Six US banks have failed in 2026 so far, which is one more than in 2023 and enough to make another banking-crisis headline practically write itself. But before we start reliving Silicon Valley Bank, it’s worth looking at what those six banks actually held: about $1.43 billion in combined assets, compared with roughly $552.54 billion
Financial institutions are building connectivity into their payments networks, but a new webinar from Finextra, hosted in association with Bottomline, argues that connectivity alone no longer cuts it. The event, titled “Beyond connectivity: Creating more value across the payments lifecycle,” asks how banks can extract more value from payments infrastructure while still managing rising customer
Ministry of Finance Pays Wages in Digital Rubles, ATMs Might Be Enabled Soon Russian institutions are embracing the recent launch of the digital ruble, the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), and they are rushing to include it in their processes. The Ministry of Finance has recently announced it began paying wages directly in digital
1-Hour Chart: Bitcoin Builds a Tight Base After the Sell-Off The 1-hour chart shows bitcoin’s price settling into consolidation after falling from $87,219 to $83,841, with the price subsequently building a narrow shelf around $84,400 to $84,700 as volume steadily declined. That compression puts $84,800 to $85,000 in the spotlight as the first upside trigger,
Bitcoin’s ($BTC) long-term valuation model, the Bitcoin Rainbow Chart, is suggesting that the cryptocurrency remains below its historical trend valuation as October begins. The outlook comes as Bitcoin failed to reclaim the $90,000 level, a move that could have opened the door to a push toward six-figure valuations. At press time, Bitcoin was trading at
Jordi Visser, an investor known for his optimistic views on Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, argued that a strong market movement could occur in the last quarter of the year. According to Visser, Bitcoin surpassing $82,000 would confirm the bull trend, while the entry of new investors and increasing institutional interest could lead to an
Crypto analyst Dan Gambardello has announced a change in his view on the “four-year cycle” approach, long considered a fundamental point of reference in Bitcoin and the crypto market. Gambardello, who for years used the four-year cycle linked to Bitcoin halving events in his analyses, stated that he now believes the crypto market is primarily
Cryptocurrency companies are in hiring mode again with job postings more than tripling between July and September as the industry emerged from a subdued first half of 2026. Companies listed 1,241 positions in September, compared to 886 in August and 382 in July, according to data from crypto-focused recrruitment platform CryptoJobsList. The September total was
James E. Thorne, Chief Market Strategist at Wellington-Altus, evaluating Bitcoin’s long-term technical outlook, stated that the medium-term trend in the cryptocurrency market has turned bullish again, and the current structure presents a very strong outlook. According to Thorne, Bitcoin’s weekly chart currently points to one of the strongest technical setups in the market. He notes
Cathie Wood has spent years telling investors to “follow the developers” when trying to figure out where technology is headed next. Now the ARK Invest CEO thinks investors may need to follow something else: the agents. “We’re probably going to be talking more and more about ‘follow the agents,’” Wood said during a panel at