U.S. government isn’t poised to sweep in with bitcoin buys, despite Jim Cramer rumor

President Donald Trump’s U.S. bitcoin BTC$68,900.75 reserve doesn’t exist yet, and there is no mechanism in the federal government for the wholesale purchase of crypto. Keep that in mind when considering this weekend’s speculation about the price point that would cause the White House to push a buy button, thanks in large part to CNBC’s…

Read More

Morgan Stanley backs Cipher (CIFR) and TeraWulf (WULF), but is cool on Marathon (MARA)

Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of three publicly traded bitcoin BTC$70,334.95 mining companies on Monday, backing two names tied to data center leasing while taking a more cautious stance on a miner focused on bitcoin exposure. Analyst Stephen Byrd and his team started coverage of Cipher Mining (CIFR) and TeraWulf (WULF) with Overweight ratings and set…

Read More

Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan join Tempo

Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan said Monday they are joining stablecoin-focused startup Tempo, signaling a pivot away from crypto-native social media and toward blockchain-based payments. The move follows last month’s acquisition of Farcaster by Neynar, a long-time infrastructure provider for the protocol that offers APIs and tools for developers building on the network….

Read More

Mining difficulty drops by most since 2021 as miners capitulate

Bitcoin’s BTC$68,657.39 mining difficulty dropped by around 11%, its largest decline since China’s 2021 crackdown on the industry, after a sharp decline in hashrate triggered by plunging prices and widespread winter storm-related outages in the U.S. Mining difficulty, which determines how hard it is to find new Bitcoin blocks, adjusts roughly every two weeks to…

Read More