Xapo Bank, a wealth manager for long-term holders of bitcoin, said it is offering its members BTC-backed loans of up to $1 million. Crypto lending became something of a bête noire in recent years following a series of high profile collapses and bankruptcies that shook the crypto industry. But crypto-backed [...]
Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, increased its holdings in bitcoin (BTC) miner Bitdeer (BTDR), building on a investment it started almost a year ago. The company financed the acquisition with working capital and now owns 21% of the company, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Tether [...]
No one dared to speak about the potential for stagflation, the dreaded word representing portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, at the World Economic Forum in Davos early this year despite the looming Trump tariff and trade war. However, investors have acknowledged the s-word risk, leading to the outperformance of stagflation-linked [...]
No one dared to speak about the potential for stagflation, the dreaded word representing portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, at the World Economic Forum in Davos early this year despite the looming Trump tariff and trade war. However, investors have acknowledged the s-word risk, leading to the outperformance of stagflation-linked [...]
South Korea's central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK), has taken a cautious stance on including bitcoin in its foreign exchange reserves, per a Korea Economic Daily report. In response to a question posed by a member of the National Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee, the BOK made it clear [...]
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have overtaken bitcoin ETFs in assets under management as investors shift toward the traditional safe-haven asset as BTC price tumbled more than 19% over the past three months, while the precious metal climbed 12.5%. Bitcoin ETFs, which saw significant inflows following their U.S. launch in January [...]
The S&P 500 has now entered correction territory, defined as a 10% decline from its all-time high. A further 10% drop would signal a bear market. But is it time to panic? Since Bitcoin’s creation in 2009, the S&P 500 has experienced multiple 20% corrections. Following the 2008 global financial [...]
Bitcoin (BTC) continued to struggle on Thursday as it fought to stay above $80,000. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap is currently down 3% on the day. It has declined 13% in the first quarter and is about 30% off its all-time high from January. According to Glassnode data, short-term [...]
Bitdeer Technologies (BTDR) boosted its bitcoin (BTC) holdings by almost 75% in two months by redirecting some of its mining rigs to self production after customers asked to delay payments for the SEALMINER A2 units during the largest cryptocurrency's price decline. The Singapore-based company's holdings rose to 1,039 BTC as [...]
Crypto markets have recently dropped to their lowest prices in three months, reversing most of the gains following Trump’s U.S. presidential victory. Bitcoin had been holding up relatively well until the $92,000 level, which had been holding as support since November 2024, was broken. The price then rapidly fell to [...]
