This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, January 8, 2025 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has recorded more than $2 billion in daily trading volume on Bitget TradFi, marking a major milestone since its public rollout on January 5. The performance highlights accelerating demand for access to traditional […]
Falcon Finance launches an offchain bitcoin vault that pays 3–5% APR in USDf, the protocol’s stablecoin, without selling or wrapping BTC. Falcon Finance announced a new bitcoin yield vault that lets BTC holders earn a predictable 3%–5% annual percentage rate paid in USDf, the platform’s dollar‑denominated stablecoin. Bitcoin now represents over 80% of Falcon’s reserves, […]
Cambodian authorities extradited billionaire Chen Zhi, head of Prince Group, to China on Jan. 7 after his arrest with two associates. He is accused of orchestrating one of the world’s largest crypto scams, involving forced labor “scam factories” in Cambodia. Major Breakthrough in Transnational Crypto Fraud Investigation Cambodian authorities announced Jan. 7 that they have […]
Fireblocks’ purchase of Tres adds audit‑ready, tax‑compliant infrastructure for institutions handling stablecoins and other digital assets. Fireblocks announced the acquisition of Tres Finance, a leader in crypto accounting, reconciliation and financial controls, to create a full‑stack operating system for digital‑asset businesses. The deal combines Fireblocks’ secure infrastructure, which moves trillions of dollars, with Tres’s financial‑intelligence […]
Barclays makes a strategic investment in Ubyx to advance interoperable tokenized deposits and stablecoins. Barclays announced a strategic investment in Ubyx Inc., a U.S. clearing system for digital money that supports tokenized deposits and regulated stablecoins. The partnership aims to create a global acceptance network that lets regulated financial institutions interact seamlessly with blockchain‑based assets. […]
Xiao Hong, the founder of Butterfly Tech behind the AI agent app Manus, was an early bitcoin advocate and holder for more than a decade before his company became Meta’s $2 billion acquisition target. This article is from Theminermag, a trade publication for the cryptocurrency mining industry, focusing on the latest news and research on […]
Jupiter introduces JupUSD, a reserve‑backed stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, with institutional custody and open‑source audits. Jupiter announced the launch of JupUSD, a US‑dollar‑pegged stablecoin built with Ethena Labs and secured by a 90% reserve in USDtb, a GENIUS‑compliant token collateralized by Blackrock’s BUIDL Fund, plus a 10% USDC liquidity buffer. The token is […]
Parcl and Polymarket partner to create prediction markets that settle on daily housing‑price indices. Parcl, the onchain real‑estate data platform, and Polymarket, the prediction‑market exchange, announced a partnership to bring Parcl’s daily housing price indices to a new suite of real‑estate prediction markets on Polymarket. The markets will settle against Parcl’s published indices, giving traders […]
The exchange sent an email to its customers announcing the measure, which will only affect Circle’s stablecoin, USDC, on its platform. Coinbase stated that this is part of a re-evaluation of the products that it offers to ensure the most efficient experience in Argentina. Coinbase Suspends Fiat-to-USDC Services in Argentina Coinbase has announced significant changes […]
Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards suggested that the U.S. and China are engaged in a shadow race to achieve quantum superiority, and that it is likely that China is concealing its quantum capabilities. The U.S. Congress has recommended establishing a Quantum First goal by 2030. China Likely Concealing Quantum Capabilities: What If It Comes First? […]
On Jan. 5, 2025, bitcoin is trading at $93,055 per unit, commanding a market cap of $1.85 trillion, with 24-hour trading volume totaling $38.07 billion and an intraday price band stretching from $90,925 to $93,169. In short, bitcoin is not whispering right now — it is clearing its throat loudly and making sure the market […]
The new bill would bar federal officials from trading prediction‑market contracts based on insider information, such as knowledge about military attacks on foreign powers. Representative Ritchie Torres (D‑NY) will support the introduction of the Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026, which would prohibit elected officials, political appointees and Executive Branch employees from buying, selling […]
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin says the latest upgrades give the blockchain high‑bandwidth, consensus‑driven performance. Vitalik Buterin announced that zero‑knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines have reached production‑quality performance and that PeerDAS data‑availability sampling is live on mainnet, combining to give Ethereum decentralized consensus and high bandwidth. He contrasted this with earlier peer‑to‑peer models such as Bittorrent’s bandwidth‑heavy, consensus‑free design […]
Bitcoin’s spot value hovered at $91,219 on Jan. 4, 2025, and the derivatives market appears anything but relaxed. Futures and options positioning across major venues shows traders leaning in, not backing away, with open interest holding near cycle highs and options contracts stacking up around key strike levels. Bitcoin Derivatives Positioning Tightens Ahead of Major […]
