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Bitcoin dipped below $104,000 following a 4% drop, even as analysts say extreme bearish sentiment from retail may hint at a rebound.
Bitcoin rose 0.54% to $107,937 after analyst Will Clemente said Trump’s deficit comments reinforce the bull case for BTC and gold.
Perceived odds of a U.S. recession peaked at 66% back in April as Wall Street banks were raising red flags, yet they have since plunged as trade negotiations advanced.
The resurgence of U.S. exceptionalism may positively impact bitcoin and stabilize the U.S. dollar.
Bitcoin briefly topped $109,000, while XRP, Solana's SOL, and dogecoin saw notable gains.
Traders dumped crypto assets after a dismal U.S. jobs report, Trump’s nuclear rhetoric, and growing recession fears ahead of the September Fed meeting.
This tactic could strangle competition by making it more costly for users to transfer funds to alternative platforms, a16z's general partner argued.
Hayes suggested that markets will be impacted by President Trump's tariffs and a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, predicting a bearish scenario for crypto
Trump Media said Friday it now holds $2B in bitcoin and bitcoin-related securities, plus $300M in options exposure, forming one of the largest crypto treasuries among public firms.
The Mag 7 firms are expected to spend $650 billion in capex and R&D this year, an amount bigger than the U.K. government’s annual public investments.
The move would see World Liberty Financial join other crypto treasury firms, and comes as Trump adopts pro-crypto policies.
JPMorgan expects a high single-digit rise in the S&P 500 over the next 12 months.
A few years after telling Terra/Luna investors that their funds were safe, Kwon admitted to misleading them.
Eric Trump predicts $175K BTC this year and $1M long term, while FT and Bloomberg report on his American Bitcoin Asia push and planned Metaplanet trip.
The annual SALT Wyoming conference took place this week. Government officials said a lot the industry will like.
While Powell's stance supports a crypto rally, potential risks include corporate treasury adoption challenges and equity market volatility.
Powell’s Jackson Hole speech showed how the Fed is weighing inflation against jobs. That balance could shape policy in the fourth quarter of 2025 and beyond.
Despite a cooling crypto market, Pump.fun’s aggressive strategy of deploying platform revenue to repurchase its native token has driven a 17% weekly gain.
As Congress still struggles to work out a crypto tax approach in the U.S., the experts handling digital assets at the IRS are heading for the exits.
Bitwise’s André Dragosch argues gold still protects against stock sell-offs while bitcoin hedges bond stress — raising questions about their roles in 2025 portfolios.
Santiment reported that Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Tether and MultiversX were the most talked-about assets this week, each boosted by market narratives.
Bitcoin's market share has dropped 3.5% in the past month, with indexes tracking it against altcoins entering "Altseason" territory.
How the CFTC chair nominee's confirmation may have stalled.
Longer-term Treasury yields may rise despite the anticipated Fed rate cuts, potentially offsetting the expected bullish effects on BTC and other risk assets.
President Trump’s relentless attacks on the Fed risk triggering reflexive stubbornness among policymakers.
A U.S. government shutdown won't be as bad for crypto as it might have been in previous years, but it will further delay already-stalled initiatives.
NYDIG noted that the delay in reporting is notable, given USD1's growing profile and $2.7 billion in supply, and may be a concern for investors.
Trump’s 100% tariff warning on China ignited a global sell-off that wiped out $16 billion in leveraged crypto longs and pushed Ethena’s USDe to a rare sub-$1 print.
China’s commerce ministry says its Oct. 9 rare-earth export controls are lawful security steps, not bans, and that eligible civilian exports will be licensed.
Both Beijing and Washington moved to calm trade tensions over the weekend.
The session’s 7% swing came amid renewed macro jitters and reports of large whale liquidations totaling over $74 million.
If confirmed, current SEC official Mike Selig would take over the U.S. commodities watchdog as it's poised to be given wide authority over crypto.
October has been defined by forced selling and false starts and on track to become the worst since 2015, dampening an otherwise bullish month that averages over 25% returns for bitcoin.
Once envisioned as peer-to-peer cash, Bitcoin’s journey reflects both mainstream triumph and existential tension.
