Global grocery giant Spar has rolled out Bitcoin-based payments in Switzerland, marking another step in the growing adoption of cryptocurrency for everyday transactions. A Spar supermarket in Zug, Switzerland, has implemented Bitcoin BTCUSD payments via the Lightning Network. The store’s Bitcoin payments went live on BTC Mao, a community-driven project highlighting stores that accept BTC…

Bitcoin BTCUSD speculators could spark “significant” BTC price volatility as a large tranche of coins moves onchain. In one of its “Quicktake” blog posts on April 18, onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant warned that a Bitcoin market shake-up is now due. CryptoQuant: “Volatility is coming” for BTC price Bitcoin short-term holders (STHs) are signaling that the…

In recent months, the U.S. government has made two major moves in the digital currency space that seem, at best, contradictory—and at worst, irresponsible. In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology.” On the surface, this might sound like a push toward innovation. But dig deeper, and…

Gold’s rally might’ve stolen Bitcoin’s spotlight but that doesn’t mean the stage is empty. Bitcoin is just waiting for its cue — maybe a Fed pivot or profit-taking shift. Sideways could be the story for now — resilience in uncertainty is still a plot twist. Looking for actionable trade ideas to navigate the current market…

 “I thought, ‘That’s interesting—we need heat,’” Goodman says of Bathhouse. Mining facilities typically use fans or water to cool their computers. And pools of water, of course, are a prominent feature of the spa.  It takes six miners, each roughly the size of an Xbox One console, to maintain a hot tub at 104 °F. At…

Financial commentator Peter Schiff has predicted that the U.S. will not be buying any Bitcoin.  “The U.S. will not buy any Bitcoin, and neither will other nations. Their leaders are not that dumb,” Schiff commented.  The U.S. established a strategic Bitcoin reserve in early March. However, there is a catch: the reserve will be initially…

Global grocery giant Spar has rolled out Bitcoin-based payments in Switzerland, marking another step in the growing adoption of cryptocurrency for everyday transactions. A Spar supermarket in Zug, Switzerland, has implemented Bitcoin (BTC) payments via the Lightning Network. The store’s Bitcoin payments went live on BTC Mao, a community-driven project highlighting stores that accept BTC…

Bitcoin (BTC) speculators could spark “significant” BTC price volatility as a large tranche of coins moves onchain. In one of its “Quicktake” blog posts on April 18, onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant warned that a Bitcoin market shake-up is now due. CryptoQuant: “Volatility is coming” for BTC price Bitcoin short-term holders (STHs) are signaling that the…

On April 18, 2025, Bitcoin’s Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator flipped bullish, a significant technical event that traders closely monitor for potential price movements (Source: X post by AltcoinGordon). At 10:00 AM UTC, Bitcoin’s price stood at $65,432, with a subsequent increase to $66,120 by 12:00 PM UTC, reflecting a 1.05% rise within…

Bitcoin‘s (CRYPTO: BTC) long-term track record is unbelievable. In the past 10 years, the world’s top cryptocurrency has seen its price soar 37,000%. This means that a $10,000 investment made back in April 2015 would be worth an eye-popping $3.7 million today. But there has been a lot of volatility along the way, to say…