While billionaire hedge fund manager Warren Buffett has long touted investing in the S&P 500, recent data shows that since 2020, the index has underperformed Bitcoin by around 88%. In an Oct. 5 X post by Phil Rosen, the co-founder of stock market data newsletter Opening Bell Daily, noticed that while the S&P 500 has
Brazil’s PIX instant payment network, once hailed as a model for financial inclusion, is now at the center of a new trade and technology clash between Washington and Brasília. The Trump administration has accused PIX of undermining U.S. companies such as Visa and Mastercard, calling the system a “state-subsidized monopoly” that distorts global competition. PIX
Bitcoin has sustained its rally above $123,000, which it broke on Friday, finishing week 39 up 10% for its best weekly performance of the year, according to CoinDesk market data. Crypto stocks with exposure to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) are doing better than their peers that lack the same exposure. Cipher Mining
Story Highlights China Financial Leasing plans $11.1M raise to develop AI-crypto investment platform, sending Hong Kong shares up 25% amid investor excitement. Hong Kong-listed firm merges AI with crypto investment, aiming to build next-gen digital asset platform covering BTC, ETH, NFTs, DeFi, and more. Hong Kong-listed China Financial Leasing Group is making waves with its
Bitcoin price started a strong increase and traded above $124,000. BTC is now consolidating gains and might aim for a fresh rally in the short term. Bitcoin started a major increase above the $123,500 zone. The price is trading above $122,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a short-term bullish trend line
Prominent Bitcoin developer Peter Todd has warned that the National Security Agency (NSA) is attempting to weaken cryptography standards once again. This time, it is attempting to achieve this under the guise of “quantum-safe algorithms.” Good read. tl;dr: the NSA is clearly looking to backdoor crypto again with the rollout of “quantum secure” algorithms. The
Global financial giant Standard Chartered has predicted that Bitcoin could reach $200,000 by the end of 2025. Standard Chartered: Bitcoin Could Hit $200,000 by Year-End The bank cited the government shutdown in the US and increased institutional investor interest as the main factors supporting this rise. A report prepared by Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of
Crypto markets may be distracted by the U.S. government shutdown in the coming week. With key data from the world’s largest economy not being published, traders may find difficulty in identifying big-picture catalysts for their positions. While the shutdown means new exchange-traded funds won’t be approved in the U.S., across the Atlantic U.K. retail investors
While the stablecoin market has blown past the $300 billion milestone, it didn’t stop there. Over the past week alone, the sector puffed up by another $6.155 billion. From Tether to PYUSD: Stablecoin Giants Drive a $302B Liquidity Wave Between Sept. 28 and Oct. 5, 2025, the fiat-pegged token economy fattened up by more than
Bitcoin BTC$123,775.00 hit a record high against the Japanese yen (JPY) on Monday, leaving behind the bitcoin-dollar pair as Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae voiced support for a return to the pro-stimulus “Abenomics” strategy Abenomics was an economic strategy introduced by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in late 2012 and early 2013 to