Bitcoin saw less online chatter and search interest in 2025 compared to the year before, despite a rollercoaster year that saw Bitcoin post new all-time highs before a major market crash. Five-year worldwide search data on Google Trends shows that after US President Donald Trump’s election victory in November 2024, which spiked searches for “Bitcoin,”…
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The Bitcoin hashrate has slipped below 1 zetahash per second for the first time in four months despite a recent improvement in miner profitability. The Bitcoin network hashrate has fallen under 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s) for the first time since mid-September, with one analyst tipping the decline to continued interest in AI. The Bitcoin…
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Selling the Bitcoin would have violated President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14233, which mandates that any Bitcoin obtained through criminal or civil forfeiture “shall not be sold.” A White House crypto advisor said he received confirmation from the US Department of Justice that no Bitcoin forfeited from the Samourai case was sold, putting rumors to…
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Bitcoin could reach $2.9 million by 2050 once it becomes a settlement currency for international and domestic trade and makes its way into more central bank reserves, analysts at asset manager VanEck predict. The $2.9 million price target assumes a 15% Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) and Bitcoin (BTC) settling 5-10% of global international trade…
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The son of legendary investor Bill Miller has joined a chorus of analysts who predict Bitcoin will set a new all-time high this year, buoyed by regulatory momentum in the US and continued adoption on Wall Street. “Technicals are really starting to line up and it looks like it’s ready to go again. I personally…
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US President Donald Trump hinted that Colombia and Mexico could be the next targets for US military intervention following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, intensifying uncertainty in the region as Bitcoin climbed higher. On Sunday, Trump raised concerns about cocaine continuing to flow from Colombia into the US while threatening that…
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Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, attention has turned to the country’s transition to new leadership — and one Bitcoiner is in the running to lead that charge. María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, is the second-favorite to lead Venezuela’s shift away…
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US Representative Warren Davidson warns the US is drifting toward a permissioned and heavily surveilled financial system, arguing that recent crypto legislation undermines the industry’s original promise of permissionless, private money. In a post on X on Wednesday, Davidson criticized the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act, arguing that, by design, it enables a wholesale version of a…
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Protests erupted across Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Monday as the rial hit record lows against the US dollar, a currency collapse that locals blame on the central bank’s poor fiscal policies as they watch the value of their life savings evaporate. While there’s no single solution to the economic hardship that Iranians are facing, Bitwise…
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has claimed Bitcoin provides healthy competition for the US dollar, which in turn pressures policymakers to maintain fiscal discipline and helps preserve the US dollar’s dominance. “[Bitcoin] provides a check and balance on the dollar in the sense of if there’s too much deficit spending or inflation in the US, people…
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