Billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk touted Bitcoin’s ability to protect investors from fiat money printing, which may increase due to what analysts call a forthcoming government-funded race to develop artificial intelligence. Musk has praised Bitcoin’s (BTC) energy-based proof-of-work model for its inflation-proof mechanism, which is immune to governmental fiat currency printing as it…
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Senate Democrats submitted a counterproposal to the crypto framework bill last week. Industry advocates are concerned that this will stall progress on the legal clarity for the blockchain industry. The proposal, which has not yet been released publicly, would reportedly impose a number of rules for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. Among these is a supposed…
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Key takeaways DCA is a trading strategy that uses automated, small, regular buys to stay invested without trying to time every move. There’s a clear precedent for scalability: El Salvador has been publicly DCA’ing 1 BTC per day since Nov. 17, 2022. However, lump-sum investing often wins in uptrends — historically outperforming DCA about two-thirds…
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The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed a roadmap to help asset managers adopt blockchain technology for fund tokenization. In a Tuesday announcement, the regulator said the initiative aims to “provide firms with additional clarity” to adopt tokenization and “drive innovation and growth in asset management.” “Tokenization has the potential to drive fundamental…
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Bitcoin’s correlation with gold is climbing as both assets strengthen their reputations as hedges against macroeconomic uncertainty, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. In a Tuesday post on X, Ju noted that the BTC–gold correlation has risen sharply alongside gold’s surge to new all-time highs. “Gold keeps hitting new ATHs. BTC–gold correlation is high;…
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Metaplanet, a Japanese Bitcoin treasury company, saw its enterprise value fall below the value of its Bitcoin holdings and entered uncharted territory as one of the world’s biggest public holders of the asset. Metaplanet’s market to Bitcoin NAV (mNAV) — a ratio between the company’s value and its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings — dropped below 1…
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Spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States saw combined outflows of more than $755 million on Monday following record crypto liquidations over the weekend. Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded a net outflow of $326.52 million, according to SoSoValue data. Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) saw the largest outflow at $93.28 million,…
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The Hyperliquid whale that banked $192 million shorting the recent market crash has doubled down on their new short position, having now loaded up almost half a billion over the past two days. According to data from Hyperliquid block explorer Hypurrscan, the whale now has a short position worth around $496 million, at 10x leverage…
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“Smart traders” picked up more Bitcoin and altcoins last week as retail investors overreacted to US President Trump’s 100% tariff against China, according to onchain analytics platform Santiment. “Retail’s emotions often dictate that Bitcoin’s and altcoins’ prices are about to do the opposite,” Santiment analyst Brian Q said in a blog post on Monday. The…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s resilience after Friday’s $19 billion flash crash shows long-term demand remains strong despite short-term risk aversion. Derivatives traders remain cautious, with arbitrage opportunities and negative funding rates signaling heightened counterparty risk. Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $114,000 mark less than 48 hours after Friday’s flash crash, which wiped out $15 billion from BTC…
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