Tag: Bitcoin

Bitcoin has a peculiar problem that traditional financial markets rarely face at this scale: nobody knows exactly how much of the asset is still controlled by people who have effectively disappeared. As of September 2026, Glassnode data shows 3.6 million BTC had not moved for more than 10 years. That ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has officially included Bitcoin in its decade-long financial forecast for the very first time. In its newly released 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions, the banking giant predicts Bitcoin will deliver a 10 per cent compound annual return over the next 10 to 15 years. This projection ...

Jeonbuk Bank introduced South Korea's first won-denominated loan secured by Bitcoin on October 12, 2026. The regional bank is currently offering this service strictly to corporate clients who need working capital. Borrowers can pledge their Bitcoin as collateral to receive traditional fiat currency. Jeonbuk Bank built a custom valuation model ...

Fears that artificial intelligence could break the cryptography protecting Bitcoin have created debate across crypto. Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz and Ledger Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet have pushed back against claims that a major security failure could happen soon. They say AI’s progress in mathematics deserves attention, but it does ...

The US government has moved about $103 million in Bitcoin and BNB, but the transfers have not confirmed a sale. The move caught traders’ attention because 833.6 BTC, worth about $71.6 million, went to Coinbase Prime. Another 40,285 BNB, worth about $31.6 million, moved through several wallets. The tracked government-linked ...

Five years after El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender in a bid to change how money moves through its economy, the government is turning to dollar-backed stablecoins for the job. In 2021, President Nayib Bukele introduced Bitcoin alongside the U.S. dollar to boost financial inclusion and make remittances easier. But ...

Iran was first reported to be demanding cryptocurrency payments from ships seeking to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in April, with Iranian officials saying tankers could be charged about $1 per barrel and asked to pay in bitcoin. The reports came as Tehran tightened control over passage through the ...

The Federal Reserve has started a new round of Treasury bill purchases, reviving a question crypto traders have been asking for months: is the Fed quietly easing again? The New York Fed plans approximately $15.6 billion in Treasury bill reinvestment purchases between September 15 and October 14, with no separate ...

Bitcoin’s next major market test may not be the Federal Reserve’s expected rate decision, but how Chair Kevin Warsh communicates the policy outlook. Markets have largely priced in a 25-basis-point increase. This leaves the statement, economic projections, and press conference to determine whether investors see tighter policy as temporary or ...

Singapore Exchange has secured authorization from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to give eligible U.S. institutional investors direct access to its Bitcoin and Ether perpetual futures. American trading firms can access the contracts through SGX clearing members, with onboarding typically taking two to four weeks. The contracts have recorded ...