Billionaire investor and longtime Bitcoin bull Tim Draper has denied moving his Bitcoin after blockchain analysts linked him to a large BTC transfer to Coinbase Prime. “Haven’t touched my BTC,” Draper told Cointelegraph on Friday, adding that he still expects Bitcoin to reach $250,000 within one year. The statement came after blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain … Read more
Metaplanet crossed the 43,000 BTC threshold on July 2, a milestone that places the Tokyo-listed firm as the world’s third-largest corporate Bitcoin holder. The company now trails Strategy and Twenty One Capital across the global corporate ranking, and its climb underscores Japan’s role in the corporate Bitcoin accumulation race. Metaplanet acquired an additional 2,823 BTC … Read more
Well, friends, if you’ve been watching the crypto markets, you know things are wild, especially here on July 4, 2026. Today, we need to talk about something that’s shaking up the entire European crypto landscape: the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation has officially slammed shut its transitional period, and the fallout is immediate and severe. … Read more
US President Donald Trump has responded to criticism of his 2025 financial disclosures, showing that he earned $1.4 billion in income from crypto-related ventures while in office. In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen, Trump said that there was “nothing illegal” and “nothing wrong” with profiting from his crypto investments as president. He claimed … Read more
Key takeaways: Solana’s tokenized assets and memecoin revival drove SOL to a 30-day high at $83. Bullish leveraged appetite cooled sharply, suggesting traders are hesitant to bet on further gains to $90. Solana’s SOL token jumped to its highest mark in over 30 days on Friday at $83, marking a decoupling from the altcoin market. … Read more
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, one of the US lawmakers behind negotiations for a digital asset market structure bill in Congress, has proposed barring elected officials and the president from issuing or sponsoring their own tokens, citing President Donald Trump’s and First Lady Melania Trump’s memecoins. In a Friday notice, Gillibrand said that Congress should support measures … Read more
Crypto exchange Bitget has launched US stock options, allowing users to trade options on US-listed companies. The company described itself in a note to Bitcoin Magazine as the world’s largest Universal Exchange and states that it is the only major crypto exchange offering US stock options alongside crypto and contract-for-difference markets in gold, forex, commodities … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) saw new July highs on Friday as bulls kept pushing over the US holiday period. Key points: Bitcoin sustains upside momentum as BTC price action nears its 200-week moving average. That trend line now forms the centerpoint of a “strong resistance area.” Global equities hit record levels as Fed rate-hike odds simmer on … Read more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the first update to its register of crypto companies under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) after the transitional period ended Wednesday. Friday’s update to the register added 37 licensed crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), including global banking group Standard Chartered, which secured MiCA authorization … Read more
Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) confirmed the seizure of another 500 Bitcoin, currently worth about 27 million euros ($30.9 million), in collaboration with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre. That brings the total Bitcoin seized by CAB in 2026 to 1,500 BTC, worth about $92.4 million, the law enforcement agency said in a social media post on … Read more