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Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich denied selling 5,014 BTC, worth approximately $320 million, clarifying that the movement was a routine custody transfer between internal addresses. The company's bitcoin holdings remain at 43,000 BTC.
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich clarified that a recent transfer of 5,014 BTC ($322 million) was a routine custody operation, not a sale, confirming the company's Bitcoin holdings remain at 43,000 BTC.
Bitcoin dipped to around $63,500 after an expected U.S. inflation report failed to ignite a crypto rally, with most major tokens declining despite eased nerves.
Grayscale asserts that Bitcoin's adoption is poised for continued growth, irrespective of its current price fluctuations, citing three key drivers.
Bitcoin reached a new August high as markets anticipate key US inflation data, with expectations shifting towards a Federal Reserve interest-rate pause rather than a hike.
Sweden-listed H100 Group significantly increased its Bitcoin holdings to 3,506 BTC after acquiring Norwegian Bitcoin companies holding 2,455 BTC, making it Europe's second-largest Bitcoin treasury.
Hedge funds on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have flipped their bitcoin futures positions to net long, a significant shift after years of maintaining structural shorts.
Simple Mining used Ocean pool's DATUM protocol to mine block 961,634 on bitcoin's main chain without signaling support for BIP-110, even though its pool backed the proposal by default.
Bitcoin climbed above $65,000, gaining nearly 3 percent over the week, as a weak U.S. jobs report eased fears of further Federal Reserve rate hikes ahead of key inflation data on Wednesday.
BIP-110, a proposal to eradicate spam from the blockchain, has been pronounced Dead On Arrival after securing just 2.5% support. CLARITY, a Senate bill aimed at regulating stablecoins, has been punted to September. Bitcoin security group Bitcoin Red Team has found nearly …
A minority Bitcoin chain split off from the main network on Saturday, but it mined only two blocks in about eight hours before stalling, falling dozens of blocks behind the main network. The fork, which inherited Bitcoin's difficulty setting with barely any hashpower, was…
Bitcoin ETFs recorded $853.54 million in net inflows last week, the strongest since mid-April, with BlackRock’s IBIT taking the bulk. This surge in inflows offers a tentative sign that institutions are dipping back in after the heavy selling earlier this year.
A Bitcoin branch enforcing BIP-110 has stalled after mining only two blocks, widening the gap with the non-enforcing chain due to insufficient hashpower support during its mandatory signaling period.
BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes running LND software after an exploit allowed attackers to steal funds by obtaining credentials. An update has been released to address the vulnerability and regenerate macaroon …
A minority chain supporting Bitcoin Improvement Proposal-110 (BIP-110) stalled after mining only two blocks in eight hours, while the main Bitcoin chain advanced by 48 blocks.
Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 (BIP-110) has entered its mandatory-signaling phase, with miners signaling support in just 51 of the preceding 2,016 blocks, or 2.53%, well below the 55% threshold required for early activation.
Bitcoin has reached block 961,632, initiating the mandatory signaling period for BIP-110, a controversial proposal to temporarily restrict non-financial data on the network. Despite low miner support, proponents are pushing it as a user-activated soft fork (UASF).
A volunteer security initiative, AnchorWatch, has used AI to scan 150 Bitcoin repositories and found over a dozen vulnerabilities. The effort aims to develop an open-source AI platform for auditing Bitcoin software.
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted $1 billion in net inflows for the week, their strongest showing since April, signaling renewed investor appetite after months of uneven flows.
Bitwise's CIO Matt Hougan predicts that institutional investors could allocate trillions of dollars to bitcoin over the next decade as it becomes a mainstream financial asset.
Nansen founder Alex Svanevik believes Bitcoin will never dip below $60K again, citing the growth of trading in real-world assets and the increasing maturity of the crypto industry.
Attackers exploited a critical vulnerability in BTCPay Server to steal funds from Lightning nodes running LND, prompting urgent calls to update to version 2.4.2 or take servers offline.
Bitcoin holders risk losing real BTC if they sell coins from a possible BIP-110 fork. A replay attack could occur if buyers take advantage of the situation, making doing nothing the safest move until the chains can be separated.
Senators Cynthia Lummis and Angela Alsobrooks assure voters that work is being done on the Clarity Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting consumers, limiting deposit flight, and fighting illicit finance.
Victims of the Coldcard Bitcoin hack reported a median loss of 1 BTC, with a total of $111 million confirmed stolen. The hack was caused by a firmware bug in Coldcard Mk3 devices, which allowed hackers to guess investor seedphrases.
Binance saw a record divergence between daily spot and futures trading volumes, with the latter reaching nearly $58 billion. Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives trading volumes are now nearly eight times higher than spot markets on Binance.
Approximately 210,000 bitcoin (BTC) have moved from long-term holder wallets in the past week, a significant on-chain event linked to the Coldcard security breach. This movement is interpreted as a shift in custody rather than traditional selling, occurring while bitcoin …
Bitcoin whales have accumulated over $1.2 billion in BTC since July 29, while U.S. spot ETFs saw $754 million in inflows this week, their strongest since April. Price action remains subdued, awaiting a decisive close above $65,000.
A Bitcoin wallet dormant since 2011, holding 49.97 BTC acquired when the price was around $10, has moved its holdings worth approximately $3.2 million. The funds were transferred to a SegWit address previously linked to FalconX deposits.
Bitcoin hovered around $64,300 and was flat on the week as the Senate delayed a vote on the Crypto Clarity Act until at least September. Major cryptocurrencies were mixed, with XRP leading declines while BNB and Hyperliquid’s HYPE outperformed over the past seven days.