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© Reuters $9,000,000,000 in Bitcoin (BTC): Saylor's Strategy Is Working Once more, Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin playbook is demonstrating its tenacity. At this point, Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings have grown to an incredible $44.86 billion, locking in a 25.85% profit, or an incredible $9.2 billion in gains. The strategy seems to be working even with some recent volatility on the larger cryptocurrency market, as there are currently over 528,000 BTC under management and an average purchase price of $67,485. The performance graph shows Strategy’s strategic timing in addition to its belief in Bitcoin. By making large purchases during the 2020, 2022 and late 2023 dips, the company was able to drastically reduce its average cost basis. Even...

Even though crypto started over a decade ago, many investors are now taking a closer look at this asset class. While the financial press mainly focuses on the most popular coins, there are hundreds of alternative options in the cryptocurrency space. Many of these coins have advantages over names like Ethereum or Bitcoin, particularly concerning privacy. Quick Take: What Is Private Crypto? Some coins manage to keep transactions more private, which enhances user anonymity and financial confidentiality. This is achieved by concealing transaction details and using technologies like ring signatures and stealth addresses to hide transaction amounts and the identities of senders and receivers, making transactions untraceable. Monero (XMR)...

On-chain data aggregator CryptoQuant has posted a tweet pointing out at a negative trend related to spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. It believes that institutional investors might be losing interest in this brand new asset, which launched at the start of last year and attracted billions of U.S. dollars once it began to conquer the financial markets. "Bitcoin ETF demand is cooling" CryptoQuant shared an infographic showing a sharp decline in spot Bitcoin ETF inflows. The company’s chief executive and founder, Ki Young Ju, added a comment to clarify the infographic reading. He said that while the overall amount of assets under management in Bitcoin ETFs face a substantial decline, “it can be considered as a substantial withdrawal of...

Global crypto investment products faced substantial outflows for the second consecutive week, with approximately $795 million exiting funds last week, according to data from CoinShares. This decline is attributed to ongoing tariff activities by President Donald Trump, which have dampened investor sentiment toward the crypto market. The total outflows since early February have reached $7.2 billion, effectively negating year-to-date inflows, which now total just $165 million, as noted by CoinShares Head of Research James Butterfill. The U.S. market led these outflows, with American investors withdrawing $763 million from crypto funds. In contrast, Canada, Brazil, and Australia saw modest net inflows of $2.7 million. Bitcoin-related...

© Investing.com Bitcoin (BTC) $85,800 Price Point: Here's What On-Chain Data Says According to CoinGlass, the $85,800 level remains crucial for Bitcoin price action since much liquidity is concentrated around it. The significant liquidity around the $85,800 level suggests activity at this point, where traders may have set stop or limit orders. This might result in a scenario where the market moves toward this level to trigger orders and generate momentum. A liquidity hunt might be watched for, a scenario where the market "flushes out" leveraged positions, particularly longs or traders speculating on price increases. In a separate tweet, CoinGlass pointed out high-leverage liquidity, citing the 24-hour BTC Liquidation Heatmap. With...

Kraken, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, began a phased national rollout of commission-free trading for over 11,000 U.S.-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds on Monday, marking its latest move to expand across asset classes. Crypto firms such as Kraken are looking to expand their businesses to traditional financial spaces on the back of U.S. President Donald Trump's promise of a more industry-friendly regulation. Kraken users will be able to trade stocks and ETFs in some U.S. states starting Monday. The San Francisco, California-based company also plans to expand stock trading to key international markets, including the UK, Europe, and Australia. "Expanding into equities is a natural step for us, and paves the...

Investing.com-- Bitcoin saw little price change on Monday as risk appetite improved marginally on relief over some U.S. exemptions on trade tariffs against China, although fears of a worsening trade war kept traders on edge.  Crypto markets were nursing wild swings over the past few weeks, as a trade war between the world’s biggest economies escalated drastically, battering global risk-driven markets.  Bitcoin had slumped as low as $74,000, although it recovered sharply from these lows as U.S. President Donald Trump made sweeping concessions in plans to impose trade tariffs on major trading partners. But China was not included in these concessions. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency added 0.6% to $84,521.0 by 10:06 ET (14:06 GMT). ...

