Bitwise has outlined a bullish long-term outlook for Bitcoin, predicting that BTC will break its traditional four-year market cycle and reach a new all-time high in 2026. In a recent post on X, the crypto asset manager cited several structural changes in the market, including the impact of the Bitcoin halving, shifting interest rate cycles, and the weakening of historical boom-and-bust patterns that have defined prior crypto cycles. According to Bitwise, Bitcoins market dynamics are evolving as institutional participation accelerates. Major financial institutions such as Citibank, Morgan...

Discussions around the U.S. crypto bill continue to move forward, even as no formal markup hearings are scheduled for this week. According to Fox Business journalist Eleanor Terrett, members of the Senate Banking Committee and crypto industry representatives recently held a closed-door meeting that participants described as productive and encouraging. The session was chaired by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and included lawmakers from both parties, signaling ongoing bipartisan engagement on digital asset regulation. Sources familiar with the meeting said the discussions aligned...

Caroline Pham, the acting chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is preparing to transition into the private sector as she moves closer to joining crypto financial technology firm MoonPay. This shift is expected to occur once Mike Selig, President Donald Trumps nominee to lead the CFTC, is officially confirmed and sworn in, a process anticipated to conclude imminently following a Senate vote scheduled for Wednesday evening. According to reporting from CoinDesk last month, Pham has long planned to take on a senior leadership role at MoonPay, serving as both chief legal...

Coinbase is accelerating its transformation into an all-in-one trading platform as competition intensifies across the crypto and fintech sectors. Rivals such as Robinhood, Kraken, and Gemini have already begun offering tokenized equities and exploring prediction markets outside the U.S., and Coinbase is now moving decisively to match and expand on those capabilities. According to Coinbase, the main app will soon feature a streamlined interface that allows users to trade futures and perpetual contracts, access all Solana-based assets as soon as they are created, participate in primary token...

Digital Wealth Partners (DWP), a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) focused on digital assets, has introduced a new algorithmic trading strategy designed specifically for high-net-worth (HNW) holders of XRP. The offering provides qualified investors with a systematic way to pursue portfolio growth and cash flow from their crypto holdings, including within tax-advantaged retirement accounts such as IRAs. DWP is a subsidiary of the crypto-focused family office Ascension Group and partnered with Arch Public, a firm specializing in crypto algorithmic trading solutions, to develop the strategy....

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has intensified his high-profile public feud with President Donald Trump by launching a new page on the states official website that claims to track Trumps top 10 criminal cronies, a list that prominently features figures from the cryptocurrency industry. The move underscores Newsoms increasingly national posture as he criticizes Trumps conduct, rhetoric and political allies, while also drawing attention to controversial presidential pardons. The newly published page is framed as part of Californias broader effort to argue that crime rates in the state have...

Brazils main stock exchange, B3, is preparing to significantly deepen its presence in the cryptocurrency and digital asset market with plans to launch a tokenization platform and its own stablecoin in 2025. The move highlights how traditional financial institutions are increasingly embracing blockchain technology, tokenized assets, and crypto-linked products as demand continues to grow. The upcoming tokenization platform will allow real-world assets to be tokenized and traded directly on B3s exchange infrastructure. According to Luiz Masagão, B3s vice president of products and clients,...

Bitcoin has retreated to its weekly low of around $85,500 after forming what traders often call a Bart Simpson pattern, a technical setup marked by a rapid price spike, a brief period of consolidation, and a sudden drop back to the original level. The unusual chart shape, resembling the cartoon characters head, appeared earlier this week and reinforced growing concerns about short-term volatility in the crypto market. The broader digital asset market continues to face a frustrating dynamic for crypto investors. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies appear largely uncorrelated with equities...

The cryptocurrency market extended its pullback on Wednesday, with total market capitalization slipping below the $3 trillion mark for the third time this month, raising concerns about deeper downside risks. The latest decline appears driven less by retail panic and more by shifting institutional sentiment, particularly in large-cap cryptocurrencies with active exchange-traded fund exposure. Bitcoin fell about 1.5% to trade near $86,580, partially erasing gains from the previous session. Ether also weakened, retreating to around $2,930 after briefly approaching $2,980 overnight. XRPs recovery...

Dogecoin (DOGE) came under renewed selling pressure after losing a key technical support level, confirming a short-term bearish shift as crypto markets reacted negatively to the Federal Reserves latest interest rate decision. DOGE declined roughly 5% during Tuesdays session, underperforming the broader market as risk appetite weakened following mixed signals from U.S. policymakers. The Federal Reserve delivered a widely anticipated 25-basis-point rate cut, lowering its target range to 3.5%3.75%. However, cautious forward guidance and visible disagreement among officials on the pace of future...