A Bitcoin wallet that has sat untouched since 2012 has suddenly sprung back to life, moving just $56 worth of BTC from a stash now valued at roughly $147 million.
The reactivation of dormant Bitcoin wallets could signal increased market volatility and influence investor sentiment amid economic shifts.
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TradFi is taking another step into fully embracing bitcoin as an asset. Morgan Stanley is creating its own Bitcoin investment fund that will trade on the stock market like a regular exchange‑traded fund (ETF) share. To get it started, the lender is putting in about $1 million of its own money as seed capital. Related Reading: Legendary Bitcoin Trader Says HYPE Will Soar To $150, Here’s Why A TradFi Bitcoin Trust Morgan Stanley has filed another amended S‑1/A for the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), confirming ticker MSBT on NYSE Arca. The bank outlined the ticker symbol in a new submission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, revising the Bitcoin fund proposal it first filed in January. The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust would be the first spot Bitcoin ETF not just distribute but directly issued by a major U.S. bank. It would also mark the first time that the seed basket cash will be used to acquire spot BTC before trading begins. We are talking about a 50,000‑share seed basket and roughly $1 million in initial capital. The trust is set to hold bitcoin via custodians (Coinbase Custody and BNY Mellon under the broader ETF plan), with assets stored primarily in cold storage, and shares reflecting the underlying BTC held. Once it launches, regular investors (especially Morgan Stanley clients) will be able to buy and sell MSBT through their normal brokerage accounts, getting regulated, brokerage‑account exposure to bitcoin’s price without touching self‑custody or spot exchanges directly. The trust will also to support both cash and in‑kind creations/redemptions, giving authorized participants (APs) flexibility, just like the main spot Bitcoin ETFs that launched in 2024 Trading And Risk Assessment However, it is worth noting custodians are not FDIC‑insured. This means that if something goes wrong (hack, theft, failure), you don’t have the government safety net that protects U.S. bank deposits up to a certain amount. Besides that, insurance is through private policies, and the ETF still faces market, regulatory and operational risk, especially in a crowded field dominated by BlackRock’s IBIT and other early movers. Related Reading: Hyperliquid Breaks Crypto Wall? Fiat On-Ramp Lets Anyone Trade With Bank Card Morgan Stanley already holds hundreds of millions in existing BTC ETFs and is building a broader crypto stack (Ethereum and Solana filings, trust‑bank application for custody, advisor access to BTC products). A bank‑issued MSBT product could normalize bitcoin exposure for traditional wealth‑management clients, strengthen the “Bitcoin as strategic asset” narrative, and extend the institutional ETF cycle. MSBT’s launch timeline, fee level and early inflows will be key sentiment catalysts. Strong demand could reinforce BTC’s ETF‑driven structural bid, while a lukewarm debut would signal saturation in the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF trade. At the moment of writing, BTC trades on the highs $70k. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSD chart from Tradingview
The new $1 billion investment round indicates that interest in the embattled prediction market remains.
Leading crypto and fintech companies are competing to capture growing revenue from stablecoin payments by launching their own settlement infrastructure.
The move builds on earlier reports that Ledger is exploring a New York IPO that could value it at more than $4 billion.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 2.5% from Thursday, joined Aptos (APT) as a top performer.
Bittensor’s TAO ripped higher on Thursday and topped in early European trading on Friday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang highlighted the project on the All-In podcast, pushing the token from $243.5 to $310.6 before it cooled to $298.1 by press time. The move put one of crypto’s most closely watched AI-linked assets back in focus, not because Huang endorsed the token directly, but because he treated the underlying technical milestone as meaningful in a much bigger debate over open AI infrastructure. The moment came when Chamath Palihapitiya pointed Huang to what he called a “pretty crazy technical accomplishment” inside “this crypto project called Bittensor.” He described a recent training run on Subnet 3 in which participants used distributed excess compute to train a Llama model “totally distributed” while still managing the process statefully. Nvidia CEO Responds To Bittensor’s Accomplishment Huang’s immediate reaction was brief but memorable: “Our modern version of Folding@home.” That line mattered because it effectively reframed Bittensor’s latest milestone in language traditional tech audiences already understand. Folding@home was one of the most recognizable examples of decentralized volunteer computers; Huang’s comparison suggested he viewed Bittensor’s experiment less as crypto theater and more as a legitimate expression of distributed coordination. Related Reading: Austin Arnold Unveils His Top 6 Crypto Altcoin Picks For 2026 In the context of TAO’s price action, traders appeared to read that as external validation from one of the most influential executives in AI hardware. Huang then widened the discussion beyond Bittensor itself and into the structure of the AI market. “I believe we fundamentally need models as first-class products, proprietary products, as well as models as open source. These two things are not A or B, it’s A and B. There’s no question about it,” he said. He followed that with an even sharper distinction: “Models are a technology, not a product. Models are technology, not a service.” Related Reading: Is Dogecoin About To Repeat NVIDIA’s Run? Here’s What The Chart Says He spent the next stretch explaining why that dual-track model matters. For general-purpose consumer use, Huang said most people will continue to prefer turnkey services rather than fine-tuning their own systems. “I would really, really love not to go fine-tune my own. I would really love to keep using ChatGPT. I love to use Claude. I love to use Gemini. I love to use X,” he said, arguing that this horizontal layer of AI products “is thriving” and “is going to be great.” On the @theallinpod this week, @chamath asked @nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about decentralized AI training, calling our Covenant-72B run “a pretty crazy technical accomplishment.” One correction: it’s 72 billion parameters, not four. Trained permissionlessly across 70+ contributors… pic.twitter.com/BN0tWG66e8 — templar (@tplr_ai) March 19, 2026 But he drew a hard line when it came to industry-specific deployment, saying domain expertise “has to be captured in a way that they can control,” and that “it can only come from open models.” That distinction goes to the heart of why Bittensor reacted so violently. While Huang didn’t make a token call, or presented Bittensor as the winner of open AI, he did endorse the coexistence of proprietary and open model ecosystems, while acknowledging that specialized industries will need more controllable, open foundations. At press time, TAO traded at $297.0 Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The contracts trade 24/7, are cash-settled in USDC and allow for up to 10-times leverage on single-stock contracts and 20-times on ETF products.
