Bitcoin

Bitcoin Death Cross Rally: Twitter Hype Meets Market Reality A popular theory on Twitter (X) says a Bitcoin "death cross" is bound to trigger a rally, and retail traders have latched onto it quickly. Is the theory right? My take: that almost misses the point. Repeat a story often enough ...

Ray Dalio's 1% Bitcoin Allocation: A Gold Standard for Crypto? Ray Dalio keeps just 1% of his capital in Bitcoin. He disclosed the figure in a recent interview, and that number—not merely the fact that he owns BTC—deserves scrutiny. Dalio believes "hard money" should make up 5-15% of a por ...

Bitcoin whale moves old coins after 13 years A Bitcoin whale inactive since 2013 has transferred 500 BTC—about $31.2 million—to an unidentified wallet. The owner acquired the coins nearly 13 years ago, when Bitcoin traded around $1,019. Quite a wait. My take: the move may unsettle short- ...

Solo Bitcoin Miner Luck: A Small Story About Bigger Crypto Forces A solo Bitcoin miner just collected a 3.15 BTC block reward worth $199,000. The miner had only 2.4 PH/s of hashing power and almost no chance of pulling this off. Almost none. Yet that is part of Bitcoin's peculiar appeal. ...

Tether's Q2 2026 Earnings Report: $1.5 Billion in Profit and a Larger Market Presence Tether's Q2 2026 report shows just how large the stablecoin issuer has become. Its reserves now include substantial holdings of U.S. government debt, Bitcoin, and gold. I'll be honest: calling Tether m ...

Bitcoin Long Liquidations Surge as Price Slips Below $63,000 A Bitcoin long gets liquidated when the price falls far enough that a trader's margin can no longer cover the loss. Then the exchange closes it automatically. Fast. More than $121 million in Bitcoin longs vanished within one h ...

Michael Saylor Bitcoin Strategy Shift: Is the BTC Bull Turning Bearish? Michael Saylor, the longtime Bitcoin maximalist and CEO of Strategy, may be stepping back from the company's aggressive BTC buying plan. He reportedly described its focus over the past six years as "counterproductive ...

Coldcard Mk3 Hack: 594 BTC Stolen, Hardware Wallet Security Under Fire A flaw in the Coldcard Mk3 hardware wallet allowed attackers to steal 594.5 BTC from about 500 single-signature wallets on July 30. The bitcoin was worth roughly $38 million. That is the hard number. My take: the mor ...

Deribit Bitcoin, ETH Options Expiry: More Than $10.5B Settles Tomorrow More than $10.5 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) options will expire on Deribit tomorrow. That is a lot of money squeezed into one settlement window. Will traders finally get the volatility they have been ...

Short-term holders sell Bitcoin at a loss as nerves set in Short-term holders moved 15,100 BTC, worth about $1 billion, to exchanges at a loss over the past 24 hours. That is a hefty amount of underwater Bitcoin arriving in a single day. I'll be blunt: newer buyers look rattled. Still, ...