Bitcoin fell toward US$75,000 after reaching ten-week highs near US$78,400 on April 17. CoinGlass data cited by market reports showed about US$260 million in crypto liquidations over 24 hours. Analysts warned that renewed Strait of Hormuz tension and oil volatility could keep crypto sentiment unstable. No one seems to know what’s going on anymore, and […]
BIP-361 proposes freezing non-migrated Bitcoin to protect up to 34% of supply from future quantum threats. Hoskinson argues around 1.7 million BTC cannot be recovered due to pre-seed phrase wallet structures. Debate continues over whether the upgrade is truly a soft fork and how Bitcoin should handle major protocol changes. Bitcoin developers are exploring a […]
Industry executives at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 said European firms face significantly different regulatory and capital market constraints that prevent them from replicating Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury model. Germany’s Bitcoin Group SE leads European public holders with 3,605 BTC, while France’s Capital B holds 2,925 BTC at a roughly 25.6% unrealised loss. European companies are turning […]
Bitcoin reached US$76,000 on April 15 before retreating to US$74,800, hitting its highest level since early February but stalling at a key resistance zone flagged by CryptoQuant. Hourly exchange inflows surged to approximately 11,000 BTC, while average deposit sizes hit 2.25 BTC, a reading not seen since July 2024. CryptoQuant Head of Research Julio Moreno […]
Bitwise CIO, Matt Hougan, believes continued fracturing of the US dollar’s hegemony over global transactions driven by geopolitical instability could drive Bitcoin’s price to over US$1 million. Hougan argues that since the start of the Ukraine conflict use of alternatives to the US dollar has grown, leading to Bitcoin being used increasingly as a currency. […]
Strategy purchased 13,927 BTC at an average price of US$71,902, funded entirely through sales of its STRC preferred stock instrument. The firm’s total holdings reached 780,897 BTC acquired for US$59.02 billion, narrowing the gap with BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF to roughly 8,000 coins. Strategy disclosed US$14.46 billion in unrealised digital-asset losses for Q1 2026, with […]
Bithumb’s mistaken US$43 billion (AU$60.63 billion) Bitcoin transfer triggered a sharp, isolated market sell-off. The Bank of Korea flagged weak controls and is pushing circuit breakers and error-detection systems. Lawmakers are weighing tighter rules to align crypto exchanges with traditional financial safeguards. Regulators in South Korea are considering stronger controls for cryptocurrency exchanges after a […]
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor posted his trademark “Think bigger” chart and “Back to Work” signal on Sunday, patterns his followers associate with imminent Bitcoin purchases. The firm already holds 766,970 BTC acquired for US$58.02 billion at an average cost of US$75,644 per coin, with bitcoin trading near US$70,635 — below the company’s cost basis. […]
Only 21 million XRP sits in wallets with exposed public keys, representing 0.03% of circulating supply, while an estimated 6.7 million Bitcoin addresses remain vulnerable. XRP’s account-based architecture allows key rotation without moving funds, keeping 300,000 dormant accounts holding 2.4 billion XRP quantum-safe by default. Experts stressed no existing quantum computer can break blockchain cryptography, […]
Long-term Bitcoin whales sold US$271 million in BTC on Sunday, the largest single wave of OG selling since a US$280 million dump in January that triggered a 13% correction from US$90,000 to US$78,700. Despite the sell-off, Glassnode data shows long-term holder net positions swung from -152,000 BTC in February to +88,000 BTC by April 9, […]
