Key points: Bitcoin fills its weekend CME futures gap, but bulls struggle to produce a BTC price turnaround. Analysis shows Bitcoin whales selling into price at local highs. Derivatives traders continue to avoid risk with $100,000 still hanging in the balance. Bitcoin (BTC) delivered a classic futures “gap fill” after Tuesday’s Wall Street open as…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin gifts aren’t immediately taxable. The IRS treats cryptocurrency as property, so recipients generally don’t owe income tax on the gift. Stay within the 2025 exclusion limit. You can gift up to $19,000 per person, or $38,000 for spouses splitting gifts, without triggering Form 709. Recipients inherit the donor’s cost basis. Future taxes…
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Key takeaways 2025 marked a turning point for crypto, as investors prioritized real utility and institutional integration over hype-driven speculation. Bitcoin’s performance was supported by US spot ETFs, keeping it near or above the $100,000 mark for much of the year despite market pullbacks. Ether rebounded after an early-year slump, supported by growing institutional interest…
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China’s national cyber defense agency has made big claims around the alleged role of the US in the multibillion-dollar hack of LuBian, once a major Chinese Bitcoin mining pool. The Chinese National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC), a state-backed cyber defense agency, on Sunday published a technical analysis report on the 127,272 Bitcoin (BTC)…
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Leading financial institutions are continuing to explore blockchain technology to facilitate cheaper and faster institutional payments, signaling a growing interest in tokenization solutions. US investment bank JPMorgan and Singapore multinational banking group DBS announced Tuesday that they are developing a blockchain-based tokenization framework to enable onchain transfers between their deposit token ecosystems. The effort aims…
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Argentina’s federal judiciary ordered a freeze of assets belonging to US promoter Hayden Davis and two alleged intermediaries tied to the collapsed Libra token, deepening an investigation into one of Latin America’s biggest crypto scandals. The order, issued by Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi, reportedly covers digital wallets, bank accounts and real-estate assets of Davis,…
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Stablecoin payment company Transak has secured new state Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs) in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Vermont and Pennsylvania, expanding its US footprint as regulatory fragmentation continues to define how crypto payment companies operate across the country, according to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The approvals bring Transak’s total to 11 licensed…
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The lack of demand for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is raising concerns about Bitcoin’s prospects for the rest of the year, even as the US government appears to be nearing the end of its 41-day shutdown. On Monday, the US Senate approved a funding package, bringing Congress one step closer to ending the shutdown.…
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Key points: Bitcoin tries and fails to conquer $107,000 — an important local level for traders. BTC price forecasts retain the possibility of the market falling back under $100,000. Bitcoin bulls need a perfect storm to move toward all-time highs, analysis concludes. Bitcoin (BTC) eyed its new weekend futures gap on Tuesday as talk turned to…
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Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark is raising capital to expand its mining and data center operations, as major miners pivot toward artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. CleanSpark announced a $1.15 billion senior convertible note offering on Tuesday, aiming to raise more capital to expand its Bitcoin (BTC) mining operations. The miner estimates it will raise about…
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