Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Bitcoin is trading around $63,000, down 2% over the last 24 hours, as the United States launched a third round of strikes on Iran and Tehran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed âuntil further notice.â Brent crude surged 4.5% as weekend futures tradi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
The report stresses that âThe Merge,â a foundational change in Ethereumâs consensus mechanism, reduced energy demand by 3.5 orders of magnitude, scaling down a network that required energy equivalent to a small nation-state like Iceland before the ne...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
South African mayor recently joined the metro police in a targeted night operation to impound luxury vehicles driven by self-proclaimed cryptocurrency and forex âtradersâ operating with fake or missing registrations. Luxury Seizures and Social Media...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
U.S. gross national debt crossed $39 trillion in mid-March, and debt held by the public stood at over $31 trillion. With the Congressional Budget Office projecting a $1.9 trillion deficit in fiscal 2026 and public debt rising to $56 trillion by 2036,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
The institution announced that this measure targets the countryâs shadow economy, which accounted for nearly 41% of its GDP by 2015. The Bank of Thailand is already applying the proposed checks on large cash transactions and on gold bullion movements...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
A hobbyist running a single Bitaxe device just won Bitcoinâs biggest lottery. On July 9, 2026, at approximately 03:30 UTC, a solo miner using a palm-sized Bitaxe device mined block 957382 through Public Pool, claiming the full 3.1382 BTC block reward...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Ripple nearly shut down after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the company, with CEO Brad Garlinghouse considering whether to end operations, distribute XRP holdings to shareholders, and close the business. Ripple Considered Clo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Campbell Harvey, a Duke University finance professor, says an attack on Bitcoin that once looked economically self-defeating may now be financially viable because deep derivatives markets could let an attacker profit from the resulting price collapse...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor says bitcoin could evolve into a global digital capital asset by 2036, becoming a foundation for reserve capital, institutional collateral, and high-value settlement while powering a new generation of financ...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
I saw Grayscale posted that every asset has its narrative and put XRP with global payments, Bitcoin with digital money, and Ethereum with the world computer. A few other coins got their own tags too. The XRP Ledger was built to move value faster and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Saylor stressed that the real danger of this action is invalidating currently valid transactions, even as they pay mining fees. He has stressed that spam is not currently a problem for the Bitcoin network. Michael Saylor Labels BIP-110 As âDangerousâ...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Gold fell 1.6% and silver dropped 4.3% this past week as a fragile U.S. jobs report and a fresh U.S.-Iran flare-up pulled precious metals in opposite directions within days of each other. Spot gold started the week near $4,175 an ounce. Futures pushe...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Bitcoinâs mining difficulty fell 5% on July 11, dropping to 127.17 trillion in the networkâs 14th adjustment of 2026 and pulling the metric closer to its low for the year. The adjustment landed at block height 957600. Difficulty moved from 133.87 tri...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Michael Saylor outlined five risks facing bitcoin, arguing that the threats come not from bitcoin disappearing but from changes in financial structures, custody systems, regulation, and long-term network security. The Five Risks Saylor Says Could Sha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Bitcoin traded a hair above $64,000 on July 12 at 11:30 a.m. EDT, as President Donald Trump declared a fragile ceasefire with Iran finished, adding a new layer of uncertainty to a market still climbing out of one of its worst months on record. Trump...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Coinbaseâs chief policy officer pushed back against Senator Elizabeth Warrenâs criticism of the CLARITY Act, arguing the crypto bill strengthens national security protections rather than creating sanctions risks. Coinbase Challenges Senator Warrenâs...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Michael Saylor posted his signature orange-dot bitcoin chart after Strategy sold 3,588 BTC for $216 million, reigniting a familiar signal while casting fresh doubt over whether another buy is imminent or if the strategy itself is turning. The Orange...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
This editorial is from this weekâs edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second itâs finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the wee...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
For a brief stretch this year, the market seemed willing to believe that every megawatt with a fence around it could become an AI factory. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by BlocksBridge Consulting, curating the lates...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Tether backs Mercado Bitcoin with $10 million, Brazilian police attack an illegal crypto betting ring, and the 24-hour h...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Of the 125 BTC produced in June, 70 BTC were generated through self-mining operations and 55 BTC through cloud mining services. Daily production averaged 4.2 BTC, down from 5.7 BTC in May. The companyâs total power capacity under management also decr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
The ruling, which went against Coinbase even though it did not control the userâs wallet, might establish a precedent for liabilities affecting companies providing self-custody tools, even if they are only involved as software providers. SĂŁo Paulo St...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
This weekâs crypto stories ranged from policy and payments to market stress and Bitcoin infighting. Trump fueled fresh crypto speculation during the launch of Trump Accounts, Sony Bank won OCC approval for a stablecoin trust structure, and Strike rol...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
Bitcoin peaked at $126,000 in October 2025 before sliding more than 30% to just over $80,000 by December, and one liquidity gauge built by crypto market maker Keyrock points to why the turn came early. Keyrockâs work ties Bitcoin returns to net U.S....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 month ago
The bank, which has repeatedly applied for a Federal Reserve master account, has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether regional Federal Reserve presidents have the authority to deny services to institutions, threatening th...
