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US equity ETFs (exchange-traded funds) drew a record $7.5 billion in average daily inflows during April. The pace more than doubles the $2.9 billion March average, according to Strategas Asset Management. The data shows cumulative inflows above $100 billion since the March 30 low. The reading reflects institutional risk appetite that historically supports crypto ETF … Read more

Bitcoin (BTC) traders are stacking the long side of futures by more than three to one, according to Coinglass. The skew points to bullish conviction near $77,500 but raises the threat of forced selling on a sharp pullback. The lopsided positioning led to open interest in BTC perpetuals sliding roughly 6% to 744,300 BTC over 24 hours. … Read more

Five of the largest US technology companies report quarterly results this week, and the outcomes could push Bitcoin (BTC) and broader crypto markets in either direction, given the unusually tight link between digital assets and Nasdaq equities. Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon release Q1 figures after the closing bell on Wednesday, April 29, with Apple … Read more

Elon Musk’s $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft goes to trial Monday in federal court in Oakland, California, after the billionaire dropped his fraud claims days before jury selection. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers approved Musk’s request Friday to narrow the case from 26 original claims down to two surviving counts … Read more

Litecoin’s emergency 13-block reorganization to reverse a zero-day attack has reignited debate about whether transaction finality can be trusted and whether the network is truly secure. The incident reveals an uncomfortable truth: blockchain immutability is conditional, not absolute. Transaction Finality Is Not Guaranteed For years, crypto advocates have marketed blockchains as immutable ledgers where transactions … Read more

Adam Back, inventor of Hashcash and a pioneering figure in Bitcoin’s early development, has dismantled the new Satoshi Nakamoto documentary by challenging its core technical assumptions about Bitcoin mining patterns and coin ownership. Back’s detailed response on X points to critical flaws in how the documentary interprets early mining data and the so-called Patoshi pattern … Read more

Peter Schiff is warning that MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin-backed yield strategy is heading toward a death spiral, claiming the company’s expanding STRC preferred stock issuance now threatens both MSTR shares and Bitcoin itself. The economist and longtime Bitcoin (BTC) critic argues that Strategy’s variable 11.5% dividend cannot be funded without selling Bitcoin or attracting an endless stream … Read more

The Official Trump (TRUMP) meme coin fell 14% on Saturday. The decline came as a gunman charged a Secret Service checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Cabinet members were evacuated from the Washington Hilton ballroom. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, opened fire near the checkpoint … Read more

A California man received a 70-month federal prison sentence Friday for laundering millions of dollars from a $263 million crypto theft, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. Evan Tangeman, 22, of Newport Beach, admitted moving at least $3.5 million for a multi-state crew that drained more than 4,100 Bitcoin (BTC) from … Read more