Bitcoin vs Zcash, Bitcoin, and Interest Rate News

Today in crypto: Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas says Zcash could dilute political and cultural support for Bitcoin, BlackRock’s clients aren’t factoring Bitcoin’s global payments potential into their investment thesis. Meanwhile, Peter Schiff says OGs selling to ‘weak’ hands will make future downturns more sever. Zcash risks ‘splitting the vote’ against Bitcoin, Bloomberg ETF analyst warns Bloomberg…

BTC Jumps 4% as Stocks Slide Ahead of Nvidia Earnings

Key takeaways: Bitcoin rebounded 4% from a key range under $90,000, outperforming US equities on Tuesday. Tech stocks slid ahead of Nvidia’s pivotal Q3 earnings, which may determine the next phase of the AI trade. The Coinbase premium gap plunged to negative $114, pointing to waning institutional demand, which may keep BTC range-bound in the…

Chainlink Is ‘Critical Connective Tissue’ for Tokenization

Grayscale has said that Chainlink will be at the center of the next major phase of blockchain adoption, referring to the project as the “critical connective tissue” that links crypto to traditional finance. In a recent research report, the asset manager argued that Chainlink (LINK)’s growing suite of software tools is emerging as essential infrastructure…

24/7 Trading Meets 9-to-5 Markets as More Equities Goes Onchain

As real-world asset (RWA) tokenization surges, the crypto industry is entering unfamiliar territory, bringing traditional equities, private credit, and commercial paper onchain and uncovering potential critical risks along the way. Marcin Kaźmierczak, co-founder of oracle provider RedStone, says a risk is potentially being overlooked: the weekend gap, where crypto trades 24/7, while Wall Street does…

Balchunas Warns Zcash May ‘Split the Vote’ From Bitcoin

Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas has warned that Zcash may adversely impact Bitcoin at this crucial moment. In a recent post on X, Balchunas said Zcash (ZEC) has “third-party candidate vibes, like Gary Johnson or Jill Stein,” arguing that pushing a separate privacy coin risks “splitting the vote” when Bitcoin (BTC) needs unified political…

Bitcoin Sentiment Mixed as Traders Debate Prices From 70K to 130K

Crypto trader sentiment on social media is currently split right down the middle, with one side predicting a Bitcoin drop below $70,000 and the other expecting a rally to $130,000.  Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $87,000 on Thursday for the first time since April; however,  “Social volume still shows a mixed bag of dip buy optimism…

BitMine eyes 2026 launch for ETH staking operation, amid market collapse

BitMine, a crypto treasury company that accumulates Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), said on Friday it plans to launch the “Made in America Validator Network” (MAVAN) to stake its ETH holdings.  The company is piloting MAVAN with three staking infrastructure providers, ahead of the launch slated for the first quarter of 2026, according to an…

Bitcoin, Interest Rate, and Mining News

Today in crypto: BlackRock’s clients aren’t factoring Bitcoin’s global payments potential into their investment thesis, Peter Schiff says OGs selling to ‘weak’ hands will make future downturns more sever. Meanwhile, a solo Bitcoin miner earned 3.146 BTC worth $266,000 with a computing power of only 1.2 TH/s. BlackRock’s Bitcoin clients aren’t ‘underwriting’ the case for…

Watch These BTC Price Levels

Key takeaway: Bitcoin charts forecast further downside, but traders remain hopeful that a short squeeze to $98,000 will reverse the bearish trend. Bitcoin (BTC) has been trending down alongside the broader crypto market since Nov. 3, dropping to a six-month low of $88,267 on Thursday. With key economic data expected on Thursday and Friday, markets…

Cardano Network Hit With a Temporary Chain Split, but ADA Barely Moves

The Cardano network suffered a temporary chain split on Friday, due to a “malformed” delegation transaction, transactions to delegate ADA (ADA) to a staking pool, which are valid on the protocol level but can cause code malfunctions that affect network functionality. This “malformed” transaction exploited an old code bug in the underlying software library used…