Bitcoin News

Bitcoin News

Markets

Riot extends $200 million Coinbase credit facility, and bitcoin weakness could mean more sales

The miner locked in fixed borrowing costs and extended maturity, but a shrinking BTC treasury and loan-to-value triggers leave little room for error if prices slide.

Riot Platforms’ acquisition of Block Mining makes sense, JPMorgan says. (Sandali Handagama)

Markets

'Crypto Godfather' says bitcoin has not reached its bottom and a new all-time high is off the table for 2026

The early bitcoin investor and author of Bitcoin Supercycle says bitcoin needs to drop to about $57,000 sometime in October before beginning its ascent. A market analyst disagrees.

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Tech

Not a theft, but a statement: Inside the Bitcoin proposal to reassign Satoshi-linked coins

Paul Sztorc says he can't move a single sat of Satoshi's bitcoin and isn't trying to. But critics say rewriting forked-chain balances at addresses a user does not control sets a bad precedent.

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Tech

New wallet offers way to tackle Bitcoin’s quantum risk without a fork

The Postquant Labs project uses Arch Network to deliver post-quantum signature protection without a Bitcoin soft fork, sidestepping both Jameson Lopp's freeze proposal and Paul Sztorc's hard fork.

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Finance

Jack Dorsey's Block nears 9,000 bitcoin in treasury after Q1 addition

The firm added 114 BTC to its corporate treasury, for a total of 8,997 BTC, and said it plans to issue regular third-party reports.

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Markets

Three Bank of Japan members call for a rate hike; yen rises while bitcoin falls

Markets are pricing in a June rate hike after a split BoJ vote that saw three policymakers dissent in favor of a hike.

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

Markets

Bitcoin pressured by Fed uncertainty, oil, and AI slowdown

Enflux points to oil-driven inflation as the main constraint, while questions around AI demand could reshape miner selling in the months ahead.

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Markets

Bitcoin rally shows signs of fatigue as key indicators turn bearish

Cooling U.S. demand, elevated Bitfinex whale positioning and a key on chain rejection point to short term downside during the Las Vegas Bitcoin conference.

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Markets

MARA Holdings targets bitcoin quantum threat and network resilience with new foundation

Bitcoin's future is not guaranteed, said CEO Fred Thiel at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk "First Mover" screenshot)

Videos

Bitcoin ETFs are pulling in hundreds of millions; can BTC reach $100K by year-end?

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Andy Baehr, Managing Director of Asset Management at GSR, to break down the firm's first-ever ETF, the GSR Crypto Core3, that gives investors actively managed exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana with weekly rebalancing and staking rewards. Nick van Eck, CEO and co-founder of Agora, unpacks why major US banking groups are pushing to slow down implementation of the Genius Act, and what Agora's National Trust Bank Charter filing with the OCC means for the future of stablecoin issuance. Plus, 21Shares Chief Investment Strategist Adrian Fritz joins to dig into the staggering ETF flows, with spot Bitcoin ETFs crossing $102 billion in net assets and Ethereum ETFs seeing the longest-ever inflow streak. Fritz weighs in on the five catalysts that could push BTC above $80,000 and why Hyperliquid stands out as altcoin season fades.

Bitcoin ETFs are pulling in hundreds of millions; can BTC reach $100K by year-end?