Shiba Inu is still flirting with the prospect of more declines, including the undesirable possibility of adding another zero to its already low value even after a slight price recovery. Although SHIB’s recent price increase to $0.0000123 provided short-term respite, on a larger scale it lacks the substance necessary to start a long-term bull run. SHIB has successfully regained the 50 EMA from a technical perspective, which is usually indicative of transient strength. The overall bearish trend is still present though as the price is still well below the 200 EMA and important resistance levels, which are located at $0.000015 and $0.000017. During the days of recovery, volume has slightly increased, but not enough to verify either large...

© Reuters. Bitcoin (BTC) Revived? $100,000 Is Not Far As geopolitical events reduce pressure on both traditional and digital markets, Bitcoin is exhaling with relief. Trade uncertainty caused a period of volatility, but a significant 90-day tariff pause on important tech imports has sped up the recovery. After rising to a local high of $85,000, Bitcoin may soon surpass the highly anticipated $100,000 milestone. As more than $390 billion in imports are now exempt, markets saw this as a positive indication. Important technological elements like computers, smartphones and semiconductors were excluded, which is a positive development for the cryptocurrency industry as well. The halt allows tech behemoths like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and...

Michael Saylor’s Strategy took advantage of the large price swings in the company’s common shares last week to purchase $285.8 million more of Bitcoin (BTC-USD). While the stock fluctuated from losses of as much as 11% to gains of around 25% during the week, the former MicroStrategy Inc. said it sold shares through its at-the-market program to finance the crypto purchases. Hedge funds have been driving some of the demand for the company’s convertible debt, as they seek out Strategy for trades that incorporate buying the bonds and selling the shares short, essentially betting on the underlying stock’s volatility. The purchase, the latest in a series of almost weekly acquisitions of the cryptocurrency since late October, increased the...

Ray Dalio is sounding the alarm — not just about a potential recession, but about a deeper, systemic breakdown of the global economic and political order in an interview with CNBC on Sunday. His concerns aren’t just about market volatility; they point to a broader structural fragility. Interestingly, bitcoin (BTC) has been showing resilience amidst the chaos. The digital asset has broken a three-month downtrend and is approaching $85,000, signaling it may be stepping into a role as a potential alternative safe haven. Mixed signals continue from the White House on tariffs, adding to the growing uncertainty weighing on global markets. As a result, markets continue to be extremely volatile especially over the past two weeks as Trump’s...

Bullish bitcoin (BTC) options strategies are becoming popular again, stabilizing a crucial sentiment indicator that indicated panic early last week. BTC has bounced to over $84,000 since probing lows under $75,000 last week. The recovery comes as the bond market chaos supposedly forced President Donald Trump to capitulate on tariffs just days after announcing sweeping import levies on several nations, including China. Late Friday, The Trump administration issued new guidelines, sparing key tech products like smartphones from his 125% China tariff and baseline 10% global levy. Hours later, Trump refuted the news, suggesting no relief on tariffs. Still, the price recovery saw emboldened traders chase upside in BTC through the...

Metaplanet Inc. added 319 bitcoin (BTC) to its treasury. The Japanese firm made its latest buy at an average price of $83,147 per coin. This latest purchase brings the company's total bitcoin holdings to 4,525 BTC, with an aggregate cost basis of $408.1 million and an average acquisition price of $90,194. This move is part of Metaplanet’s broader bitcoin treasury operations strategy, launched in December 2024, aimed at using digital assets to enhance shareholder value. The company evaluates its performance through BTC Yield, a measure of bitcoin holding growth relative to share outstanding. For Q1 2025, its BTC yield reached 95.6%, with a year-to-date figure of 6.5% as of April 14. The acquisitions are supported by dynamic capital...

