Bitcoin news

Solana just became 3,000 times faster than Bitcoin at producing blocks, yet its coin lost nearly 8% of its value the same week. The relationship between blockchain speed and price turns out to be far more complicated than it looks.

Bitcoin whales poured over a billion dollars into the market right after a sharp decline, while one of the biggest mining companies quietly cashed out. Their opposing moves point to very different views on where Bitcoin goes from here.

Eight altcoins are trouncing Bitcoin's returns over the past month, sparking talk of a long-awaited altcoin season. But a closer look at the weekly numbers and a key market index tells a very different story.

It can make sense to check out what big investors are doing with their money.

At one time, Bitcoin had 1,000x upside potential. But is that still the case?

Ethereum ETFs bled $56.1 million for a ninth straight day as $5 billion in ETH shorts stack up above the price.

After a $3.8 million exploit, NEAR Intents told the suspect, “We have identified you, sir.” Alex Shevchenko walks through how the funds came back.

Darkfost said the market was oscillating around the $80,500 line in a pattern resembling late 2025 and early 2026, with the level holding as support for now.

CleanSpark (CLSK) has drawn fresh attention after reporting unaudited bitcoin production of 529 for September and 5,432 for the current year, giving investors new data on its mining output. CleanSpark’s bitcoin production update lands after a sharp pullback, with the share price down 20.97% over the past 30 days and 18.33% over 90 days, while the 1-year total shareholder return has fallen 45.57%. The 3-year total shareholder return remains very strong at 198.15%, pointing to long term gains...

A couple of popular institutional trades are driving much of the purchasing activity.

Fidelity's Jurrien Timmer expects Bitcoin to outperform gold from here, even as he saw gold's fair value near $5,000 and rising.

Key Stats for CleanSpark StockCurrent Price: $10. 502026 Year-to-Date Return: 3.

The Bermuda-based insurer, which runs entirely on Bitcoin, drew the funding from existing backers led by Bain Capital Crypto after a record year driven by demand from wealthy families in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

After two brutal days that drained over $700 million from Bitcoin ETFs, a small wave of buyers returned on October 9, but the real question is whether that single session signals a genuine shift or just a brief pause before more pain.

Brian Armstrong is sticking with his $400,000 Bitcoin target. His direction looks sound, but the 2030 deadline is a stretch.

Key Stats for Cipher Digital StockCurrent Price: $13. 52Change Since June 30, 2026: -44.

Hayes warned that revaluing gold to 50,000–60,000 an ounce to retire U.S. Treasury debt would be inflationary.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent drops a new seizure reveal on Iran.

XRP bounced twice near the $1 level this summer and surged, but a recent pullback has traders eyeing a critical support zone that could either validate the recovery or send prices back to the summer lows.

A year ago, crypto was riding a wave of White House support, Wall Street enthusiasm and expectations of a new golden age. Then came October’s historic crash, wiping out a record $19 billion in leveraged bets in a single day, setting off an industry-wide retrenchment and exposing the fragility of a market structure supposedly coming of age.