Tag: Bitcoin

Crypto markets remained largely range-bound over the weekend as geopolitical tensions escalated following the United States’ military action against Iran. The initial strike on Saturday caused Bitcoin to dip to $63,000 and Ethereum to fall to $1,910, before both digital assets retraced back into their prevailing trading ranges.  Approximately $300 ...

For years, corporate treasury practices were the definition of predictable: hedge your FX, manage liquidity, buy bonds, and don’t rock the boat. Then Bitcoin showed up, volatile, controversial, and impossible to ignore. Today, we are watching a new corporate treasury experiment unfold. From MicroStrategy to Tesla, from Semler Scientific to ...

Bitcoin and Ethereum staged a recovery this week, climbing from last week’s sharp lows as investor interest in ETFs returned. BTC touched $71,000, while ETH rebounded to $2,150, sparking optimism that the recent selloff may have marked a near-term bottom. This is after Bitcoin faced further downside in the weeks ...

Bitcoin demand has sharply declined as fresh capital into the asset flatlines, with on-chain data indicating the market has entered a defensive bear phase. CryptoQuant reported that Bitcoin’s realized capitalization has stopped growing, suggesting that new money is no longer entering the ecosystem to support current price levels.  This lack ...

Former Cook County judge Patricia Martin has been sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $250,000 from a 96-year-old Tuskegee Airman to fund her cryptocurrency investments. Martin, who previously presided over Chicago’s child protection division, used her power of attorney to drain the life savings ...

Quick Breakdown Bitcoin Core development saw a significant recovery in 2025, with 135 independent contributors participating in code changes, reversing a decline that began in 2018. Mailing list traffic for the protocol jumped by 60% year-over-year, alongside the completion of the first-ever public third-party security audit by Quarkslab. Total code ...

A quiet revolution is unfolding in global finance, one where countries aren’t just holding gold or foreign currencies, but Bitcoin. As of April 2025, governments collectively hold over 463,000 BTC, roughly 2.3% of Bitcoin’s total supply. While seemingly modest in percentage terms, it amounts to tens of billions of dollars, ...

Quick Breakdown $110B Stimulus Could Boost Crypto Liquidity: Japan’s massive fiscal injection increases available capital, encouraging risk-on behaviour where investors may allocate funds to Bitcoin, potentially raising trading volumes and short-term prices. Multiple Adoption Channels at Play: Weaker confidence in the yen, combined with Japanese retail and institutional flows, could ...

Quick Breakdown Bitcoin’s cryptography is safe for now, but not forever. All its transactions are safeguarded by its core defences (SHA-256 and ECDSA), but there is a possibility that future quantum computers with algorithms such as Shor and Grover could strike it one day and compromise the entire security model ...

Put simply: Bitcoin is a decentralized store-of-value with censorship resistance at its core; XRP is a purpose-built instrument for high-speed, low-cost remittances and settlement.  When discussing the difference between XRP and BTC, it’s important to note that Bitcoin aims to replace the need for traditional intermediaries through decentralization, while XRP ...