China

China’s massive gold spree inadvertently exposes a critical shift in how smart money escapes risk

China embrace of gold unintentional boosts Bitcoin's narrative as digital 'outside money'.

2 weeks ago

China’s massive gold spree inadvertently exposes a critical shift in how smart money escapes risk

China embrace of gold unintentional boosts Bitcoin's narrative as digital 'outside money'.

2 weeks ago

A glowing Bitcoin coin sits on cracked ground between massive rows of mining rigs, with heat and vapor rising under a bright blue sky.

Bitcoin is redrawing where cities and data centers rise as it competes for wasted energy, not cheap labor

From flared gas to curtailed hydro, off-grid power is redrawing the hashrate map and miner margins.

4 weeks ago

A massive golden Bitcoin floats above a wet plaza at sunset, with Chinese flags waving and the U.S. Capitol glowing under dramatic clouds.

Politics

No credible evidence US government hacked Chinese Bitcoin wallets to “steal” $13 billion BTC

Chinese security firm accuses the U.S. of hacking LuBian’s Bitcoin wallets, but open-source forensics and DOJ filings point to weak keys and murky attribution.

Donald Trump from a low front angle against a bright blue sky, standing before Hong Kong’s skyline and the Great Wall with glowing Bitcoin and yuan symbols radiating behind him.

Why Trump believes ‘China is big into crypto’ despite ban

From the mainland ban to Hong Kong's pro-crypto pivot and Beijing's CBDC push, here's the reality behind the sound bite.

panorama shows U.S.- and China-flag container ships easing toward each other as cranes lift a red barrier above the channel, with pallets of soybeans, shiny semiconductor wafers, and battery cells on the pier under crisp blue skies.

US-China trade deal marks the biggest de-escalation yet for global markets

US-China trade tensions ease as President Trump announces a deal suspending tariffs, removing non-tariff measures, and boosting soy purchases.

metallic blue USDT and USDC tokens streaking toward a sunlit Great Wall where a glowing red yuan symbol is embedded, captured in high-key natural light with a soft bloom from a low, dramatic angle.

Stablecoins

The $308B question: Will stablecoins thrive globally without China?

Despite China's criticism, stablecoins find product-market fit, challenging traditional finance with $46 trillion in transactions.

A brightly lit supermarket entrance shows glass turnstiles and a glowing biometric scanner blocking a shopping cart while a cropped hand raises a phone with a QR code, with abundant food visible just beyond.

Censorship

No Digital ID, no food: coming soon to a Western society near you

Digital identities are reshaping privacy and freedom from China to the UK, thrusting privacy and decentralized tech into the spotlight.

A cinematic 16:9 scene of a golden Bitcoin squeezed between towering red (China) and blue (U.S.) shipping containers at a bright, misty port, subtle downward candlesticks in the sky, glossy reflections on wet ground, and crisp mid-to-high key lighting in a vivid palette of electric blue, crimson, teal, and gold to evoke anxious déjà vu without using text or faces.

Trade wars and Bitcoin blues: déjà vu as U.S.–China tensions weigh on crypto

The current drawdown feels a lot like déjà vu as U.S.–China trade tensions trigger a sharp correction that could endure into November.

Donald Trump speaking beside a Chinese container port as a large golden Bitcoin tilts over a cracked reflective floor while a glowing downward line cuts across, evoking sharp market stress.

Bitcoin risks falling under $100,000 as Trump confirms US-China tradewar

Institutional investors shift towards safe havens, causing short-term Bitcoin volatility as US-China trade tensions rise.

A glowing gold Bitcoin sits below a sharp red price line as rare-earth rocks, a brightly lit semiconductor wafer, and split U.S.–China shipping containers strain against a snapping cable over a world map, suggesting export controls and widening decoupling dragging risk assets lower.

Why is Bitcoin trading below $110,000? Everything that happened in crypto today

Liquidations and ETF outflows coincided with broader risk-asset weakness stemming from escalating US-China trade tensions over rare-earth export controls.

A photorealistic Hong Kong waterfront scene shows a classical bank building spilling glowing coins into Victoria Harbour toward a luminous BNB Chain emblem floating over the skyline, symbolizing a massive money market fund moving on-chain.

RWA

$3.8B fund tokenized on BNB marks China’s boldest RWA move yet

China Merchants Bank’s Hong Kong unit moves a money market product onto BNB Chain. What it means for custody, redemptions, and ETH/SOL competition.

Layer-2

Ethereum to onboard 1.4B new users as Chinese AliPay megacorp launches own L2

Ant Group's Ethereum-based Jovay aims for 100k transactions per second, potentially transforming global finance infrastructure.