Bitcoin Up, Oil Down As Middle East Fears Dissipate

Key points: Bitcoin joins US stocks in shrugging off Middle East tensions — something analysis says shows belief that the conflict will soon end. In a surprise turn, oil and gold face losses amid a lack of interest in safe havens. BTC price action has a new CME futures gap to fill, with a target of…

The Crypto Trap That Locks Your Funds Forever

Key takeaways Honeypot scams lure investors with fake liquidity, price movement and hype, but the contracts are rigged to prevent exits, locking funds permanently. Modern honeypots include tampered cold wallets sold via platforms like TikTok, preloaded with private keys that scammers use to steal funds instantly. Variants like high sell tax honeypots and “honeypot-as-a-service” kits…

Bitcoin Treasury Adoption Replaces Altcoin Speculation Trend: Adam Back

Bitcoin treasury adoption by public companies has become the new altcoin season for cryptocurrency speculators, Adam Back said on Monday. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury season “is the new ALT SZN for speculators,” said Back, co-founder and CEO of Blockstream and the inventor of Hashcash. “Time to dump ALTs into BTC or BTC treasuries,” he added. Bitcoin…

RISE Act Provides AI Guardrails but Not Enough Detail

Civil liability law doesn’t often make for great dinner-party conversation, but it can have an immense impact on the way emerging technologies like artificial intelligence evolve. If badly drawn, liability rules can create barriers to future innovation by exposing entrepreneurs — in this case, AI developers — to unnecessary legal risks. Or so argues US…

Why is the price of Solana down today?

Key takeaways: Solana dropped over 4.5% after X banned Pump.fun and related memecoin accounts, weakening retail momentum. The escalating Israel-Iran conflict and Trump’s G7 remarks triggered a broader flight from risk assets. SOL is trading within a bearish descending triangle, risking a 25% drop. Solana’s native token, SOL (SOL), has dipped by over 4.50% in the…

Bitcoin Treasury Adoption Replaces Altcoin Speculation Trend: Adam Back

Bitcoin treasury adoption by public companies has become the new altcoin season for cryptocurrency speculators, Adam Back said on Monday. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury season “is the new ALT SZN for speculators,” said Back, co-founder and CEO of Blockstream and the inventor of Hashcash. “Time to dump ALTs into BTC or BTC treasuries,” he added. Bitcoin…

Bitcoin Treasury Adoption Replaces Altcoin Speculation Trend: Adam Back

Bitcoin treasury adoption by public companies has become the new altcoin season for cryptocurrency speculators, Adam Back said on Monday. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury season “is the new ALT SZN for speculators,” said Back, co-founder and CEO of Blockstream and the inventor of Hashcash. “Time to dump ALTs into BTC or BTC treasuries,” he added. Bitcoin…

Ether Whales bet $100M after US Airstrike on Iran

Ether whales are betting hundreds of millions of dollars on the price recovery of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency despite geopolitical tensions that are sidelining investors and dampening risk appetite. One whale (a large cryptocurrency investor) has opened an Ether (ETH) long position of over $101 million with 25x leverage at the entry price of $2,247,…

Dogecoin Jumps After Rollercoaster Weekend Price-Action

Dogecoin staged a sharp recovery following a dramatic weekend selloff, during which the token plummeted to a low of $0.143 before rebounding above $0.153. The move came amid surging trading volume — over five times the daily average — confirming buyer interest at critical support levels and hinting at a potential momentum shift as broader…

HAI Token Drops After Private Key Leak

Cybersecurity firm Hacken has blamed a private key leak that allowed a bad actor to mint and loot $250,000 worth of the ecosystem’s native Hacken Token (HAI), causing it to plummet around 99% on Saturday. In an X post, Hacken said the private key was connected to an account with a minting role on the…