Bitcoin’s $80,000 ceiling looks fragile after stocks shrugged off near-5% Treasury yields
Bitcoin failed to break $80,000 on Sept. 11 as US stocks climbed about 1% and long-dated Treasury yields stayed near levels not seen in years. Bitcoin registered an intraday high of $79,890, still short of the $80,000-$82,000 resistance zone identified…
The biggest vulnerability in your Bitcoin wallet might be the shipping label
Hardware wallets might be able to protect your keys, but the paperwork from buying them could expose your identity. To buy a hardware wallet, you give a company your name and address so it can send you a device designed to put you in control of your…
Stablecoins make sending money easy until someone needs to spend it
When you send money to someone abroad, the confirmation on your phone is only your half of the transaction: the other half belongs to the person who has to use it. Their rent may be due in local currency. Their nearest cash collection point may be across…
Bitcoin tests critical $76,000 support cluster during macro energy shock
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 on Sept. 10 as oil rose above $100, and a global bond selloff pushed traders toward another Fed hike. BTC reached an intraday low of $76,676.07, Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.7%, and the 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.93%…
MetaMask and Consensys split exposes the gap between Ethereum adoption and ETH demand
Consensys announced plans on Sept. 9 to operate MetaMask separately from its Ethereum infrastructure business, giving the consumer wallet and the protocol builder distinct management and investment priorities. For holders of ether, the split puts a…
It looks like a stock and trades like a stock, but it isn’t actually a stock – what is it?
Tokenized stocks promise cheaper trading and wider access, while some products make speculation easier without passing shareholder rights to the buyer. Two people can open their investment apps, see the same company name beside a similar price, and still…
Why Bitcoin bulls shouldn’t mistake a shrinking dollar reserve share for central bank buying
A Sept. 2, 2026 analysis by New York Fed researchers shows how a few large reserve portfolios can lower the global dollar share without a broad retreat from dollars. For investors assessing future sovereign demand for Bitcoin, the distinction is between…
Bitcoin bulls are loading up on calls while spot traders keep selling
Bitcoin’s derivatives market is turning more bullish even as spot traders remain reluctant to chase another move above $80,000. Glassnode’s latest Market Pulse showed demand shifting toward call options while US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows accelerated. Yet…
Strong jobs just triggered a hawkish UBS reversal that could pressure Bitcoin through December
UBS’s new forecast of two Federal Reserve rate hikes this year extends Bitcoin’s potential macro headwind through December. The issue reaches beyond September’s decision: investors may have to weigh the cost of holding a non-yielding…
Ethereum arbitrage study reveals builders receive $5 for every $1 burned by the network
Ethereum arbitrage generated about $5.24 in builder receipts for every $1 burned in a 30-day sample reported by blockchain data provider Bitquery. Its allocation puts 49.3% of measured surplus toward block assembly, 9.4% toward burned fees and 41.3% with…