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Bhutan's GMC puts part of its bitcoin treasury to work after 10,000 BTC pledge

The planned Gelephu Mindfulness City says 3iQ will run part of its bitcoin treasury on a market-neutral basis, a shift from holding the coins as a long-term national asset.

Buddha point, Thimphu, Bhutan (Passang Tobgay/Unsplash)

Markets

Why Jim Cramer’s quantum panic isn’t rattling bitcoin as price holds steady around $64,000

Jim Cramer says he's dumping his bitcoin over quantum computing fears, but his track record of crypto and bank calls has buoyed the crypto community.

Jim Cramer (Getty Images)

Markets

A bitcoin wallet dormant since 2013 moved $31 million, and it's not the only one

A 12-year-old bitcoin wallet moved $31 million on Monday, part of a broader wave of dormant coins shifting since the Coldcard hack.

Long-dormant bitcoin wallet moves its coin stash. (Whale Alert)

Videos

Coinbase missed again, Strategy sells Bitcoin, and is PayPal for sale?

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Clear Street Managing Directors and Senior Analysts Owen Lau and Brian Dobson to break down a heavy week of earnings: Strategy's first quarter selling Bitcoin, Coinbase's third straight quarterly miss and Stripe and Advent's bid for PayPal. Then, after a look at ETF flows and Morgan Stanley's launch of the market's cheapest spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs at 14 basis points. Plus, Grayscale Head of Trading and Capital Markets Krista Lynch unpacks the state of crypto ETF flows and Altius co-founder and CEO Annabelle Huang makes sense of the macro backdrop along with her bear case for Bitcoin to dip to the $40K range. - Learn more at https://www.bullish.com/. - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 24, 2026: https://policy-regulation.coindesk.com/. - To get market moving news delivered daily, download CoinDesk’s mobile app: https://linktr.ee/coindeskapp.

Coinbase Missed Again, Strategy Sells Bitcoin, and Is PayPal for Sale?

Markets

U.S.-Japan intervention revives yen carry trade fears for bitcoin

Coordinated action sent the yen sharply higher, but bitcoin’s recent correlation suggests U.S. dollar strength, rather than the carry trade, may be the bigger risk.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)

Markets

Strategy sold another $105 million of bitcoin last week, repurchased $81.2 million of STRC

The company trimmed bitcoin holdings by 1,638 coins, while raising $290.6 million with sales of common stock.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

Markets

The bitcoin futures yield collapse: Once over 20%, now less than Treasury notes

Bitcoin futures’ once-rich carry has evaporated, with quarterly basis yields trailing two‑year U.S. Treasuries since February, a sign of shrinking arbitrage and a maturing market.

BTC futures basis yields less than Treasury notes. (Glassnode)

Tech

Coldcard wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges

The pending transactions signal replace-by-fee, so anyone who spots their address in the mempool has minutes to pay a higher fee and move funds first.

Bitcoin cold-wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges. (Coldcard/Coinkite)

Markets

Michael Saylor’s Strategy is now tracking bitcoin’s 200-week moving average

Michael Saylor’s company, Strategy, is now closely monitoring bitcoin’s 200-week moving average, a key long-term support level that the cryptocurrency has historically respected.

Saylor's Strategy tracks BTC's 200-week average. (Strategy)

Markets

Unlike the FTX collapse, the $89 million Coldcard exploit has investors sending bitcoin back to exchanges

The Coldcard vulnerability has smaller bitcoin holders moving funds onto exchanges for safety, according to blockchain analytics firms. This is opposite of the trend seen following the FTX collapse in late 2022.

BTC active addresses surge. (CryptoQuant)