Bitcoin news

18 May, 2026
Crypto market drops 7% from its May 10 peak as $589 million in long liquidations and oil-driven risk-off pressure confirm a double top.
17 May, 2026
American investors have a home-country problem. Roughly 60% of global market capitalization sits in U.S. stocks, but most U.S. brokerage accounts hold something closer to 100%. The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:IEFA) is the boring, large, cheap answer to that imbalance, with $169.6 billion in net assets and a fee of 0.07%. That fee ... One Low-Cost ETF For Europe, Japan, And A Lot Of Stocks Americans Ignore
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is trading at approximately $78,000 today, close enough to $90,000 that it feels within reach, but far enough that four separate forces are stacking up to stop it. Every time Bitcoin has approached $90,000 since the October 2025 all-time high, the bears have shown up and pushed it back down. This is ... Bitcoin’s $90K Resistance Cluster: 4 Reasons Why It’s the Hardest Level to Break
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has spent most of May trading around the $80,000 level as it kept stalling below the key resistance level near $82,000. The Bitcoin price keeps bouncing off the upper $70,000s, but has struggled to build enough strength for a sustained breakout, with traders reacting cautiously to inflation data and shifting Federal Reserve ... We Asked Claude AI Where Bitcoin (BTC) Will Be On The Day The Fed Cuts Rates
Crypto traders sold the news following Kevin Warsh’s Fed chair confirmation and a successful markup of the CLARITY Act, but dip buyers may save the day.
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is trading at $78,200 today, down by 1% in the last 24 hours, and trading roughly 5% below the 200-day MA level. The 200-day moving average, currently around $82,300, is the line that separates a recovering market from a confirmed bull run, and Bitcoin hasn’t closed above it since January. The Bitcoin ... Bitcoin Price: Why BTC Can’t Close Above the 200-Day MA, and What Breaks It
Investing.com -- The British pound faced sudden selling pressure on Thursday evening as intensifying domestic political headlines triggered a surge in foreign exchange risk premiums.
16 May, 2026
Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) latest rally attempt is running into an unexpected wall; the U.S. bond market. While crypto traders focused on ETF flows, institutional adoption, and the recent progress of the CLARITY Act in Washington, another market quietly tightened financial conditions in the background. The U.S. 2-year Treasury yield surged to 4.09%, its highest level ... Is the 2-Year Treasury at 4.09% Why Bitcoin (BTC) Can’t Break Out?
15 May, 2026
The embattled bridging provider has now lost control over more than $4B amid ongoing fallout from last month's KelpDAO exploit.
Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), an artificial intelligence ("AI") data center company anchored by Bitcoin ("Hyperscale Data" or the "Company"), today announced that it intends to commence a tender offer to purchase up to $5,000,000 of its Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), at a price of $0.21 per share.
A so-called altcoin developed by researchers at MIT and Johns Hopkins is attracting more attention due to its focus on user protections.
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Prediction market bettors are convinced that Strategy could sell part of its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) holdings this year after years of maintaining a strict “never sell” stance. Odds on Polymarket surged following comments from Executive Chairman Michael Saylor about potentially using BTC sales to cover dividend obligations. Traders now appear more focused on the company’s ... Why Polymarket Now Gives Strategy 82% Odds of Selling Bitcoin (BTC) This Year
Last week, Michael Saylor said it's ok to sell BTC to pay dividends; now his DATco is preparing to tap the treasury to repay early investors.
Bit Digital (NASDAQ:BTBT) reported a sequential decline in first-quarter revenue as management said the company continued shifting its business away from legacy Bitcoin mining and toward Ethereum treasury and staking, AI infrastructure and recurring cash-flow opportunities. On the company’s first-q
Gemini stock surged in premarket trading after the founders' capital fund bought shares at $14 each, paid in bitcoin
The pound is also on track for its worst week since 2024 amid growing concern over political instability.
In Bitcoin news today, Starknet launched strkBTC on May 12, 2026, a wrapped, BTC-backed asset that runs on Starknet’s Bitcoin Layer 2 network and uses zero-knowledge cryptography to shield your balances and transaction history from public view. The real question isn’t whether Bitcoin privacy is a good idea. The question ...
Bitcoin opened at $81,069.54 on Friday, up 2.3% from Thursday’s open. The value of bitcoin fell to $80,596.43 by 7:10 a.m ET. Ethereum opened at $2,282.46 on Friday, up 1.1% from Thursday’s open. The value of ethereum was down as of 7:10 a.m. ET, at $2,257.73.
Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao recounted on Thursday a moment from a recent interview, in which the host surprised him with a moving gesture. The ‘Lamborghini’ Surprise CZ appeared on Patrick Bet-David's podcast earlier this week, where they discussed a wide range of topics, including Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), artificial intelligence, and the rise of Binance. Recalling the podcast, CZ mentioned never sitting in a Lamborghini before. But to his surprise, Bet-David had one waiti