The quantum computing threat has some of Bitcoin’s most vocal developers landing in wildly different places. Blockstream’s CEO, Adam Back, told Paris Blockchain Week attendees on Wednesday that Bitcoin developers should start building optional quantum-resistant upgrades now, even though current quantum computers remain “essentially lab experiments” with progress that has been “incremental” over the 25

Bitcoin price jumped past $75,000 on Wednesday as traders recalibrated what the asset represents in the wake of the Iran conflict and an unusually stretched derivatives market. Price action, positioning data, and a real-world test of bitcoin as a settlement rail now point to a market that values the token as more than a volatile

Crypto firms ramp political funding, signaling rising influence over U.S. elections and digital asset regulation. Growing political spending from crypto-aligned firms is shaping the next U.S. election cycle. Financial institutions and digital asset companies are increasing their influence through targeted donations. Regulatory clarity remains a central issue driving these contributions. Recent filings show another major

San Salvador, El Salvador, February 11, 2026 – Bitfinex Securities, a leading tokenised securities trading platform, explored how to boost market inclusion in Latin America through tokenisation at its flagship Bitfinex Securities Day event in El Salvador. This follows the publication of Bitfinex Securities’ Latin America Market Inclusion Report, which argues that tokenisation can materially

Goldman Sachs filed for a Bitcoin Premium ETF on April 14, 2026, an options-based fund designed to generate regular income for investors rather than simply track Bitcoin’s price. The filing marks one of Wall Street’s most structurally novel entries into crypto products yet. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is that this is not

The crypto’s industry emerging political action committee, Fellowship PAC, rushed out of the gate this month with $11 million in backing, and it’s so far booked $3 million in ad services through a company co-founded by Tether US CEO Bo Hines. The super PAC is focusing its support on Republican politicians in races for Congress

Tether, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, moved 951 bitcoin valued at $70.5 million into a reserve wallet linked to its treasury operations, according to on-chain data from blockchain analytics firms including Arkham Intelligence. The transfer originated from a Bitfinex hot wallet and landed in an address labeled as a Bitcoin reserve account tied

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — What will it take to build a financial system that billions of people can trust — and barely notice? That question set the tone for a fireside chat titled “Trust, Technology, and Transformation: Building the New Financial Platform for a Tokenized Economy”, where Bybit Co-founder and

Bitcoin’s surge this week to $76,000, put it at its highest level in 70 days, and coincides with the 15 April ex-dividend date for the Strategy Variable Rate Perpetual Stretch Preferred Shares (STRC). We believe this significant price appreciation is attributable to a confluence of multiple layered factors.  The initial catalyst was a geopolitical repricing