Author: Ethan Carter
Ethan is a seasoned cryptocurrency writer with extensive experience contributing to leading U.S.-based blockchain and fintech publications. His work blends in-depth market analysis with accessible explanations, making complex crypto topics understandable for a broad audience. Over the years, he has covered Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, NFTs, and emerging blockchain trends, always with a focus on accuracy and insight. Ethan's articles have appeared on major crypto portals, where his expertise in market trends and investment strategies has earned him a loyal readership.
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…
Crypto markets show a split between institutional bulls and retail bears. Prediction markets signal a bearish end to August for Bitcoin. Derivatives data shows caution, with funding rates turning negative. A profound and unsettling divide is splitting the cryptocurrency market in two as the trading day begins in East Asia. While the world’s largest institutions are quietly building their positions for a long-term rally, a wave of short-term fear is gripping the retail and derivatives markets, creating a tense tug-of-war that is pulling prices lower. As the morning session unfolds, Bitcoin is trading at $116,263, down 1.1% and 2% lower…
AI cloud platform Fluidstack has exercised its option to expand at TeraWulf’s (WULF) Lake Mariner data center campus in Western New York.The expansion adds CB-5, a new purpose-built data center building providing an incremental 160 MW of critical IT load, with operations expected to commence in the second half of 2026, according to a Monday morning press release.Alongside, Google (GOOG) is adding $1.4 billion to its backstop supporting the project’s debt financing. In return, Google is receiving warrants for 32.5 million shares of WULF. Google’s total backstop now totals $3.2 billion and its pro forma equity ownership has risen to…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 4068.44, down 1.6% (-66.75) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday.Seven of 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: LINK (+16.3%) and POL (+8.2%).Laggards: XLM (-4.3%) and BCH (-4.2%). The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.
XRP slid to $2.97 in its sharpest decline in weeks, shedding 5.4% over a 23-hour stretch as retail selling overwhelmed order books. The move came on surging volumes that eclipsed daily averages, but whale wallets quietly absorbed the dip — scooping 440 million tokens worth $3.8 billion. The divergence between retail capitulation and institutional accumulation sets up a pivotal point around the $3.00 mark.News Background• XRP fell from $3.14 to $2.97 in under 24 hours, posting its steepest pullback since July.• Whale buyers added 440 million XRP even as retail traders dumped holdings.• A symmetrical triangle pattern has formed, with…
In brief Google has increased its pro forma stake in the Bitcoin miner to 14%. The firm last week signed a deal to expand its AI data center capacity. Its stock is booming as a result. Terawulf stock (NASDAQ: WULF) surged more than 12% Monday after the Bitcoin miner said it was expanding and that Google was upping its stake in the company. The Easton, Maryland-based firm said that Google will provide an incremental $1.4 billion backstop to support project-related debt financing, bringing its total stake to $3.2 billion. In exchange, Google will receive warrants to buy 32.5 million shares of…
Japan is inching towards the approval of its first yen-backed stablecoin, with regulators likely to approve it as soon as October. Nikkei reports that the token, named JPYC, will be issued by Tokyo fintech company JPYC and will be backed by the Japanese yen with reserves like bank deposits and government debt. Stablecoin Target Remittances And Corporate Payments The forthcoming launch follows a 2023 revision of Japan’s Financial Services Agency’s legal requirements classifying stablecoins as “currency-denominated assets.” With this regulation, only licensed money transfer companies, trust companies, and banks may issue them. JPYC is in the process of registering as…
What explains the growing disconnect between Bitcoin’s strength in 2025 and Strategy’s lagging stock, once the market’s favorite equity proxy for the asset? Summary Bitcoin hit record highs above $124,000 in 2025, yet Strategy Inc’s stock fell nearly 9% and trades one third below its 52-week high. The company holds about 629,000 BTC worth $72.5 billion, but its market capitalization premium has compressed to near parity from 2.5–3 times in 2024. Financing pressures are mounting, with cheap debt windows gone and share dilution losing investor support; outstanding shares have grown over 40% in three years. Spot Bitcoin ETFs and easier…
In brief The SEC will decide on the Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF on October 8, likely after a rules change request from two exchanges that could shorten approval processes. The agency delayed decisions on XRP funds from Grayscale, Bitwise, CoinShares, Canary Capital, and 21Shares. It also pushed back deadlines on separate Dogecoin and Litecoin ETFs, and a proposal to add staking to an existing spot Ethereum ETF. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed its decisions on an exchange-traded fund proposed by Donald Trump’s media and technology company to track the performance of Bitcoin and Ethereum and…
The Bitcoin network hashrate rose 4% in the first two weeks of the month to an average of 937 exahashes per second (EH/s), Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Monday.The hashrate refers to the total combined computational power used to mine and process transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain, and is a proxy for competition in the industry and mining difficulty.The combined hashrate of the 13 U.S.-listed miners the bank tracks rose 94% year-on-year, almost double the 48% increase in the network hashrate. The U.S. miners now account for 33.6% of the global figure, the highest level…