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Strategy CEO Phong Le expects regulatory action, expanding bank participation, and digital financial products to bring more activity to subdued bitcoin markets, while political and economic developments could add further momentum during the fall. Le Identifies Seven Potential Market Catalysts Bitcoin markets could become more active during the fall as several regulatory, financial,

Tuesday (8:30 a.m. & 9:15 a.m. ET): July housing starts and building permits, followed by the Fed’s industrial-production report. Wednesday (2:00 p.m. ET): The Federal Reserve publishes minutes from its July 28-29 meeting, when rates were held at 3.50%-3.75% in a 9-3 vote. Thursday (8:30 a.m. ET): Initial unemployment claims and the Philadelphia Fed’s August Manufacturing

Bitcoin developer Peter Todd’s proposal to give miners a permanent stream of new bitcoin has triggered a fresh backlash from users who see the 21 million supply limit as the asset’s most important promise. The fuse was lit when Bitcoin++ posted Todd’s July 23 Toronto talk, “Tail Emissions and Demurrage,” on Aug. 14. The comment […]

During the past week, bitcoin tumbled from over $65,000 to close just above $63,200, an approximately 3.2% weekly loss and briefly hit a low below $62,500 on Aug. 14. Bitcoin Leads Mid-August Market Pullback After finishing the first week of August with modest gains, the cryptocurrency market ended the second week in the red. Bitcoin, […]

There were hopes that regulators could move if the Clarity Act didn't advance, but those, too, may be paused.

This week’s stories spanned old crypto fortunes, transparency, market forecasts, trading expansion, and macro shifts. Dormant Ethereum whales moved millions after more than a decade, while KPMG issued Tether a clean audit on its 2025 financials. Arthur Hayes warned bitcoin could fall to $50,000 before eventually reaching $1 million, Wintermute committed $1 billion to AI […]

StablecoinX Inc. emerged from its Nasdaq merger with about 3 billion ENA tokens, a position equal to roughly 20% of the token’s supply. The New York company disclosed the stake with results for the quarter ended June 30. StablecoinX started trading as USDE on June 26, one day after closing its merger with TLGY Acquisition […]

Investors are starting to judge crypto tokens on usage, economics and value capture rather than market-cap rank, industry executives said.

World Gold Council CEO David Tait says bitcoin is headed for zero because the supposed hedge keeps showing up as high-beta risk when markets turn ugly. Tait made the call in a Consensus Miami interview with David Lin, posted on Youtube later that month, and has recently gone viral on social media. It is circulating […]

SafePal says an order-tracking flaw exposed names, contact details and purchase data for 39,798 customers, raising targeted phishing risks.

Key Takeaways BlackRock’s June 30 NAV values the position at approximately $6.62 million. The filing repeats a $7.602 million value that does not match the fund’s Q2 data. Texas plans to replace the temporary ETF holding with directly held Bitcoin. Texas Did Not Add to Its Q2 Position The Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company’s Q2 Form 13F information table lists 197,844 sha

Michael Saylor said Strategy’s STRC preferred stock gained 9% over one year while bitcoin lost 47%. The chart leaves out the company’s common stock, which closed roughly 76% below its level a year earlier. STRC Outperforms as Bitcoin Declines STRC outpaced bitcoin by 56 percentage points over the past year, according to a one-year return […]

Bits of Gold is investigating a third-party breach that may have exposed names, IDs, bank details and wallet addresses while customer funds remain safe.

While the data breach exposed the personal order details of thousands of customers, all private keys, seed phrases, and crypto assets remain completely safe.