Bitcoin Is The Collateral, It Just Needs The Credit Markets
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Is The Collateral, It Just Needs The Credit Markets Bitcoin is the largest pool of pristine collateral in the world. It is scarce, globally settled, politically neutral, and cannot be diluted. Few assets combine monetary premium and liquidity at this scale. Yet borrowing against bitcoin remains expensive, fragmented, and short-term. That mismatch […]
Arthur Hayes Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker
Bitcoin Magazine Arthur Hayes Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker Arthur Hayes, one of the most provocative and incisive minds in Bitcoin, has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026, returning to the world’s largest Bitcoin conference to deliver his signature blend of macroeconomic analysis, geopolitical insight, and unfiltered conviction on where the […]
Bitcoin Slides Again as Iran War Jitters Hit BTC, Risk Assets
Iran war jitters attack once more, knocking investors out of risk assets and dragging the broader crypto market into the red. Bitcoin’s slide has kicked back in after a short-lived push above 70,000 dollars with BTC slipping about 2.3% into the high‑60,000s dollars. Bitcoin: A Snapshot Of The Uncertainty In Numbers For weeks, Bitcoin (BTC) […]
PEPE Trades at $0.053571 With Indicators Reflecting Narrow Intraday Structure
At the time of writing, Pepe was trading at $0.053571, with a 3.5 percent increase in the last 24 hours. The token also gained 0.6 percent against Bitcoin to 0.0105380 BTC and against Ethereum to 0.081803 ETH. Although this has increased, the price is still within a narrow intraday range. There is compression in the […]
The Core Issue: Why Bitcoin Needed A Remodel With Segwit and Taproot
Bitcoin Magazine The Core Issue: Why Bitcoin Needed A Remodel With Segwit and Taproot Segregated Witness (BIP by Pieter Wuile, Eric Lombrozo, and Johnson Lau) and Taproot (BIPs by Pieter Wuille, Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, and Anthony Towns) are the two largest changes ever made to the Bitcoin protocol. The former fundamentally changed the structure […]
XRP Open Interest Falls 70% to Yearly Lows: What Does it Mean for Ripple’s Price?
The total open interest (OI) for XRP futures across major crypto exchanges has plunged 70% from its peak five months ago, settling at $203 million on March 3, 2026. The sharp drop in unsettled contracts mirrors levels seen in April 2025, a period that immediately preceded a significant price rally for the digital asset, raising […]
AI Agents Show Strong Preference for Bitcoin Over Fiat, BPI Study Finds
Bitcoin Magazine AI Agents Show Strong Preference for Bitcoin Over Fiat, BPI Study Finds A new study by the Bitcoin Policy Institute shows that frontier AI models overwhelmingly prefer digitally-native monetary instruments, with Bitcoin emerging as the dominant choice. Researchers conducted 9,072 controlled experiments across 36 models from five leading providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, […]
Hyperliquid gold perps front-ran CME after Iran strikes and the Monday gap exposed a new weekend leader
On Feb. 28, coordinated strikes hit Iranian nuclear facilities while most benchmark commodity markets sat dark. Traditional gold futures on CME’s COMEX exchange wouldn’t reopen until Sunday evening Central Time, leaving a 48-hour window where macro risk had nowhere obvious to express itself. Except it did: on venues that never close. By the time COMEX […]
International finance watchdog warns stablecoins are increasingly used in sanctions evasion and money laundering
In its latest report, the global standard setter FATF said stablecoins now account for the bulk of illicit crypto activity and pose growing risks through peer-to-peer transfers.
Circle shares boosted by Middle East tensions, rising oil, fading rate cut hopes, says Mizuho
The stock has risen about 20% since the U.S. strikes on Iran over the weekend.
Polymarket, Kalshi Face Possible Nevada Trading Ban
Nevada court ruling could limit Polymarket and Kalshi access for residents as insider betting cases increase scrutiny nationwide.
Visa and Bridge Expand Stablecoin Card Reach to Over 100 Countries
Global payment giant Visa is growing its stablecoin card partnership with Stripe, owned by Bridge, looking to launch stablecoin, linked Visa cards to 100+ countries by the end of the year. The payments industry is increasingly seeing the adoption of stablecoins, as reflected by this move. Expansion Plans Visa and Bridge are enlarging their collaborative