Wall Street and bitcoin markets have been swapping scripts this week. The S&P 500 has fallen for three consecutive sessions since Thursday’s record close, pressured by a 30-year Treasury yield at 5.31 percent, its highest level since 2007, and by Brent crude near $91 as the United States and Iran allow their negotiating window to
Solana spent years being defined by memecoin volume, and $3.73B in tokenized real-world assets is starting to change that label. ChatGPT AI predicts that the shift carries price higher, and the price prediction targets $150 to $190 by the end of 2026, with $165 as a realistic base case. Alpenglow is the strongest catalyst. Its
The American Bankers Association seeks to strengthen the Clarity Act, not kill it, argues Rob Nichols, president and CEO of the ABA. Source link
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed its own framework for crypto asset offerings, pressing ahead while landmark legislation stalls. The regulator unveiled “Regulation Crypto Assets” on Tuesday, a tailored offering regime it says will let token issuers raise money in the U.S. without falling foul of securities laws. Tuesday’s proposal carves out two exemptions
Jeonbuk becomes South Korea’s first regional bank using Ripple Payments infrastructure. Ripple targets faster 24/7 cross-border payments for Korean business customers. Ripple’s Korea expansion grows while XRP settlement details remain unconfirmed. South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank has partnered with Ripple to modernize cross-border payments for business customers. The deal makes Jeonbuk the country’s first regional bank
How low will Bitcoin go this cycle? This is a question on many investors’ lips as the asset trades at around $63,400 today, up 1% over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin has spent 2026 grinding through one of its choppiest stretches since the last bear market, and traders on prediction platforms like Kalshi are now
Bitcoin held near $64,000 and every major except BNB gained, while Korean semiconductor stocks fell more than 7% and Fed minutes are due at 2 p.m. ET. Source link
Bitcoin wallet manufacturer BitBox has told users it was able to fix “severe vulnerabilities” with its hardware wallet’s firmware, and reassured users that no funds were taken. Yet it still urged users to upgrade carefully. Writing in a blog post Tuesday, the Swiss company said that one of the vulnerabilities would have allowed an attacker
Metaplanet will own about 95.7% of Superplanet after the deal closes in Q4 2026. Superplanet will combine a Nasdaq listing with a Bitcoin treasury backed by Metaplanet. The deal creates U.S. and Japan Bitcoin treasury platforms under one corporate group. Metaplanet has agreed to contribute 2,100 Bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash to Nasdaq-listed Super
Bitcoin has endured a difficult 2026 so far, and the remainder of the year could prove just as volatile. After reaching an all-time high of around $126,000 in October 2025, BTC has fallen by roughly half and is currently trading close to $64,000. We asked Sam Altman’s ChatGPT, ‘AI predicts Bitcoin,’ and got interesting results.
