Japanese Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet issued 2 billion Japanese yen ($13.35 million) in bonds to continue expanding its BTC reserves, marking the latest move in a series of purchases that began in May 2024. On Feb. 27, Metaplanet announced the fresh issuance of 0% ordinary bonds worth 2 billion yen to purchase Bitcoin (BTC). According
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A Bitcoin whale known as “Spoofy” acquired more than $340 million worth of BTC on the Bitfinex exchange as Bitcoin’s price dropped below $90,000. On Feb. 27, community members reported that the whale had accumulated 4,000 Bitcoin (BTC) while the asset hovered between $82,000 and $85,000. The position is worth around $344 million at the
Bitcoin (BTC) drifted back to $85,000 at the Feb. 27 Wall Street open as markets digested confirmation of new US trade tariffs. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price sells off as Trump says tariffs will go ahead Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD pulling back from a relief bounce to $87,000
US President Donald Trump’s first month in office has been highly volatile for risk assets, but his administration will likely be a net positive for Bitcoin in the long run, according to Standard Chartered. In a Feb. 27 interview with CNBC, Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research, Geoffrey Kendrick, said he expects Bitcoin’s (BTC)
Bitcoin’s (BTC) daily chart registered a bearish three-blind mice pattern over the past three days, taking BTC’s value outside the long-term established range between $110,000 and $90,000. Bitcoin 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin tested the fair value gap, but BTC has struggled to establish bullish momentum from the $82,000 range
Texas Senate Bill 21 (SB-21), establishing a Bitcoin and cryptocurrency strategic reserve, passed the Texas Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 27 in a 9–0 vote and now advances to the Senate floor for further deliberation. The bill gives the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts the authority to acquire, sell and trade any investment “that a
Bitcoin’s price could be approaching its bottom this cycle as it lingers below $83,000 and market sentiment remains fearful, according to the founder of a crypto fund. “Some broader macro data still looks poor, but it also wouldn’t surprise me if we put in a near-term floor locally given the significant level of fear and
Update (Feb. 28 at 3:51 am UTC): This article has been updated to reflect the total amount of liquidations and industry reactions to Bitcoin’s price movement. Bitcoin has fallen under $80,000 for the first time since November amid mounting macroeconomic uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. On Feb. 27, Bitcoin (BTC) plummeted to
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says Bitcoin may end the year under $59,000, citing an overheated futures market as one of the primary reasons for an end-of-year tumble. In a Nov. 9 post to X, Ki said he expects Bitcoin to close the year at $58,974 and asked others to speculate on the yearly close,
Crypto traders betting on a market drop were hit with major liquidations as Bitcoin surged to an all-time high above $81,000, causing widespread losses in short positions. CoinGlass data showed that in the last 12 hours, about $180 million in short positions were liquidated across the crypto market. Bitcoin (BTC) has continued to rally in
Bitcoin will gain political importance following Donald Trump and the Republicans’ United States election wins — and investors who don’t own the cryptocurrency can no longer ignore it, according to the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). “While some investors have allocated to Bitcoin, the most common allocation for investors is still zero. There are
Bitcoin is breaking records as a weekend BTC price surge delivers almost $82,000 to start the week. Bitcoin traders see BTC price upside continuing despite some concerns that a retracement may reach frightening proportions. Macroeconomic data releases continue to come thick and fast as United States presidential election fever gives way to the ongoing inflation
Two former executives at major American investment management firms, Millennium Management and Pacific Investment Management Company (Pimco), are reentering the crypto space amid a major market rally. Millennium’s ex-portfolio manager Benoit Bosc and Pimco’s former executive vice president Michael Bressler left their posts to set up a new crypto consultancy firm, x2B, Bloomberg reported on
Supported by a new all-time high (ATH) market price above $81,000, the total market capitalization of Bitcoin crossed $1.6 trillion for the first time since its launch in 2009. On Nov. 11, Bitcoin (BTC) reached a market capitalization of $1.62 trillion amid the ongoing bull market, concurrently bringing up the global crypto market cap to
The FTX bankruptcy estate continues to pursue lawsuits against cryptocurrency companies as part of its ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. A group of firms involved in the FTX bankruptcy proceedings initiated a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Binance, seeking to recover $1.8 billion, according to a complaint filed on Nov. 10. In the filing, the plaintiffs argued that
Bitcoin (BTC) struggled to hold above $43,000 into Dec. 8 as an altcoin surge put Ether (ETH) in the spotlight. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView ETH, SOL step up as Bitcoin takes liquidity Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed ongoing BTC price consolidation as ETH/USD added up to 7.6% in around 24 hours.
Bitcoin (BTC) wallet provider Samourai Wallet has accused BTC mining pool Ocean of censoring Whirlpool CoinJoin transactions and BIP47 notification transactions from Dec. 6. However, Ocean’s top executive has denied the claims while asking the Bitcoin wallet provider to fix a bug in their software. On Dec. 7, Samourai Wallet claimed that a new policy
A bug fix on the Bitcoin network could put a stop to new Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens causing network congestion by “exploiting a vulnerability,” claims a Bitcoin Core developer. In a Dec. 6 X (formerly Twitter) post, developer Luke Dashjr said inscriptions — used by Ordinals and BRC-20 creators to embed data on satoshi’s
Hashdex, one of the 13 asset managers vying for spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, expects to see the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States land by the second quarter of 2024, followed by a spot Ether (ETH) ETF. “The exact timing of a spot Bitcoin ETF in the U.S. remains unclear, but in
The price of gold has broken through a new all-time high, surpassing the significant level of $2,100 during the Asian session on Monday, Dec. 4. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) has also surged above $41,000 for the first time in 19 months. BTC/USD (blue) vs. gold price (orange) Source: Tradingview Bitcoin price breaks $40K…and $41K Bitcoin has
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