Category: Bitcoin News

Key points: Bitcoin could challenge the $117,500 level if buyers secure a daily close above $114,000. Altcoins are trying to start a relief rally, but are still expected to face selling at higher levels. Bitcoin (BTC) extended its recovery above $114,000 on Monday, indicating aggressive buying by the bulls. BTC remains stuck in a range, with analysts divided about the next directional move. Some expect BTC to start a bear phase, while others project a rally to a new all-time high. Market participants have turned cautious due to BTC’s near-term…

Key takeaways: Coffee shops, fast-food chains like Starbucks and Sheetz and retailers like Microsoft and Home Depot are accepting crypto payments via apps and third-party processors. More and more platforms are gradually enabling the use of Bitcoin, Ether and XRP for large-scale travel and airline reservations. Luxury brands, high-end car dealerships and real estate developers are integrating crypto payments for premium goods and property. Payment processors can make it simple for small businesses to accept crypto by instantly converting it to fiat currency and reducing compliance costs. Cryptocurrencies are no…

Web3 infrastructure company Jump Crypto has proposed removing Solana’s fixed compute block limit to strengthen network performance and incentivize validators with suboptimal hardware to upgrade. Jump, which is building a high-performance Firedancer validator client for Solana, is pushing for the SIMD-0370 proposal to be implemented sometime after the Alpenglow upgrade, Solana research company Anza said on Saturday.  Alpenglow passed in a near-unanimous vote earlier this month and is set to be deployed on a testnet in December. By removing static block caps, slower validators would skip more complex blocks, leaving…

Opinion by: Tim Hafner, founder and CEO of OpenServ Launchpads were introduced to give Web3 projects access to early investors. As they operate today, however, they too often result in cash grabs over long-term success. This has resulted in a flood of half-formed products hitting the market without real support for builders.  Virtuals Protocol has facilitated over 17,000 AI agent token launches as of February 2025, indicating that infrastructure for token launches is not slowing down. Questions remain, however, regarding the long-term sustainability and accountability of launchpads.  Projects with no…

Key takeaways Stocks may survive AI disruption if they adapt quickly to changing technological and economic demands. New businesses spurred by AI, such as robotics, biotech or space, are expected to drive growth, and the stocks mirroring such advances will have a better chance of surviving the innovation turmoil. Periods of disruption should be expected as AI reshapes labor and markets; therefore, the next few years are for adaptation to the new technology. Bitcoin’s future rests on proving itself as a true store of value but also transitioning into a…

Key takeaways: Bitcoin suffers its steepest weekly decline since March, slipping under $110,000. Over $15 billion in leveraged positions were flushed out, signaling a reset in risk appetite. October seasonality has historically delivered strong Bitcoin gains. Bitcoin (BTC) is enduring its sharpest weekly decline since March 2025, with prices dropping over 5% and sliding below the $110,000 mark. The correction has hit short-term traders hard, as more than 60,000 BTC were sent to exchanges at a loss this week. This marked the first time in five months that Bitcoin fell…