Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Crypto pundit SMQKE has revealed how SWIFT could end up adopting XRP for its global payment services. The pundit highlighted a statement by the companyâs former CEO, Gottfried Leibbrandt, explaining why the company was hesitant to adopt cryptocurrenc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Bitcoinâs roughly 5% jump on Jan. 5 landed on a clean, TV-friendly explanation: a shock political turn in Venezuela would âunlockâ oil supply, push energy prices down, cool inflation, bring rate cuts forward, and lift BTC. Bitwise Head of Research Ry...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Monday, 5 January 2025 â Bitcoin (BTC) continues to build on its upward momentum and is on track for a fifth straight day of gains as the new year gets underway. Alongside the rally, activity around Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) is picking up. The project, p...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
BitMine Immersion Technologies bought 32,977 Ethereum (ETH) in a move that grabbed investor attention and pushed its stock higher. The purchase was reported to be part of the companyâs recent accumulation of crypto assets during the final week of 202...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Strategy has announced expansions to both its Bitcoin (BTC) and US Dollar (USD) reserves. Here’s how much the treasury firm has added to each. Strategy Has Increased Both Its Bitcoin & USD Treasuries As revealed in an X post by co-founder a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
The broader cryptocurrency market seems to be slowly turning bullish, with the price of Bitcoin reclaiming the $92,000 mark after weeks of trading beneath the level. Despite a rebound, a key metric shows that massive BTC inflows to the Binance exchan...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the network has effectively âsolvedâ the blockchain trilemma: decentralization, consensus, and high bandwidth, arguing that the missing ingredients are now live on mainnet or within reach as zero-knowledge Eth...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Bitcoin has pushed back above the $92,000 level after several days of steady buying pressure, offering investors a sense of short-term relief following weeks of choppy and directionless price action. The rebound suggests that demand has not fully dis...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Visa-backed crypto cards recorded a sharp rise in consumer spending last year, with total net spend jumping 525% from January to December. According to data compiled from on-chain trackers, spending moved from $14.6 million in January to $91.3 millio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
XRP enters the new year attempting to stabilize after one of its most difficult periods in recent memory. Throughout 2025, the asset faced persistent selling pressure, with repeated rallies failing as uncertainty and risk aversion dominated the broad...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Bitcoin entered the geopolitical spotlight over the weekend after a report alleged Venezuela secretly accumulated as much as 600,000 BTC, coinciding with the US capture of President NicolĂĄs Maduro. A new Whale Hunting investigation landed just as Was...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
Following the weekend pump, leading meme coins Dogecoin and Shiba Inu have emerged with double-digit gains in an attempt to show their dominance on the market. However, these leading meme coins have fallen short of other competitors when it comes to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
According to joint research cited in news reports, about $110 billion â roughly â©160 trillion â left South Korean crypto platforms during 2025. Trading activity did not stop. Instead, much of the money moved to foreign exchanges where more products a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The crypto market produced one of its most disappointing performances in the final quarter of 2025, with most large-cap assets ending the year in the red. While prices struggled to make any mark in the last few months of the year, liquidity also cont...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Ilya Lichtenstein, the man at the center of the 2016 Bitfinex theft, has been released from federal custody after serving roughly 14 months of a five-year sentence, according to reports. He had been sentenced in November 2024 for a money-laundering c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The positive start of the Bitcoin price to the new year was threatened on Saturday, January 3, as the cryptocurrency market reacted negatively to the recent United States military action in Venezuela. The flagship cryptocurrency briefly lost its hold...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Phishing losses fell drastically in 2025 by over 83% compared to the previous year. However, the underlying data show that reduced figures do not translate to a decline in security threats. Crypto Phishing Losses Down From $494M To $84M In 2025 A p...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The US federal debt passed $38 trillion on January 3, 2026, according to Treasury tracking. That new milestone was reached as some in the cryptocurrency community observed Genesis Day, the anniversary of Bitcoinâs first block. Reports note the timing...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The US strike on Venezuela represents the largest headline event of the new year so far. In several developments spinning off this incident, Representative Ritchie Torres is reportedly moving to introduce a bill targeting insider trading on predictio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Solana is approaching a pivotal moment in its evolution as it prepares for one of the most consequential network upgrades. After a long period recognized for its speed and low fees, the network has also faced criticism around stability, validator per...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov has responded to recent governance tensions within the Aave ecosystem, outlining a strategic plan to address operational control concerns and accelerate long-term growth. The controversy followed a DAO vote on whet...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
BlackRock pushed into digital assets massively in 2025, with on-chain data revealing just how aggressive the leading asset manager became in accumulating Bitcoin and Ethereum. Blockchain tracking data shows that the worldâs largest asset manager exp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The XRP ecosystem made significant strides in 2025, from greater regulatory clarity and key network upgrades to new partnerships with Ripple and more. Now that 2026 is underway, a Ripple developer has revealed that even more groundbreaking innovation...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The price of Bitcoin has made a solid start to the new year, jumping above the $90,000 mark on Friday, January 2nd. While this newly-found momentum could have been triggered by a plethora of factors, an on-chain expert has pointed out that whale acti...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Crypto expert JV has told XRP investors about what he described as the greatest blessings. This came as he also revealed that he has been accumulating XRP in preparation for a potential bull run for the altcoin. Expert Tells XRP Investors Of The Gre...
