CRYPTO
Bitcoin Tops $100K for First Time in 3 Months; Are Upside Targets Too Low?
The price has jumped 33% in a few weeks after plunging to $75,000 in the days following President Trump’s early April Liberation Day tariff announcement. What to know: Bitcoin BTC$104,000.04 is back in six figures, continuing yet another of its famous zigs when most were expecting a zag. To review, the world’s […]
Bitcoin Mining Rig Maker Canaan Could Have 5X Upside, Says Wall Street Analyst
Benchmark’s Mark Palmer initiated coverage on the firm’s roughed-up shares with a buy rating and $3 price target. What to know: Singapore-based developer of bitcoin mining ASIC chips and rigs Canaan (CAN) has had a rough run, but could be a five-bagger, suggests Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer. Palmer on Tuesday […]
Florida Withdraws Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bills From Consideration
The two bills, which were both filed in February, sought to allow investment of public funds in BTC What to know: Florida has withdrawn two bills related to the creation of a state-level strategic bitcoin (BTC) reserve. House Bill 487 and Senate Bill 550 have been “indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration,” according to […]
Will Crypto Values Survive the Regulatory Wave?
Ahead of the People’s Regulatory Roundtable at Consensus 2025, six leading crypto lawyers discuss whether core crypto principles, like decentralization and privacy, will be included in upcoming legislation and regulation. It is often said that crypto is part technology and part religion. As such, it is hardly surprising that the […]
Pay Attention: The Cypherpunk Banking Stack Is Coming
The future banking stack is being built our in the midst of all the chaos. While many are currently wrapped up in press releases from public companies announcing that they’ve added to their Bitcoin treasuries, flame wars over OP_RETURN limits, or more general geopolitical developments cypherpunks are writing code. While […]
Arizona Governor Calls Crypto an ‘Untested Investment,’ Vetoes Bitcoin Reserve Bill
The bill, Senate Bill 1025, aimed to create a digital assets reserve managed by the state. What to know: Arizona will not be investing in bitcoin (BTC), at least not this year. Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill on Friday that would have allowed the state to hold the digital […]
Senator Lummis Says Trump Supports Her BITCOIN Act That Could Erase U.S. Debt
Senator Cynthia Lummis declares her bold plan to buy 1 million BTC is the only way to escape America’s $36 trillion debt spiral—and she says President Trump agrees. In a powerful address on Capitol Hill today, Senator Cynthia Lummis made her stance clear: the United States is out of time—and […]
Stablecoin Giant Circle Is Launching a New Payments and Remittance Network
Circle is unveiling a new payments and cross border remittance product on Tuesday, from the firm’s One World Trade Center headquarters, according to an invite to the launch event. What to know: Circle, the firm behind the $60 billion USDC stablecoin, is launching a new payments and cross border remittance […]
Metaplanet Buys Another 330 BTC as BTC Moves Above $87K
The purchase has brought Metaplanet’s total holdings to over 4,855 BTC. What to know: Publicly-listed Metaplanet announced fresh bitcoin (BTC) purchases on Monday as BTC went above $87,300, reversing last week’s loses. Metaplanet picked up 330 BTC bring its overall holdings to 4,855 BTC, worth over $420 million, based on […]
The AI Monetary Hegemony: Why Dollars, Crypto, and Autonomous AIs Will Soon Clash
When AI agents have the ability to create and promote their own cryptos, will humans still control monetary systems? It’s a question we should be thinking about, says Zoltan Istvan, a leading transhumanist thinker. There are many developers around the world today creating artificial intelligence (AI) agents that can autonomously […]
