Month: April 2025

Michael Saylor told Dave Portnoy that bitcoin only mimics stocks short term because traders dump the most liquid assets first—masking its true long-term independence. Michael Saylor Explains Bitcoin’s Short-Term Risk Behavior—And Why It’s Misunderstood Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of Strategy, aka Microstrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), commented on bitcoin’s market behavior on April 4, addressing […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/michael-saylor-explains-why-bitcoin-acts-like-a-risk-asset-but-only-for-now/

Opinion by: Matt Mudano, CEO of Arch Labs  Ethereum is struggling, and decentralized finance (DeFi) is suffering as a result. Layer-2 (L2) solutions have fractured liquidity, making capital inefficient. In search of greener pastures, the community has turned to Solana — only to find a memecoin-driven ecosystem fueled by pump-and-dump schemes, attracting liquidity extractors, and turning the chain into a…

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As crypto-related bills barrel through Congress with the ambitious goal of passage by August, the potential implications of that legislation are only beginning to crystallize.  One such bill, for instance, would seek to amend foundational U.S. securities laws to formally carve out most crypto assets from the definition of “security”—a bold move with little precedent in the history of Congress,…

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Bitcoin (BTC) price dodged the chaotic volatility that crushed equities markets on the April 4 Wall Street open by holding above the $82,000 level. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView US stocks notch record losses as analysts predict “long trade war” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed erratic moves on Bitcoin’s lower timeframes as the daily high near $84,700…

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This is the second article in a series deep diving into individual covenant proposals that have reached a point of maturity meriting an in-depth breakdown.  CHECKSIGFROMSTACK (CSFS), put forward by Brandon Black and Jeremy Rubin with BIP 348, is not a covenant. As I said in the introductory article to this series, some of the proposals I would be covering…

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Coinbase is preparing to launch XRP futures, accelerating institutional access and signaling surging confidence as U.S. markets embrace regulated, liquid crypto derivatives. Coinbase Moves to Certify XRP Futures, Offering Regulated Access to Liquid Markets Crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) shared on social media platform X on April 3 that its derivatives unit has officially filed […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/xrp-futures-set-to-accelerate-with-coinbase-filing-bringing-regulated-efficient-access/

Crypto asset manager Grayscale filed a registration statement for its Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL) on Friday, aiming to turn the product into an exchange-traded fund on NYSE Arca. The move underscores Grayscale’s continued push to broaden inventors’ access to crypto on Wall Street, following the submission of a so-called 19b-4 for its Solana trust in December. Mirroring their approach to…

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Earlier this week, Bitcoin mining giant Hut 8 revealed a partnership that includes two members of the Trump family — Donald Jr. and Eric — and its plans to launch a new mining venture, American Bitcoin.  In an exclusive interview on Decentralize with Cointelegraph’s Byte-Sized Insight series, Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot shared new details about the venture’s vision, why…

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Solana whales have started offloading their tokens to cash in on their gains from a staking play that began four years ago.  In April 2021, four whale addresses staked 1.79 million Solana (SOL) tokens, then worth about $37.7 million. The stake was unlocked on April 4, in what Arkham Intelligence called “the largest single-day unlock of staked SOL.” The firm…

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Bitcoin has seen an institutional capital influx on a scale previously unfathomable. Billions of dollars are flowing into Bitcoin ETFs, reshaping the liquidity landscape, inflow-outflow dynamics, and investor psychology. While many interpret this movement as smart money executing complex strategies backed by proprietary analytics, a surprising reality surfaces: outperforming the institutions might not be as difficult as it seems. For…

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