The Tokyo-based Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet has deepened its bet on Bitcoin with another multimillion-dollar purchase. Summary Metaplanet acquired an additional 103 BTC for $11.7 million, bringing total holdings to 18,991 BTC. The company has achieved a year-to-date BTC yield of 479.5% in 2025, with a quarter-to-date yield of 29.1%. Metaplanet aims to hold 30,000…
Bitcoin transaction fees have plummeted to their lowest levels in over a decade, as social sentiment around Federal Reserve rate cuts reaches a fever pitch, raising questions about market sustainability. Summary Bitcoin fees fall to lowest levels since 2011 at 3.5 BTC daily average Fed rate-cut hype hits 11-month high, echoing past euphoric market tops…
Is Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat really a chat app, or an experiment in how digital society might look without central authorities at all? Summary Jack Dorsey’s experimental messenger Bitchat is expanding from short-range Bluetooth mesh into location-based chat, grouping users by geohashes and giving them temporary pseudonyms. Bitchat positions payments as part of messaging itself, offering…
The crypto market is down today, August 22, as sentiment wanes and participants await Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium. Summary The crypto market is down today ahead of the Jackson Hole speech by Jerome Powell. Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs experienced substantial outflows this week. BTC price formed a double-top…
Foundry USA unexpectedly mined eight Bitcoin blocks in a row, a streak that stood out on explorers’ and social feeds. Controlling roughly a third of the network’s hashrate, the pool’s run was unlikely but still possible. Summary Foundry USA mined eight Bitcoin blocks straight, from heights 910,500 to 910,507, in a run that grabbed crypto…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. A major turning point for Bitcoin (BTC) came in early 2024, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a series of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. This regulatory milestone did more than…
Bitcoin price slipped to $112,828 on Aug. 22, down 1.4% on the day as retail demand cooled while whales quietly accumulated. Summary Bitcoin trades at $112,828, 9.3% below its Aug. 14 all-time high of $124,128. Retail demand is fading, but whales bought 16,000 BTC in the past week. Technicals show $112K as key support; failure…
Starknet is set to introduce Bitcoin staking after its community ratified Starknet Improvement Proposal 31. Summary Starknet approved SNIP-31 on August 21, enabling Bitcoin staking and governance rights. BTC gets up to 25% staking power, while STRK keeps majority control. The update expands BTC DeFi on Starknet, but STRK fell 6.2% after. Starknet (STRK) will…
Bitcoin and the crypto market could be at risk after a senior Federal Reserve official warned about the state of the economy and the dangers of cutting interest rates too soon. Summary Bitcoin and the crypto market are at risk as Fed official warns on inflation and interest rates. Beth Hammack believes that the Fed…
The CEO of Coinbase has shared a bullish long-term target for Bitcoin, predicting the cryptocurrency’s price could be worth a million dollars in the coming years. Summary Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is bullish on Bitcoin’s long-term potential. Armstrong points to regulatory developments, including the GENIUS Stablecoin Act, as evidence of increasing market clarity. Other industry…
