Bitcoin is showing a rare alignment across on-chain data, futures positioning, and options flows that points to further upside.
The Wall Street giant, which oversees $59 trillion in client assets, teamed up with Finstreet and ADI Foundation for digital asset infrastructure.
The pilot, run with Ondo Finance and Mastercard, processed the redemption of Ondo’s OUSG tokenized Treasury fund in under five seconds.
Crypto majors took a breather Thursday after a strong run, with bitcoin holding around $81,000 and ether slipping below $2,330 as global equities pushed to fresh records on hopes of a US-Iran deal.
Crypto and traditional finance are converging fast, with perpetual futures emerging as the strongest bridge between the two.
In a 30-page response filed Tuesday, attorneys for victims of three North Korea terrorism cases reframed the April 18 Aave hack as fraud rather than theft — a distinction that could give the attackers legal title to the borrowed crypto.
Price compression near $1.42 comes as analysts point to a repeating bull flag structure and thinning liquidity conditions.
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor signalling a potential bitcoin sale to cover $1.5 billion in annual dividend obligations sent MSTR down 4% after hours and BTC briefly below $81,000.
Michael Saylor proposes using bitcoin sales to support dividends, as Strategy reported a $12.54 billion Q1 loss.
Speakers point to complexity, poor user experience and lack of transparency as key obstacles for mainstream users.
Bitcoin is rallying alongside inflation signals, defying the traditional macro playbook.
Ripple said April’s $285 million Drift breach revealed a new pattern of long-cycle social engineering replacing traditional smart contract exploits.