On Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US has confiscated around $1 billion worth of Iranian cryptocurrency. He also mentioned that some of the wallet owners may not even be aware that their funds has been confiscated. “I believe that we have seized about a billion dollars of their
A recent analysis from Galaxy Digital indicates that crypto venture capital activity declined in Q1 2026, after the unusually robust pace observed in Q4 2025. There was a 50% decrease in capital spent quarter-over-quarter and a 16% reduction in transaction count as venture firms invested around $4 billion across 355
On Thursday, Bitcoin (BTC) made its first move back over $72,500 in six weeks, leading to $342 million in liquidations for bullish leveraged bets. Investors are concerned that bears will maintain control ahead of the $9 billion monthly options expiration, even if there was a recovery bounce to $73,500. With $3.4
On Monday, Asian stock markets rose, which helped push Bitcoin up a little, thanks to a precipitous drop in oil prices. As of this writing, the top cryptocurrency by market cap was trading around $77,400, an increase of 0.43% over the last 24 hours, as reported by CMC. There, bitcoin
Even if Kevin Warsh is now the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Bitcoin has been under pressure below $78,000 because traders are still concentrating on increasing Treasury rates and the low likelihood of short-term rate reduction. Bitcoin and Risk Assets Remain Under Strain Less than 24 hours after being inaugurated
The US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund market is about to see net outflows for the year after six days of withdrawals that began on Friday. After Friday’s market loss of $105.2 million—$68.9 million for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and $36.3 million for Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC)—net inflows
Researchers at AmericanFortress™ deliver an formally proven upgrade route for the wallet infrastructure that is now in use by hundreds of millions of users. Sheridan, WY: Today, AmericanFortress™ published a cryptographic paper outlining a patent-pending post-quantum signature strategy for hierarchical deterministic wallets, which are the foundation of almost all current cryptocurrency wallets. Without
Coins.ph announced the addition of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) to its QRPh cryptocurrency payment feature, expanding a system that currently allows customers to pay retailers throughout the country using stablecoins like USDT. By scanning the national QR code standard created by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the integration
On Wednesday, wider risk markets saw slight reprieve as Bitcoin (BTC) regained $77,000. This came after Brent oil prices slid below $108. Big withdrawals from spot Bitcoin ETFs, nevertheless, have made investors reevaluate the likelihood of more negative risk, particularly in light of continuing concerns about a worldwide economic slump.
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that tax evaders are increasingly using digital means such as Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens to conceal their income from tax authorities. In a research released on Wednesday, Chainalysis said that although tax evasion and unreported income have been around for a long time, the
