Public crypto miners sold more BTC in Q1 2026 than all of 2025: Report

Mining companies are now split between those liquidating Bitcoin to cover operating expenses and those holding their BTC in reserve to fuel future growth.

Mining companies are now split between those liquidating Bitcoin to cover operating expenses and those holding their BTC in reserve to fuel future growth.

Traders say Bitcoin has room to rally higher, but the upside could be capped at BTC’s active supply cost basis near $78,000.

Democratic lawmakers called out Michael Selig for unilaterally advancing policies at the regulator that's normally led by a bipartisan group of five commissioners.

Schwab will introduce direct trading in the two biggest cryptos through a dedicated account, its first move into spot trading as it expands its digital asset offerings.

Bitcoin trades below the profitability threshold for active holders, with early signs of BTC demand offering limited price support for now.

Bitcoin attempted to recover the $75,000 level as US stocks chase after a second day of fresh all-time highs. Is the bull market back on?

The CEO of the troubled Zonda exchange has disclosed a Bitcoin wallet holding around 4,500 BTC, but said the private keys were never transferred during a company handover.

The Drift Protocol will use the $150 million to relaunch and restore user funds following a $280 million exploit earlier in April.

UAE investors are buying the AI and tech dip, keeping exposure to software, chips and crypto as the Iran conflict stress-tests the Gulf’s bid to be a global tech hub.

Investors in the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme OneCoin may finally get some relief through a Department of Justice program, some 12 years after the project launched.

Australia’s A$24B digital asset opportunity hinges on regulation. Clear rules could drive tokenized markets, faster payments and institutional investment.

The corrected filing details timeline, caveats and conditions tied to a potential Naver Financial IPO after the Dunamu share swap deal.

Ukrainian authorities detained a suspect linked to a $100 million cybercrime network targeting the US and Europe, seizing $11 million in assets, of which $3 million was in cryptocurrency.

AllUnity says it is expanding EURAU stablecoin liquidity pools across major DEXs such as Uniswap and Raydium, with trading pairs against USDT and USDT0.

Back said at Paris Blockchain Week that Bitcoin’s post-quantum shift may reveal the true size of the stash held by Satoshi Nakamoto, estimated at between 500,000 and 1 million BTC.

Executives at Paris Blockchain Week said European firms interested in Bitcoin treasury strategies are working around shallower capital markets and tighter constraints than in the US.

Circle’s Jeremy Allaire sees “tremendous” room for a yuan stablecoin, despite China banning most private yuan tokens and pushing its CBDC to challenge US dollar stablecoins.

Jean-Didier Berger said at Paris Blockchain Week that France is preparing new steps to protect crypto holders as wrench attacks and kidnappings keep mounting.

A review of over 150 crypto protocols finds fewer than 1% disclose market-making arrangements, revealing a major transparency gap in token trading structures.

The sandbox will test preset spending limits, timing controls and category restrictions for public sector expense payments.

Crypto users in the US are required to pay capital gains taxes on cryptocurrencies, stifling their usefulness as a currency, argued a Washington DC-based think tank.

Major World Liberty Financial investor Justin Sun called a plan to lock tokens for up to four years “the most absurd governance scams I have ever seen.”

The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust is also within striking distance of overtaking three other US spot Bitcoin ETFs that launched in January 2024.

The amount of capacity and the type of compute it was trained on is “abundantly available in China,” said the Nvidia CEO.

Tech stocks helped drive the Nasdaq to 24,016 and the S&P 500 to 7,022 as Bitcoin climbed nearly 10% over the past two weeks.

The CFTC is investigating trades that took place before the US delayed strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure on March 23 and agreed to a ceasefire with Iran on April 7.

It may be appropriate to attempt to mitigate the extent of the freeze as much as possible, even at the cost of greater complexity, said BitMEX.

CryptoQuant says Bitcoin could be reaching a temporary ceiling after hitting a multi-month top of $76,000 on Wednesday, with investors moving Bitcoin in bulk to exchanges.

Back said the safest approach is to build optional upgrades that would allow Bitcoin to migrate to quantum-resistant cryptography once it's needed.

Institutional investors are buying Ether again, but a handful of factors could slow market momentum and negatively impact ETH’s rally.

The committee, led by Tether’s head of government affairs, reported spending $3 million on advertising through a company co-founded by Tether US CEO Bo Hines.

Short-term Bitcoin traders took profit on 63,000 BTC over the past 24-hours. Will profit-taking continue to stall the rally?

The contracts mark Injective’s first entry into US-regulated derivatives markets and could help support a spot ETF following a filing from Canary Capital.

CEO Tarek Mansour said in an interview that Kalshi would prevent kids from using a parent’s ID to skirt its age restrictions by launching a parent portal and AI verification.

The product is designed to generate yield by participating in network validation, adding an income component to passive exposure.

Jane Street said it needs GPU-based computing power to keep its trading and research operations competitive amid growing adoption of AI.

A Bitcoin daily candlestick close above $76,000 would complete a bullish trend reversal and shift the bulls’ short-term price target to $84,000. Will altcoins follow the rally?

Potential conflicts of interest in the state’s gubernatorial race and a pro-crypto Super PAC endorsing a Republican candidate for Senate could cloud the 2026 race.

London-based Legal & General Asset Management is the latest global asset manager to expand distribution across blockchain networks and trading models.

Ether looks poised to gain a price advantage over BTC as the ETH/BTC ratio soars to a 10-week high.

New Bitcoin macro analysis found its "addressable market" surpassed the $38 trillion gold market cap, driven by geopolitical instability and financial sanctions.

The Massachusetts Democrat has been critical of private companies, including non-bank entities, issuing their own dollar-pegged stablecoins.

Bitcoin paused its rally toward new range highs while the S&P 500 came within an inch of a fresh year-to-date high, leading analysts to warn that traders are overconfident.