In a major international law-enforcement operation, the FBI and Royal Thai Police raided scam compounds in Thailand, seizing more than 8,000 phones, 1,300 hard drives, and freezing $580 million in cryptocurrency linked to frauds targeting U.S. victims. These compounds, also located in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, forced trafficked workers to run “pig butchering” scams that …
Round-the-clock oil trading on Hyperliquid is drawing investors beyond crypto as geopolitical shocks expose gaps in traditional markets, the bank said.
DarkSword is a powerful iOS exploit chain used by multiple threat actors to fully compromise devices and steal sensitive data. Among its most serious risks is access to cryptocurrency wallets, where attackers can extract wallet data, private keys, and transaction details. Malware like GHOSTBLADE specifically targets financial information, including crypto assets, making victims vulnerable to …
Morgan Stanley filed a second amended S-1 for its MSBT spot Bitcoin ETF, detailing seed capital, listing plans and Wall Street partners.
When Vanity Fair published “Crypto's True Believers Demand to Be Taken Seriously” on Mar. 17, the backlash arrived within hours. Hayden Adams said he had passed on the shoot after being asked to pose in a bathrobe in a sauna. Camila Russo called the framing “so off.” Nic Carter compared the group photograph to the […]
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Coinbase's 24/7 stock futures could reshape global trading by enhancing market accessibility and liquidity, challenging traditional exchanges.
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The funding highlights continued investor demand for prediction markets despite rising legal challenges and regulatory scrutiny.
The U.S. M2 money supply has reached a new all-time high of $22.45 trillion, showing a steady rise in liquidity across the economy. Meanwhile, this is important for crypto markets, as rising liquidity has historically supported Bitcoin and other risk assets. U.S. M2 Money Supply at Record $22.45T Looking at the recent data, the U.S. …
XRP is back in focus as analysts begin mapping out its potential path toward 2026. Currently trading near $1.50, XRP has broken out of its recent $1.35–$1.45 range, showing early signs of strength. However, it remains below its previous peak near $3.65 in 2025. Here’s the Deciding Level According to analyst Tara, the $1.47 level …
Coinbase has rolled out stock perpetual futures for non-US traders, deepening its push to become a 24/7 “everything exchange” for crypto, equities and prediction markets.
The bitcoin address initially received the 2,100 BTC on July 4, 2012, when that amount was worth just $13,685.
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Amazon's new phone could redefine mobile engagement by integrating AI deeply into daily life, potentially reshaping user interaction norms.
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As Hyperliquid continues its unstoppable ascend to become the new go‑to venue for 24/7 real word assets (RWA’s) and macro risk, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is doubling down on his prediction that $HYPE, Hyperliquid native token, will surge to $150 by August 2026. Related Reading: Hyperliquid Breaks Crypto Wall? Fiat On-Ramp Lets Anyone Trade With Bank Card HYPE Is Taking Over Pretty impressive that oil contracts are trading $1.5bn a day. $HYPE is taking over. See you at $150. ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/rD5cdBw0UL — Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) March 20, 2026 After the essay he published on his Substack on March 9, Hayes predictions are now supported by new evidence: not only are oil perpetual contracts trading $1.5bn a day on the platform, as the trader demonstrated on a post published today on the social media X, but new data from research outlet Coin Bureau also highlights that this all-time high open interest means that the platform is now trading more volume in tokenized commodities than digital assets. Oil, gold and silver now account for more than crypto in Hyperliquid. ????BREAKING: Hyperliquid now trades MORE oil, gold, and silver than crypto. Combined HIP-3 open interest surpassed $1.5 BILLION, an all-time high. The platform is processing more volume in tokenized commodities than digital assets. The 24/7 advantage is pulling volume from… pic.twitter.com/pp4Etq0mk9 — Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) March 20, 2026 Hayes’ logic is straightforward: if Hyperliquid establishes itself as the primary venue for around‑the‑clock oil and macro trading, then HYPE effectively becomes the high‑beta way to own that growth in on‑chain volume and fees. In other words, every spike in real activity on the exchange, from war‑driven oil hedging to broader RWA speculation, feeds back into the token’s value capture, turning HYPE into a leveraged expression of Hyperliquid’s market share and revenue trajectory. Related Reading: Crypto Market Regains Its Nerve as ETF Inflows Top $1B, Report Shows The Geopolitical-Driven Intertwinement Of Hype And Oil Oil has been on a war‑driven tear this week, with benchmark Brent crude spiking toward the $120 mark after Israeli strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure and fresh threats to facilities across the Gulf. The conflict has effectively injected a hefty