Standard Chartered remains confident in Bitcoin's potential, holding a year-end price target of $100,000 despite recent market turbulence and some bearish analyst views. The bank considers Bitcoin a strong buy at around $64,000 and downplays fears related to its recent Bitcoin sales by Strategy, a major corporate holder. Although past price targets were overly optimistic, the firm now expects Bitcoin to stabilize and meet its forecast as ETF flows and corporate demand continue. This outlook suggests ongoing institutional support for Bitcoin's growth potential.
Bitcoin's blockchain split at block 961632, with the BIP-110-supporting Roughnecks mining two blocks on a minority chain now 18 blocks behind the main chain, which has reached block 961651. The mining difficulty remains high at 127.48 trillion, makin...
An Ethereum whale who bought ETH between 2022 and 2023 at an average price of $2,723 sold 7,323 ETH on August 8, realizing losses over $19 million after staking for years. This sale near $1,906 per ETH marks a capitulation after holding through two b...
In the first week of August 2026, the cryptocurrency market surged with total capitalization rising from under $2.2 trillion to $2.9 trillion. Bitcoin led the rally, climbing over 3% to surpass $65,300 despite regulatory setbacks from the U.S. Senate...
SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom opposes Ethereum's EIP-8363 proposal, which would burn validator rewards as staking increases, potentially reducing staking yields to zero at a 50% staking ratio. He argues this could weaken decentralized finance by raisin...
XRP reversed its decline against Bitcoin after five days, bouncing back from oversold conditions indicated by the RSI dropping to 25 before recovering to 35. This rebound suggests XRP might be regaining strength relative to Bitcoin, though the RSI re...
