In the context of a fear-driven crypto market, many entered 2026 cautiously. Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer, is quietly heading in the opposite route, which has boosted its exposure to Bitcoin. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced on January 1 that the company had acquired 8,888.8888888 BTC as part of its
Prenetics is a health science and diagnostics company co-founded and supported by the well-known football player David Beckham. Due to the recent slump in the cryptocurrency market, it announced that it has halted its Bitcoin Purchasing Strategy. Before halting, the plan of the company was that a portion of the
Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2026 could play a decisive role in bringing retail investors back to the crypto market, according to industry analysts who track macroeconomic trends and digital assets. Clear Street managing director Owen Lau said monetary policy will remain one of the strongest drivers of crypto
Metaplanet Inc., the Tokyo-listed company often called “Asia’s MicroStrategy,” confirmed on Tuesday that it has purchased a fresh batch of Bitcoin worth $451 million as part of its ongoing corporate treasury strategy. The acquisition consisting of 4,279 BTC during the fourth quarter of 2025 brings the company’s total Bitcoin holdings
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
