Russia’s Stunning Reversal: Moscow Weighs Return to US Dollar Settlement Amid Economic Pressure

BitcoinWorld Russia’s Stunning Reversal: Moscow Weighs Return to US Dollar Settlement Amid Economic Pressure MOSCOW, RUSSIA – In a development with profound implications for global finance, Russian authorities are reportedly conducting a strategic review that could lead the nation back to utilizing the US dollar for international settlements, accor...

Key Senate Democrat wants U.S. crypto bill to move, and SEC chief reveals danger of defeat

Senator Mark Warner, a leading Democratic negotiator on the market structure bill, said he wants it to pass, and SEC chief Paul Atkins said durable policy actually requires it....

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Holdings Plummet $300M, Sparking IMF Loan Crisis

BitcoinWorld El Salvador’s Bitcoin Holdings Plummet $300M, Sparking IMF Loan Crisis San Salvador, March 2025 – The value of El Salvador’s national Bitcoin treasury has plunged by approximately $300 million, a stark financial setback directly tied to the cryptocurrency’s recent price decline....

Standard Chartered Cuts Crypto Forecasts as Market Downturn Deepens

Standard Chartered revised its 2026 forecasts, warning of further crypto market declines this year. Bitcoin and Ethereum targets were cut, but the bank’s long-term outlook remains optimistic....

Bitcoin analysts predict ‘prolonged’ consolidation phase for BTC price

Glassnode analysts said Bitcoin remains stuck between “key cost-basis levels,” adding that a prolonged consolidation period may lie ahead for BTC even if traders are actively buying dips to the range lows....

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood says bitcoin will thrive amid ‘deflationary chaos’ created by AI and innovation

Exponential tech will force down prices and stress legacy finance, for which bitcoin offers a trustless alternative, said Wood at Bitcoin Investor Week....

Bitcoin Treasuries Added $3.5 Billion in January—Almost All By Strategy

Bitcoin-buying firms delivered on demand last year, but they struggled to keep up with market leader Strategy for a fourth straight month....

Bank Groups Urge OCC to Hit Pause on Crypto Trust Charters

Several US banking groups pushed the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to slow down its review of national trust bank applications from crypto and stablecoin companies....

USD/CAD Holds Steady: Resilient Currency Pair Navigates Softer Dollar and Trade Uncertainty

BitcoinWorld USD/CAD Holds Steady: Resilient Currency Pair Navigates Softer Dollar and Trade Uncertainty NEW YORK, March 2025 – The USD/CAD currency pair demonstrates remarkable stability this week, maintaining its position despite conflicting pressures from a softening US Dollar and persistent Canadian trade uncertainties....

Bitcoin Is ‘No Longer Digital Gold,’ Deutsche Bank Strategist Says

A Deutsche Bank strategist argued that bitcoin has “decoupled” from gold and no longer fits the “digital gold” label, pointing to a sharp divergence in 2025 performance as regulation uncertainty and ETF outflows weigh on sentiment....

ADA Price Rallies 4% as Cardano Foundation Secures LayerZero Integration

The Cardano Foundation has confirmed a major interoperability milestone through an integration with LayerZero. This connection will bring Cardano into direct contact with more than 150 chains and over 400 tokens, giving the network access to stablecoins, Bitcoin-backed assets, and tokenized RWAs....

Bitcoin Developers Bolster Network Security With Quantum-Resistant BIP 360 Upgrade

BIP 360 seeks to defend Bitcoin against quantum computers by introducing a new output model. The proposal’s Pay-to-Merkle-Root aims to limit exposure of public keys on the blockchain....

Trump family's WLFI plans FX and remittance platform: Report

The platform hopes to capture a fraction of the more than $9.6 trillion in daily trading volume in the foreign currency exchange market....

Silver Prices Plunge as Stunning US Jobs Data Crushes Rate-Cut Hopes

BitcoinWorld Silver Prices Plunge as Stunning US Jobs Data Crushes Rate-Cut Hopes NEW YORK, March 2025 – Silver markets experienced a sharp correction this week as unexpectedly robust US employment figures dramatically shifted monetary policy expectations, sending shockwaves through precious metals portfolios globally....

XRPL Validator Says $100 XRP Price Will Certainly Happen. Here’s why

Cryptocurrency markets often appear unpredictable, swinging between hype and skepticism, yet some trends follow clear structural logic. XRP, designed as a bridge asset for global payments and tokenized finance, is increasingly evaluated not merely as a speculative token but as a foundational component in a high-volume financial system....

Chainlink teams up with Ondo Finance to tap into DeFi’s utility – Details

Integration of oracle-grade pricing marks a structural shift for tokenized stocks....

Bitcoin May Already Be Entering Crypto Winter, Researchers Warn

Bitcoin’s recent slide has left traders squinting at charts and asking the same blunt question: correction or crash? Prices have tumbled sharply, but some market watchers still see this as a deep pullback inside a longer uptrend. Others warn the data points to something colder....

