Placing crypto alongside shadow banking and weapons procurement means Treasury believes it is being used for actual trade settlement. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on X on April 29 that Washington’s sanctions campaign is now going after Iran’s “access to crypto,” alongside oil exports, shipping networks, and shadow banking channels. It is the…

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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Strategy’s Bitcoin stash sits at roughly $64.44 billion — and it didn’t grow this week. A Pause After 4 Straight Weeks Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, confirmed Sunday that the company made no Bitcoin purchases during the current week, snapping a…

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Key Takeaways: Strategy paused bitcoin purchases after its latest disclosed $255 million BTC acquisition. Investors shifted focus toward MSTR’s leverage, reserves, volatility, and bitcoin exposure. Traders will keep watching Saylor’s orange-dot posts for the next buy signal. Strategy Pause Shifts Focus Toward Bitcoin Exposure Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) paused bitcoin purchases this week, interrupting a…

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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Bitcoin market has had a rollercoaster performance in 2026, after a bloodbath in the first quarter and what has seemed like a fairly quiet start to the second quarter. Over the past two weeks, BTC has made multiple attempts to break…

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Bitcoin may not need a new story or catalyst to push back above the psychological $100,000 level, which it has not traded above in nearly five months, according to MN Trading Capital founder Michael van de Poppe. ‘“There doesn’t need to be a narrative that pushes the price upwards,” van de Poppe said in an…

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Capital that would have stayed in crypto is rotating into AI, which may thin the competition for those who remain. Crypto analyst and trader Flood made a candid post this week arguing that the sector has reached a level of apathy comparable to 2019 to 2022, and that smart money is rotating into AI.…

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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Twenty One Capital holds 43,514 Bitcoin worth roughly $3.3 billion — and its CEO wants the world to know why. A Direct Attack On Card Networks Jack Mallers took the stage at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference with one clear message: the payment…

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Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded 32% to a 10-week high of $79,500 on April 22 from its sub-60,000 multi-year low. But recent buyers took advantage of the rally to exit as the price has since corrected to $76,000 on Thursday, with $80,000 proving a tough barrier to break. Key takeaways: Bitcoin sell pressure risk exists around $80,000,…

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Key Takeaways: Ripple and OKX launched RLUSD across 280+ eligible spot pairs. Traders gain RLUSD collateral support, XRPL transfers, and broader liquidity. Additional OKX integrations are planned as regional availability varies. RLUSD Expands Across OKX Spot and Derivatives Markets Ripple and OKX announced on April 29 an integration to expand RLUSD access across OKX, launching…

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Alongside financial pressure, Galaxy Digital began generating data center revenue after delivering its first Helios facility to CoreWeave. Galaxy Digital Inc. posted a first-quarter 2026 net loss of $216 million. The figure improved from a $295 million loss a year earlier, as weaker cryptocurrency prices continued to pressure its results. Revenue for the quarter…

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