Opinion by: Armando Aguilar, head of capital formation and growth at TeraHash Bitcoin was treated as a purely inert asset for years: a decentralized vault, economically passive despite its fixed issuance schedule. Yet more than $7 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) already earns native, onchain yield via major protocols — that premise is breaking down. …
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Daily transaction fees on the Bitcoin network have collapsed by more than 80% since April, according to a report from Galaxy Digital. As of August 2025, nearly 15% of blocks are “free,” meaning they’re being mined with minimal or no transaction fees, just one satoshi per virtual byte or less. Lower Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees…
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The Ethereum network is seeing bullish signals, with the network recording a year high of 1.8 million transactions this month. More Ether is being locked into the network as American regulators issue guidance and definitions for staking. Bitcoin (BTC) is in a slump, meanwhile, with the currency trading down over 5% over the last 30…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin (BTC) is set to close August in the red, its first down-month since April, stoking fears that the downturn could deepen as September begins. BTC/USD monthly price chart. Source: TradingView September is usually a bad month for Bitcoin Bitcoin has a well-established tendency to slide in September. Since 2013, Bitcoin has closed…
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Metaplanet, the Tokyo-listed firm aggressively accumulating Bitcoin, is facing mounting pressure as its share price tumbles, threatening the fundraising model it has used to build one of the largest corporate Bitcoin treasuries globally. The company’s stock has dropped 54% since mid-June, despite Bitcoin (BTC) gaining around 2% during the same period. The decline has put…
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The rising number of “buy the dip” calls on social media following Bitcoin’s 5% decline over the past week could signal more downside ahead for the crypto market, sentiment platform Santiment says. “Clearly, overall, in the markets, people are getting antsy and trying to find some entry spots now that prices have cooled down a…
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Skepticism over Bitcoin’s ability to rise further has followed the asset for years, and will likely continue even if the price reaches into the millions, according to a Bitcoin adviser. “I think it’s going to be that way for a very long time,” The Bitcoin Adviser’s Luke Broyles told Natalie Brunell on the Coin Stories…
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Eric Trump, the son of US president Donald Trump and the co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm American Bitcoin (ABTC), said on Friday that there is “no question” that BTC hits $1 million in the next several years. Trump previously predicted that BTC would reach $1 million per coin in December 2024. Speaking to the…
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Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto treasury firms pose similar risks as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), securitized baskets of home mortgages and other types of debt that triggered the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Josip Rupena, CEO of lending platform Milo and former Goldman Sachs analyst, told Cointelegraph. Crypto treasury companies take bearer assets with no counterparty risk and…
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols will survive government and corporate efforts to impose traditional financial regulations designed to create a walled garden of permissioned digital systems, according to Will Reeves, CEO and co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) rewards company Fold. Reeves told Cointelegraph that regulatory proposals requiring DeFi protocols to embed biometric identity checks within smart contracts,…
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