Bitcoin range chop continues, but a breakout is brewing

Bitcoin range chop continues, but a breakout is brewing

Bitcoin’s range expansion chose the downside, but data suggest the larger breakout is still brewing. Key points: Bitcoin still trades in its 18-day range despite a breakdown below $116,000. The latency between pro-crypto policy from US regulators and the Trump administration and Bitcoin price has left traders feeling anxious. Read more If you liked the…

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Blockstream debuts Simplicity as Bitcoin’s answer to Ethereum’s Solidity

Blockstream debuts Simplicity as Bitcoin’s answer to Ethereum’s Solidity

Adam Back’s Blockstream has launched Bitcoin-native smart contract programming language Simplicity, offering an alternative to Ethereum’s Solidity. Blockstream, the developer of Bitcoin’s layer-2 protocol Liquid and led by Bitcoin cypherpunk Adam Back, has launched Simplicity, a new smart contract language designed for Bitcoin. According to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Simplicity smart contracts will…

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Slower bull market ahead? Fed rate cut probability falls to 40%

Slower bull market ahead? Fed rate cut probability falls to 40%

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments dampened hopes for a September rate cut, which could lead to a slower crypto bull run, one analyst speculates. Investors revised down expectations for a rate cut in September after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s non-committal responses to one during a press conference on Wednesday. One crypto analyst suggests…

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Trump White House releases long-promised crypto report

Trump White House releases long-promised crypto report

The report rehashed many of the policy objectives touted by the Trump administration for regulating crypto in the United States. The US President Donald Trump’s Working Group on Digital Assets released its long-promised crypto report outlining policy recommendations for regulating crypto in the United States, including crypto market structure, jurisdictional oversight, banking regulations, promoting US…

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Backwards-compatible quantum fix found, but not for Bitcoin and Ethereum

Backwards-compatible quantum fix found, but not for Bitcoin and Ethereum

Sui Research’s new quantum-safe wallet upgrade method offers a hard fork-free solution for EdDSA-based blockchains, but does not apply to Bitcoin or Ethereum. Sui Research has introduced a cryptographic framework that could offer protection against quantum computing threats without requiring hard forks, address changes or key updates. Cryptographer Kostas Chalkias wrote in a Monday X…

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Ethereum at 10: The top corporate ETH holders as Wall Street eyes crypto

Ethereum at 10: The top corporate ETH holders as Wall Street eyes crypto

Ethereum turns 10 as corporate treasury firms and Wall Street entities increase their Ether holdings, signaling growing institutional adoption. Corporations and Wall Street entities are starting to recognize Ether as the next emerging treasury asset as the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency and blockchain network celebrates its 10th anniversary on Wednesday. Ethereum went live on July 30,…

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Bitcoin momentum loss is pre-FOMC derisking, not a trend change

Bitcoin momentum loss is pre-FOMC derisking, not a trend change

Traders cut risk ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, and a long-awaited crypto policy report from the White House. Key points:  Bitcoin’s price compression and the Bollinger Bands suggest a range expansion will occur soon.  This week’s early price weakness is likely the result of traders cutting risk ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC…

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Strategy skipped Bitcoin buys last week amid new equity offering

Strategy skipped Bitcoin buys last week amid new equity offering

Michael Saylor’s Strategy did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, reporting just two acquisitions in July totaling 10,445 BTC, a 39% drop from June. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, reported no Bitcoin buys last week despite the asset seeing volatility after breaking all-time highs in mid-July. Strategy’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings…

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