Newsroom

Crypto News

Fast coverage of the stories moving crypto markets.

View News Terminal

Crowd entering a packed stadium beside a sports prediction kiosk highlights how booming demand for betting markets could strain and destabilize the industry

Analysis Bearish

The bets that made crypto prediction markets popular now targeted by ban threat

A national fight is now underway over whether sports prediction markets are federally regulated derivatives or unlicensed gambling platforms. The answer could determine not just who regulates them, but whether their current growth model survives at all.

Trader reviews Bitcoin charts and market data on multiple screens as outlook questions whether 2026 will break the year-end trend

Bear Market BTC -1.16% Bearish

Bitcoin sets $88k ceiling for 2026: After a start this bad BTC has never finished a year positive

Bitcoin’s worst opening stretches historically sets a $88k ceiling for this year, with no precedent for recovery into a full-year gain.

Cracked Bitcoin monument collapsing into a city street near a subway entrance under red emergency lights, illustrating fears of a sharp weekend price drop toward $61,000

Analysis Bearish

Bitcoin price is heading for weekend collapse to $61k – will a social media post from Trump save it?

Bitcoin can test $61,700 this weekend unless Trump delivers another market-calming message.

Empty White House office desk and chair overlooking the West Wing lawn, symbolizing the crypto czar’s departure after policy wins for banks and institutions over Bitcoin

Politics Bearish

White House crypto czar leaves office after securing crypto wins for banks and institutions instead of Bitcoin

David Sacks exits after shaping U.S. crypto policy, delivering institutional gains while Bitcoin promises remain unresolved.

Bitcoin placed on home loan documents and bills illustrates using BTC as collateral to address the US housing crisis

Adoption Bullish

Homebuyers can now borrow against Bitcoin to get a mortgage without selling or liquidation risk

Coinbase targets first-time homebuyers with Bitcoin-backed mortgages amidst tight housing market and high borrowing costs.

Bitcoin coin sunk into a cracked trading office floor as red market charts flash in the background after the price fell below $70,000

Analysis Bearish

Bitcoin drops toward $65k after new Trump Iran delay sends oil higher, triggering $200M wipeout

Volatile macro conditions challenge Bitcoin, signaling its sensitivity to global risk dynamics.

Bitcoin coin pinned beneath a closing metal door in a wet office corridor as a wall clock emphasizes the final minutes before a major options expiry

Derivatives Bearish

Bitcoin price just collapsed because the macro selloff collided with a $14 billion options expiry this morning

Roughly $14.1B in Bitcoin options and $2.2B in Ethereum options expired on Friday, Mar. 27. History suggests more volatility around expiry.

Gavel on a conference table covered with coins overlooking the US Capitol, illustrating the broader congressional battle behind stablecoin legislation

New Coinbase CLARITY Act standoff over stablecoin reward is now holding up rules for the entire US crypto market

The Senate’s crypto bill is stuck in a noisy fight over stablecoin rewards, but its real impact would be much broader.

Macro XRP -3.61% Bearish

After a $1.2 billion run, XRP ETFs just flipped from inflows to outflows

Institutional adoption of XRP remains strong, driven by Ripple's diversified offerings and XRPL advancements.

Bitcoin storage crates moving into a vault as Strategy shoulders most of a slowing $100 billion corporate Bitcoin bet

Digital Asset Treasuries Bearish

The $100 billion corporate Bitcoin surge is down to one buyer as other companies stop adding

Market pressure forces Bitcoin treasury firms to reassess strategies, with Strategy emerging as a key player.

Stablecoins USDC +0.01%

A new US rule wiped $5B off Circle — but it may hurt Coinbase more

A regulatory draft triggers market confusion, but analysts believe Circle remains well-positioned to recover from whatever decline it suffers.

Playnance G Coin shifts from breakout launch to utility test

Playnance G Coin shifts from breakout launch to utility test

Recent CryptoSlate reporting has tracked G Coin’s rapid move from presale traction to open-market trading, with the project’s public tracker later showing more than 1.15 million holders. The bigger question now is whether exchange liquidity, staking participation, and in-ecosystem use keep reinforcing each other after launch-week attention fades.

Laptop running code beside hardware wallet and USB key, illustrating how a single pip install could expose crypto wallets, Solana keys, and cloud secrets

Hackers sneak crypto wallet-stealing code into a popular AI tool that runs every time

Compromised LiteLLM versions 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 stole SSH keys, cloud creds, Kubernetes secrets, env vars, and crypto wallet material.

Ethereum hardware wallet and coins in a lab setting, symbolizing the migration battle over wallets, bridges and dormant assets amid quantum risks

Quantum ETH -1.57% Bearish

As quantum ‘Q-Day’ jumps to 2029, Ethereum faces a new fight over what to do with coins left in old wallets

The Ethereum Foundation’s post-quantum roadmap argues that the real danger is a years-long struggle over how to move user wallets.

Bitcoin on a financial desk during a client meeting illustrates Morgan Stanley’s imminent MSBT launch and its potential impact on Bitcoin ETF economics

Morgan Stanley’s first bank-issued Bitcoin ETF is “imminent” – will sell BTC directly to clients

A Wall Street bank is moving Bitcoin inside its own system, shifting who controls how BTC reaches client portfolios.

Bitcoin mining equipment stacked outside an industrial facility as operators pivot to AI, selling BTC and taking on debt to maintain liquidity

Bitcoin miners start funding pivot to AI with debt while selling BTC to stay liquid

CoinShares’ latest mining report suggests the biggest shift is that stressed miners are selling coins, stronger operators are pivoting into AI, and listed mining stocks are becoming less pure Bitcoin proxies than many investors assume.

How Cravin uses provably fair verification in mystery boxes

How Cravin uses provably fair verification in mystery boxes

Cravin combines provably fair verification with a guarantee to enhance trust in mystery boxes.