Category: Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Drop To $84K Due To Crumbling Global Macro Conditions

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Key takeaways: Stablecoin concerns, regulatory pressure, and reduced risk appetite among traders weighed more on Bitcoin than Japan’s bond-market moves. Reduced confidence in global growth and stress on digital asset reserve companies amplified BTC selling and subsequent stop losses. Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped sharply on Sunday after failing to overcome $92,000. The slide to $84,000 on Monday wiped out $388 million in bullish leveraged positions, leaving analysts searching for a clear explanation. A mix of factors contributed to the sell-off and pushed traders toward a more cautious stance. Some analysts…

Kalshi’s Betting Contracts are Tokenized on Solana: Report

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Predictions platform Kalshi has reportedly begun allowing users to buy and sell tokenized versions of its event contracts on the Solana blockchain. According to a Monday CNBC report, Kalshi has moved closer to courting cryptocurrency users by offering tokenized contracts, which are now live on Solana. The move tokenized bets on the predictions platform, which includes US elections, sports and more, making them tradeable on the blockchain. “There’s a lot of power users in crypto,” John Wang, Kalshi’s head of crypto, told CNBC. “This is about tapping into the billions of…

Most Law Enforcement Requests in 2025 Came from Outside the US

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US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has released its annual transparency report, revealing that the company experienced a significant surge in requests from law enforcement agencies. In a report released on Monday, Coinbase said it had received 12,716 requests from law enforcement globally from October 2024 to September 2025, marking a 19% increase over the volume of requests reported in 2024. Of these requests, the exchange said that more than half — 53% — came from outside the United States, with 80% of all of them originating in the US, Germany, UK,…

Ether Futures Overtake Bitcoin on CME as Volatility Surges

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Trading activity in Ether futures has surpassed that of Bitcoin on the Chicago-based CME Group, marking a notable shift in the digital asset derivatives market and fueling speculation that Ether may be entering a long-anticipated “super-cycle” — a sustained, multi-year period of accelerated growth driven by rising adoption. In a recent CME video, Priyanka Jain, the exchange’s director of equity and crypto products, said Ether (ETH) options are currently exhibiting higher volatility than Bitcoin (BTC) options. Rather than deterring participation, she said, the increased volatility has attracted traders and helped…

Goldman Sachs Buys Innovator, Adds Bitcoin-Linked ETF To Portfolio

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Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Innovator Capital Management for roughly $2 billion, bringing the issuer of defined-outcome exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including a Bitcoin structured fund, under its asset management umbrella. The transaction, slated to close in the second quarter of 2026, will bring about $28 billion in additional assets under supervision to Goldman Sachs’ Asset Management, which reported $3.45 trillion AUS at the end of the third quarter. Goldman said the purchase will broaden its plans for active and defined-outcome ETFs, a fund that uses options to limit losses…

Bitcoin Nears $84,000 as Wall Street Selling Resumes

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Bitcoin (BTC) hit new local lows after Monday’s Wall Street open as analysis warned of “rising” macro headwinds. Key points: BTC price action plumbs new local lows as daily losses pass the 7% mark. Bitcoin faces multiple macro tailwinds from Asia, exacerbating already weak liquidity conditions. A trader says this week’s sessions will decide the fate of 2025 performance. Wall Street selling pushes BTC price lower Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed daily BTC price losses passing 7% as BTC/USD reached $83,814 on Bitstamp. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source:…

Vitalik Buterin on Quantum Computing and Ethereum Security

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Key takeaways Buterin sees a nontrivial 20% chance that quantum computers could break current cryptography before 2030, and he argues that Ethereum should begin preparing for that possibility. A key risk involves ECDSA. Once a public key is visible onchain, a future quantum computer could, in theory, use it to recover the corresponding private key. Buterin’s quantum emergency plan involves rolling back blocks, freezing EOAs and moving funds into quantum-resistant smart contract wallets. Mitigation means smart contract wallets, NIST-approved post-quantum signatures and crypto-agile infrastructure that can swap schemes without chaos.…

Does GENIUS Make Stablecoin Issuers Stealth Buyers of US Debt?

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The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, signed into law on July 18, is billed as the statute that finally drags dollar‑pegged tokens out of the regulatory gray zone into a supervised, payments‑first framework. Supporters say it offers legal clarity, consumer protections and a path for programmable money. Critics say it raises a deeper question: If issuers are tightly steered into holding cash and short‑term Treasurys, does that make them structural buyers of US debt? That’s the case laid out by author and ideologist Shanaka Anslem…

Strategy Builds $1.44B Reserve and Expands BTC Stash To 650K

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Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, is creating a $1.44 billion US dollar reserve to support dividend payments on its preferred stock and interest on its outstanding debt. Strategy on Monday announced the establishment of a US dollar reserve funded through proceeds from the sale of Class A common stock under its at-the-market offering program. “Strategy’s current intention is to maintain a USD Reserve in an amount sufficient to fund at least twelve months of its dividends, and Strategy intends to strengthen the USD Reserve over time,…