Opinion by: Robin Singh, CEO of Koinly Is there a catch for Bitcoin hodlers, with the asset’s price up over 600,000% since the beginning of 2013?  Perhaps — if governments keep waking up to Bitcoin’s value, the whole “you only pay tax when you sell” mantra could soon be a thing of the past. What […]

Key points: Bitcoin seeks consolidation after rapid gains as stocks and the US dollar surge on US-China trade deal news. Nearby order book liquidity forms potential targets for traders, which now include $102,000. A classic moving average retest suggests that a new all-time high should result. Bitcoin (BTC) stuck to $104,000 at the May 12 […]

Bitcoin mining firm American Bitcoin is going public through a merger with crypto mining firm Gryphon Digital Mining, the companies announced on May 12. Under the terms of the deal, Gryphon Digital Mining will acquire American Bitcoin in a stock-for-stock transaction. After the merger, the new company will operate under the American Bitcoin brand and […]

A 90-day tariff agreement between the US and China may set the stage for a broader recovery of stock and cryptocurrency markets, as investors look ahead to a potential tax relief package. The White House announced on May 12 that the two countries will reduce their respective tariffs to 10% for an initial 90-day period […]

Michael Saylor’s Strategy purchased a fresh batch of Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency pushed above $100,000 last week. Strategy acquired 13,390 Bitcoin (BTC) for $1.34 billion between May 5 and May 11, the firm announced in its filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission published on May 12. The acquisition has increased Strategy’s total Bitcoin […]

The creator of the non-fungible token (NFT) collection DeGods announced that he has stepped down as the CEO of the project amid an uptick in sales for the collection.  Rohun Vora, known online as “Frank DeGods” on X, said he has stepped down as the project’s CEO, concluding a three-year stint as the head of […]

Healthcare services provider KindlyMD merged with Bitcoin-native holding company Nakamoto Holdings to build a BTC treasury. According to a May 12 announcement, Nakamoto Holdings — a new company founded by David Bailey, a crypto adviser to US President Donald Trump — plans to build the first global network of Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies in partnership […]

Hundreds of billions of dollars in cross-border cryptocurrency payments flow globally, driven primarily by speculative investment, according to a recent report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The BIS study, published May 8, found cross-border payments using the two largest cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), and the two largest stablecoins, USDt (USDT) and […]

Crypto exchange Backpack announced that customers of the defunct crypto exchange FTX EU can begin reclaiming their funds through its service. According to a May 12 X post, Backpack now allows FTX EU users who selected it as the redistribution platform to claim their euro balance. Users must first complete Know Your Customer (KYC) verification […]

What is RISC-V? RISC-V, pronounced “risk five,” is a modern open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) based on reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. In simple terms, it’s like a blueprint that defines a set of instructions that a processor can execute. RISC-V is designed to be highly modular, efficient and flexible. Originally developed by the […]

Cryptocurrency investment products continued receiving healthy inflows last week, attracting $882 million as global crypto funds approached all-time high asset levels. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $6.3 billion of inflows in the past four weeks, accounting for 93% of total inflows year-to-date (YTD), according to data from European crypto investment firm CoinShares. Total YTD […]