Cryptocurrencies analysis

Bitcoin rebounds as war escalates: Is the safe-haven narrative returning?

Bitcoin has rallied 13% since the first strikes on Iran, as ETF inflows and on-chain data suggest the market may be forming a bottom.

Half of bitcoins in circulation are down

With bitcoin down 26% since the start of 2026, and nearly 50% from its all-time high of $126,000 in October 2025, the pain is starting to bite for crypto investors. Beyond macroeconomic factors, let's...

Agentic Finance: How DeFi and AI rewrite the rules of trading

AgentFi is reshaping crypto markets as autonomous agents begin managing capital on-chain. For years, decentralized finance promised to remove intermediaries. Now, artificial intelligence is removing...

Trump-backed crypto stablecoin dips following 'attack,' quickly recovers

The Trump family-backed crypto stablecoin, USD1, briefly dipped below its $1 benchmark price on Monday, to around $0.994, but quickly recovered. A spokesman for World Liberty Financial,...

Crypto.com gets conditional US approval for national trust bank charter

Crypto.com said on Monday it has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter, paving the way for the digital assets firm to...

Strategy is now worth less than its bitcoin treasury

Yesterday, crypto treasuries looked like a machine for amplifying the bull run. Today, the market is flipping the premium: some of these stocks now trade below the value of their bitcoins. The most...

Crypto winter 2026: institutional risk-off and quantum threat

Bitcoin is down 45% from its $126K peak as institutions de-risk and quantum computing concerns enter valuation models.

Coinbase posts surprise loss on crypto trading slowdown

Coinbase posted a surprise quarterly loss on Thursday, marking its first since the third quarter of 2023, as the cryptocurrency exchange was hit by weaker trading volumes during a period of broad...

Wall Street regulator to restore some jobs after cuts, chair says

Wall Street's top regulator is working to restore some of its workforce following last year's deep cuts at the behest of the White House, the agency's chief told Congress on Thursday. We...

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial to launch forex remittance platform

World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture backed by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Thursday it plans to roll out a new foreign exchange and remittance platform, offering simplified...

Crypto lender BlockFills suspends withdrawals amid faltering bitcoin price

Crypto liquidity provider and lender BlockFills has halted client deposits and withdrawals amid a downturn in bitcoin prices, in a sign of knock-on impact from the latest crypto market drop. ...

Crypto capital evolution: VCs consolidate, IPO markets surge

Funding of crypto companies doubled y-o-y, although remained disciplined, favoring revenue-generating platforms over speculative token plays.

South Korea crypto exchange Bithumb says system flaws led to $40 billion error

South Korea's Bithumb said on Wednesday that serious flaws had left the crypto exchange's internal system susceptible to potential sabotage and failed to prevent an erroneous transfer of more than $40...

Bitcoin loses Trump-era gains as crypto market volatility signals uncertainty  

Bitcoin could drop further  after wiping out all of its price gains since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump as liquidity is expected to remain thin for the near future. ...

China steps up crypto crackdown, will vet real-world asset tokens

China vowed to further tighten its crackdown on virtual currencies on Friday and banned unauthorised offshore issuance of yuan-pegged stablecoins. Authorities will also strictly vet...

The reasons behind Bitcoin's bloodbath

With each passing week, crypto investors are hurting more. The week of January 19: -5.7%. The following week: -11.17%. This week: -12.57% so far. In four months, BTC has lost 40% of its value, or...

India monitoring evolving crypto trading to ensure tax compliance, top tax official says

India is talking to cryptocurrency exchanges to assess evolving trading activity as it seeks oversight over newer crypto products, according to a top tax official. India does not...

Big US banks boost Washington lobbying muscle as policy fights heat up

Big U.S. banks' lobbying spend jumped 12% last year, the most in more than a decade, as they intensified efforts to navigate major policy flux in Washington under President Donald Trump's...

Bitcoin plummets, driving $2 trillion tumble in crypto market value

Bitcoin plunged on Thursday, its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious metals and a broad selloff in tech shares. The world's...