Every single bank will soon need to hold digital assets, says Zodia CEO Julian Sawyer
Sawyer confirmed that Standard Chartered’s full acquisition of the firm is on track to target a signing at the end of June and complete by the end of August.
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Rare physical bitcoin worth $1.78 million gets cashed in after 12 years
The S1-COIN-25 physical bitcoin, part of Mike Caldwell’s 2011-2013 mint, had its tamper-evident hologram peeled and the 25 BTC swept on-chain on Wednesday.
Bitcoin’s dearth of fresh investors matters more than Strategy’s sale, Citi says
Strategy’s bitcoin sale may have rattled markets, but the bigger issue is missing demand from new buyers, Citi said.
Bitwise model puts bitcoin fair value at $224,000 as sovereign-default hedge
The figure is from a theoretical model proposed by Greg Foss in 2021 that treats bitcoin as a credit default swap on G20 sovereign bonds.
Big tech is ‘terrified’ of AI agents wiping out ad revenue, says Billions Network CEO
Evin McMullen’s view on AI agents disrupting Google’s and Facebook’s business model was previously shared by Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson and Cloudflare CSO Stephanie Cohen.
Prediction market traders bet bitcoin’s selloff has further to run
Markets now imply a 66% chance bitcoin falls below $55,000 and a coin-flip chance of sub-$50,000 prices before year-end.
Bitcoin’s ‘fear gauge’ surges nearly 20%, its biggest jump since Feb. 5 crash
The jump signals return of fear after two months of calm market sentiment.
Bullish XRP signals are piling up. The price keeps falling.
XRP lost another major support level on heavy selling, with traders now focused on whether buyers can defend the $1.20 area after a 15-week low.
Bullish crypto bets lose $1.6 billion as ETH, SOL, DOGE drop 9%
The single biggest unwind was a $59.67 million BTC-USDT long on HTX.
Bitcoin plunges below $66,000 as global stocks, AI trades hit fresh records
BTC plunged 6.4% to a 24-hour low of $65,708 and ether broke below $1,900 in Asian trading on Wednesday, just hours after the MSCI All Country World Index set a fresh all-time high on the AI rally.