Saylor’s Bitcoin strategy Michael Saylor’s goal is to redefine corporate treasuries. Since August 2020, Michael Saylor’s company (once known as MicroStrategy and now rebranded as Strategy) has become one of the largest public holders of Bitcoin (BTC). By September 2025, Strategy had accumulated 640,031 BTC, valued at more than $73 billion. The average purchase price…
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Is quantum Bitcoin hacking here? Bitcoin was built on the principle that once funds are secured by a private key, only the holder can access them. But what if that assumption no longer holds? In what was reportedly a now-deleted post on X, former Wall Street trader Josh Mandell alleged that quantum computers are being…
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Key takeaways: Hyperliquid processed around $330 billion in trading volume in July 2025, briefly surpassing Robinhood. A split-chain design enabled CEX-like speed while keeping custody and execution onchain. The HLP vault and Assistance Fund buybacks aligned traders, market makers and token holders in a reinforcing loop. A large airdrop, Phantom Wallet integration and self-funded operations…
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The time-travel millionaire myth It’s almost an irresistible daydream: step into a time machine, buy a pile of Bitcoin for pennies in 2010 and return to the present to find millions sitting in your account. In March 2010, the first recorded Bitcoin exchange price was about $0.003 per Bitcoin (BTC), and prices never rose above…
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How do whales influence Bitcoin? If anyone comes close to “moving the market,” it’s the whales. These are the investors holding thousands of BTC, often institutions, funds or OG holders from the early days. And in 2025, they’re more active than ever. The number of wallets holding over 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC) has climbed to 1,455…
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The 2025 Favrr heist In a twist worthy of a cyber‑thriller, a group posing as blockchain developers pulled off a $680,000 heist on fan token marketplace Favrr in June 2025, only to be unmasked when one of their own devices was counter‑hacked. What emerged was startling: Six North Korean operatives had at least 31 fake…
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Key takeaways: Power in crypto has shifted from traditional players to five forces driving onchain finance and control. These forces are stablecoins, ETFs, base-layer upgrades, blockspace security and high-throughput execution. Traditional gatekeepers like exchanges and regulators now play a lesser role. Power in crypto today revolves around five levers: dollar liquidity (stablecoins), capital markets (ETFs…
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Key takeaways: Crypto wealth in 2025 is led by exchange founders and stablecoin creators like CZ, Devasini and Armstrong. Not all crypto billionaires are CEOs — Buterin shows protocol builders can rival corporate giants. A new wave of millionaires is rising from culture, entertainment and Web3-native models like Stake.com. Crypto leadership shifts fast; most top names…
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Cloud mining vs staking: Key differences In 2025, cloud mining and crypto staking are often mentioned in the same sentence when talking about passive crypto income, yet they represent two very different paths to earning. Cloud mining involves renting remote Bitcoin mining hardware, while staking means locking tokens to validate proof‑of‑stake networks. On trusted platforms…
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What are crypto swaps, crypto bridges and conversion tools? We are well past the halfway mark of 2025, and crypto swaps are everywhere. But is that just hype, or does the data back it up? And what exactly is a crypto swap, and how does it differ from bridging or exchanging? In Q2 2025, decentralized…
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