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, […]
Bitcoin broke above US$72,000, with chart structure pointing to a measured-move target of US$90,000. Binance recorded US$2.7 billion in taker buy orders within two hours of the US-Iran ceasefire announcement on April 8, lifting net taker volume to US$1.02 billion, its highest reading since March 17. Analysts say the bullish structure depends on US$70,000 holding […]
Bitcoin Depot disclosed in an April 8 SEC filing that 50.9 BTC, worth approximately US$3.665 million, was stolen after hackers compromised internal IT systems and settlement-account credentials on March 23. The company said customer-facing platforms and user data were unaffected, with the breach confined to an internal hot wallet used for settlement between the operator […]
US spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed US$471 million in net inflows on Monday, their biggest single-day result since Feb. 25. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust led with roughly US$182 million, followed by Fidelity’s FBTC at US$147 million and ARK 21Shares’ ARKB at about US$119 million. Inflows arrived with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index pinned in “Extreme […]
Accumulation address cohorts now hold 4.37 million BTC, up from roughly 2 million BTC in early 2024, according to CryptoQuant community data. Bitcoin’s network activity index climbed to 3,600, crossing its 365-day moving average for the first time since December 2024 and entering “bull-phase” territory not seen since April 2025. US President Donald Trump and […]
Strategy acquired 4,871 BTC for US$329.9 million at an average of US$67,718 per coin between April 1 and 5, funded entirely through equity offerings. The purchase brings total holdings to 766,970 BTC at a cumulative cost of US$58.02 billion and an average cost basis of US$75,644 per coin. Q1 2026 results showed a US$14.46 billion […]