The ongoing U.S. government shutdown may become the longest in history, with reverberating effects on crypto legislation.
A mid-October sell-off knocked majors off early highs and left bitcoin down for the month while BNB and a few altcoins finished higher.
The FTX founder is looking for a fresh trial on his fraud and conspiracy charges. He's got an uphill battle.
The industry's staunch ally (and sometimes business partner) in the White House has brought a flood of drama, both good and bad.
The CFTC's interim boss, Caroline Pham, is said to be personally guiding exchanges on launching compliant products as she also overhauls the agency.
The Senate Agriculture Committee released a draft text for its version of market structure legislation.
There is not a lot of time left for Congress to make meaningful progress this year on crypto issues.
The bank is owned by billionaire Andy Beal, a major supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
President Trump's latest national security strategy omits digital assets, focusing instead on AI, biotech, and quantum computing.
CoinDesk is unveiling its annual list of the individuals who have shaped the crypto industry and the discourse around it this year.
While legislative language circulates among all four corners of the talks — industry, White House, Republicans and Democrats — the process is still mid-stride.
Will we get this bill after all?
The movement follows inflows into wallets tied to Trump Media, implying the company is actively managing its bitcoin position rather than leaving it static.
The largest deals of the year included Coinbase's $2.9 billion acquisition of Deribit, Kraken's $1.5 billion purchase of NinjaTrader, and Ripple's $1.25 billion buyout of Hidden Road.
Such sudden price changes are often due to thin liquidity and can be exacerbated by fewer active traders during quieter hours.
Digital asset treasuries, new altcoin ETFs and bitcoin’s famed year‑end seasonality were meant to supercharge prices. What came instead was the worst drawdown since the 2022 crypto winter.
The project aims to create a decentralized satellite internet network, with the initial satellites, CTC-0 and CTC-1, already demonstrating blockchain-based communication from space.
Brian Armstrong returns from World Economic Forum with message: traditional finance is taking crypto seriously
Bitcoin behaves more like an "ATM" during uncertain times, with investors quickly selling it to raise cash.
For those who don't have the compass and the time to track Congress through its arcane procedures, here's what's likely to affect you if a bill passes. Or doesn't.
Powell could signal a "dovish pause," but his comments on other issues may temper the bullish reaction in BTC and other risk assets.
Bitcoin slid under $80,000 on Saturday as thin weekend liquidity magnified selling pressure, with traders pointing to Middle East tensions, U.S. political risk and lingering crypto-specific uncertainty.
This surge in demand for lower-strike puts contrasts with the post-Trump-election pattern of enthusiasm for high-strike calls.
Senator demands probe after report links Emirati intelligence chief to secret investment in U.S. crypto venture.
The White House is meeting folks, Congress advanced a bill and key regulators are back to joint press appearances.
The selloff reflects bitcoin’s built-in volatility and market misreads of Fed policy, not structural weakness, aruged Bode.
Crypto sentiment was hit as Gemini plans to close operations in several regions and cut staff, while spot bitcoin ETF flows turned negative.
McGlone argues collapsing crypto and stretched equity metrics could end the “buy the dip” era, while Jason Fernandes says only a credit shock would justify a move toward $10,000.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 15% worldwide tariff on imported goods, despite an earlier Supreme Court decision that invalidated earlier trade actions.
President Donald Trump raised the global tariff rate to 15% despite a Supreme Court ruling against earlier emergency trade measures, keeping pressure on China and other partners.
The death of Iran's supreme leader opens the door to regime change, and markets are pricing in a shorter period of tension.
The OCC's proposal's stablecoin yield procedures are the most ambiguous in that rulemaking plan.
A prediction market about military strikes on a sovereign nation now sits alongside presidential election bets as one of the most-traded contracts the platform has ever hosted.
This places blockchain security in the context of national technology competition alongside AI and quantum computing.
The executive order to build President Donald Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has awaited congressional action, and sources say there's one idea left for 2026.
Hopes are rising that the Clarity Act may soon see some forward motion.
The largest cryptocurrency is up 4.2% on the week despite Friday's reversal, with attention now turning to the Fed meeting on March 17-18 and whether oil above $100 forces a shift in rate expectations.
