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The US dollar risks losing the status of the world’s reserve currency to digital assets like Bitcoin, said BlackRock CEO and chairman Larry Fink. Fink made the remark in the chairman’s annual letter to investors. Fink wrote in the letter that the U.S. has benefited from its national currency’s status as the world’s reserve currency…

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. Readers should conduct further research prior to taking any actions. Learn more › Bitcoin’s future has never looked more intriguing—or more debated.  As the world’s largest cryptocurrency enters 2025, industry experts are issuing bold price predictions for both the near term and the decade ahead. From crypto CEOs to…

Bitcoin blockchain’s hashrate is surging, revealing a growing dislocation between the network activity and prices for its native token bitcoin (BTC). On a 14-day moving average, the hashrate, representing the computational power required to mine a block on the proof-of-work Bitcoin blockchain, recently reached an all-time high of 838 exahashes per second (EH/s), and on…

Lawmakers in the US states of Minnesota and Alabama filed companion bills to identical existing bills that if passed into law, would allow each state to buy Bitcoin. The Minnesota Bitcoin Act, or HF 2946, was introduced to the state’s House by Republican Representative Bernie Perryman on April 1, following an identical bill introduced on…

On Wednesday, Bitcoin experienced another bout of extreme volatility, losing $6,000 in the span of several hours.  After reaching an intraday high of $88,563, the flagship cryptocurrency ended up plunging all the way to $82,157. BTC/USD by TradingView Risk assets are getting hammered by rapidly worsening trade tensions.  E-mini S&P 500 futures are down by…

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) saw sharp volatility as global markets reacted to sweeping tariff announcements from US president Donald Trump. The cryptocurrency saw significant price swings, briefly rising above $87,000 (£66,172) before plunging as much as 5% from Wednesday’s highs. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) has since stabilised, trading just above $83,500 — erasing all gains from earlier in the…

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes believes that Bitcoin (BTC) will soon start printing rallies due to one main catalyst. In a new blog post, Hayes says that Fed chair Jerome Powell’s recent comments on monetary policy indicate market liquidity will start to increase, which has ignited massive Bitcoin rallies in the past. According to Hayes, the…

11h05 ▪ 9 min read ▪ by Nicolas T. Why has debt become uncontrollable and how will Bitcoin benefit from it? This article draws a parallel between energy, debt, geopolitics, and Bitcoin. Bitcoin, Energy, Debt, and Geopolitics The rise in oil prices triggered the 2008 crisis, and the ongoing energy dependence continues to threaten global…

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on imports from 50 countries, including the BRICS and the European Union. Also dubbed the ‘Declaration of Economic Independence’, Trump’s prolonged speech declaring reciprocal tariffs had no mention of Bitcoin, blockchain, or even digital assets. Bitcoin (BTC) price, which saw a peak at $110,000 during the…