With the global economy grappling with a severe debt crisis and currency devaluation, Von Greyerz partner Matthew Piepenburg has offered striking analyses of the future of the financial system. Speaking on the New Era Finance Podcast, Piepenburg discussed ways for investors to escape the current system, the differences between gold and Bitcoin, and the impending
The biggest traders on Hyperliquid have been building a long bitcoin position for two months, and the price chart is starting to break their way. Glassnode data shows whale positioning on Hyperliquid, the onchain perpetual futures exchange, flipped from net short to net long in early March and has stayed long ever since, with the
Freezing dormant bitcoin would trigger an immediate repricing and mark one of the world’s oldest cryptocurrency’s worst trading days since its 2009 launch, advocates told CoinDesk. Bitcoin developers and crypto industry participants have debated for weeks whether they should freeze dormant tokens to protect them against the risk of theft through quantum computing, whenever those
Cryptocurrency asset manager VanEck shared noteworthy findings regarding market dynamics in its latest research report on Bitcoin. The report, authored by Patrick Bush and Matthew Sigel of the company’s digital asset research team, noted that indicators historically considered “bullish signals” for Bitcoin emerged from both derivative markets and network data. According to the report, market
Traders look at crypto through rigid geometry, wedges, flags and shoulders that they expect to act as a kind of blueprint. As Bitcoin moves into a mature phase early in 2026, various crypto analysts suggest that these patterns are fluid. A prominent crypto analyst Ali Martinez says that patterns transform alongside price action and that
Stablecoin payments are moving rapidly into multi-asset infrastructure as volumes climb across global markets. Ripple says institutions that chose infrastructure already operating across assets, rails, and markets are better positioned as adoption consolidates. Key Takeaways: Ripple says institutions are adopting multi- stablecoin strategies as cross-border settlement demands keep expanding globally. Markets using $RLUSD, $USDC, and
President Donald Trump said he has an “obligation” to support the crypto industry, calling it a major and growing part of the economy. His comments come as he pushes for stronger U.S. leadership in digital assets, even as his own $TRUMP token faces sharp selling pressure. Trump Pushes for Stronger U.S. Role in Crypto Since
Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc has announced a new hard fork plan that could create a fundamental change to the network. This upgrade, called “eCash,” is scheduled to launch in August, and the project aims to create a Layer 1 network as an alternative to Bitcoin, along with seven Layer 2 scaling solutions (Drivechains). According to
The modern financial system was never designed for machines. It was built around the constraints of human life: geography, sleep cycles, paperwork, and physical presence. But as AI agents begin to act as economic participants, that human-centric design is starting to look less like a feature, and more like a bottleneck, said the co-founder of
Something notable happened on Friday, indicating the accelerating institutionalization of the bitcoin market, which has been pioneered by everyday people for years. This is because options, or hedging instruments, linked to BlackRock’s bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT, have grown slightly larger on Nasdaq than total bitcoin options trading on the offshore giant Deribit. It is