Bitcoin ($BTC) held above $83,000 on Thursday after giving back gains following lower-than-expected US inflation data. Key points: Bitcoin remained rangebound after its latest rally stalled at $85,600. US PCE inflation data came in lower than expected at 3.4% year-on-year, but methodology changes complicated the reading. $BTC-denominated open interest fell almost 20% while its price
Lloyds Banking Group and Visa have completed a live seven-day pilot using stablecoins to settle $750,000 in cross-border US dollar obligations, testing whether blockchain-based settlement can provide faster and more flexible movement of funds between financial institutions. The funds reached Visa in under an hour, including during the weekend. The trial marked the first stablecoin
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded about $6.34 billion in net inflows in the third quarter, marking their strongest quarter of 2026 as Bitcoin rebounded from the first half. The funds closed September with $2.65 billion in net inflows, down around 25% from $3.52 billion in August and following $172 million in July, according
Five years ago, Robinhood and AMC were the faces of the meme-stock era; now their CEOs are at war with each other over tokenized stocks — blockchain-based instruments that represent, or claim to represent, shares of a company. Adam Aron, AMC’s CEO, says Robinhood tokenized AMC’s stock without consent and called the product “vile.” Vlad
It’s new quarter, but same old bitcoin $BTC$83,941.93 price range. The cryptocurrency is still stuck between $82,000 and $85,000, extending more than a week of choppy, sideways price action. Prices briefly topped $85,000 on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. inflation cooled bets on Fed rate hikes, But bulls couldn’t hold the move and spot ETFs didn’t
The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, experienced a pullback after rising above $87,000. The decline began around the $82,000 level, and $BTC is currently trading sideways around $83,000. At this point, while the critical support level of $82,000 is being monitored in $BTC in the short term, Coinshares has released its cryptocurrency report, stating that there was
Financial services giant Citigroup (C) has raised its outlook for bitcoin $BTC$83,682.05 and ether $ETH$2,687.73 on account of exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows resuming and supportive macroeconomic conditions, Reuters reported Thursday. Citi raised its 12-month forecast for bitcoin from $82,000 to $113,000 and for ether from $2,240 to $3,028, according the report, citing a Wednesday note.
PowerCompute, a company operating in Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing, has closed its Bitcoin-backed loan agreement. Instead of accumulating Bitcoin through leverage, the company will use its assets as working capital. PowerCompute announced that it has fully closed its Bitcoin-backed loan agreement with Arch Lending. Approximately 267.3 Bitcoins out of the 307 Bitcoins provided as
Ceteris is reshaping retail investment by introducing a framework that allows purchases to generate tokenized stock through crypto neobanks. This innovative approach, shared by crypto commentator @Delphi_Digital, highlights the increasing integration of blockchain with traditional financial assets. As tokenized assets gain traction, this development could significantly impact how consumers invest. What Went Down The crypto
Anza’s Head of Research, @TheWattenhofer, along with Quentin Kniep, has proposed SIMD-0675 to leverage Solana validators’ self-reported geographic locations for sequential block production under Alpenglow. This initiative aims to significantly reduce delays between block producers, a key factor for network efficiency. According to simulations, this approach reduced average handover latency by 53%, which could enhance