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Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is currently navigating the most complex regime in its four-year history as a corporate Bitcoin treasury. The company, which transformed itself from a steady enterprise software provider into the world’s largest corporate holder of BTC, is facing a

The United States could generate up to $14 trillion in cumulative value if 1% of federal taxes are paid in Bitcoin over the next two decades, according to new modeling from Bitcoin Policy Institute presented alongside Rep. Warren Davidson’s Bitcoin

The cryptocurrency market is currently navigating its most severe liquidity stress test since late 2022, with more than $1 trillion of value lost in the past month. While the headline volatility centers on Bitcoin, the structural damage is permeating deeply into

Digital wallets won the payments war. By mid-2025, around 65% of US adults used them, accounting for 39% of e-commerce and 16% of in-store transactions. Apple Pay and PayPal are boring infrastructure now, the default way millions move money without thinking

When Bitcoin falls, most people see a shrinking number on a screen. The committed bull sees an opportunity to stack more sats for the next run quietly. Bear markets feel brutal in real time. Timelines fill with capitulation, “Bitcoin is dead”

The most significant shift in crypto finance this year isn’t a token launch, a price breakout, or a new blockchain upgrade. Instead, it is the quiet return of the public listing for crypto-focused entities. Kraken’s Nov. 19 confidential filing for a

Yesterday’s outage showed how dependent the modern web is on a handful of core infrastructure providers. In fact, it’s so dependent that a single configuration error made large parts of the internet totally unreachable for several hours. Many of us work in

For more than a decade, the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has, for one reason or another, stood apart from the rest of the blockchain industry. Built in 2012, long before the rise of modern DeFi, it embraced a minimalist design of fast

Bitcoin is quietly walking its way down the liquidity staircase, and the next solid step sits around $85,000. That number is not coming from a Fibonacci retracement, a moving average crossover, or any other technical analysis ‘gold standard.’ It comes from my

XRP is under renewed pressure as the broader market downturn drags its profitability metrics back to levels last seen during Donald Trump’s November 2024 re-election. Glassnode data shows that only 58.5% of XRP’s circulating supply is now in profit. That is

Bitcoin crossed a watershed moment in its monetary history on Nov. 17, surpassing 19.95 million mined coins and pushing the network past 95% of its immutable 21 million supply cap. This leaves the network with less than 1.05 million BTC

For more than a decade, the DeFi sector has operated on a fractured promise. The theoretical pitch of a fairer, more accessible global financial system has consistently crashed against the rocks of practical reality. In practice, DeFi has delivered a user

Ethereum is undergoing its most significant transition since its August peak. A sharp, double-digit correction of more than 35% since Oct. 6 has triggered a crisis of conviction, ripping through the speculative layers of the market and forcing a wave of

Donald Trump’s pardon of Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao removed his remaining criminal exposure while leaving intact the more than $4.3 billion that Binance has already paid to U.S. agencies. On X, CZ treated the idea of clawing that money back

Power markets are starting to price Bitcoin mining that can switch on and off as a grid service. Curtailment remains elevated in regions with high renewable penetration, and short scarcity bursts continue to set value for fast demand reduction, which creates

Bitcoin is slipping again, and the mood across the market is shifting. Traders who were celebrating six-figure prices only weeks ago are suddenly watching key levels evaporate. The move below $106,400 was the first real warning sign, the collapse through $99,000

As the BTC price tumbles below $100,000, Glassnode would like to share a depressing stat. If you’ve been stacking sats anytime since late spring, it’s fair to say the honeymoon is officially on pause. With Bitcoin trading at $96,000, a whopping

Ethereum has struggled to reclaim its recent high, and the price has gone down to below 3,200. Nevertheless, the trend is downward, and whales have been on a rise, with one of the biggest players contributing to their accounts in