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Inflation to set up Bitcoin melt-up as rates to fall to 2.75% by next October

Flow pulses plus a path to ~3% fed funds create convexity for Bitcoin, unless sticky core inflation keeps real yields high.

2 months ago

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Adoption

On-chain dollars hit 2.3% of global payments: Why Bitcoiners should care

Inflection point reached? $46T settled on-chain this year in USD.

2 months ago

Payments

Can new Bitcoin prepaid cards win Asia’s cash economy?

Moon Inc raises HK$65.5M to roll out a Bitcoin prepaid card in Thailand and South Korea, with wider Asia expansion planned.

2 months ago

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Staking

Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

Bitcoin’s invisible yield curve, how timelocks and staking are rewriting UTXO liquidity.

2 months ago

Adoption

US Bitcoin payments are getting real: Retail rails could push $2M a day on-chain

New merchant and wallet integrations show how checkout apps may quietly route millions in daily Bitcoin and Ethereum flows beyond ETF channels.

2 months ago

The Un-Dead Internet: AI catches irreversible ‘brain rot’ from social media

New research shows the ‘Dead Internet’ theory will awaken terrifying ‘Zombie Internet’ through viral junk data.

2 months ago

OpenAI’s $300B bubble: The AI circular economy rewiring Wall Street finance

Vendor-financed chip deals and energy contracts show how AI’s next boom could reshape capital markets.

2 months ago

Culture

Patent troll wins Bitcoin logo trademark, now claims online copyright infringement

Can a Spain trademark really delete Bitcoin from Amazon?

2 months ago

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Analysis

Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling

Altcoin market cap still below 2021 market top as BTC tests late-cycle window.

2 months ago

Mining

New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone – Report

Record difficulty and $0.06 power costs collide with a $90 billion debt-driven boom, testing whether miners’ AI pivots can outlast hashprice compression.

3 months ago

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Analysis

Time is up: The case for why Bitcoin bear market cycle started at $126k

Market top signal reached: This time last cycle Bitcoin entered a bear market.

3 months ago

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Analysis

5 things that need to happen for Bitcoin to stay above $100k

Realized support sits at $107K while flow data show U.S. ETFs still absorbing late-phase distribution.

3 months ago

Liam 'Akiba' Wright

Inflation to set up Bitcoin melt-up as rates to fall to 2.75% by next October

On-chain dollars hit 2.3% of global payments: Why Bitcoiners should care

Can new Bitcoin prepaid cards win Asia’s cash economy?

Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

US Bitcoin payments are getting real: Retail rails could push $2M a day on-chain

The Un-Dead Internet: AI catches irreversible ‘brain rot’ from social media

OpenAI’s $300B bubble: The AI circular economy rewiring Wall Street finance

Patent troll wins Bitcoin logo trademark, now claims online copyright infringement

Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling

New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone – Report

Time is up: The case for why Bitcoin bear market cycle started at $126k

5 things that need to happen for Bitcoin to stay above $100k

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Banks just demanded $26 billion in emergency cash but Bitcoin traders are missing a critical warning signal

“Major US bank blows up from Silver trade” headlines hide the $675M margin shock currently hitting traders

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Liam 'Akiba' Wright

Inflation to set up Bitcoin melt-up as rates to fall to 2.75% by next October

On-chain dollars hit 2.3% of global payments: Why Bitcoiners should care

Can new Bitcoin prepaid cards win Asia’s cash economy?

Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

US Bitcoin payments are getting real: Retail rails could push $2M a day on-chain

The Un-Dead Internet: AI catches irreversible ‘brain rot’ from social media

OpenAI’s $300B bubble: The AI circular economy rewiring Wall Street finance

Patent troll wins Bitcoin logo trademark, now claims online copyright infringement

Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling

New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone – Report

Time is up: The case for why Bitcoin bear market cycle started at $126k

5 things that need to happen for Bitcoin to stay above $100k

Banks just demanded $26 billion in emergency cash but Bitcoin traders are missing a critical warning signal

“Major US bank blows up from Silver trade” headlines hide the $675M margin shock currently hitting traders

Bitcoin analyst warns of “biggest financial mistake of the decade” for those still using this common theory

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