Cryptocurrency trading has cooled in early 2026, and Wall Street analysts are rushing to adjust their forecasts before companies report first-quarter results. A new study from Barclays and Oppenheimer shows several analysts reaching similar conclusions, weeks into the second quarter. Expectations are falling across the industry as trading volumes weaken and past projections appear overly […]
As the war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drive up oil prices, inflation is once again at the forefront of investors’ concerns. Inflation in the United States accelerated last month to 0.9%, driven mainly by energy costs linked to the Middle East conflict; Core inflation, which excludes energy and food
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Crypto asset manager Bitwise has filed an amended registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to Hyperliquid’s HYPE. The updated S-1 for the fund, which would own HYPE directly and be listed on NYSE Arca, indicated that it would trade under the symbol BHYP. The fund
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Cryptocurrency exchanges are beginning to take on a new role: pricing traditional assets while Wall Street is closed. The growing market for perpetual futures contracts tied to traditional financial instruments, including commodities like gold and oil, which operate around the clock on cryptocurrency exchanges, is responsible for this. Data from Binance Research suggests that these
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new video uploaded: How the war in Iran affects inflation Ben Casselman, our chief economics correspondent, describes how rising prices from the Iran war are starting to show up in the data and what might come next. By Ben Casselman, Nour Idriss, Stephanie Swart and Sutton Raphael April 11, 2026
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Ron Hammond, head of policy at crypto market maker Wintermute, takes a cautious view of the Clarity Act, estimating its chances of passage this year at around 30%, even as momentum builds in Washington. “There are a lot of moving parts,” Hammond said, pointing to a legislative process that is moving forward, but unevenly. The
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Six weeks of war have divided bitcoin BTC$72,934.57 marched into two camps. Institutional buyers who continue to accumulate regardless of conditions, and everyone else who leaves. The result is a market that appears stable on the surface, with Bitcoin holding in a range of $65,000 to $73,000 through five weeks of strife, $600 million liquidation
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Bhutan is quietly rolling out one of the most unusual Bitcoin experiments a government has ever conducted. The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred around 319.7 BTC worth $22.68 million to two addresses on Thursday, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. Around 250 BTC was paid to a wallet previously used to route funds for sale
Bhutan sold 70% of its bitcoins in 18 months. This may have also stopped BTC mining. Read More »
A federal judge has blocked the state of Arizona from bringing criminal charges against prediction market provider Kalshi, at least temporarily, in response to a request from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. District Judge Michael Liburdi of the District of Arizona ruled Friday that Arizona cannot proceed with an arraignment on Kalshi as scheduled on
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Digital assets have moved beyond the hype cycle. What started as an experiment in decentralized value transfer has evolved into a serious conversation about how capital markets, custody, settlement and ownership of assets could be reimagined for the digital age. Tokenization, programmable currency and distributed ledgers can enable faster settlement, greater transparency and new efficiencies
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