happening beneath that number. Before a large expiry coming
Cosmos and Balance Canada have entered a new partnership aimed at pushing tokenized deposits deeper into mainstream banking, a move that signals how quickly institutional players are warming up to blockchain-based financial tools. The Cosmos Balance Canada partnership was announced via a post on X, and it comes at a moment when Canadian banks are
Rejection at Key Resistance Bitcoin’s latest rally snapped Wednesday as the cryptocurrency dipped below $84,000 for the first time since Monday. The reversal came just hours after it breached $87,000 for the second time this week, following a gradual climb that saw the cryptocurrency add nearly $2,000 in under 12 hours. Before its sharp downturn,
European Union financial supervisors warned Wednesday that advances in quantum computing could threaten the cryptography securing blockchains. The European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and European Securities and Markets Authority said in a joint risk update that quantum computing could undermine systems used to secure transactions, communications and databases. The warning follows
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will make AI and tokenization the initial focus of a new supervisory priority on digital innovation starting in 2027. Across the European Union, supervisors will identify where tokenization is emerging and document how firms use or plan to use AI and tokenization in products and processes that directly