Metaplanet CEO shuts down Bitcoin sale speculation after $322M transfer
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said no Bitcoin was sold after the company moved 5,014 BTC between custodial addresses for about...
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Flawed Soft Fork Design or Miner Capture?
Key TakeawaysOn Aug. 8, BIP-110 failed after drawing only 2.5% miner support, triggering a chain split at block 961,632.Industry leaders...
Coinbase Launching 170+ Derivatives Contracts for UK Professionals
Key TakeawaysUK professional investors will get access to more than 170 contracts.Perpetuals will offer leverage of up to 50x.The rollout...
Binance Boosts Yields up to 20% for VIP Users
Key TakeawaysBinance launched new product to give VIP users higher quotas and 10% to 20% higher APRs on 20+ tokens.Exchange...
After BIP-110 Flops, Bitcoin’s Next Soft Fork Faces a Showdown – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBIP-54 would close four Bitcoin consensus edge cases without adding new features.F2pool’s founder opposed BIP-54 on Aug. 10, complicating...
Bitcoin’s $120M Betting War Draws a Brutal Map for 2026 Prices
Key TakeawaysPolymarket bettors give bitcoin 68% odds of hitting $70,000 before 2026 ends.Kalshi prices bitcoin’s shot at $100,000 before January...
CFTC Cites Bitcoin Position in Emergency Order Shielding Kalshi
Key TakeawaysCFTC ordered Kalshi to keep operating after its Aug. 1 market-emergency notice.The order says forced liquidation of a bitcoin...
Bitcoin Flat Near $63,400 After Mild US Inflation Drop
Key TakeawaysBitcoin stabilized near $63,400 Wednesday after sharp intra-day swings, holding its $1.27 trillion market cap.Total crypto market liquidations reached...
Blackrock’s $50.2M Inflow Offsets Selling as Bitcoin ETFs Turn Green
Key TakeawaysBlackrock’s IBIT offset $45.31M of rival outflows, leaving bitcoin ETFs up $4.89M on Tuesday.Ether ETFs saw a modest $1.76M...
Tether’s USDT Supply Shrinks by $4B in 60 Days as Crypto Demand Cools
Key TakeawaysTether’s USDT supply fell by about $4B over 60 days, including $870M in the past 11 days.USDT still holds...
Bitcoin Ignores CPI Relief As Analysis Warns $63,000 ‘Will Simply Break’
Bitcoin (BTC) saw weakness around Wednesday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to key US inflation data.Key points:Bitcoin ignores good...
Inflation Cools, Bitcoin Stalls as Fed Faces Its Next Big Test
Key TakeawaysU.S. CPI eased to 3.4% in July, extending inflation’s retreat from May’s 4.2% peak.Federal Reserve pressure eased as core...
Ethereum’s Oldest Whales Wake up as Millions Leave Deep Storage
Key TakeawaysWhale Alert caught 2,680 ETH worth $5.03M moving Aug. 11 after 11 years.Ethereum saw 4 Genesis wallets move 8,680...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment turns 5: ‘It was for us, not them’
Five years after El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, the experiment has fallen short of its original promises for locals,...
Harmony’s ONE Plunges 30% After Attacker Mints 4 Billion Tokens
Key TakeawaysA hacker exploited Harmony Protocol to fraudulently issue 4 billion unauthorized ONE tokens.The sell-off wiped 26% of ONE’s market...
Firm Will Resume Bitcoin Buying Later This Year
Key TakeawaysStrategy has bought 175,000 BTC in 2026 while selling just 7,000, a 25-to-1 ratio, Phong Le says.Strategy’s USD reserve...
Metaplanet, Hut8 Move $125 Million in Bitcoin off Exchanges
Key TakeawaysMetaplanet moved 1,473 BTC ($93.82 million) off an exchange on August 12, per Lookonchain.Hut8 followed hours later with 493...
Bitcoin Miner Squeeze In Focus As Fees Make Up Under 0.7% Of Revenue
Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees now account for just 0.69% of miner revenue as major players pivot to AI.Key points:Bitcoin miners...
Bitwise Cuts 14% of Staff as Its Own CIO Calls a Bitcoin Bottom
Key TakeawaysBitwise cut 14% of its staff, reducing headcount to about 155 from 180 employees.The cuts mirror layoffs this year...
Crypto Companies Urge AI Firms to Give Bitcoin Devs Early Access
A group of cryptocurrency companies has urged frontier artificial intelligence (AI) labs to give Bitcoin developers early access to their...
Metaplanet Moves $250M in Bitcoin as Paper Loss Swells to $1.4B
The timing raised some concerns within the community as the number of treasury companies selling BTC has been gradually...
Bitcoin Sellers Showing Exhaustion Around $64,000, But No Bottom Yet
Key TakeawaysGlassnode flagged bitcoin seller exhaustion but stopped short of confirming a bottom.Spot bitcoin ETFs have continued to attract inflows...
