Veteran trader Peter Brandt anticipates a peak between $300,000 and $500,000. Bernstein analysts Gautam Chhugani and Mahika Sapra expect prices to hit $500,000 by 2029, citing booming demand for spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Reality check However, while the four-year cycles have consistently produced new all-time highs, each successive one has seen markedly lower multiples, compressed

Circle Internet Group secured final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today, to establish a national trust bank, a milestone that sent the stablecoin issuer’s shares higher and deepened its ties to the federal banking system. The regulator cleared Circle to charter First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., which will

Custodia asks the Supreme Court to review the Fed’s master account denial after lower courts backed Fed discretion. Custodia Bank has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review its Federal Reserve master account dispute. The Wyoming crypto bank filed a certiorari petition after losing in two lower courts. The case centers on whether regional Federal

Growing crypto Regulation has been rumored to be behind the departures of top executives at Coinbase and Grayscale, two of crypto’s largest firms, with both seeing a top executive step down this week. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal and Grayscale Chief Financial Officer Edward McGee announced their exits hours apart. Both are leaving on

In a wide-ranging conversation on CoinDesk Spotlight, Schultz laid out a view of Meta’s future in which agentic commerce is not a product category but an inevitability. “We think it might be the next tier of business for our entire company,” he told host, Sam Ewen. The Agentic Economy Is Already Here, But It’s Unevenly

Rep. French Hill wants a deadline.  One year after the House passed the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, the Arkansas Republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee used a Fox Business interview with anchor Maria Bartiromo to press Senate leaders for a floor vote before the August recess. “I’ve encouraged Senate leadership to put

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, July 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, today announced a landmark operational milestone: surpassing $1.1 billion in cumulative trading volume during its initial period of operation. This rapid ascent is supported by over 8.6 million total trades, positioning AFX as one of the fastest-growing

Empery Digital sold 1,400 BTC at an average price of $62,200, raising $87.1M. The company will use proceeds for debt repayment, property deals, and legal expenses. Empery Digital is shifting focus toward AI data centers and energy infrastructure. Empery Digital has sold 1,400 Bitcoin for approximately $87.1 million as the Nasdaq-listed company redirects capital toward

Bitcoin’s temporary soft-fork proposal, BIP-110, has struggled to attract broad support, but its significance extends beyond whether it is ultimately implemented. Supporters see the proposal as a principled defence of Bitcoin’s monetary purity against growing non-payment data use, while critics see a risky intervention that could threaten chain continuity, neutrality and economic coordination. For institutions,