Bitcoin rebounded sharply after President Donald Trump said the US would not move forward with new tariffs reportedly planned for February. BTC jumped from around $87,300 to reclaim $90,000 in hours. The move fits a growing pattern where Bitcoin trades less like digital gold and more like a fast-moving macro asset. As Bitcoin bounced, gold
Ondo Finance has expanded its tokenized equities platform with the launch of onchain exposure to newly public BitGo stock. Summary Ondo launched tokenized exposure to BitGo stock on the day of its IPO. The asset is available on multiple blockchains through Ondo Global Markets. The move extends on-chain access to a newly listed U.S. stock.
When I started evangelizing bitcoin and blockchain tech back in 2012 my Dad was a hard sell. There was the common skepticism and typical counters of “what’s backing it?”, “what can be done with it?” and “what the heck is cryptography?” Back then my pitch wasn’t refined and the learning tools had just not quite
The former Alameda Research chief and key witness against Sam Bankman-Fried has exited federal custody but remains subject to long-term bans, injunctions, and supervision tied to the FTX collapse. Source link
The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office is investigating the disappearance of Bitcoin seized from government custody. Summary Multiple Bitcoins went missing in mid-2025 after private key credentials were exposed in a phishing attack, resulting in irreversible transfers. Media and internal sources put the value at roughly $48–49 million, though authorities have not confirmed exact amounts. The
One of the important issues that has been brought up over the course of the Olympic stress-net release is the large amount of data that clients are required to store; over little more than three months of operation, and particularly during the last month, the amount of data in each Ethereum client’s blockchain folder has
An AI-themed meme coin associated with the “Ralph Wiggum” prompting trend declined sharply after on-chain data indicated a wallet connected to developer Geoffrey Huntley sold a substantial amount of tokens within one hour, according to visual analytics platform Bubblemaps. Summary RALPH tokens plunged after wallet-linked sales by Huntley and other whales. Huntley described the sales
Kansas has become the latest U.S. state to explore a formal role for Bitcoin and digital assets in public finance, with lawmakers introducing legislation that would create a state-managed Bitcoin and Digital Assets Reserve Fund. The bill, introduced by State Senator Craig Bowser, proposes amending Kansas’ unclaimed property laws to explicitly recognize digital assets, including
Special thanks to Gavin Wood, Vlad Zamfir, our security auditors and others for some of the thoughts that led to the conclusions described in this post One of Ethereum’s goals from the start, and arguably its entire raison d’être, is the high degree of abstraction that the platform offers. Rather than limiting users to a
In Washington, gratitude has a short shelf life. Weeks after JPMorgan Chase contributed millions to a pro-Trump PAC, President Donald Trump repaid the gesture by filing a $5 billion lawsuit against the bank and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. Summary Jan. 6, 2021: Trump supports storm the U.S. Capitol. Jan. 6, 2026: JPMorgan reportedly donated to
