Harvard Management Company reduced its position in the iShares Bitcoin Trust by about 21 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, holding 5.35 million shares valued at roughly $265.8 million. During the same period, the endowment initiated a new $86.8 million stake in the iShares Ethereum Trust, marking its first reported exposure to an Ethereum‑based ETF. As of December 31, …
The financial system is moving towards tokenization, with stablecoins poised for significant growth. Currently, only 1% of US dollars are in stablecoins, indicating massive growth potential. Stablecoins offer a faster, cheaper alternative for cross-border investments compared to traditional banking.
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Rising debt levels and political polarization threaten global stability and reshape economic landscapes.
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The CLARITY Act moved quickly through the House of Representatives since it was introduced in June 2025 but has been plagued with delays in the Senate.
I came across some analysis this morning that cut through the usual stream of charts and market takes with a stark claim: there is “almost no cash on the sidelines.” If true, it challenges one of the most persistent assumptions in both crypto and traditional markets, that a wall of idle capital is waiting to […]
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deBridge has launched MCP, enabling AI agents to carry out non-custodial cross-chain swaps, bridging, and multi-step transactions.
Animoca Brands' VASP license in Dubai enhances its global digital asset influence, fostering regional growth and innovation in web3 technologies.
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According to on-chain analyst Willy Woo, a long-running rise in Bitcoin’s value versus gold has stalled. He points to a break in a trend that ran for more than a decade. Related Reading: Bitcoin At $8,000? Michael Saylor Says Strategy Still Won’t Break The timing, he argues, lines up with when quantum computing showed up on the radar of Bitcoin developers and when the Quantum Bitcoin Summit took place. That change, he says, has altered how the market thinks about Bitcoin’s future. Quantum Fear And Lost Coins Reports have disclosed that roughly 4 million BTC are effectively out of circulation because their keys are lost. That number matters. Since 2020, corporate buyers and spot ETFs have taken close to 3 million BTC off the market. If some of those lost coins were eventually recovered using powerful quantum machines, supply would expand in a way that markets could not ignore. Woo gives the chance of a network hard fork that freezes any recovered coins at 25%. 12 YR TREND BROKEN. BTC should be a valued a LOT HIGHER relative to gold. Should be. IT’S NOT. The valuation trend broke down once QUANTUM came into awareness. Don’t read this post if you want to stay high on hopium instead of seeing things as they are. pic.twitter.com/Qa2YKDlRMp — Willy Woo (@willywoo) February 16, 2026 He also estimates a socalled Q-Day — the point where quantum machines can threaten today’s cryptography — to be about five to 15 years away. Markets, however, do not always wait for an event to actually happen before they price it in. Macro Money Favors Gold Right Now Reports note that broader financial cycles are pushing big pools of capital toward traditional hard assets. Long-term debt cycles are often followed by moves into things seen as safe havens. Sovereign funds and large investors have been piling into gold while Bitcoin stalls. The result: gold rallies while Bitcoin lags, and that gap is what analysts like Woo are trying to explain. Who Says It’s Not Quantum Panic Quantum fears around Bitcoin are not universally accepted. Blockstream CEO Adam Back has said the threat is distant and often overstated, arguing that if quantum computing advances far enough to challenge current encryption, Bitcoin can upgrade its cryptography through network consensus. In his view, the system has time to adjust before any real damage occurs. Prominent Bitcoin educator and author Andreas Antonopoulos has also pushed back, noting that quantum computers would affect banks, governments, and the entire internet—not just Bitcoin. He argues that global security standards would be strengthened long before Bitcoin faced a unique crisis, making the current concern premature. Yet Woo points to unusual flows, including activity by early-era holders. Reports say some Satoshi-era wallets have seen transfers over the last 12 months, and that behavior can change market sentiment fast. Sometimes a few large moves are enough to tilt prices for weeks. Related Reading: Urgent Crypto Reform: Treasury Secretary Says The Clock Is Ticking Bitcoin And Gold: Diverging Paths Amid Market Volatility At the time of writing, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $68,700, indicating market volatility due to the inability to sustain last year’s peak at around $126,000. Gold, for its part, is trading at around $4,950 per ounce due to safe-haven pressures driven by market uncertainty. Bitcoin is still a speculative asset, while gold is a traditional store of value, some analysts say. The correlation coefficient between Bitcoin and gold is relatively weak, almost to the point of being nil, suggesting that these two assets are not correlated and tend to move independently. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
The Bitcoin price is trading at $68,820, and a fresh debate over miner behavior and hashrate strength is now shaping the recovery narrative. With BTC price today hovering near recent lows, a public clash broke out between two of the most renowned analysts, “cryptorand’ and ‘alicharts’ over whether on-chain signals are flashing a bottom or …
Animoca Brands announced that it has received a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). This approval allows the company to legally offer crypto-related services in Dubai, except within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). VARA was set up in 2022 under Dubai Law No. 4 of 2022 to …
Security researchers have uncovered a new phishing campaign in which fraudsters send physical mail to owners of Ledger and Trezor wallets, impersonating official support. The letters use convincing logos and messaging to push users toward fraudulent websites that ask for recovery seed phrases, which are private keys that grant full control of crypto assets. This …
Metaplanet reported about $40 million in operating profit but still recorded a $619 million net loss amid the Bitcoin price drop.
