In a recent tweet, blockchain analytics platform Whale Alert highlighted that Satoshi Nakamoto remained active until Bitcoin block 54,316, providing one of the most detailed timelines yet of the Bitcoin creator’s activity. Based on its analysis, Whale Alert estimated the number of blocks mined and Bitcoins owned by Satoshi to be 1,125,150 BTC, mined up
On Jul. 21, 2025, Strategy offered yet another perpetual preferred stock. It’s called Stretch. It was introduced less than two months after the launch of another Strategy’s perpetual, Stride. Two other perpetuals are Strike and Strife, launched in January and March, respectively. It’s important to realize how different these stocks are and what their differences
Right now, Bitcoin may be threatened by the growing U.S. economy, rather than by other cryptocurrencies. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), which compares the U.S. dollar to a basket of major world currencies, has experienced a surge in recent days. It is currently flirting with a break above the 100 mark and heading toward 101.6.
TACEO announced that it has completed a $5.5 million seed funding round led by Archetype VC, which included a16z and other major firms. What will the funds be used for? Summary The startup behind World’s iris-scanning encryption software has completed a $5.5 million seed funding round. World’s iris-scanning verification has received backlash from several countries
Naoris, a cybersecurity firm focused on safeguarding digital assets from quantum computing threats, is offering bounties to anyone who can break the encryption algorithms that secure major blockchain networks. In an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday, Naoris said it has set a bounty of $120,000 — equivalent to approximately one Bitcoin (BTC) — for
Cryptocurrency is becoming a financial planning priority, with 99% of chief financial officers at billion-dollar firms expecting to use it for business in the long term, according to Deloitte’s Q2 2025 survey of CFOs. The survey, conducted among 200 CFOs at companies with over $1 billion in revenues, revealed that 23% expect their treasury departments
Global payments provider Visa (V) is expanding its stablecoin settlement platform to new blockchains and stablecoins, the company announced on Thursday. The firm will now support two dollar-pegged tokens, PayPal USD PYUSD$0.9996 and Global Dollar (USDG), through a partnership with Paxos. It is also adding the euro-backed EURC, issued by Circle Internet (CRCL), giving partners
Stablecoins, the dollar-pegged tokens that now rival the volumes of Visa and Mastercard for international payments, are about to get faster. While their traditional finance rivals can process upwards of 65,000 transactions a second (TPS), the web of decentralized blockchains in existence today offer a variety of latency values. However, the connections between large chunks
Bali program pairs policymakers with developers to turn regulatory vision into working prototypes JAKARTA, Indonesia – July 31, 2025 – The Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA) announced today the launch of its “Governance for New Leadership” program, which will bring senior policymakers, entrepreneurs and industry leaders to Bali this September. The week-long executive course (September 7–13,
GOAT Network launched a public beta Thursday for what it claims is the first zero-knowledge rollup built directly on Bitcoin, capable of generating cryptographic proofs in under three seconds. The rollout—dubbed BitVM2 Beta—is aimed at tackling long-standing performance issues on Bitcoin, including slow transaction finality and the lack of scalable, Bitcoin-denominated yield options. “Layer 2