Bitcoin moved back above $71,000 after US President Donald Trump postponed Iran strike for five days, sending oil price crashing below $100. Bitcoin (BTC) broke back toward $71,000 during Monday’s European trading session as US President Trump said attacks on Iran’s power infrastructure would be postponed.  Key takeaways: Bitcoin bounces 5% to $71,000 after President...Continue Reading

Strategy bought 1,031 Bitcoin for $76.6 million, lifting holdings to 762,099 BTC, as the company relied on common stock sales to fund the purchase. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin (BTC), bought another 1,031 Bitcoin last week in a much smaller purchase than its previous two weekly buys, funding the acquisition...Continue Reading

Weekly crypto ETP inflows reached $230 million despite $405 million in post-FOMC outflows, as Bitcoin led gains and Ether ended a three-week inflow streak, CoinShares reported. Crypto investment products maintained their inflow streak last week but momentum slowed amid ongoing Middle East tensions and a “hawkish pause” interpretation of the US Fed’s meeting. Crypto exchange-traded...Continue Reading

Arkham data shows a wallet cluster holding 644 million SIREN, about 88% of the 728 million circulating supply, raising manipulation concerns. Crypto token Siren surged 340% in the last week, amid claims that a large portion of the circulating supply may be concentrated among a small group of wallets.  Siren markets itself as the “first...Continue Reading

A simple “wrong number” message led to a $3.4 million crypto scam, exposing social engineering tactics, fake investments and fund laundering methods. This $3.4 million scam shows how modern crypto fraud increasingly relies on social engineering rather than technical exploits. Scammers used a gradual grooming process, engaging victims in friendly conversations over time to build...Continue Reading

Airdrops trained extraction over loyalty. Token sales return with privacy-preserving identity to reward conviction and build real, automation-resistant communities. Opinion by: Nanak Nihal Khalsa, co-founder of Holonym Foundation For most of the last cycle, crypto teams convinced themselves that airdrops were community building. In practice, they became something else entirely: a large-scale training program that...Continue Reading

Stablecoins could benefit from the rise of AI-driven payments over time, even as early adoption remains limited and contested, according to a new report. Stablecoins could benefit from the rise of AI-driven payments over time, even as early adoption remains limited and contested, according to a new report from Bernstein. In a Monday note shared...Continue Reading

Bitcoin traders kept sub-$50,000 BTC price targets in play as gold entered a bear market over Iran and oil-supply instability. Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week facing fresh macro risks as gold plummets and traders wait for $50,000. BTC price action ends the week below a key trend line, and traders see little more than...Continue Reading

ZachXBT said the network of fake X accounts used AI to impersonate influencers and post sensational content, generating millions of views and six-figure profits from crypto scams. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said on Monday he uncovered a coordinated network of accounts on X using exaggerated or fake war and geopolitical posts to lure users into crypto...Continue Reading

H100 signed a letter of intent to acquire two Bitcoin treasury companies and their BTC holdings, which could make it the second-largest Bitcoin treasury company in Europe. Sweden-listed health-tech and Bitcoin treasury company H100 Group has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with the shareholders of privately-held Norwegian Bitcoin companies Moonshot and Never Say...Continue Reading