After a weak end to the year with late December trading marked by thin liquidity and compressed volatility, Bitcoin entered 2026 showing early signs of stabilisation. BTC consolidated in a tight $85,000–$94,000 range, underperforming equities as the S&P 500 closed 2025 near record highs. BTC was likely affected by year-end tax-loss harvesting and portfolio rebalancing,
Tether froze about $515 million in USDT across Ethereum and Tron over the past 30 days, according to BlockSec’s USDT Freeze Tracker. Summary Tether blacklisted 371 Ethereum and Tron addresses, freezing about $515 million in USDT over 30 days. Tron accounted for most freezes, with 329 addresses and around $506 million in blocked USDT. ZachXBT
Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in the world with 818,334 BTC on its books, just told the market it will sell Bitcoin when it makes financial sense. That sentence would have been unthinkable two years ago. For a company built entirely on the philosophy that you never, ever sell your Bitcoin, this is a
Block Inc. shares rose after the payments company reported stronger adjusted earnings for Q1 2026, even as its Bitcoin business weakened and the firm posted a net loss. Summary Block stock jumped after adjusted EPS beat estimates, even as Bitcoin revenue dragged on results. Cash App gross profit rose sharply, while Block’s Bitcoin ecosystem revenue
MIAMI – Coinbax won the $20,000 grand prize at Consensus Miami’s PitchFest after pitching a system designed to help banks and financial firms manage compliance for stablecoin payments. The company, founded by former Jack Henry executive Peter Glyman, builds programmable escrow infrastructure that adds controls to wallet-to-wallet crypto transactions. The software is meant to reduce
Executives at federally regulated banks told a Consensus Miami 2026 panel that crypto companies are increasingly seeking bank licenses as the industry moves toward regulated financial infrastructure. Summary Panelists at the Consensus Miami 2026 Policy Summit said the push for bank licenses is accelerating among crypto firms under the current regulatory environment. A bank charter
Mason Lynaugh, executive director of Stand With Crypto, took the Consensus Miami 2026 stage on Thursday to outline how the group’s 2.7 million advocates will engage in the November midterms. Summary Stand With Crypto’s Mason Lynaugh joined Fellowship PAC’s Jesse Spiro and Sternhell Group’s Alex Sternhell at the Consensus Miami 2026 Policy Summit to discuss
Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy, Nasdaq: MSTR), the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder and first Bitcoin Treasury Company, held its Q1 2026 earnings call on May 5. The results were dominated by massive non-cash GAAP losses from Bitcoin’s fair-value accounting amid a volatile quarter. Yet the real story, and the market’s focal point, was a clear
Animoca Brands chairman Yat Siu told Consensus Miami 2026 that the metaverse is over as a consumer destination, and that 100 billion AI agents will become blockchain’s primary users. Summary Yat Siu said the pandemic-era vision of humans living in virtual worlds was wrong, and that the metaverse was a proof of concept for AI
Bitcoin clears $84K liquidity as $55M pools build near $75K, $73K and $70K while BTC trades around $80,512. Bitcoin traded near $80,512 on the daily Bitstamp chart after clearing overhead short-side liquidity between $80,000 and $84,000. Market attention has now shifted lower, where liquidity pools of more than $55 million are positioned near $75,000, $73,000,
