SBI Holdings Agrees To Acquire Bitbank In $288.6M Deal

SBI Holdings has signed agreements to acquire all shares of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank in a deal valued at 46.7 billion yen, or approximately $288.6 million, the companies announced on…

Sharplink Buys ETH for First Time in 8 Months

Ether treasury company Sharplink has bought Ether for the first time in eight months as the token sank to its lowest price this year on Thursday. On-chain data from Arkham…

Bitcoin Price Flash Crashes From $61,000 To $58,000

Bitcoin price plunged to an intraday low of approximately $58,000 Thursday morning before staging a partial recovery, as a bear market that began after October’s all-time high shows no clear…

BitGo Lays off 15% of Staff in Stablecoin, AI Focus

Crypto infrastructure company BitGo Holdings laid off about 15% of its staff on Thursday as its CEO pledged to focus the company on areas including trading, stablecoins and artificial intelligence.…

Bitplanet Signs Agreement With Antalpha To Launch Bitcoin Mining Operations

Bitplanet Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nasdaq-listed fintech company Antalpha and its mining ecosystem partners to enter the Bitcoin mining business, the company announced. Under the agreement,…

Does Botanix’s Failure Prove Bitcoiners Don’t Care About DeFi?

For the past two cycles, Bitcoin DeFi has lived more as a promise than a category. Programmable Bitcoin has remained a vision held by a certain breed of Bitcoin maxi…

Trezor Academy Releases Documentary On Africa’s Bitcoin Economy, Opens Education Donations

While Western financial media has spent much of 2026 tracking Bitcoin’s crash from its October 2025 all-time high near $126,000, Trezor Academy has released a documentary that documents a different…

Bitcoin Rebounds Off Yearly Lows But US Stocks Flash Warning Sign

Key takeaways: Surging spot Bitcoin ETF outflows and a put-heavy options expiry point to fading institutional demand. Risk-reward shifts toward tech stocks, leaving crypto traders to seek catalysts beyond macroeconomic…

Strategy (MSTR) Drops Down 25% In Five Days As BTC Crashes

Strategy Inc. (MSTR) fell more than 9% at times on Thursday to its lowest level since March 2024, extending a five-day collapse of nearly 30% as Bitcoin broke below $60,000…

Bitcoin Options Traders Brace for Volatility

Bitcoin options traders remain heavily positioned for downside protection, with both crypto-native and exchange-traded fund investors showing elevated demand for downside hedges, according to new research by Anchorage Digital’s head…