Bitcoin slides near $87,000 as US government shutdown fears weigh on crypto
Bitcoin fell on Sunday evening as a broad risk-off mood weighed on the crypto market amid rising uncertainty in the US.
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Bitcoin fell on Sunday evening as a broad risk-off mood weighed on the crypto market amid rising uncertainty in the US.
Gold reached a record over $5,000 amid trade tensions while Bitcoin fell to $86,000, marking a sharp divergence as the precious metal surged 17% in January.
The FSA plans to add cryptocurrencies to the list of ETF base assets, alongside enhanced investor protections, Nikkei reported.
Entropy founder and CEO Tux Pacific says that, after four years and multiple pivots, the project was unable to find a scalable business model.
Bitcoin’s onchain data points to supply overhang and weak participation, while gold’s breakout is priced by markets as a durable macro regime shift.
Decentralized social protocols Farcaster and Lens have changed hands, and the debate over crypto social's future is back.
Senate Democrats have threatened to block a funding bill if it includes money for the Department of Homeland Security, making traders fearful of another possible US government shutdown.
A cybercriminal known as "Lick" may be the son of the president of a firm contracted by the government to dispose of stolen crypto assets.
Winter storm Fern is currently sweeping across the United States and has already left 1 million residents without electrical power.
The bitcoin treasury firm is using perpetual preferreds to retire convertibles, offering a potential framework for managing long-dated leverage.
Major changes to the Bitcoin protocol should be well-thought-out and rare, Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor previously said.
The Solana ecosystem has spent the past year doubling down on a financial infrastructure, Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante told CoinDesk.