Bitcoin

Key TakeawaysBTC is up nearly 11% quarter-to-date, its best Q3 performance since 2021, per Coinglass.July alone delivered a 9.8% gain, bitcoin’s best month in about a year, without major Wall Street inflows.Bitcoin remains roughly 50% below…

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged senators to pass the CLARITY Act, arguing in a Financial Times op-ed that digital asset market structure should be treated as a national security issue as well as a financial…

Key TakeawaysStaff say the bill would not stop Trump’s next $1.4 billion in crypto profits.Investor advocates and five major labor groups warn of securities-law gaps.A cloture vote on the motion to proceed is set for Sept. 15. Minority…

Key TakeawaysSenate delays CLARITY Act vote to September, raising odds crypto rules stall through Trump’s term.Bitcoin Red Team found 4,962 flaws, pushing 390 projects toward AI-driven security audits.Circle hit $701M Q2 revenue; Arc may…

Bitcoin’s BIP-110 split widened further on Aug. 9, with the enforcing branch still unable to produce a third block hours after mandatory signaling began.  SummaryBIP-110 remains frozen…

XRP Ledger developers have retired five long active protocol amendments in xrpld version 3.3.0, but the move does not remove their features or require XRP holders to take action. Summary…

Last Friday, Bitcoin dropped from $64.7K to $62.8K, but seven days later it ground its way back up to $64.8K like nothing ever happened. Not bad when taken in isolation. Unfortunately, comparison is the thief of joy. While Bitcoin puttered,…

MARA Holdings secured $600 million of new borrowing on Aug. 4 after pledging 18,750 BTC worth about $1.2 billion as initial collateral, according to its Aug. 6 quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.…

This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) provides news, data, and insights on the energy–compute–markets nexus. The Bitcoin mining completed the two term…

Key TakeawaysMichael Saylor identifies digital credit as a major finance opportunity.Strategy’s preferred securities carry double-digit effective yields.Digital credit turns bitcoin-centered capital strategies into income products. Saylor…