Opinion by: Ram Kumar, core contributor at OpenLedger The crypto industry spent a decade evangelizing decentralization. At the same time, AI companies assembled the most valuable monopolies since Standard Oil, and they’re data monopolies that make protocol dominance look trivial by comparison. The AI industry is expected to generate over $300 billion in revenue by … Read more
Key points: Bitcoin seals its worst October performance since 2018 as traders flip cautious on the outlook. ETF outflows return as derivatives traders hedge risk despite macro tailwinds. Bollinger Bands data suggests that BTC price volatility is due to make a sweeping comeback. Bitcoin (BTC) traded around $110,000 on Saturday as traders stayed bearish after … Read more
Fold Holdings (NASDAQ: FLD), the bitcoin rewards company known for letting users earn sats on everyday purchases, has teamed up with iconic fast-food chain Steak ’n Shake for a limited-time promotion that lets customers earn $5 in bitcoin with their meal. Starting today, Steak ’n Shake diners who order a Bitcoin Meal or Bitcoin Steakburger … Read more
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has expanded its bet on Bullish, the digital asset exchange that recently went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BLSH, acquiring over $5 million worth of shares across multiple ETFs. According to daily trade disclosures from Friday, ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) bought 72,537 Bullish shares, ARK Next … Read more
Bitcoin has stepped into its historically most significant month for gains — November — with an average increase of 42.51% since 2013 — meaning Bitcoin could surpass $160,000 this month if history rhymes. However, a crypto analyst noted that several macroeconomic factors are also at play. “I do think seasonal charts matter a lot, but … Read more
Prenetics Global Limited (NASDAQ: PRE) announced the purchase of 100 bitcoin at an average price of $109,594, expanding its total holdings to 378 BTC — valued at roughly $41 million. The move comes just days after the health sciences company completed a $44 million equity offering that was oversubscribed by strategic investors including Kraken, Exodus, … Read more
Today marks seventeen years since Satoshi Nakamoto’s publication of the Bitcoin Whitepaper on the cryptography mailing list in 2008. Back then Bitcoin was nothing more than a proposal for a new niche technology, the latest in a long lineage of niche technologies created by the cypherpunks of the 1990s. Bitcoin has gone through many massive … Read more
In a 2-1 decision issued today, the Tenth Circuit affirmed the denial of a Federal Reserve master account to Custodia Bank, the Wyoming-chartered Special Purpose Depository Institution (SPDI) that has become the test case for crypto-native banking. The panel upheld the district court across the board and left Reserve Banks with broad (and potentially unreviewable, … Read more
Steak ’n Shake is making history as the first major restaurant to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. All payments received in Bitcoin will now be added to their Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR), marking a fun and major step into bitcoin adoption for the fast-food chain. As part of the initiative, the company will donate 210 … Read more
American fast-food chain Steak ‘n Shake has announced the formation of a new Bitcoin treasury, built with the Bitcoin made from its restaurants’ sales. “All payments received in Bitcoin will be placed in our [strategic Bitcoin reserve],” said Steak ‘n Shake in a post on X on Friday, which garnered strong support from the Bitcoin … Read more