risk premium into crude, as attacks on export terminals, refineries and shipping lanes around the Strait of Hormuz raise the odds of prolonged supply disruptions. Prices are now hovering near triple‑digit levels after an initial surge of roughly $40–50 percent since the Iran war began, and intraday moves have turned extremely volatile as traders try to handicap whether the fighting escalates into a broader regional energy shock WTI Crude Oil trades for almost $95 on the daily chart. Source: OILUSD on TradingView HYPE has been on a war‑driven tear of its own, grinding higher alongside crude. After a sharp impulse move that pushed the token into the low‑$40s this week, intraday swings have widened and funding has turned choppy, reflecting aggressive positioning on both sides of the book rather than a slow, organic grind. Even so, $HYPE is still trading several hundred percent above its levels from last year, and each fresh spike in oil‑linked perp volume on Hyperliquid is being read as confirmation that the token remains a high‑beta proxy on growing on‑chain demand for geopolitical and commodities exposure. HYPE trades for almost $40 on the daily chart, a slight surge from yesterday. Source: HYPEUSDT on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, OILUSD and HYPEUSDT chart from Tradingview
For six straight weeks, Bitcoin was losing the battle against gold. That streak has now reversed — and it has held for two weeks running, with Bitcoin up more than 4% against the precious metal this week alone. Related Reading: Bitcoin Stalls Near $75K As Traders Move Coins To Exchanges A Parallel Decline Reshapes The Debate The timing of that rebound is striking, given that both assets are deep in correction territory right now. Bitcoin dropped from a weekly high of $76,000 to below $70,000, a slide of roughly 8.7%. Gold fared no better, shedding 8.5% in the same period, pushing the price down to around $4,616 per ounce — well below the psychologically watched $5,000 mark. Gold has now posted two straight weeks of losses and is on pace for a third, its worst such run since last November. The back-to-back selloffs have reignited a long-running argument in crypto circles: when gold falls, does the money eventually find its way into Bitcoin? Benjamin Cowen, CEO of Into The Cryptoverse, says no. He has held that view since at least late January, when gold was still riding high and crypto bulls were counting on a rotation trade. He didn’t buy it then. He still doesn’t. Cowen’s Case, And What It’s Based On Cowen’s reasoning draws on something that already played out inside the crypto market. When Bitcoin ran up in prior cycles, many traders expected capital to eventually shift from BTC into smaller altcoins, sparking what the market calls “altcoin season.” According to Cowen, that rotation never really materialized in any meaningful way. He sees the gold-to-Bitcoin narrative following the same pattern. Back on January 28, as gold was trading near its all-time high of $5,597 — a level it hit on January 29 — Cowen posted publicly that no rotation from metals to crypto should be expected. One day after that post, gold dropped 4% and Bitcoin fell by the same amount, almost to the dollar. That co-movement drew attention at the time. The events of this week have brought the argument back to the surface. Not everyone agrees with him. A section of the market has long argued that precious metals and crypto serve different investor profiles, and that a pullback in one naturally redirects money toward the other. So far this cycle, that has not played out in the data. Related Reading: XRP Still In Danger Zone Without This Key Breakout: Analyst The BTC/Gold Ratio Tells A Different Story What complicates the “no rotation” argument is the BTC/gold ratio itself. Even as both assets fall in dollar terms, Bitcoin has been recovering ground relative to gold after bottoming near 12 ounces of gold per BTC earlier this month. It has since climbed back to around 15 ounces. That figure still sits well below the middle Bollinger Band at 18 and far below the upper band at 26, but the direction has shifted. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
Stablecoins and custody lead adoption priorities, with firms focusing on how to build or source digital asset infrastructure.
Bitcoin is trading at $70,538 on Friday, down 2.68% on the week, as a hawkish Federal Reserve decision overwhelmed what analysts are calling the most significant regulatory development in United States crypto history. The Crucial Ruling You Should Know On March 17, the SEC and CFTC issued a joint 68-page interpretive release classifying 16 major …
Pi Network (PI) price has bounced sharply today, rising over 8% to $0.1911, marking its strongest recovery attempt since the recent sell-off. After days of downside pressure, the latest move signals that buyers are stepping back in, absorbing supply as selling momentum fades. The rebound comes at a critical time, with PI attempting to stabilize …
BTC holds near $70,500 as derivatives turn defensive, macro risks weigh on sentiment and altcoins show pockets of strength.
South Korea’s tax agency is seeking a private custodian for seized crypto after a wallet seed phrase leak exposed government-held assets.
Technical indicators hint at a possible reversal in BTC’s relative performance, as traders watch whether key support levels can hold.