Bitcoin all-time highs. Digital asset treasuries. Billions of dollars of institutional inflows. 2025 has been a breakout year for the cryptocurrency space and this momentum could continue into 2026. The industry’s brightest minds painted an optimistic outlook for the remainder of the year at Cointelegraph’s exclusive LONGITUDE event during Token2049 in Singapore. Maelstrom chief investment…
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, expanded its BTC holdings last week as the cryptocurrency surged to new all-time highs. Strategy acquired 220 Bitcoin (BTC) for $27.2 million in its latest purchase, Saylor announced in an X post on Monday, as the related filing had yet to appear on the US…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin traded above short-term holder cost basis at $114,000, signaling recovering demand and potential for further gains. Analysts believe Bitcoin could continue its uptrend, with targets between above $150,000. Bitcoin (BTC) price reclaimed the $115,000 level on Monday, recouping some of the losses from Friday’s historic sell-off, which resulted in over $20 billion…
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Cryptocurrency investment products held steady amid last Friday’s massive flash crash, recording strong inflows over the past week. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $3.17 billion in inflows last week despite the market correction caused by fresh China tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, CoinShares reported on Monday. “Friday saw little reaction with a paltry…
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Bitcoin (BTC) starts a key week of October with the fate of the bull market at stake — what comes next? Bitcoin stages a solid rebound from its biggest-ever liquidation cascade, reaching a high of $116,000 so far. Traders are divided over where the market will head from here — there are even doubts that the…
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A huge crypto derivatives speculator that recently made $192 million betting on the crypto market with a curiously timed short has opened up more bearish positions. The whale trader (0xb317) on the Hyperliquid decentralized derivatives exchange has opened a $163 million leveraged perpetual contract to short Bitcoin (BTC) on Sunday. The 10x leveraged position is…
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Steak ‘n Shake has reversed course on a potential plan to accept Ether payments after several Bitcoiners balked at the idea of the fast food chain expanding beyond BTC. Steak ‘n Shake asked its 468,800 X followers whether it should accept Ether (ETH) on Saturday, promising to “abide by the results of the poll.” The…
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Funding rates across crypto derivatives markets plummeted to their lowest levels since the depths of the 2022 bear market, as short sellers mounted up over the weekend. The dramatic fall in funding rates was reported by onchain analytics provider Glassnode on Sunday. “This marks one of the most severe leverage resets in crypto history,” the…
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Bitcoin Core developers saw a mixed reaction from the Bitcoin community as they announced the release of their v30 update, bringing forward a host of node-related changes to architecture, performance, and security. The key changes brought forward in Bitcoin Core 30.0 are the introduction of optional encrypted connections between nodes for better privacy and…
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The Trump administration is reportedly “leaning toward a pardon” for Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in 2024 and spent four months in prison. According to New York Post columnist and Fox correspondent Charles Gasparino, sources close to Zhao said that Trump insiders believe the case against CZ was…
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