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As Bitcoin temporarily surpasses the $100,000 mark, bullish momentum is back in the market. Will BTC continue its ascent to $106,888? The release of the US CPI data has fueled momentum in the crypto market, with Bitcoin briefly breaking above the $100,000 mark. The BTC price rally reached a 24-hour high of $100,860, surpassing the previous level of $99,514, signaling renewed market optimism. Bitcoin Price Analysis Notably, the ongoing Bitcoin price rally follows the bullish setup predicted in our last BTC price analysis. At press time, Bitcoin’s price remains at $99,717 as it retests the broken resistance level. The bullish…
Staking platform P2P.org is teaming up with Northstake, a tokenized Ethereum validator marketplace, to bolster institutional participation in the staking market. P2P.org, which offers non-custodial staking services, has joined Northstake’s ETH validator marketplace as an infrastructure provider, the two platforms announced in a press release on Jan. 23. Through this collaboration, P2P.org will provide institutions seeking exposure to the $2.8 trillion staking ecosystem with access to enterprise-grade nodes. The platform will also share its expertise in Ethereum (ETH) validator operations, helping to unlock staking opportunities for institutional players. “Northstake’s ETH Validator Marketplace represents a significant advancement in institutional staking solutions,…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has expanded its investment in Nu Holdings, a Brazil-based digital bank with a growing foothold in the crypto market. Despite Buffett’s well-known skepticism of crypto assets, this move signals a change in his company’s strategy. According to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC filings, Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in Nu from 0.1% at the end of 2022 to 0.4% by the third quarter of fiscal 2024, now holding more than 86 million shares valued at approximately $1.2 billion. However, Berkshire Hathaway’s increased stake in Nu Holdings comes after an early investment of $500 million during…
Wall Street could soon get a dose of crypto chaos, as the first-ever exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for Dogecoin (DOGE) and the newly minted Official Trump (TRUMP) meme coin may debut as early as April, according to analysts. Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas flagged the accelerated timeline after fellow analyst James Seyffart revealed Miami-based REX Shares’ ETF filings on Tuesday. REX Shares has filed proposals for DOGE and TRUMP ETFs, alongside Bonk (BONK), Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP (XRP). If they’re greenlit, these ETFs could bridge meme coins and traditional finance by giving investors access to internet-born…
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is set to vote on the approval of chair and members for its various subcommittees, including Digital Assets Subcommittee, on Thursday at 10 AM EST. The decision could reshape future regulatory discussions on crypto and digital assets in the U.S. The committee will conduct a hearing on the nomination of Mr. Eric Scott Turner to select him as a Secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. On January 9, House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) today announced the selection of Bryan Steil (R-WI), to lead the…
Norwegian luxury cruise operator SeaDream Yacht Club has started accepting over 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, for voyages and full-yacht charters. The decision to accept cryptocurrency payments was announced at the 2025 WAGMI Blockchain Conference in Miami, where SeaDream Yacht Club claimed to be the first cruise operator to offer crypto as a payment option for all its voyages, according to a SeatradeCruise news report. SeaDream Yacht Club has partnered with Coinbase Commerce to handle all crypto payments, which can be made in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and over 200 other cryptocurrencies.Coinbase Commerce is an on-chain payment processor developed by the…
Is the era of bonds and treasuries ending? Hunter Horsley’s tweet suggests a nation might adopt Bitcoin ETFs for reserves. On Jan. 16, Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise Asset Management, revealed on Twitter that at least one national government has begun investigating the possibility of investing in Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds. We just provided some information for a nation state asking about Bitcoin ETFs.Considering moving some exposure from foreign currency govt bonds into BTC.Bitcoin is entering a new chapter — — Hunter Horsley (@HHorsley) January 15, 2025 According to Horsley, the unnamed nation is considering shifting a portion of its…
The developers of the altcoin, which recently had bankruptcy rumors and experienced a really serious drop in price, have released a statement on the subject. THORChain (RUNE) has suspended its Bitcoin and Ethereum loan and savings programs amid bankruptcy rumors. The altcoin, which is also listed on Binance, is trading 38% lower than a week ago at the time of writing. However, in a statement today, the developers called the bankruptcy rumors FUD, arguing that the platform had reached an impressive swap volume of $320 million in the last 24 hours, a testament to its resilience and breadth of use:…
Amidst the ongoing controversy over serial ETH dumps by Ethereum Foundation, Bitcoin.com CEO claims “this cycle may skip ETH” due to Ethereum’s ill-timed “wokie energy.” Are political leanings so critical in the crypto community in 2025? Lately, Ethereum has been under fire. Ethereum Foundation angered the community by selling large amounts of ETH, bringing its price down every time. Many voiced criticisms towards the EF exec Aya Miyagotchi. Vitalik Buterin insisted that it’s up to him, not the community, to decide on the Ethereum Foundation team board. This statement raised further debate on whether Ethereum is going centralized and not…
Tokenized real-world assets, even excluding stablecoins, have grown to $7.9B in 2024. Multiple DeFi and traditional finance companies have looked into tokenization, setting up the sector for doubling its size in 2025. Tokenized real world assets (RWA) grew to $7.9B with more diversity in 2024. The issuance of tokens based on bonds or money markets reflected demand from DeFi projects, as well as traditional finance testing out the potential for tokenization. The value of tokenized assets peaked at $8.52B in early 2025, later sliding due to users flowing out of Usual Protocol. The value of tokenized real-world assets rose close…