The Bitcoin futures-to-spot basis has fallen into negative territory, signaling a significant shift in trader sentiment toward de-risking. Futures are now trading below the spot price for the first time since March 2025, erasing the premium that typically reflects strong demand for leverage. This transition into a futures discount phase suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) traders … Read more
The company behind the largest Bitcoin treasury announced it had returned to buying large amounts of the cryptocurrency following a $835 million purchase. In a Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Michael Saylor’s Strategy reported acquiring 8,178 Bitcoin (BTC) for about $835 million. The purchase represented a significant increase compared to the … Read more
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Senate bill targets crypto’s regulatory paradox: Security vs. commodity Since its inception, the US cryptocurrency industry has faced a regulatory challenge: determining when a digital asset qualifies as a security and when it qualifies as a commodity. This uncertainty has hindered institutional adoption, fueled legal disputes and made it difficult for crypto companies to interpret … Read more
Key takeaways: Brazil’s moves are corporate and municipal, not sovereign. B3’s spot ETFs and resized 0.01-BTC futures let treasurers gain, size and hedge exposure using familiar tools. New VASP standards (licensing, AML/CFT, governance, security), effective February 2026, reduce operational uncertainty. Key sequence: Write rules → list plain-vanilla access products → add hedging tools → enforce … Read more
Today in crypto, CoinShares reported Monday that crypto investment products saw their largest outflow of funds since February amid an ongoing period of market panic, Bitcoin briefly slumped to its lowest price year-to-date as the crypto market pulls back, and the Zcash vs. Bitcoin debate deepens. Crypto ETPs see biggest weekly outflows since February as … Read more
European Union efforts to mandate scanning of private messages have been blocked again, marking another setback for the bloc’s proposed Chat Control legislation, and another win for digital rights activists. German digital rights activist and Pirate Party Germany politician Patrick Breyer wrote in a Nov. 15 X post that a backdoor, which he said mandated … Read more
Corporate Bitcoin holdings continue to climb, but treasury executives argue the trend is strengthening, not weakening, decentralization across the network. Despite increasing concerns about concentrated Bitcoin (BTC) ownership, emerging corporate treasury firms and new institutional players are contributing to broader distribution across the ecosystem, according to several executives speaking at Bitcoin Amsterdam 2025. “At the … Read more
Singapore’s main derivatives exchange will introduce two new cryptocurrency futures products this month, citing rising institutional interest in digital assets. SGX Derivatives is launching Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) perpetual futures, which are financial derivatives contracts enabling investors to bet on the spot price of the underlying asset without an expiration date. In a Monday … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week with the bull market at stake as BTC price predictions diverge wildly. Bitcoin traders are stuck between hope and capitulation as BTC/USD returns to its yearly open level. Price eyes a key “magnet” in the form of an old CME futures gap left over from April. The loss of … Read more