Dormant bitcoin addresses collectively moved 123,852.58 BTC in 2025—now worth more than $11 billion—while over 1,000 long-idle wallets stirred back to life during the year. Figures from Btcparser indicate that this activity clustered heavily around wallets created more than ten years ago, with a clear tilt toward bitcoin’s earliest adoption era. ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ Addresses Moved […]
The mining company reported that it had entered into a purchase agreement with the Sympatheia Power Fund (SPF) to sell its Paso Pe mining site in Paraguay. The move marks Bitfarms’ exit from Latam and its reconfiguration to become a company using 100% North American power. Bitfarms Announces Final Exit From Latam With Paraguayan Site […]
In 2025, $IREN, $APLD, and $CIFR led the Bitcoin mining sector, each delivering >200% 1-year returns. But the bigger story sits beneath the leaderboard: the market clearly favored certain types of companies over the past year. The following guest post comes from BitcoinMiningStock.io, a public markets intelligence platform delivering data on companies exposed to Bitcoin […]
As 2025 wrapped up, Ethereum rewrote its own history book, posting the highest single-day transaction count ever on Dec. 29, 2025, when 2.23 million transfers cleared the chain. The pace didn’t cool off either, with Dec. 31, Dec. 30, and even figures logged on Jan. 2, 2026, all brushing up against record-setting daily transfer levels. […]
Seventeen years after Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin’s genesis block, the once-obscure experiment has grown into a global financial force that has reshaped markets, challenged policymakers, and captured the world’s attention in ways few could have imagined on Jan. 3, 2009. Bitcoin’s 17th Anniversary: A Timeline of Price, Power, and Persistence Bitcoin was born quietly on […]
With bitcoin priced at $89,907, boasting a market cap of $1.79 trillion and a brisk 24-hour trading volume of $45.09 billion, it’s clear the crypto king isn’t napping. But despite an intraday range between $88,532 and $90,788, the charts paint a picture less of a breakout bonanza and more of a waiting game with attitude. […]
The number is taken from a mid-2025 report by Chainalysis, remarking on the reach and potential of cryptocurrencies in Argentina. While the initial use case of crypto was related to stablecoins and preserving purchasing value, analysts claim this is also evolving. Argentina Enters 2026 With High Crypto Adoption Levels and an Evolving Ecosystem The Argentine […]
A major shake-up at the SEC is reshaping expectations for crypto oversight, with a departing commissioner known for strict views giving way to leadership seen as more open to digital asset innovation. SEC Commissioner Exit Signals Bullish Shift in Crypto Regulatory Tone A leadership transition with implications for crypto oversight emerged at a key regulator. […]
During the first week of December, we posed a question to several leading artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, asking them to forecast bitcoin’s price by year’s end. With the calendar now flipped to the second day of 2026, we revisited a select group of AI models with a similar prompt—this time requesting their projections for bitcoin’s […]
Bitcoin strutted into 2026 like it owned the cryptosphere, posting a price of $89,431, a 24-hour range between $87,742 and $89,778, and a market cap nearing $1.78 trillion. Yet, beneath the surface of this glittering price tag lies a market simmering with conflicting signals. Momentum whispers strength, while volume—and a few lagging indicators—are raising skeptical […]
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase or sign up for a service, Bitcoin.com may receive a commission. Our editorial content is independent and based on objective analysis. As 2026 begins, the top crypto exchanges are setting a strong tone for the year ahead, continuing to raise […]
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer by market capitalization, expanded its bitcoin holdings in the fourth quarter of 2025 with the acquisition of 8,888.8888888 BTC. As the calendar turns to 2026, the firm’s wallet ranks as the fifth-largest address holding bitcoin. On New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2025, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino disclosed that the […]
Bitcoin’s long-observed four-year market cycle is facing renewed skepticism after the asset closed 2025 lower than it opened, a first for a post-halving year. For the First Time Ever, Bitcoin’s Post-Halving Year Ends in the Red The four-year cycle refers to a recurring pattern tied to Bitcoin’s halving events, which reduce mining rewards roughly every […]
Hyperliquid didn’t rely on hype cycles or marketing blitzes to break into the spotlight—it engineered its way into relevance, forcing the crypto industry to reassess how far onchain trading infrastructure had come. What Hyperliquid Is At its core, Hyperliquid is a decentralized exchange ( DEX) built specifically for perpetual futures trading. Unlike earlier DEX platforms […]
Congressman Warren Davidson reflected on the origin of bitcoin and its true purpose. As part of his New Year’s message, Davidson remarked that bitcoin’s promise was not to be “an illiquid inflating asset” but a “permission-less, peer-to-peer payment system,” as envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto. Representative Warren Davidson’s New Year’s Message Puts Bitcoin In Perspective Representative […]
