Bitcoin treasury stocks are becoming “distressed assets” as a $107,000 cost basis traps late entrants underwater
The “infinite money glitch” of the corporate Bitcoin treasury has stalled. For much of this market cycle, the trade was simple: stock in companies holding Bitcoin traded at a massive premium to the underlying Net Asset Value (NAV). This allowed firms to
2025 was officially a wipeout year for US spot Bitcoin ETFs – now flat YoY and down $48B since October
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs gave back nearly all of their 2025 gains after hitting a cycle high in early October, with total net assets sliding to $120.68 billion as of Dec. 4, down $48.86 billion from the Oct. 6 peak. The
XRP sentiment has collapsed, but a “Fear Zone” signal hints that retail sellers are making a costly error
XRP is showing one of the clearest splits in crypto this quarter between what people say and what they do with their money. Social data tracking bullish and bearish commentary indicates that the mood around the asset has entered a new
Bitcoin price action is no longer determined by exchanges, forcing traders to watch this one institutional metric
Bitcoin’s market structure has entered a new phase as US spot exchange-traded funds now account for more than 5% of cumulative net inflows into the asset. According to Glassnode, the 12 funds have allowed institutions to become a marginal source of
Crypto Casino Payout Speed Explained with On-Chain Liquidity and Bitcoin Settlement UX
Payout speed in crypto casinos is often described in minutes or hours. However, the real drivers live beneath those numbers. Transaction confirmation policy, liquidity staging, internal queue logic, and wallet routing can all influence whether a withdrawal feels instant or
BlackRock bets on tokenization, but IMF warns of uncontrollable ‘atomic’ domino effect
BlackRock, the largest asset management firm in the world, has described tokenization as the most critical market upgrade since the early internet. On the other hand, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) describes it as a volatile, untested architecture that can amplify
While Ethereum whales rotate, XRP data shows a fatal concentration flaw that leaves one group holding the bag.
The conventional wisdom says veteran holders don’t sell into weakness. They accumulate through drawdowns, harvest gains during euphoria, and otherwise sit still while newer cohorts churn. Late 2025 is testing that model. Across Ethereum, XRP, and pockets of the DeFi stack,
Strategy’s yield hunt inadvertently helps the very hedge funds looking to short its Bitcoin premium
Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, is considering a pivot that would fundamentally alter the risk profile of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. For a decade, the company sold Wall Street on a singular thesis: it was a digital vault, offering unencumbered exposure
Why Solana’s crypto casino changed hands from memecoins to prediction markets
Solana’s memecoin trading registered $13.9 billion in monthly volume last month, the lowest print since February 2024, when the mania hadn’t yet caught fire. At the same time, Polymarket clocked $3.7 billion in volume, its best month since launch, while Kalshi
Everything you need to know for Bitcoin and crypto ahead of Jerome Powell’s upcoming FOMC meeting
Jerome Powell stepped in front of cameras on Dec. 1 at the Hoover Institution’s George Shultz memorial event with three audiences watching: bond traders pricing an 87% chance of a December rate cut, a divided Federal Open Market Committee bracing
Polymarket war bets collide with the maps civilians use to survive
The first thing many Ukrainians check in the morning is not Instagram or email, it is a war map. DeepStateMap.Live, a volunteer-built OSINT project, shows which villages are under occupation, where Ukrainian advances hold, and where the front looks fragile.
RLUSD supply hit $1.26B, and 82% of it now sits on Ethereum, not XRPL
Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin is rapidly expanding on Ethereum rather than the company’s native XRP Ledger (XRPL). According to CryptoSlate data, RLUSD’s total circulating supply has surged to $1.26 billion within 12 months of its launch. Of this, roughly $1.03 billion, or 82%
Bitcoin’s bull market: A slowdown, not a breakdown
Bitcoin’s big buyers seem to have stepped off the gas. For the better part of the last year or so, it felt like there was a constant tailwind behind Bitcoin’s price. ETFs vacuumed up coins, stablecoin balances kept climbing, and traders
Why Pro Traders Choose Crypto Prop Firms
The digital asset landscape has matured significantly over the past several years. Simple spot holding is no longer the only viable strategy for generating substantial returns. Today’s market rewards precision, algorithmic discipline, and above all else, liquidity. For skilled traders, the
How Trump’s crypto empire became the center of a new influence economy
A new staff report released by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin alleges that President Donald Trump has significantly utilized the presidency to expand his personal wealth through cryptocurrency ventures. The report, titled Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of
Bitcoin on Wall Street will never be the same after a quiet Nasdaq move
On Nov. 26, Nasdaq’s International Securities Exchange quietly triggered one of the most important developments in Bitcoin’s financial integration. The trading platform asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise the position limit on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)
Bitcoin is redrawing where cities and data centers rise as it competes for wasted energy, not cheap labor
For two centuries, factories chased cheap hands and dense ports. Today, miners roll into windy plateaus and hydro spillways, asking a simpler question: where are the cheapest wasted watts? When computing can move to energy rather than energy to people, the
Comparing Crypto Exchanges vs. Brokers: Which Is Better for Active Traders?
The crypto landscape in 2025 looks nothing like the manic ICO days of 2017 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. Volumes are deeper, spreads are tighter, and regulatory lines, while still blurry, are finally being drawn. Research indicates that execution