Bitcoin must close week at $68.3K to avoid 'bearish acceleration': Analyst

Bitcoin may continue to copy its 2022 bear market if bulls fail to reclaim the 200-week exponential moving average by the end of the week, new analysis said....

Bitcoin Rout Exposes Bukele’s Gamble and Hits El Salvador Debt

Bitcoin’s crash has hit few places as hard as El Salvador, exposing the risks of President Nayib Bukele’s high-stakes embrace of crypto and whipsawing the country’s debt markets....

Denmark Inflation Drop: Remarkable Boost to Consumer Purchasing Power Confirmed by Nordea

BitcoinWorld Denmark Inflation Drop: Remarkable Boost to Consumer Purchasing Power Confirmed by Nordea COPENHAGEN, Denmark – January 2025: Denmark’s latest inflation figures reveal a significant economic shift that directly benefits household budgets across the nation....

How a Bitcoin promotion error triggered a regulatory reckoning in South Korea

A mistaken Bitcoin payout revealed how exchange ledgers work and why South Korea is rethinking internal controls for crypto platforms....

From FTX debris to global finance: Solana’s 2026 plan is all about the application layer

Resilience built from the debris of 2022 is now shaping the Solana ecosystems future, leaders from Jupiter, Backpack, Kamino and DoubleZero argued at Consensus Hong Kong 2026....

Bitcoin sinks below $66,000 as crypto prices follow U.S. stocks lower

Coinbase and Robinhood are down big again today as the crypto bear market pressures trading volumes....

EU Considering Launching the Digital Euro on Ethereum

The European Central Bank is considering launching the digital euro stablecoin on a public blockchain like ethereum....

TON price prediction 2026-2032: Will TON reach $10?

Key takeaways: Our TON price prediction anticipates a high of $4.35 in 2026. In 2028, it will range between $7.26 and $9.49, with an average price of $7.60. In 2030, it will range between $17.71 and $20.42, with an average price of $18.27. TON (The Open Network) is a decentralized protocol designed by Telegram and created by the community....

Ripple Seals Fresh Partnership, XRP Army Reacts

Ripple is taking another leap toward mainstream adoption. The blockchain firm has teamed up with UK-based Aviva Investors to bring traditional fund structures onto the XRP Ledger (XRPL) ....

‘A huge mistake’: Why Peter Schiff thinks Bitcoin buyers got it wrong

A decade-long debate intensifies as fresh data fuels arguments on both sides of the gold versus Bitcoin rivalry....

US Dollar Index Churns Near 97.00: A Critical Pivot Point for Global Markets

BitcoinWorld US Dollar Index Churns Near 97.00: A Critical Pivot Point for Global Markets On Thursday, the financial world’s primary barometer for dollar strength, the US Dollar Index (DXY), exhibited a notable pattern of consolidation, churning near the psychologically significant 97.00 level....

Initial Jobless Claims Plunge to 227K: Resilient Labor Market Defies 2025 Economic Uncertainty

BitcoinWorld Initial Jobless Claims Plunge to 227K: Resilient Labor Market Defies 2025 Economic Uncertainty WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 15, 2025 – The United States labor market demonstrated remarkable resilience last week as initial jobless claims decreased to 227,000, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department....

AUD/USD Alert: RBA’s Critical Inflation Warning Signals Turbulent Waters Ahead

BitcoinWorld AUD/USD Alert: RBA’s Critical Inflation Warning Signals Turbulent Waters Ahead SYDNEY, March 2025 – The Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest warning about entrenched inflation risks has sent immediate ripples through currency markets, particularly impacting the AUD/USD pair....

Paul Atkins Calls US the World’s Crypto Capital as Congress Fails to Pass CLARITY Act

US SEC Chair Paul Atkins has called the United States the world’s crypto capital while confirming work on Token Taxonomy guidance. His remarks come as Congress remains stalled on passing the Clarity Act, a bill intended to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets....

Government of Bhutan transfers 100BTC to QCP, onchain data shows

The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred 100 Bitcoin worth $6.77 million to QCP Capital’s WBTC merchant deposit address (bc1qt) on Thursday. Although the motive of the transaction remains unknown, it suggests that the government is taking actionable steps to sell some of its Bitcoin holdings....

ERC-8004 Unleashes AI Agent Revolution: Over 20,000 Deployments in Two Weeks

BitcoinWorld ERC-8004 Unleashes AI Agent Revolution: Over 20,000 Deployments in Two Weeks In a groundbreaking development for decentralized technology, the Ethereum community has witnessed the explosive adoption of a new technical standard called ERC-8004....

WLFI Announces World Swap FX and Remittance Service

WLFI, the Trump family-backed DeFi platform, will offer FX and remittance services via World Swap. It's challenging the traditional with low fees....

Bitdeer Q4 Revenue Skyrockets to $225M in Stunning Bitcoin Mining Turnaround

BitcoinWorld Bitdeer Q4 Revenue Skyrockets to $225M in Stunning Bitcoin Mining Turnaround SINGAPORE, March 2025 – Bitcoin cloud mining giant Bitdeer Technologies Group has delivered a spectacular financial performance, with fourth-quarter revenue tripling to $225 million according to verified reports from The Block....

