Bitcoin’s price revival that began last Wednesday culminated, at least for now, a few hours ago when the asset soared past $80,000 for the first time since mid-May and tapped a multi-month peak above $81,000. Analysts were quick to pick up the move and outline the next short-term targets of up to $88,000. BTC’s surge […]
Bitcoin (BTC) spent this past week ripping from the low $60,000s to just under $80,000, and to trader Nonzee, none of it looks like conviction. They are calling the move a trap built on forced buying rather than real demand, and say the next leg is down, not up. The Case for a Distribution Phase, […]
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has significantly increased its scrutiny of UK crypto users during the 2025-2026 financial year. The tax authority reportedly sent more than 81,000 warning letters to holders it suspects may have unpaid tax, the BBC reported after reviewing a freedom of information request. UK Holders on Notice The number is nearly […]
After one bitcoin’s most volatile and impressive weeks, the cryptocurrency market has turned its attention to important US macro news to be announced in the next five days. The analysts at the Kobeissi Letter highlighted several such events scheduled next, but three stand out for the crypto industry: the July PCE inflation report, revised second-quarter […]
This week, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) finally revealed why he chose to face US prosecutors during his AML violation case despite holding UAE citizenship that could have kept him from the grasp of US law enforcement. His account offered a rare explanation of his thinking before a four-month prison sentence and the end of […]
Franklin Templeton is preparing to put tokenized assets inside its conventional mutual funds and ETFs, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, eight days after SEC staff cleared the firm to hold its $721 million blockchain-based money market fund in those portfolios. Franklin characterizes relief as the first US regulatory clearance for digitally native products inside conventional funds. “It is […]
Coinkite, the company behind Coldcard, has shipped a firmware update that will not generate a new wallet seed until the owner supplies randomness by hand. That means at least 50 dice rolls, 128 coin flips, or 65 timed key presses, three weeks after a defect in its random number generator opened customer funds to attackers. […]
The cryptocurrency market is on the move again, but this time the altcoins have taken the spotlight. Ripple’s XRP has reemerged from the $1.00 support and skyrocketed past $1.65 for the first time in many, many months, surpassing BNB on the way. Meanwhile, bitcoin has rebounded from the dip to $76,200 and sits well above […]
Justin Sun said Thursday that a California federal judge ruled his individual claims against World Liberty Financial will stay in open court, rejecting the Trump-linked project’s push to force the dispute into private arbitration and seal the case from public view. The ruling keeps alive one of crypto’s messiest ongoing legal fights, one that has […]
Altcoins could deliver returns ranging from 10x to 1000x after the latest market pullback, according to analyst Matthew Hyland. He compared the June sell-off with March 2020 and argued that many alts could recover within months rather than years. Hyland Compares June Altcoin Pullback to 2020 Hyland made the comparison on August 21, arguing that […]