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Ripple CEO: XRP Nearly Went to Shareholders During SEC Fight Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company once considered shutting down and giving its XRP holdings to shareholders. It is a sharp detail. My take: this is the part of the story that cuts through the usual ...

Saylor's 2036 Bitcoin Vision: A Plan for Institutional BTC Adoption Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR), thinks Bitcoin will be woven into global finance by 2036. My take: that sounds grandiose until you strip out the sermon. Then the claim is cleaner. Sayl ...

Bitcoin Nears Fidelity Power Law Support, But Where's the Catalyst? Bitcoin is hovering near a power law support line watched by Fidelity. Bitcoin has gone quiet again. Not dead. Just dull. The price is close to a support trendline that Jurien Timmer, Fidelity's directo ...

Bitcoin's July rebound: seasonality meets actual demand Bitcoin has climbed back from its recent $57,700 low and is trading above $64,000 again. Not bad. My take: this is not just a calendar story, but the calendar helps. July has often treated Bitcoin better than June, and the demand nu ...

Bitcoin stalls at $70,700 as short-term holder cost basis turns into resistance Bitcoin is struggling near $70,700, which is the average buy-in price for short-term holders. That number matters because recent buyers are bunched close to break-even there. STHs are wallet ...

Bitcoin, Ether Barely Move After New Iran Strikes as Safe Haven Case Gets Messier Bitcoin and Ether barely moved over the weekend after the U.S. launched a third round of strikes on Iran and Tehran said it would close the Strait of Hormuz "until further notice." I'll be honest: that mak ...

Fidelity's Power Law Puts Bitcoin Near a Buy Zone Bitcoin is nearing a power law support line that Fidelity has tracked since 2015. In Timmer's model, BTC is close to an accumulation area. No victory lap yet. That is not the same as a guaranteed bottom, but my take: it i ...

Bitcoin Update Draws Fire: Back and Saylor Warn of a Network Split A proposed Bitcoin update, BIP 110, is taking serious heat from Adam Back and Michael Saylor. Their objection is not subtle: they say it could split the chain and weaken the decentralization Bitcoin depends on. I'll be h ...

Warsh heads to Congress as Fed pressure builds and crypto gets jumpy Kevin Warsh goes before Congress this week for the first time as Federal Reserve chair. Crypto traders should not treat this as another routine Fed appearance. Inflation is still too hot, rate hike odds are moving up, a ...

Ripple Swell 2026 nears: XRP's institutional push gets louder Ripple Swell 2026 does not look like a routine crypto conference stop. Not really. Ripple says the event runs October 27 to 29 at The Shed in Manhattan, and the pitch is blunt: put traditional finance and the onchain crowd in ...