Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market, currently shows traders betting millions of dollars on Bitcoin future price, but the odds for a massive breakout seem surprisingly low given significant institutional interest. “What price will Bitcoin hit in 2026?” saw traders pour in over $20 million in volume. That is a significant sample size. As of
Crypto markets snapped back hard on Sunday after spending Saturday pricing in what looked like the start of a prolonged regional war. Bitcoin climbed to $66,843, up 5.2% over the past 24 hours, recovering most of the losses from Saturday’s slide below $64,000 after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The bounce accelerated after Iranian
Shares of MARA Holdings climbed 13% in premarket trading Friday, even after the Bitcoin miner reported a $1.71 billion net loss for the fourth quarter, as investors focused on the company’s shift toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. The company posted a net loss of $1.71 billion for Q4 2025, compared with net income of
BlackRock CEO urges tokenization on one blockchain as its Bitcoin ETF buys $275.8M BTC amid shifting ETF flows. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink called for faster progress in crypto tokenization on a single common blockchain. His remarks come as BlackRock expands its digital asset operations and records renewed activity in its spot Bitcoin ETF. CEO Urges
Ethereum (ETH) developers have just released a glimpse of their 2029 vision, and if they pull this off, the network you use today will look unrecognizable by the end of the decade. The Ethereum Foundation has recently unveiled a draft roadmap titled ‘Strawmap’. This outlines the plan for upgrading the blockchain through 2029. While it
Bitcoin’s future in an artificial intelligence-driven world may depend less on code and more on central banks. In a new note, Greg Cipolaro, global head of research at financial services and infrastructure firm NYDIG, argued that artificial intelligence will affect bitcoin mainly through macroeconomic channels and its impact on the labor market. The key variables
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said federal authorities have frozen and seized more than $580 million in cryptocurrency tied to Southeast Asian scam networks, marking a major escalation in the government’s campaign against cross-border crypto fraud. The funds were restrained through the Justice Department’s Scam Center Strike Force, a task force formed in November to
Minnesota’s HF3642 proposes a full statewide ban on physical crypto kiosks amid rising senior scam losses. Scammers coach victims to bypass kiosk warnings and cross state lines, making the 2024 law easy to circumvent. Commerce Department data shows only 48% of victims got refunds, averaging just 16% of their total reported loss. The use of
MoonPay is shifting gears. Known for letting users buy crypto with a credit card, the company is now moving deeper into financial infrastructure. It has partnered with M0 to launch PYUSDx, a framework that lets developers create application-specific stablecoins backed by PayPal USD. That turns PYUSD from a simple token into a launchpad. Instead of
As tensions flare once again between Iran, Israel, and the U.S., social media, especially on crypto social media X (or Crypto Twitter), fears that Tehran could shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil chokepoint. Such a move, many worry, could send oil prices and global inflation soaring and roil financial markets, including bitcoin.
