Block Inc.’s (XYZ) Square has crossed a threshold of roughly 1 million merchants now enabled to accept Bitcoin payments. The figure, cited by a member of Block’s team, reflects a wave of auto-enrollment that began March 30, when Square automatically switched on BTC payments by default for eligible U.S. sellers. At its peak pace, a
Bitfinex has received a Digital Asset Service Provider licence in El Salvador expanding the company’s regulated footprint in Latin America. Bitfinex now joins Bitfinex Securities and Bitfinex Derivatives as licensed entities in El Salvador, offering spot trading, derivatives, and tokenised securities. The announcement comes as El Salvador’s digital asset framework continues to develop, with CNAD
In Ripple news today, the Brad Garlinghouse-led firm has secured a $200M revolving credit facility with investment management firm Neuberger Berman, confirmed May 11, 2026, to power its expanding prime brokerage operation, with Standard Chartered serving as the anchor banking partner on the deal. XRP is currently trading near $1.45, up roughly +4.5% in the
U.S. inflation data came in hotter than expected on Wednesday, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates steady at 350-375bps not only at its June 17 meeting, but also likely through the end of the year. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) year-over-year rose 3.8% in April, according to a report from the
The Senate Banking Committee has set May 14 as the date for its long-delayed markup of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the most consequential piece of cryptocurrency legislation ever to reach this stage in Congress, as a last-minute lobbying blitz from major banks and a Democratic ethics standoff threaten to derail the bill before
Bitcoin price has been pinned between $77,899 and $80,339 for weeks. Retail sees a dead chart. But historically, this kind of BTC consolidation is exactly when altcoin start moving and starts its season. The mechanism is called crypto capital rotation. The total crypto market is one pool of money. When Bitcoin surges, everyone piles in
Crypto majors held their ground on Tuesday even as the macro tape turned sharply against risk assets. Bitcoin BTC$81,247.12 traded just over $81,000 in Asian morning hours Tuesday after briefly touching $82,026 overnight. Solana (SOL) and DOGE$0.1100 were the standouts among the majors, up as much as 2% on the day. BNB added 1.7% to
Bitcoin price hovered in a tight range around 82,000 today, extending a week of steady but cautious gains as structural forces, not retail hype, set the tone for the market. At time of writing, Bitcoin price trades near 82,000, up about 0.65% from Sunday morning but still roughly 22% below its level a year ago
Bitcoin price is holding above $80,000 as prediction markets price a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire at near-certainty, and the question of whether that signal is real or a diplomatic mirage is now the single most important variable in the crypto market analysis. At the time of writing, BTC USD is trading at $80,600, up roughly +0.2% over
When Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded company holding bitcoin, first floated the idea of selling its bitcoin stash to fund its dividend obligations during its recent earnings call, it raised concerns among investors and the crypto community. However, executive chairman Michael Saylor sat down with CoinDesk senior analyst James Van Straten at Consensus in
