Bitcoin News

Bitcoin News

Markets

Hut 8’s AI data center deal is bigger than meets the eye: Benchmark lifts price target to $85

Shares of the bitcoin miner jumped higher last week on its $7 billion pact with Google-backed Fluidstack.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

Stock market's Santa tradition offers hope to battered Bitcoin bulls

A time-honored Wall Street pattern could bring relief to battered BTC bulls as the year end nears.

Santa Claus (Pixabay)

Markets

Strategy pauses bitcoin buys, boosting cash reserve by $748 million last week

Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company raised the funds entirely by sales of common stock.

Michael Saylor

Markets

Bitcoin reclaims $90,000, but risk of U.S. trading day awaits

Futures open interest rose steadily as BTC pushed higher, climbing toward $60 billion across major venues.

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Tech

Bitcoin isn’t under quantum threat yet, but upgrade could take 5-10 years

Even if quantum machines capable of breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography are decades away, the work required to update software, infrastructure and user behavior would be measured in years, not months.

Quantum Computing Room

Markets

Boxing Day bonanza: $27 billion in bitcoin, ether options set for year-end reset

The expiration involves over 50% of Deribit's total open interest, with a bullish bias indicated by a put-call ratio of 0.38.

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Markets

Bullish bitcoin plays on Bitfinex swell to highest since early 2024

Margin long positions continue to climb, signaling strong conviction despite bitcoin’s weakness.

Bitfinex Whales (TradingView)

Markets

Galaxy Digital’s head of research explains why bitcoin’s outlook is so uncertain in 2026

Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn says options markets, falling volatility and macro risks make next year hard to forecast even as the firm keeps a bullish long-term view.

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Markets

Fed’s Hammack tilts hawkish on rates, questions CPI drop as distorted

"My base case is that we can stay here for some period of time," Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack told the WSJ.

Beth Hammack

Markets

Tom Lee responds to controversy surrounding Fundstrat’s differing bitcoin outlooks

A debate on X over seemingly conflicting bitcoin forecasts from Fundstrat analysts drew a response from Tom Lee, highlighting differing mandates and time horizons.

Fundstrat Global Advisors Head of Research Tom Lee (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok / Getty Images for BitMine)