Tagged: bitcoin

August 31, 2026 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Michael Saylor, Chairman of Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) says his company is buying Bitcoin again. In a post on X, Saylor said Strategy has acquired 4,603 BTC for $370M. At the same time, he said that cash has increased by $29 million and that share repurchases have… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s tax authority has published its first standalone snapshot of declared cryptoasset profits, and the picture is highly concentrated. In the 2024–25 tax year, 240 people told HM Revenue and Customs they had made more than £1 million each in capital gains from digital… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 5:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) moved higher today by almost 5%, propelled by two distinct catalysts. First, Coinbase revealed it is partnering with Better Mortgage to issue conforming products backed by digital assets. Coinbase actually revealed its intent for the mortgage sector and its partnership with Better this… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s current transaction signatures rely on elliptic-curve cryptography. A powerful enough quantum computer could, in principle, derive a private key from a public key that has already appeared on the blockchain and then spend the associated coins. No one can say with certainty when such… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

StarkWare has reported that a Bitcoin transfer designed to withstand a future quantum-computer attack has been confirmed on the live network. The company said the spend used Avihu Levy’s Quantum-Safe Bitcoin construction, which was first described in a research paper in April 2026 and has… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 1:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, observed that presenting a positive outlook for bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market has become notably more straightforward in 2026 than it was during earlier periods of market stress. Hougan contrasted the current climate with the… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant has recently indicated that Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency sector appear to have transitioned into the initial stages of a new bull market. This assessment follows a sharp price recovery that has shifted several key metrics into positive territory, raising the… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital (Nasdaq: GLXY) has broadened its offerings for individual investors by introducing a new borrowing facility on its GalaxyOne platform. The Crypto Portfolio Line of Credit enables qualifying users to secure cash loans using their holdings in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana—including assets that remain… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A longtime Bitcoin Core contributor has flagged a noticeable decline in routine bitcoin transactions within El Zonte, the Salvadoran coastal community better known as Bitcoin Beach. Jon Atack, active on Bitcoin Core since 2019 and living in El Salvador since 2022, described a recent lunch… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 12:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinkite, the Canadian firm behind the Coldcard Bitcoin hardware wallet, has rolled out a significant firmware upgrade in the wake of a major security incident that saw substantial amounts of Bitcoin drained from affected devices. The company is urging owners to act promptly, highlighting that… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland sheds light on how American households view and interact with cryptocurrencies. Titled “Do You Even Crypto, Bro? Cryptocurrencies in Household Finance,” the study draws on repeated large-scale surveys of U.S. households to examine investment… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitget Chief Executive Officer Gracy Chen has expressed strong skepticism that the United States government will actively purchase Bitcoin on the open market to expand its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve before the end of President Donald Trump’s current term. In a recent interview, Chen described such… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent academic analysis indicates that elevated carbon pricing within the European Union could be redirecting greenhouse gas emissions linked to cryptocurrency mining toward Russia. This dynamic represents a form of carbon leakage that current EU policy tools struggle to address effectively. The research examines… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 8:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether’s Bitcoin mining venture in Uruguay has come to an abrupt end following a protracted disagreement with the country’s state-owned electricity provider over power allocations. The collapse of the project, estimated by one individual familiar with the details to have involved roughly $120 million in… Read More

August 23, 2026 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin owners are getting ready to claim an equivalent amount of a new cryptocurrency known as eCash, or ECX, as a planned hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain moves into its initial phase. The project, developed by LayerTwo Labs under the leadership of longtime Bitcoin… Read More

August 23, 2026 @ 8:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments has examined conditions that may interest long-term investors evaluating whether to increase their Bitcoin holdings. The firm’s head of research, Zach Pandl, outlined several elements that appear to be coming together, while emphasizing that future price movements remain uncertain and that market timing… Read More

August 23, 2026 @ 5:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Why AI will select AI “The sheer number of AI agents is already unmanageable at enterprise scale. Gartner predicted that the average Fortune 500 company will go from less than 15 AI agents in 2025 to more than 150,000 in 2028, while only 13% of… Read More

August 22, 2026 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a sharp reversal on August 22, 2026, after climbing close to the $80,000 mark. The leading cryptocurrency had advanced strongly over the preceding days, gaining nearly 30 percent across a five-day stretch and briefly reaching approximately $79,500. That peak left technical indicators… Read More

August 21, 2026 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin ($BTC) continues its march higher after an extended period of price doldrums. Right now, Bitcoin is trading around $76,000, after topping $78,000 earlier today. Just last week, Bitcoin was trading in the low sixties. So what has changed? The bulls are back in charge,… Read More

August 21, 2026 @ 12:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Harvard University’s endowment, managed by Harvard Management Company, kept its holdings in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) unchanged during the second quarter of 2026. This decision came after the institution had significantly reduced the position in previous periods. According to the latest regulatory disclosures, the… Read More