Pi Network just marked one year since launching its Open Network, and its leadership is doubling down on long-term development rather than short-term price swings. Co-founder Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis outlined that the team’s immediate focus remains on KYC verification and mainnet migration. According to him, identity verification is essential for network integrity and real-world use.
Leading bitcoin BTC$66,981.41 treasury company Strategy has again raised the dividend on its STRC (“Stretch”) preferred series. Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the firm lifted the annualized payout by 25 basis points to 11.5%. While STRC to this point has performed as hoped by the company — continuing to trade in a tight range
Block, Inc. will cut more than 4,000 employees, reducing its workforce by nearly half as the company restructures around artificial intelligence and a leaner operating model. The layoffs, announced Thursday in a shareholder letter, will shrink headcount from more than 10,000 to just under 6,000. Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey said the move reflects a
WildMeta adds Aster DEX integration, enabling traders to access deeper cross-chain liquidity and discover decentralized trading strategies across multiple blockchains. WildMeta announced a strategic integration with Aster DEX to expand its Web3 trading discovery platform. As a result, the partnership enables users to access decentralized perpetual markets through a single gateway. As a result, traders
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
