Tether’s USDT has grown into the dominant dollar token in crypto despite a persistent, high‑profile weakness: it had never passed a full, independent audit. That gap is now starting to close. On Mar. 24, Tether said it has formally engaged… Read More »Tether Finally Lands a Big Four Audit: What It Means for USDT and Crypto Markets
Strategy, the firm formerly known as MicroStrategy, has quietly set up one of the largest potential Bitcoin buying war chests in public markets. A new at-the-market (ATM) securities filing expands its active issuance capacity to more than $64 billion, largely… Read More »How Strategy’s $64B Bitcoin Buying Plan Uses High-Yield Funding to Target BTC Upside
Kentucky’s latest attempt to crack down on cryptocurrency kiosk scams has unexpectedly put the state’s own pro–self-custody stance under pressure. A late-added amendment to House Bill 380 (HB 380) would require hardware wallet providers to help users reset passwords and… Read More »Kentucky Bill HB 380 Raises Fears of Backdoor ‘Recovery’ in Crypto Hardware Wallets
Bitcoin is starting the week trading less as a direct play on Middle East headlines and more as a passenger in a rapidly repricing bond market. Oil sparked the latest macro shock, but price action in U.S. Treasuries and Japanese… Read More »Bitcoin Trades Inside the Bond Shock: Why 10‑Year Yields Matter More Than Oil This Week
Bitcoin briefly reclaimed the $70,000 level after President Donald Trump announced a five-day pause on planned U.S. military strikes against Iranian power and energy infrastructure, triggering a swift reversal across risk assets that had been under pressure on escalating war… Read More »Bitcoin Surges Back Above $70K After Trump Pauses Planned Strikes on Iran
Stagflation is moving from a niche macro term to a potential defining theme for 2026. For Bitcoin holders and broader crypto investors, understanding what it means – and what it doesn’t – is becoming as important as tracking ETF flows… Read More »Stagflation in 2026: What It Means for Everyday Life and Why Bitcoiners Are Paying Attention
Bitcoin’s latest pullback is less about on-chain data or funding rates and more about a single geopolitical shock: a new threat from the White House targeting Iran’s power infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz. What Triggered Bitcoin’s Overnight Drop Overnight,… Read More »Bitcoin Slides to $68K as Trump Threatens to ‘Obliterate’ Iranian Power Plants
Bitcoin’s brief slip below $70,000 is turning into a live stress test of how crypto trades when macro conditions shift sharply. A renewed oil shock is forcing major central banks to rethink their inflation paths and interest-rate plans, and Bitcoin… Read More »Bitcoin Holds the Line Above $70K as Rising Oil Complicates Central Bank Policy
Vanity Fair’s March feature, “Crypto’s True Believers Demand to Be Taken Seriously,” was meant to capture a maturing industry for a mainstream audience. Instead, it triggered a rapid backlash from crypto insiders who saw the imagery and framing as a… Read More »Why Vanity Fair’s Bathrobe Crypto Shoot Sparked Industry Backlash
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its clearest guidance yet on how it categorizes crypto assets — and in the process, it has sharply reduced the likelihood that many mainstream networks and software providers will be pushed… Read More »SEC’s Revamped Crypto Rules Ease KYC Burden for Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana
Mastercard is spending up to $1.8 billion to buy BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure provider that plugs blockchain-based payments into traditional banking rails. For crypto investors and fintech operators, the price tag is less important than the message: the card networks… Read More »Why Mastercard Is Paying $1.8B for Stablecoin Rails Instead of Building Its Own
Bitcoin enters the latest Federal Reserve decision pinned below $74,000, with traders treating tonight’s policy update as a potential trigger for either a renewed push toward $80,000 or a deeper retrace toward recent lows. The setup blends fragile macro data,… Read More »Bitcoin Hovers Below $74K as Fed Decision Threatens to Break Bullish Momentum