World Bitcoin News

Today in crypto, as the market bloodbath continues, one Ethereum whale was forced to make an emergency $14 million Ether deposit to avoid the potential liquidation of a short position worth around $340 million, Bitcoin hashrate trackers show the network crossed over 1 zetahash per second, and cypherpunk Jameson Lopp has sounded the alarm on…Read More

Michael Saylor’s firm Strategy, the world’s largest publicly listed corporate holder of Bitcoin, did not add to its BTC holdings last week as the cryptocurrency’s price dropped below $87,000.In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, Strategy announced it made no Bitcoin (BTC) purchases during the week of March 31…Read More

US federal agencies are expected to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings to the Department of the Treasury by April 7, following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year.Citing an unidentified White House official, journalist Eleanor Terrett reported that the deadline for federal agencies to report their crypto holdings to Treasury Secretary Scott…Read More

The Mantra blockchain network has launched a $108,888,888 ecosystem fund aimed at accelerating the growth of startups focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi), amid rising demand for stable, asset-backed digital products.Mantra, a layer-1 (L1) blockchain built for tokenized RWAs, launched the Mantra Ecosystem Fund (MEF) to accelerate the growth and adoption…Read More

Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw renewed outflows last week, with $240 million in investor capital pulled, according to an April 7 report from digital asset manager CoinShares.The outflows reversed two consecutive weeks of inflows that totaled $870 million, leaving total digital asset ETP holdings at about $133 billion, CoinShares reported.The new outflows likely reflect investor…Read More

Bitcoin (BTC) is turning back the clock this week as tariff mayhem drags BTC price action toward 2021.Bitcoin is giving up bull market support lines left and right as a new “death cross” completes on the BTC/USD daily chart.CPI week is firmly overshadowed by US trade tariffs and their increasingly global impact on stock markets.Both…Read More

The Bitcoin network hashrate has topped 1 Zetahash per second (ZH/s) for the first time in Bitcoin’s 16-year history, according to several blockchain data sources.Bitcoin’s hashrate crossed the milestone on April 5 at a peak of 1.025 ZH/s, according to mempool.space data, while BTC Frame data said it hit 1.02 ZH/s a day earlier.Data from…Read More

Cryptocurrency prices tumbled as the US stock futures market opened sharply lower on April 6 as the Trump administration doubled down on its global tariff strategy.The Trump administration hit all countries with a 10% tariff starting April 5, with some slapped at higher rates, including China at 34%, the European Union at 20%, and Japan…Read More

Jameson Lopp, the chief security officer at Bitcoin (BTC) custody company Casa, sounded the alarm on Bitcoin address poisoning attacks, a social engineering scam that uses similar addresses from a victim’s transaction history to fool them into sending funds to the malicious address.According to Lopp’s Feb 6 article, the threat actors generate BTC addresses that…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy CEO Makes the Case for Corporate Bitcoin Adoption in MIT Keynote Strategy CEO Phong Le makes the case for corporate Bitcoin adoption and explains how it helped MSTR outperform every major market benchmark. This post Strategy CEO Makes the Case for Corporate Bitcoin Adoption in MIT Keynote first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine…Read More

Last week, Bitcoin (BTC) began showing early signs of decoupling from the US stock markets. Bitcoin was relatively flat over the week, while the S&P 500 plunged by 9%. The sell-off was triggered following US President Donald Trump’s April 2 global tariff announcement, which escalated further on April 4 as China retaliated with new tariffs…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine The Future of Bitcoin Mining is Distributed Troy Cross argues that Bitcoin mining’s future lies in global distribution, not U.S. dominance, to protect its neutrality and value against nation-state attacks. This post The Future of Bitcoin Mining is Distributed first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Troy Cross.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Covenants: CHECKSIGFROMSTACK (BIP 348) The second article in the Covenant series, examining the CHECKSIGFROMSTACK (CSFS) proposal from Brandon Black and Jeremy Rubin. This post Bitcoin Covenants: CHECKSIGFROMSTACK (BIP 348) first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Shinobi.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine This Easy Bitcoin ETF Flow Strategy Beats Buy and Hold by 40% Unlock higher returns with this simple Bitcoin ETF flow strategy, outperforming buy-and-hold by 40% using daily flow data to beat institutional moves in 2025. This post This Easy Bitcoin ETF Flow Strategy Beats Buy and Hold by 40% first appeared on…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitwise Debuts Option Income ETFs on Bitcoin Treasury Stocks: MSTR, MARA, COIN Bitwise launches ETFs offering covered call income on Bitcoin-linked stocks—MSTR, MARA, and COIN—designed for yield without losing BTC upside. This post Bitwise Debuts Option Income ETFs on Bitcoin Treasury Stocks: MSTR, MARA, COIN first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Covenants, CTV, And Making Things Easier For Developers Stu is an opensource developer who has gone from working at ZBD, to building prototypes for CTV tools, to now contributing to the Char Network. This post Covenants, CTV, And Making Things Easier For Developers first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Shinobi.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Post Wook: Surreal and Immersive Art on Bitcoin & the Future of Digital Expression Dennis Koch interviews Post Wook, an artist who will showcase her work at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas. This post Post Wook: Surreal and Immersive Art on Bitcoin & the Future of Digital Expression first appeared on…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Startups Raised Nearly $1.2 Billion Bitcoin-native startups have raised nearly $1.2 billion between 2021 and 2024, according to new research from Trammell Venture Partners. Early-stage activity continues to grow despite broader market declines. This post Bitcoin Startups Raised Nearly $1.2 Billion first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Vivek Sen…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Rep. Keith Ammon Is New Hampshire’s Premier Bitcoin Advocate On Tuesday, Rep. Keith Ammon addressed a New Hampshire House Ways and Means Committee on House Bill (HB) 302, which would permit the state’s treasurer to invest in bitcoin. In speaking to the committee, he brought up the United States’ excessive debt and made…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Gen Z’s Bitcoin Bet and the Largest Wealth Transfer in History | Bitcoin Backstage w/ Dylan LeClair Episode Summary On this episode of Bitcoin Backstage, Isabella Santos mines deep on the looming $84 TRILLION inheritance the Boomer generation is set to bequeath to younger generations. With rising adoption amongst younger generations, could Gen…Read More