Bitcoin trades near $69,000 despite growing whale accumulation as crypto searches for a catalyst amid outflows and fragile market structure.
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Bitcoin has dropped nearly 50% from its October 2025 high above $126,000, and according to veteran investor Dan Tapiero, this is not a repeat of past cycles. Speaking on The Wolf of All Streets with Scott Melker, the 50T Funds founder said he initially expected a standard 20-30% correction from around $125K down to the …
Finam's Bitcoin mining fund could boost Russia's crypto market, leveraging local energy resources and potentially attracting global investors.
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The company recorded a non-cash bitcoin valuation loss of 102.2 billion yen ($650 million) due to the cryptocurrency’s price drop.
Russia’s Ministry of Finance estimates that the country’s cryptocurrency market processes around 50 billion rubles per day, roughly $650 million. Every year, that exceeds 10 trillion rubles, or about $130.5 billion. Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov shared this data during the Alfa Talk conference. He said most of this crypto trading happens outside government regulation, …
While the broader crypto market remained under pressure, Bittensor (TAO) initially came into the spotlight today. Following the listing announcement by South Korea’s largest exchange, Upbit, TAO price rallied toward $207 and briefly made it one of the strongest performers among major assets. However, the strength proved temporary. Within hours of tapping the psychological $200 …
Animoca said the license allows it to commence operations in Dubai, offering broker-dealer services and digital asset management and investments.
OKX has secured a Payment Institution license from Malta’s financial regulator, giving it full regulatory approval to offer stablecoin payment services across the European Union under the bloc’s Markets in Crypto‑Assets (MiCA) and Payment Services Directive (PSD2) frameworks. This license lets OKX expand OKX Pay and the OKX Card, supporting stablecoins like USDC and USDG …
Ripple news: SBI Holdings CEO Yoshitaka Kitao has stepped in to correct misleading claims that the company holds $10 billion worth of XRP, clarifying that its real exposure comes from a significant equity stake in Ripple Labs. His response comes as Ripple’s native token XRP price is trading around$1.46, and seeing a 4% weekly gain. …
Binance says an internal review with external counsel found no sanctions violations and that it continues to meet its regulatory obligations under monitorship oversight.
The fight over CLARITY has always been sold as a battle for rules, a way to finally give the U.S. crypto market a clean lane to run in. That story still matters. The past week made something else clearer: the legislation is becoming a proxy war over who gets to pay Americans for holding digital […]
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Crypto markets remain under pressure despite firmer U.S. equity futures, with ether rebounding toward $2,000 as heavy weekend selling eases as gold leads.
Bitcoin market analysis focused on liquidations and the wick to $59,000 for signs of the next significant BTC price move on lower time frames.
Japan‑listed Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet reported FY2025 revenue of ¥8.905 billion, a 738% increase year on year, with operating profit jumping 1,694% to ¥6.287 billion. Over the year, the company expanded its Bitcoin holdings from 1,762 BTC to 35,102 BTC. Despite this growth, it recorded an unrealized valuation loss of around ¥102.2 billion, highlighting both the rapid expansion and the …
When wallet provider selection expands in 2026, this is not about chasing “variety.” Wallets are buying better UX, higher trust, and more resilient revenue. Crypto Wallets Provider Expansion: Why One Provider Is No Longer Enough A few years ago, integrating a single swap provider felt like a growth hack: quick to ship, easy to monetize, …
Harvard's Ethereum ETF investment signals a strategic shift in its endowment strategy, reflecting broader acceptance of crypto assets.
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Bitcoin should be crushing gold right now, but it’s not. And according to on-chain analyst Willy Woo, the reason comes down to one word: quantum. Woo posted a thread on X today alongside a chart tracking how BTC has performed against gold since 2010. For 12 straight years, Bitcoin steadily gained ground on gold in …