Bitcoin (BTC) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency, introduced in 2009 by an individual or group operating under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. It runs on its own blockchain, the Bitcoin network, secured through a Proof of Work consensus mechanism in which miners use computing power to validate transactions and produce new blocks roughly every ten minutes. The protocol defines a hard cap of 21 million coins, and the block reward given to miners is automatically halved approximately every four years, embedding a predictable, disinflationary issuance schedule into the network. This scarcity, combined with permissionless access and resistance to censorship, has led many to characterize Bitcoin as a form of digital gold or a store of value distinct from traditional fiat currencies. Beyond peer-to-peer transfers, the Bitcoin ecosystem has expanded to include Ordinals, a method of inscribing data onto individual satoshis that enables NFT-like assets directly on the base layer, and BRC-20, an experimental fungible token standard built on those inscriptions. Emerging Bitcoin Finance (BTCFi) initiatives extend these capabilities further, allowing BTC to be used in staking, lending, and cross-chain security applications, positioning Bitcoin as a foundation for a broader decentralized financial ecosystem.
The American Bankers Association is mobilising every bank CEO in the country against a Thursday Senate markup, framing interest-bearing stablecoins as a deposit-flight risk the bill fails to plug.
The macro tape is coiled for Tuesday's CPI print, but the structural flows underneath — a $222M ARC raise, three straight weeks of SOL ETF inflows — are doing more work than the headlines suggest.
The Bridgewater founder cited a 0.90 90-day BTC-Nasdaq correlation and the public ledger's traceability as structural reasons gold still wins the reserve-asset debate.
Burry's Nasdaq 100 call and oil above $105 are the macro tape the $BTC rally has to absorb this week — Tuesday's US inflation print is the next test.
The BitMEX co-founder ties the US-China AI buildout to an accelerating credit cycle he says is engineered to debase the dollar — Bitcoin is just the cleanest expression of the trade.
Spot CVD up 46% and perps nearly quadruple — yet funding skews short and a strong jobs print still sent BTC from $82K to $79.7K. The floor is firmer; the conviction isn't.
A flagship Bitcoin Ordinals infrastructure project is winding down — and the closure of its companion trading app Zap alongside it signals financial pressure, not just a strategic pivot.
BitMEX's co-founder ties the call to a structural credit-expansion thesis — AI buildout, war spending, and infrastructure stimulus in both USD and RMB — and says momentum will accelerate once $90K…
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has publicly questioned Bitcoin's safe-haven credentials, citing three structural…
The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,412 on Tuesday, marking a fresh all-time high and cementing a decisive risk-on shift…
The revenue print is the headline, but the $1.5B in bitcoin sold to retire debt and the halt to large-scale ASIC buys show where management is placing its bets this cycle.
The 173% jump year-over-year was driven by a $224M mark-to-market hit on the bitcoin CleanSpark holds — and management kept steering the story toward AI infrastructure rather than the mining P&L.
The S&P 500 closed at a fresh all-time high of 7,412, marking a decisive break above previous resistance and confirming…
The actual mechanism — equity swaps timed to the widest MSTR premium and a 400%-growth STRC preferred — is what Saylor is selling, not the bitcoin.
The 2018 parallel is tight: February low, April higher low, May rally into the 200-day — but every price point is roughly 10x where it was then, which changes what "cheap" actually means this cycle.
TD Cowen reads Thursday's committee vote as procedural, not substantive: the bill still faces a divided full Senate where bank opposition and Democratic holdouts keep enactment in doubt.
Five trading days stack inflation prints, the Powell-to-Warsh handoff, and a Beijing summit into a single stress window — the broadest read on whether $BTC's recovery above $80K has macro sponsorship.
A flat round after Deutsche Börse's April mark-down signals the floor; the $1.3B derivatives-and-stablecoins M&A spree and the confidential S-1 file show Kraken is buying its way to a public listing.
1.3K $BTC (≈109.2M) moved from unknown wallet to unknown wallet.
742 $BTC (≈60.3M) moved from unknown wallet to Coinbase Institutional.
Where Zipp's editorial desk has weighed in on this token.
Bitcoin sat in a $60K to $70K band while a CBDC ban became law, Circle won a charter, and SWIFT went on-chain. The tape is starting to notice.
Circle lands a federal charter, SWIFT turns on a blockchain ledger, and BTC holds a 307-day band while exchanges show real movement at the edges.
As Washington locks down stablecoins and bans a retail CBDC, MiCA forces smaller players out. The map of who clears dollars is being redrawn in real time.
BTC just printed its worst quarter since 2022, $4.67B left spot ETFs, and Strategy broke an eight-year buying streak. Read that as bearish, and you're the consensus. Read it as a setup, and you're early.
Binance sheds a billion in USDC and USDT, ARB surges 19% on Robinhood Chain flow, and the protocol-health read of the day is a quiet rotation in.
A brutal quarter and a steady price can both be true. Today's tape reads the difference between conviction and capitulation.
Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.
Bitcoin (BTC) launched on 2009-01-03.
Bitcoin (BTC) is categorised as: Smart Contract Platform, Layer 1 (L1), FTX Holdings.
The official Bitcoin site is http://www.bitcoin.org.
Most recent Bitcoin coverage: "Banking Lobby Targets Stablecoin Yield Loophole in Clarity Act" — read at /en-US/a/senate-clarity-act-markup-set-for-thursday-as-banking-lobby.
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