Bitcoin has surpassed two of the world’s biggest listed companies by market capitalization after its price climbed last week. According to CompaniesMarketCap, Bitcoin’s market cap is now $1.615 trillion, surpassing Elon Musk-led Tesla with a market value of $1.438 trillion and Samsung with a current market value of $1.237 trillion. Bitcoin is ranked 13th among
In brief Over two years, Bitcoin gained 28% while the median mid-cap altcoin lost 74% and Ethereum landed roughly sideways, per a Glassnode and Bybit report—a stark reversal of the usual “altseason” rotation. Leverage has pooled in the riskiest corners: Bitcoin carries futures open interest worth about 2% of its market cap, versus roughly 24%
Every paycheck eventually has to pay for something: rent, groceries, transport, or bills. Stablecoins can move between wallets in seconds. But that does not mean an employee can spend the money immediately. They may still need to convert the stablecoins into local currency, move the money to a bank account, and pay fees along the
The Bank of Russia has proposed a 1% crypto capital cap, limiting covered crypto and foreign-digital-instrument risk to a bank’s own funds while leaving some client custody positions outside the new calculation. The Sept. 18 proposal would create N31 for individual credit institutions and N32 for banking groups on a consolidated basis. Each ratio compares
Bitcoin (BTC) is approaching a decisive technical level that could determine whether its latest recovery develops into a confirmed bull market or faces another significant correction. Notably, the flagship cryptocurrency rebounded strongly on September 19, climbing back above $80,000 as renewed demand for spot Bitcoin ETFs, a wave of short liquidations, and improving regulatory sentiment
A strange thing has happened to Bitcoin’s derivatives market over the past five years. The market is larger, institutions play a much bigger role, exchanges offer more sophisticated products, and traders have become far better at moving risk around. At the same time, one of the products that helped build that market has almost disappeared
Bitcoin’s share of supply last moved at least one year ago reached 63.3% on Sept. 18, up 0.98 percentage points from 62.32% on Aug. 18, according to Maketo’s HODL-wave data. HODL waves group Bitcoin’s unspent transaction outputs into age bands based on their last on-chain movement. The rising one-year share therefore shows that more supply
Galaxy Research’s X account recently reported a long-dormant Bitcoin wallet being awakened after more than 14 years. The Bitcoin wallet, which contained 100 $BTC, first received them on November 2, 2011, months after Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto quietly exited the scene and was never heard from again. Taken from the time the coins were
TOYOSA has officially launched a Bitcoin payment option for Toyota vehicles in Bolivia, marking a significant milestone in automotive payments across Latin America. This initiative is supported by BitGo Bank & Trust, which provides the necessary digital asset wallet infrastructure. As cryptocurrency adoption continues to rise, this move could pave the way for broader acceptance
REX Shares and Tuttle Capital Management launched a leveraged ETF that seeks to deliver twice the daily performance of Strive, a publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company and asset manager. The T-REX 2X Long ASST Daily Target ETF began trading Friday under the ticker ASSX on Cboe and seeks to deliver 200% of Strive’s daily share-price