The SEC and CFTC signed a memorandum of understanding to do a better job providing a combined regulatory approach to the digital asset sector.
Each escalation in the Iran conflict has been larger than the last, but each bitcoin drawdown has been getting smaller.
Qualifying for Trump’s crypto gala can cost as little as $70,000 or as much as several million, with rankings driven by timing and strategy rather than sheer holdings.
The jailed founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is fueling growing speculation that he is seeking a presidential pardon.
When social media declared Netanyahu dead, crypto prediction markets priced it at 5%. The money was right — and Washington wants to shut it down.
BTC fell 2.2% as $299 million in liquidations hit crypto markets, with long positions accounting for 85% of the damage.
The study analyzed 60-day windows after economic or geopolitical shocks and found that Bitcoin posted stronger returns than gold and the S&P 500 in each period.
Social sentiment, on-chain data, and positioning metrics all hit extremes not seen since late February, even as institutional buying remains elevated.
The market rose over the week after a two-week ceasefire was announced, triggering a derivatives short squeeze that wiped out over $430 million in bearish positions.
Whales are accumulating TRUMP tokens ahead of a Mar-a-Lago gala hosted by Donald Trump, even as prices hover near record lows and U.S. senators raise questions over the event.
Oil prices spiked on the Hyperliquid platform after President Donald Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
The Fellowship PAC spent $300,000 with Nxum Group that was co-founded by Bo Hines, the chief of Tether's U.S. arm and former adviser to President Donald Trump.
Once WLFI's largest outside backer, Sun is going public days after the Trump-family venture borrowed $75 million against its own token on a DeFi protocol advised by one of its own insiders.
"Effective immediately, the United States Navy ... will begin the process of blockading any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz," said the president in a social media post.
Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, says strong earnings are helping markets absorb geopolitical shocks, despite ongoing risks.
One of the biggest short liquidations 2026 wiped $593 million in bearish bets overnight. Saturday afternoon as Iran reportedly reversed the Hormuz reopening.
Every year policy discussions get more important, and this year's even more so.
The event, at which Trump himself is scheduled to speak, gathers top-tier holders of the $TRUMP meme coin.
Trump is expected to speak at his crypto conference in Palm Beach shortly.
President Donald Trump, at a Mar-a-Lago gathering of investors in his self-branded memecoin, said crypto is mainstream and banks should back off the industry's bill.
The new poll suggests the vast majority of people think that government officials should keep their own financial interests separate from the industry.
We are kicking off the show in Miami this week. Here's what you should attend.
Americans had a generally unfavorable view of cryptocurrencies, the survey of 1,000 randomly selected registered voters found.
New polling of voters suggests they aren't yet warming much to crypto, tending to see it as a negative force in the economy, and they have similar distrust of AI.
"An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries," wrote President Trump late Saturday afternoon.
This past week saw incremental, but potentially important steps.
Iranian negotiators arrived in Doha for talks, focusing on the Strait of Hormuz and highly enriched uranium, as Pakistan and Qatar are mediating.
The S&P 500 posted its longest weekly winning streak since 2023 and Brent oil stabilized near $92 on US-Iran ceasefire hopes. The biggest cryptocurrencies still drifted lower, with Hyperliquid's HYPE the only major name to rally.
Lawmakers are debating taxes, the CFTC put out a prediction market proposal and court cases are heating up.
Crypto firmed over the weekend after Friday's sell-off, with bitcoin recovering toward $64,000. Permanent ceasefire talks open in Switzerland, but Iran's order to close the Strait of Hormuz again revives the risk the deal was meant to settle.
The president reported at least $1.4 billion in crypto income for 2025. He told CNBC he did nothing illegal and was not aware of the extent of his holdings. Critics say he is profiting from the office while his administration writes the industry's rules.
The TRUMP token is down 96% from its peak, and 85% of secondary market wallets for WLFI are underwater, reflecting a broader downturn in the sector.
All parties are still optimistic that Clarity can happen before the midterms, but time is really starting to run out.
Several sources told CoinDesk that a new draft of the Clarity Act may drop this week, but challenges remain.