538 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2026

Stablecoins Don’t Inflate Crypto Markets – Researchers

Contrary to popular belief, cryptocurrency prices may not be as dependent on the issuance of the most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT) as many people have thought, according to two researchers.Stablecoins act more like a safe haven within the crypto ecosystem that investors seek refuge in during...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin Market Returns to ‘Rational Levels’ – Report

The crypto market is “returning to rational” levels as the correlation between bitcoin (BTC) price and spot trading volume has dropped following the crypto market plunge on March 12, according to TokenInsight, a token data and rating agency.Total trading volume across almost 300 spot...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin And Altcoins Target Fresh Monthly Highs

Bitcoin price is gaining bullish momentum above USD 7,000. Ethereum tested the USD 185 resistance and XRP is still struggling below USD 0.190. DigiByte (DGB) rallied more than 20% and QNT is up around 10%.Yesterday, we discussed the chances of a decent upward move in bitcoin price above the USD...

, by Aayush Jindal

Who in Crypto Might Come Out As Winners or Losers After the COVID-19 Crisis?

The COVID-19 pandemic now has its grip firmly on the world. According to official numbers, almost 2.6 million individuals have been infected globally, and almost 180,000 have died. In addition to the impact on public health and the healthcare system, the global economy is starting to ground to a...

, by Alex Lielacher

Bitcoin ‘Stuck in the System’ Until Merchant Adoption Grows

Although holders of both bitcoin (BTC) and gold are often motivated by an idea of investing in assets that are outside of the financial system, it might not be the case, according to a popular macro strategist who believes that that the next world reserve currency will be “a...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin And Altcoins Positioning To Resume Uptrend

Bitcoin price is showing positive signs above the USD 6,800 support area. Ethereum is rising towards USD 178 and XRP could revisit USD 0.188. XLM, XTZ and OMG are gaining bullish momentum.After a short term downside correction, bitcoin price found support above USD 6,750. Recently, BTC/USD...

, by Aayush Jindal

Central Bank Says CBDC Could Learn From Bitcoin, Rejects Decentralization

The move from fiat currencies to new central bank digital currencies appears to be gaining traction, as one of Europe’s biggest central banks admitted that (unspecified) parts of Bitcoin’s underlying technology could be used in creating a new type of currency.The paper, which was...

, by Fredrik Vold

Japanese Analyst Says Traditional Investors Will Come Flocking to Crypto

A Japanese analyst says that institutional investors are growing increasingly crypto-keen – and believes that the coronavirus pandemic will only serve to heighten their interest.Per Fisco, via Gentosha, popular Japanese blockchain and crypto author and analyst Tetsuyuki Oishi says that...

, by Tim Alper

Bond Yields Nearing Zero Offer Support to Bitcoin – Analyst

While some analysts now point out that bitcoin (BTC) is looking somewhat weak from a charting standpoint, others are painting a bullish picture for bitcoin, with lower bond yields and a weak stock market, leading investors to look for alternatives outside of the financial system.Among the many...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin And Altcoins Flirt With Key Supports Amid Sell-off

Bitcoin price traded below the USD 7,000 support area. Ethereum is down more than 6% to USD 170 and XRP tested the USD 0.178 support. MAID, ZEC, CKB, and BCN are down more than 10% today.After struggling to surpass the USD 7,200 resistance, bitcoin price started a downside correction. BTC/USD...

, by Aayush Jindal

Mining Difficulty Might Reach All-Time High Before Bitcoin Halving

Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty just saw its biggest rise in six months and it's estimated it'll reach an all-time high in two weeks.Bitcoin mining difficulty, a measure showing how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, just went through another adjustment, and the numbers were close to what...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Market Sentiment Ends Its Winning Streak; Bitcoin Back to Neutral

The market sentiment cut its string of gradual, week-per-week growth. After four weeks of minor upward movements, and last week's break into the 5-6 score level with a sentscore of 5.27, this Monday the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins dropped...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Is This 1999 Forum Message from a Young Satoshi Nakamoto?

Have internet users uncovered the young Satoshi Nakamoto – developing the concepts he would later immortalize forever in the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper?The white paper was published in October 2008, but internet users appear to have recently unearthed a post on the Cypherpunks cryptography...

, by Tim Alper

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set For Biggest Jump Since Mid-September

After a historic crash in March and partial recovery, Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty is set to see its biggest jump since mid-September last year, threatening to push more miners out of the market less than three weeks before the BTC mining reward halving. Another mining difficulty adjustment is...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Hopes and Strategies In Play As Miners Prepare For Bitcoin Halving

Some estimate that 40% of Bitcoin mining machines will be switched off in the first two weeks after the halving. Miners hope that some of their new methods will help to increase mining revenue.The Bitcoin (BTC) halving is fast approaching, and already miners are swooping into action. Some are...

, by Simon Chandler

Why BCH and BSV Halving Data Is a Poor Indicator for Bitcoin Forecasts

Johnson Xu is the Chief Analyst at TokenInsight, a token data and rating agency. _____We are moving ever closer to Bitcoin (BTC)’s third halving, while the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the global economy, creating a ripple effect across the global financial market.The forthcoming...

, by Johnson Xu

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