A sharp drop in the value of the national currency of Iran, the rial, has catalyzed widespread protests and has renewed global conversations about digital assets serving as a hedge against severe instances of fiat currency devaluation. In light of continued economic stress, international sanctions, and banking instability, the recent
The crypto market is possibly setting its foot into the early stages of an elongated downturn. The analyst of Cantor Fitzgerald investment bank, Brett Knoblauch, says that this will hardly act as a preliminary stage to a more stable and institutional phase of industry development. The analyst further mentions that
The Bitcoin network closed out the year 2025 with a mining difficulty of 148.2 trillion, which was the final difficulty adjustment for that year and reflected continued growth. “The figure illustrates the 35% increase from the 109.8 trillion that existed at the beginning of the year on January 1st, 2025,”
Bitcoin price has slipped way below the $90k mark, hovering around $87k with little possibility to reclaim the high level by year-end. However, Strategy has kept the crypto community’s interest alive by accumulating BTC. The development triggers anticipation for a bull cycle in 2026, considering two whale wallets recently accumulated
China’s central bank is planning a significant transition in its digital currency plans, as the central bank is now planning to allow interest to be paid on commercial bank holdings of the digital yuan. This is part of efforts to promote the adoption rate of the central bank digital currency.
The spot BTC exchange-traded funds have seen over $780 million in net outflows. The price of Bitcoin also went down from $90k on December 22 to $86,740 by December 25. After this, on December 26, the price tried to reclaim near $90k and hovered near $89k. This weekend the price
A growing number of crypto and Bitcoin treasury companies could disappear by 2026 as market pressures intensify and investors demand stronger fundamentals, industry executives told Cointelegraph. Digital asset treasury (DAT) firms, which surged in popularity during the 2025 crypto rally, now face declining valuations amid a prolonged market downturn. These
According to Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, Bitcoin provides healthy competition for the US dollar, putting pressure on politicians to maintain fiscal discipline and defend the currency’s worldwide dominance. This perspective is shaped by a rising trend among overseas investors. Recently, they have been gradually rotating their funds into non-dollar
Bitcoin ETFs Register 825M Outflows as Holiday Trading Undermines Institutional Demand. The US trading sessions cause a sustained capital flight out of the cryptocurrency investment vehicles under the pressure of year-end taxes. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw substantial capital outflows during the last trading week of the year before Christmas, which
The latest evaluation by blockchain analytics firm Glassnode shows that digital asset exchange-traded funds are undergoing the longest investor withdrawal since the beginning of November. United States spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF flows have been in negative territory in the thirty-day moving average for several weeks in a row. This
