Bitcoin is holding relatively steady despite gold, its main competitor in the “safe haven” category, experiencing a massive crash. The yellow metal is currently down more than $1,100 from its record high that was recorded in early February. In fact, gold is now on the cusp of recording its worst weekly drop since 1983. BREAKING:
While ETF outflows grabbed attention, about $13b quietly moved into crypto via OTC, prime brokerage, and private funds, showing institutional demand runs deeper than ETF dashboards. Summary A Daily Chain briefing highlights roughly $13b in capital flowing into crypto this week via prime brokers, OTC desks, structured products, and private vehicles that never show up
The Bitcoin market right now is demonstrating a phenomenal gap between demand and supply, with the key narrative being a battle for scarcity. According to data from Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards, institutions are buying Bitcoin five-to-six times faster than miners are able to mine it. Why corporate Bitcoin buying just surpassed new supply by
While the broader market is divided between whether Bitcoin is in a bullish or bearish phase, core Bitcoiners are engaged in a different argument as different ideologies conflict to control the development and primary use cases of the OG crypto. The BIP-110 proposal has become the latest frontier, as each camp claims to have a
Your gas bill just became a Bitcoin story Fresh March data tied one household pressure point to one market trade. The preliminary survey from the University of Michigan put consumer sentiment at 55.5, the lowest reading of 2026, and said gasoline prices had exerted the most immediate impact felt by consumers. The same release showed
Representatives from central banks, multilateral institutions and the private financial sector met yesterday (19) in São Paulo, during the MERGE São Paulo event , to discuss the advances and challenges of asset tokenization and digital money in the region. The panel “Tokenization of Money: CBDCs, Tokenized Deposits and the Future of Digital Liquidity” brought together
Bitcoin investors are buying protection around $50,000 even as the flagship digital asset holds near $70,000 and has recently outperformed gold, the S&P 500, and the US dollar during the ongoing Iran war. According to CryptoSlate’s data, Bitcoin was trading at about $70,688 at press time, which means hedging around the $50,000 level means investors
Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) surged from its 52-week low of $49.90 on Feb. 5 to roughly $129 by mid-March, gaining approximately 160% while broader crypto markets continued to fall. The rally followed five simultaneous catalysts that prompted Wall Street to stop treating CRCL as a crypto proxy and start modeling it as payments infrastructure.
Bitcoin showed typical volatility on March 20, swinging between $69,500 and $71,356 before closing nearly flat with a 0.1% gain and a $1.39 trillion market cap. Market Resilience and Equity Parallels Bitcoin’s trademark volatility was once again on display Friday, March 20, as the cryptocurrency swung from $69,500 to an intraday peak of $71,356 before
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging Super Micro Computer (SMCI) co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two associates with smuggling $2.5 billion in Nvidia (NVDA) AI servers to China. SMCI shares plunged 28% while Nvidia fell 4.8% as the highest-profile U.S. AI chip export enforcement case rattled markets. How the Alleged Scheme Worked