The price of Bitcoin climbed to a weekly high on March 13, defying geopolitical concerns tied to rising tensions between the United States and Iran. Summary Bitcoin price reached a weekly high near $72,000, holding above the $70K level. Negative funding rates on Binance suggest many traders are still shorting the rally. A potential short
Your friendly Devcon4 planning team, here to answer your top 3 questions: 1. When’s the next wave of ticket sales? Mark your calendars! We plan to release the next wave of General Admissions tickets on Tuesday, August 7 at 8AM PST. Anyone who applied for a discount or scholarship should hear back by then, so
This upcoming week could prove pivotal for your portfolio as seven major Central Banks, including the Federal Reserve, prepare to announce critical FED rate decisions. While markets entered 2026 expecting a steady diet of rate cuts, a sudden spike in oil prices following the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East has thrown a
The Bitcoin Policy Institute said it plans to review and respond to an upcoming proposal from the Federal Reserve that could shape how U.S. banks treat Bitcoin under international banking standards. Summary The Bitcoin Policy Institute plans to review and comment on an upcoming Federal Reserve proposal on Basel rules. The proposal will open a
When we asked many of you, “What are you most excited for at Devcon4?” most people replied: the people! This is the one time a year we all get together in one place. We don’t want to spend all of our time at Devcon sitting in a dark room, staring in silence at a person
Bitcoin was the first asset to price the Iran war because it was the only liquid market open when U.S. and Israel first launched their attack on a Saturday, a few weeks ago. It dropped 8.5% that day. Two weeks later, it has outperformed gold, the S&P 500, Asian equities, and the Korean stock market.
In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Token2049 organizers postponed the Dubai edition until 2027 citing safety concerns from escalating Iran-Israel-U.S. tensions, Robinhood reported February crypto notional volumes increased 9% to $25 billion and the Ethereum Foundation published a formal mandate establishing its role as steward of a censorship-resistant, privacy-first protocol. Summary Token2049 Dubai
We’ve been hard at work getting to know so many amazing people and projects, and are extremely excited to announce the recipients of the Wave III of the Ethereum Foundation Grants Program! We kicked off 2018 with a blog post to galvanize scalability research for first and second-layer solutions. Since then, we’ve committed over $11M
The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) is urging Congress to broaden proposed de minimis tax relief for digital assets beyond payment stablecoins to include bitcoin and other major network tokens. Under current law, bitcoin is treated as property, which means every purchase with the asset triggers a capital gains calculation, regardless of transaction size. BPI argues
Ethereum’s price rallied to a weekly high of $2,144 on Friday following the strong debut of investment manager BlackRock’s staked Ethereum ETF. Summary Ethereum price broke past the $2,100 resistance level on March 13. BlackRock’s staking ETF ETHB pulled in $15.5 million in trading volume on launch day. A bullish SMA crossover is close to
