Tether hired top HSBC gold traders, then cut them weeks before auditors arrive
Tether spent early 2026 expanding into gold. By the end of March, it had already cut the senior hires behind that push, turning what looked like an ambition story into a test of how the company wants to look before
Bitcoin’s support system broke in Q1 — and the buyers that used to hold it up stepped back
With the first quarter of 2026 over, Bitcoin’s weak showing looks less like a single crypto-specific break and more like the product of a market that spent the past months under growing macro and geopolitical pressure. As Q1 closed out on
Bitcoin breaks from M2 liquidity trend as dollar strength overrides global money growth
Bitcoin is no longer responding to rising global liquidity the way it did in the last cycle. Even as money supply expands, a stronger dollar is tightening financial conditions faster than liquidity can lift prices. Bitcoin traders love one chart more
Bitcoin has to survive a new major liquidity test today as $2.2B hits the market on top of geopolitical pressure
FTX will begin its fourth creditor distribution on March 31, with about $2.2 billion set to reach eligible customers through BitGo, Kraken, and Payoneer within 1 to 3 business days. On paper, this might look like just another routine bankruptcy milestone.
The new IRS crypto tax form can flag your sale before you prove what you actually owe
The first Form 1099-DA season is arriving for US crypto investors with a basic problem: many people are getting the new IRS form before they understand what it actually tells them. A Coinbase and CoinTracker survey of 3,000 US crypto users
Bitcoin treasury company sells $20M BTC at a loss as its stock collapses after buying at $118k
Bitcoin enters April with a price carrying the weight of macro conditions, corporate balance sheets, and the credibility of the public wrappers built around it. CryptoSlate has already laid out the broad structure: public equities created a new channel for balance-sheet
Google slashes quantum cracking estimates by 20X creating $600 billion countdown for Bitcoin and Ethereum
A new paper from Google Quantum AI has sharply reduced the estimated hardware required to crack elliptic-curve cryptography used by Bitcoin and much of Ethereum, moving a long-running security debate closer to market terms. At current market prices, the quantum computing
Latest data shows retail Bitcoin wallets can no longer control short-term BTC price moves
Bitcoin’s Price Is Being Set Further Away From Bitcoin Holders Bitcoin spent the end of March in a range that looked calm on the surface and unusually crowded underneath. By Monday, Bitcoin's price was trading around $67,000 after a week that had
Bitcoin faces impending $45,000 sell-off catalyst as Powell, jobs report threaten fresh macro pressure
Bitcoin price is entering a pivotal week with several on-chain models pushing the market’s floor lower just as investors brace for fresh signals from the Federal Reserve and the US labor market. The shift has sharpened a debate that is no
Where is Bitcoin price headed this week? BTC falls to $65,000 but starts the week in recovery mode
Bitcoin reclaims $67k after a weekend spent below support, while $68k sets the first test for the new week Bitcoin price opened the new week with a modest structural improvement after spending most of the weekend below one of its most
Ripple pushes a more private blockchain to banks and adds AI code checks as fears grow it could leave XRP price behind
Ripple is trying to reshape the institutional case for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) around two issues that have long limited the use of public blockchains in mainstream finance: privacy and software risk. The company’s argument is that banks, payment firms, and
The next Bitcoin shock could be where Wall Street finally loses faith and starts selling
Bitcoin's price dropped below $67,000 this weekend, after a brutal slide that left it more than 40% below its October 2025 peak. In February, BTC had fallen about 47% from its high near $126,000. In an earlier version of this market,
Is anywhere safe as Bitcoin weakens? Why even the 2-year Treasury is starting to crack
Even the safest corners of the market can start to look uneasy when oil jumps, war drags on, and investors begin to wonder whether inflation is heading back in the wrong direction. That was the message we got from Tuesday’s sale
White House crypto czar leaves office after securing crypto wins for banks and institutions instead of Bitcoin
David Sacks leaves office with wins for crypto infrastructure, while Bitcoin holders are still waiting David Sacks is out of the formal White House crypto czar role after exhausting the 130-day limit attached to his special government employee status. The change closes
Bitcoin price is heading for weekend collapse to $61k – will a social media post from Trump save it?
Bitcoin is heading into the weekend with broken near-term structure, elevated macro pressure, and a political catalyst that now sits close to the center of the market’s risk map. The technical setup has deteriorated in steps over the past two weeks.
Bitcoin price has never ended a year higher after a start this bad — is $88k the 2026 ceiling now?
Bitcoin price has never finished a year positive after a start this bad Bitcoin seasonality is one of those market narratives that stays alive because the average is easy to screenshot. The problem is that the average often hides the only
After a $1.2 billion run, XRP ETFs just flipped from inflows to outflows
XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are heading toward their first monthly net outflow since their late-2025 debut, breaking the momentum that helped make them one of crypto’s strongest early product launches outside Bitcoin. Data from SoSoValue showed that the four funds have
New Coinbase CLARITY Act standoff over stablecoin reward is now holding up rules for the entire US crypto market
The stablecoin yield fight has once again consumed the CLARITY Act debate on Capitol Hill, and the cost of that consumption is now measurable. The bill stalled in January when Coinbase objected to its terms, a White House meeting in February