Michael Saylor described Bitcoin as a network balanced by wallets, nodes, and miners, each holding different influence through capital, commerce, and computing power. His comments come amid debate over BIP 110, a proposal to limit certain non-payment data on Bitcoin to reduce blockchain storage, which Saylor opposes for potentially forcing consensus changes. The dispute highlights the distinct powers of miners, who produce blocks, and nodes, which enforce software rules, requiring broad agreement for changes. Strategy's large Bitcoin holdings underscore economic influence without direct control over protocol changes, illustrating Bitcoin's decentralized governance model.
Cryptocurrency markets display a range of price changes with Bitcoin holding steady around $77,000. Ethereum and Binance Coin see moderate gains, while altcoins such as Zcash (ZEC) and Uniswap (UNI) experience significant increases of over 20% and 8%...
Bitcoin holders will soon be able to stake their BTC directly on Bitcoin's layer 1 through Stacks' PoX-5 hardfork, activating around July 29, 2026. This new system allows users to earn roughly 3% annual yield by locking BTC alongside STX tokens witho...
Bitcoin rose 25% this week, nearly reaching $80,000 after significant short liquidations and reclaiming key technical levels like the 200-day Moving Average and short-term holder cost basis. While this shift suggests a bullish trend, experts caution ...
Bitcoin surged nearly 30% over five days to almost $80,000 before sharply pulling back to around $77,000 on August 22, 2026. This retracement triggered over $475 million in forced liquidations of long positions due to heavy leverage, wiping out many ...
Chinese crypto miner Jiang Zhuoer reversed his bearish 2026 forecast after Bitcoin surged near $79,500, now 90% confident the bear market has ended. He bought back Ethereum near $2,100 after selling earlier, then sold half his ETH near $2,525, managi...