EIP-8105 proposes a scheme-agnostic encrypted mempool for Ethereum, designed to hide transaction payloads until after inclusion and reduce harmful MEV.

The UK financial regulator has launched a consultation on crypto rules covering stablecoins, trading and staking ahead of a broader UK crypto regime expected to take effect in 2027.

Bitmine chairman Tom Lee told Paris Blockchain Week that the recent crypto slump was a “mini crypto winter” and said Ether could climb above $60,000 over the next few years.

The new proposal outlines multi-year lockups and opt-in token burn, as the Trump-linked DeFi platform responds to pressure over delayed liquidity access.

Only 4% of Danish citizens own crypto, far below other European countries, as banks, taxes and risk fears limit adoption, according to a new staff paper from the country's central bank.

Fireblocks launched Earn, giving institutions direct access to Aave and Morpho-based stablecoin lending as firms seek yield on idle balances.

Virginia signed a law bringing digital assets into unclaimed property rules, requiring in-kind transfer and limiting how quickly the state can sell them.

Pakistan’s central bank has allowed banks to open accounts for licensed virtual asset service providers, ending years of restrictions and marking a shift toward a regulated framework.

EU officials plan to reassess MiCA as companies test its limits, with industry feedback set to shape potential changes to the bloc’s crypto framework.

The exchange said the new product is available across the European Economic Area through its Malta-based MiFID business, with up to 10x leverage and multi-asset collateral.

EToro is set to acquire self-custodial wallet provider Zengo, and the trading platform’s CEO predicted a Bitcoin rally above $250,000 after another quarter of crypto market downside.

Ripple and Kyobo Life are piloting tokenized government bond settlement as South Korea builds rules for token securities and digital asset payments.

US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $411.5 million in inflows Tuesday as Goldman Sachs filed for a Bitcoin-linked ETF, lifting 2026 net flows back into positive territory.

Societe Generale-FORGE said MetaMask will add its MiCA-compliant USDCV stablecoin, extending distribution for one of Europe’s bank-backed digital dollars.

It is the second long-term social-engineering attack this month, after the $280 million exploit of the Drift Protocol.

Tat Thang, a partner at the prediction platform Polymarket, suggests X is building a Web3 equivalent of the Chinese WeChat Pay citing its recent moves to scrub crypto bots.

Elastic Security Labs says a multi-step social engineering scam is aimed at those in crypto and finance, using a community plugin feature on a note-taking app to spread malicious device-controlling software.

Apple told Cointelegraph that the fake Ledger Live app was removed and that the developer was terminated from its app store.

Crypto Valley raised $728 million across 31 deals in 2025, outpacing global blockchain funding growth as a $400 million TON deal lifted totals.

The authors described it as a “private incentive to upgrade” because lost or frozen coins will make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more.

Bitwise's Matt Hougan previously estimated that if Bitcoin captures 17% of the store-of-value market over the next decade, it could be worth $1 million a coin.

Kraken’s market valuation has dropped from $20 billion to $13.3 billion since the company confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC in November.

US Senator Thom Tillis will publicly share an agreement to end a crypto and banking clash over stablecoin yields, but both sides are resisting the proposal, Politico reports.

Bitcoin rallied to $76,000 on Tuesday as a bullish chart breakout and increasing onchain activity hint at an extended rally to $90,000.

World Liberty Financial allegedly used illiquid tokens to borrow $75 million, fueling bad debt fears and rattling confidence among traders.

Backed by Blockchain Capital, the Amplify suite aims to enable platforms to generate yield and offer lending using customer-held digital assets.

Bitcoin rallied alongside stocks and investors’ hope for interest rate cuts, but is the rejection at $76,000 a sign of a bull trap?

The decentralized exchange aggregator said users should refrain from visiting its website after a frontend exploit.

HYPE's price soared to $45, but data show weak spot volumes and rising leverage use as signs that market momentum may fade.

The proposed fund would invest in Bitcoin ETPs and sell call options to generate income while limiting exposure to price swings.

The crypto exchange's move could signal a challenge to platforms like Kalshi through the integration of prediction markets, expected to be a $1 trillion market by 2030.

Ether bounced off multi-year support, while a bullish MACD crossover could signal that ETH is on the path to new highs.

The payments giant is operating a validator node on the Tempo blockchain, taking a direct role in transaction validation as it expands infrastructure for stablecoin settlement.

XRP transaction activity on Binance mirrors a 2025 signal that preceded the altcoin’s run to an all-time high. Could it happen again?

Figure Technology is adding auto loans to Democratized Prime and extending Hastra beyond Solana, widening tokenized consumer credit access for DeFi investors.

Kevin Warsh did not include the value of several crypto and AI investments among his disclosures as he awaits his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee.

Bitcoin rallied to levels not seen since early February after US PPI inflation fell well below market expectations.

A Fake Ledger Live app on Apple’s store is tied to $9.5 million in crypto thefts, as ZachXBT links over 50 victims’ funds to a KuCoin-linked mixer and questions Apple’s liability.

Tether launches tether.wallet, a self-custodial app supporting USDT, XAUT, USAT and Bitcoin with cloud-based key backup features.

X product chief Nikita Bier teases a crypto “fix” product as speculation grows around an X Money rollout this month, a potential Bitcoin revival and Bier’s Solana ties.

XRPL is integrating Boundless’ zero-knowledge tech into its base layer, stepping into the race to offer banks confidential onchain transactions without losing regulatory visibility.

Deutsche Börse said it will invest $200 million in Kraken’s parent company for a fully diluted stake of 1.5%, subject to regulatory approval.

The Fellowship PAC reported spending more than $1.1 million on advertising for two Republicans running in Georgia and Kentucky in 2026.

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