Over the past week the number of unique entities holding at least 1,000 BTC has climbed to 1,436 even as bitcoin has tumbled and held firmly below $100,000. This marks a sharp reversal from the broader 2025 trend where “OGs” and long term participants have been steady net sellers. For context, this cohort peaked above…
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the IOTA Foundation have introduced a digital trade initiative that places stablecoin-based settlement at the center of efforts to overhaul how goods move across Africa. The Africa Digital Access and Public Infrastructure for Trade (ADAPT), formed in partnership with the Tony Blair Institute and World Economic…
Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) derivatives arm will soon let institutions trade one of the crypto market’s most popular instruments: perpetual futures. The SGX Derivatives announced on Monday the launch of bitcoin BTC$95,808.38 and ether ETH$3,207.96 perpetual futures, scheduled to go live on Nov. 24, with a promise to deliver the structure and trust of global derivatives…
A dormant Cardano wallet just vaporized more than $6 million in a single swap after executing one of the most extreme slippage events the network has seen this year. The holder — whose address had not shown any activity since September 2020 — reappeared on-chain Sunday and swapped 14.4 million ADA (worth roughly $6.9 million)…
This is a technical analysis post by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin BTC$95,246.19 has gone the “Strategy (MSTR)-way”, falling below a key support to shatter the memory traders had of this level as a reliable bounce zone. The leading cryptocurrency by market value fell nearly 10% in the seven days to…
Tom Lee — executive chairman of BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors and chief investment officer at Fundstrat Capital — said in a post on X that ether is “embarking on that same supercycle” that produced a 100x gain in bitcoin since his 2017 client recommendation. He noted bitcoin endured…
Ether ETH$3,212.90 traded below $3,100 on Sunday during a broader pullback in digital assets. The token was recently near $3,066 at 9:36 p.m. UTC, down 3.4% over the past 24 hours. It briefly fell through the $3,100 level on Bitstamp at about 4 p.m. UTC, marking its first break beneath that threshold since Nov. 4,…
Strategy’s leveraged bitcoin approach came under fresh scrutiny Sunday as critics questioned whether Michael Saylor’s firm can withstand prolonged market stress. Among the most vocal was longtime Bitcoin detractor Peter Schiff, who chairs Schiff Gold and serves as chief global strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management. In a series of posts on X, Schiff argued…
Bitcoin slipped to its lowest level since May on Sunday before paring some losses, as sentiment across the crypto market stayed locked in extreme fear. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index stood at 10, in its extreme fear band, after already sitting at the same level on Saturday. Bitcoin BTC$94,386.75 was trading around $95,087 at…
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s trial followed the law and the judge overseeing his case should not consider acquitting him of all charges, federal prosecutors said. In a post-trial filing dated last Wednesday, attorneys with the Department of Justice’s Southern District of New York office pushed back against Storm’s motion for acquittal, saying they had…