Bitcoin (BTC) is flat as East Asian markets open for the week, trading above $84K, as the White House presents mixed messages on semiconductor and technology component tariffs. Over the weekend, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the White House’s decision to exempt items like smartphones, computers, and the semiconductors that power them from tariffs was a temporary measure. President Trump confirmed it later in a press briefing, stating that the tariff rate would be announced next week, but there would be some "flexibility" on the matter. "The market saw a material rebound as popular consumer electronics categories were exempted from the 125% tariffs on China," BTSE COO Jeff Mei told CoinDesk in a Telegram message. "Even...

Bitcoin is still expected to hit $1.8 million by 2035, despite recent price drops and reduced investor interest driven by global trade tensions. Joe Burnett, director of market research at Unchained, said Bitcoin remains in a long-term bullish cycle. He pointed to two models, the parallel model and Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin 24 model, that project Bitcoin prices of $1.8 million and $2.1 million, respectively, within the next decade. Burnett described both as solid base cases, noting that Bitcoin’s actual price could exceed those figures depending on broader economic factors. Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and CIO at Maelstrom, also gave a bullish forecast, suggesting that Bitcoin could reach $250,000 by the end of 2025 if the U.S...

As traditional gold markets heat up, crypto investors are following suit—flocking to tokenized versions of the precious metal that offer both price exposure and digital flexibility. Gold-backed cryptocurrencies like Paxos Gold (PAXG) and Tether Gold (XAUT) have risen 24.15% and 23.7% respectively year-to-date to new all-time highs above $3,300, roughly matching the performance of spot gold. Their prices have since receded slightly to $3,265 and $3,244, respectively. While gold-backed cryptocurrencies surged so far this year, the wider cryptocurrency market has been in a downtrend. Bitcoin (BTC) has lost more than 11% of its value so far this year, while the wider crypto market has fallen by a little over 30%. The tokens, which are...

Bitcoin (BTC) proponent Michael Saylor has hinted the company he co-founded, Strategy (MSTR), may be set to announce an additional BTC purchase this week shortly after revealing it expects a net loss in the first quarter of the year over unrealized losses on its massive BTC holdings. The company has added 80,785 BTC to its balance sheet since the beginning of the year after raising a total of $7.69 billion during the first quarter, with over half of that coming from common stock sales. Most, if not all, of those funds were used to buy bitcoin. On Sunday, Saylor posted a BTC holdings tracker to X, a move that typically precedes a purchase announcement, commenting there are “no tariffs on orange dots.” The comment implies the company’s...

World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture backed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s family, purchased $775,000 worth of SEI tokens as its altcoin accumulation strategy continues. The move was funded with USDC transferred from the project’s main wallet to a trading wallet that has been used in previous altcoin acquisitions, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. The SEI purchase adds to a growing portfolio that includes not only the top two cryptocurrencies, bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), but also TRX, movement (MOVE), ondo (ONDO), and various other tokens. World Liberty Financial recently denied selling ether or any of its other positions after reports suggested a wallet belonging to the project sold around $8 million worth of the...

The world of cryptocurrencies is new, innovative and ever-changing. Depending on the cryptocurrency, if you got in on the ground floor, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen a sizable return on investment — as well as a large tax bill. If you are hoping to avoid the IRS getting all of the money you’ve made on your crypto investments, perhaps you should consider another route altogether this tax season: giving it away to a worthy cause. Here is why donating crypto could be the smartest move you make this year. Tax-Deductible Charitable Donations Adam Nash, CEO and co-founder of Daffy, highlighted that when it comes to tax codes, charitable deductions are one of the most generous ones allowed, giving the taxpayer the ability to...

If you're new to crypto, here's one idea you might not have heard before: Bitcoin could be ready to challenge the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency. That type of transformative change, of course, would be history-making, and it would require a fundamental restructuring of the global financial system -- sort of like we're seeing right now, with tariffs and the potential for a global trade war. In his annual letter to investors this year, BlackRock CEO and Chairman suggested that Bitcoin had the potential to replace the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency. Is that scenario really possible? And if it is, what does it mean for Bitcoin's future? The case for Bitcoin as a reserve currency There's obviously a lot to unpack...