EUR/USD Snaps Two-Day Slide: The Greenback’s Surprising Struggle for Traction

BitcoinWorld EUR/USD Snaps Two-Day Slide: The Greenback’s Surprising Struggle for Traction LONDON, March 12, 2025 – The EUR/USD currency pair decisively snapped its two-day losing streak in Wednesday’s European session, staging a notable rebound as the US Dollar, often called the Greenback, conspicuously struggled for directional traction across ma...

Google says its AI chatbot Gemini is facing large-scale “distillation attacks”

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has become the target of a large-scale information heist, with attackers hammering the system with questions to copy how it works. One operation alone sent more than 100,000 queries to the chatbot, trying to pull out the secret patterns that make it smart....

Midday Equities Mayhem: Nasdaq Drops as Cyclicals Take the Wheel

U.S. equities traded mixed midday Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging higher while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite remained under pressure as investors recalibrated rate expectations and rotated out of high-growth technology shares. Wall Street Splits as Dow Grinds Higher While Tech Drags Nasdaq Lower As of late morning Feb....

The real ‘supercycle’ isn’t crypto, it’s AI infrastructure: Analyst

AI data center spending is eclipsing crypto’s hoped-for supercycle as Bitcoin miners shift capital toward high-performance computing infrastructure....

Singapore's Lawrence Wong unveils 2026 budget focused on AI and financial market growth

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong laid out a spending plan on February 12 that puts artificial intelligence and financial market growth as the country’s future, as the government eyes a smaller budget surplus this year compared to last....

Bitcoin Whale Transfer Stuns Market: $258 Million Move to Kraken Sparks Intense Scrutiny

BitcoinWorld Bitcoin Whale Transfer Stuns Market: $258 Million Move to Kraken Sparks Intense Scrutiny In a significant blockchain event that captured global attention, cryptocurrency tracking service Whale Alert reported a colossal transfer of 3,905 Bitcoin (BTC) from an unknown digital wallet to the major exchange Kraken on April 10, 2025....

Bitcoin Price Plummets Below $66,000: Analyzing the Sudden Market Downturn

BitcoinWorld Bitcoin Price Plummets Below $66,000: Analyzing the Sudden Market Downturn Global cryptocurrency markets experienced significant volatility on Tuesday as Bitcoin, the world’s leading digital asset, fell below the critical $66,000 threshold....

Ethereum (ETH) Struggles Near $2,100 Resistance: Crypto Whales Shift Focus

The crypto market is entering a period of reassessment as major assets struggle to regain momentum. Ethereum remains a core pillar of the ecosystem, but recent price action has raised new questions among large investors. With ETH facing strong resistance and slower upside potential, crypto whales are beginning to look elsewhere....

Ripple joins Fed discussion on Reserve Bank Payment Account pilot (Docket OP-1877)

Ripple has officially participated in the United States Federal Reserve’s public discussion process regarding the Reserve Bank Payment Account pilot proposal under Docket OP-1877....

Strategy: The Bitcoin Treasury With A Great Future

Summary Strategy has transformed into a Bitcoin treasury play, with performance now tightly linked to Bitcoin price movements. Key metrics to monitor for MSTR are forced liquidations, long-term HODLer behavior, and Bitcoin ETF flows, which provide clarity amid volatility....

Liquidity, License, and Legitimacy: The New Pillars of Digital Asset Growth

The era of indiscriminate liquidity is over. Wintermute's 2025 OTC report confirms that capital is no longer spreading broadly across the market but is instead consolidating into a new structure. Liquidity is now aggregating tightly around Bitcoin and Ethereum which is a clear signal that investors are fleeing to quality....

UK Economic Growth Forecast: Nomura’s Hopeful Outlook After a Challenging 2025

BitcoinWorld UK Economic Growth Forecast: Nomura’s Hopeful Outlook After a Challenging 2025 LONDON, UK – Financial analysts at Nomura have presented a detailed forecast, suggesting the United Kingdom’s economy will experience significantly brighter growth prospects following a period of weakness anticipated throughout 2025....

BitMEX Launches $70,000 USDT Campaign for Equity Perpetual Traders

BitMEX launched a campaign offering 70,000 USDT in prizes for trading equity derivatives. Qualified participants can earn rewards by trading, sharing on social media, or passing quizzes....

USD Outlook 2025: Data Support But Structural Risks Linger – Critical OCBC Analysis

BitcoinWorld USD Outlook 2025: Data Support But Structural Risks Linger – Critical OCBC Analysis Singapore, March 2025 – The US dollar faces a complex landscape in 2025, with recent economic data providing support while deeper structural risks continue to challenge its long-term trajectory, according to comprehensive analysis from OCBC Bank’s curre...

Bitcoin's Evolving Institutional Role

Summary In 2025, bitcoin continued to integrate into the global financial system. The scaling of spot bitcoin ETFs has reshaped the market’s supply-demand profile. Corporate adoption of bitcoin has broadened beyond a handful of early adopters....