Auteur/autrice : Alberto
Key takeaways:Bond market stress has historically aligned with Bitcoin cycle bottoms and could signal new buy opportunities.US debt surpassing $37 trillion and elevated 10-year yields point to macroeconomic pressures that may favor Bitcoin in Q4. A buying opportunity in Bitcoin (BTC) may emerge before a strong rally in Q4, and the bond markets could play a key role.According to Alphractal founder Joao Wedson, one of the most reliable indicators to watch is the ICE BofA Option-Adjusted Spread (OAS). This measures the extra yield investors demand to hold risky corporate bonds over safe US Treasurys. When OAS spikes, it signals fear in…
A solo miner successfully mined a Bitcoin block on Sunday, collecting a 3.137 BTC payout, worth about $371,000 at the time.The miner operated through the Solo CK pool, a service for solo miners. They mined block 910,440 and collected the standard 3.125 BTC and about 0.012 BTC in transaction fees. The block included 4,913 transactions, and the fees totalled $1,455. With Bitcoin’s hashrate being dominated by massive industrial-scale mining operations, the chances of a solo miner hitting a block are slim. Yet, with efficient hardware, even smaller players can claim the same block rewards in rare instances. This year, several solo miners…
Ethereum has entered a volatile phase after reaching a multi-year high near $4,790, retracing sharply to the $4,200 level. The correction represents an 11% decline in just a few days, shaking out overleveraged positions and fueling debates among analysts about ETH’s next move. Related Reading Some market watchers warn that Ethereum could face a deeper pullback if the $4,200 level fails to hold as support. A breach here could send ETH lower, with traders eyeing the $3,900–$4,000 zone as the next major demand area. This cautious perspective highlights that momentum may be fading after the strong parabolic rally since mid-July.…
Ring-a-ding-ding, baby! The poster for the second season is getting fans of the role-playing game series excited for a long-awaited return to New Vegas. New Vegas is the best Fallout game – fight me! This makes it all the more regrettable that Obsidian has yet to release a sequel, nor has there been an (official) remake or remaster. Nevertheless, we will return to the post-apocalyptic city of sin in 2025 as soon as season 2 of the Fallout series launches on Amazon Prime Video. What we can expect from season 2 of Fallout The end of the first season already set…
Strategy Inc. said it acquired 430 bitcoin between Aug. 11–17, 2025, spending $51.4 million at an average price of $119,666 per BTC, bringing its total holdings to 629,376 bitcoin acquired for $46.15 billion, worth $72 billion. The purchases were funded entirely by net proceeds from recent sales of preferred shares via its at-the-market (ATM) programs. […]
LOS ANGELES (CA), 8/18/2025 – BitBit, the self-custodial social wallet that lets users instantly send and receive Bitcoin directly in their browser, today announced the launch of its X (formerly Twitter) integration, enabling users worldwide to exchange Bitcoin tips on the platform seamlessly. The payments will be associated with X usernames, allowing anyone to receive them, even without a wallet. The integration leverages Spark,the fastest, cheapest, most UX-friendly way to build financial apps and launch assets on Bitcoin. Spark is built by Lightspark, providing open, always-on payments solutions for the Internet powered by Bitcoin: the only open, neutral network for…
History I came up with the first seed of this idea while chatting to Janislav Malahov in Berlin in Spring 2014. Unfortunately, the original article I wrote was lost along with my laptop when it was stolen in Vienna. After chatting over the principles with Vitalik more recently, we made a number of alterations and formalisations, mainly to the validation and the sub-state cutting mechanisms. What follows is a fairly complete illustration of one particular possible plan for block chain scalability in a later version of Ethereum. Since this is by no means a final proposal, there is a GitHub…
Circa Sports has announced that it will implement a $10 minimum bet in Illinois from September 1 in response to the tax on betting in the state. This may deter low-stakes esports bettors from using the platform. Derek Stevens posted the news on his X account, featuring in a video where he states that, “we will not charge a fee on any wager made in the state of Illinois.” Instead, the company will raise the minimum stake, which Stevens claims will “protect the sports bettor”. After thoughtful consideration, we believe the best course of action for a low-hold, high-volume sportsbook…
After a blow-out end to 2024 and a roaring start to 2025, the meme coin corner of the crypto world has slowed down. But it’s still a market you can’t ignore – it’s just harder to pin down. The sector’s aggregate value sits around $68B, and while performance has been mixed this year, trading interest remains strong wherever investors think the best meme coin deals lurk. Institutional data firms say the phenomenon isn’t only cultural, it’s mechanical. Kaiko notes meme tokens have repeatedly dominated trading volumes in bursts this year, even as regulators question whether they belong in investable indexes.…
Opinion by: Alex Svanevik, CEO of NansenSince tokenization first gained mainstream attention during the 2017 initial coin offering boom and early blockchain projects aimed at digitizing assets such as equities and commodities, it has been crypto’s go-to pitch for modernizing finance. For many, however, the conversation stops at tokenizing public equities, putting existing stocks onchain for fractional ownership and 24/7 trading. While these steps are nice to have, they’re a far cry from a revolution. The truth is that equities are already very efficient markets, meaning the marginal gains from deploying blockchain technology are notably small.This means the fundamental transformation lies…