A Duke University finance professor, Campbell Harvey, has said that a 51% attack on Bitcoin, long dismissed as a theoretical exercise that would only destroy value for whoever tried it, has quietly become something an attacker could profit from because of today’s derivatives markets. However, many BTC supporters dismissed the claim made during the July […]
Bitcoin corporate treasury firms became a major thing in the past couple of years, led, of course, by Michael Saylor’s Strategy. Several such entities emerged during more favorable times for the entire crypto industry. Now, though, the landscape has changed, and there’s a new seller on the horizon. Empery Digital has disposed of 1,400 BTC […]
Bitcoin is showing “early signs of stabilization” as the price momentum exits an extreme negative regime, reported analytics firm Swissblock on Tuesday. It added that on-balance volume (OBV) is also starting to support the regime shift and “recovery begins with momentum, but a new trend requires buyers to follow.” OBV is a momentum indicator that uses […]
A dispute over Bitcoin’s proposed BIP-110 soft fork has intensified after critics argued that the upgrade could break certain wallets and leave some users with permanently unspendable BTC if it activates. This is according to crypto investment advisor Farside Investors, who were challenging claims made by BIP-110 supporter Fred Krueger in a June 28 post […]
Analyst ‘Reflection’ warned of a brutal Bitcoin liquidation cascade below $59,000, claiming over $1.6 billion in long leverage is stacked in one zone around $58,000 based on CoinGlass data. “In all my years trading, I’ve never seen this much long-side liquidity stacked in one single zone,” they said on Wednesday. That liquidation zone is not […]
Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock Stretch (STRC) is under serious financial stress due to two simultaneous pressures, reported onchain analytics firm CryptoQuant on Tuesday. The Bitcoin bear market means that all BTC purchased between 2024 and 2026 is underwater, with $10.6 billion in unrealized losses, and cash reserves are depleted, down 38% since early 2026 after […]
A strengthening US dollar could put further pressure on Bitcoin, which is already suffering from major institutional selling pressure amid geopolitical uncertainty and increasing inflation. “The bear market was confirmed almost exactly when the DXY found its bottom,” said Swissblock analysis on Monday. “At first, the dollar decline looked supportive for BTC. But the reversal changed […]
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor says the company’s core purpose is creating financial products backed by Bitcoin (BTC), a business model he compared to a reserve bank. According to him, Bitcoin’s next stage of development should be about building a layered capital market around it. From Digital Gold to Digital Architecture In a June 16 […]
“We have 32 years of dividend coverage through our BTC Reserve,” said Strategy on X on Thursday. In principle, the math works out, as the firm’s Bitcoin treasury is currently worth just below $55 billion, and its dividend obligations are $1.7 billion. In November, Strategy claimed to have 71 years of dividend coverage “assuming the price […]
Charles Hoskinson said that a disputed stash of 1,096 BTC from Cardano’s early crowdfunding days was used to pay for an audit in 2016/2017. The Cardano founder made the revelation during a recent livestream AMA, in which he talked about governance, Discord, and community management. Hoskinson Clarifies Questions in AMA Cardano’s crowdsale, which ran from […]