Trump family’s $2.3B crypto windfall matched by $2.25B in investor losses, Reuters finds

President Donald Trump’s family has turned crypto into one of the most lucrative businesses tied to its name, outpacing some of the companies that spent years building the digital asset market. Between the post-election momentum of November 2024 and April 2026, ventures tied to the US President generated roughly $2.3 billion in pretax crypto income, … Read more

AI’s $800 billion spending boom is becoming Bitcoin’s Fed problem

For the better part of two years, Wall Street has treated AI as the most bullish trade on the board, a growth engine that turbocharges earnings, underwrites stretched valuations, and promises a productivity windfall somewhere down the road. However, the Fed has access to the same numbers and seems to be more inclined to treat … Read more

Bitcoin price craters to $60,000 as BTC bulls get jobs report they were hoping to avoid

Bitcoin fell after the May US labor report gave markets a reason to delay the next Federal Reserve easing trade, turning a stronger jobs number into a tighter-liquidity problem for crypto. The May Employment Situation report said nonfarm payroll employment rose by 172,000 in May, while the unemployment rate held at 4.3%. TradingEconomics release-screen data … Read more

Bitcoin crashed and flushed leverage out, but is the bottom here yet?

Bitcoin just tested an intraday low of $61,349, triggered roughly $1.76 billion in liquidations with long positions absorbing more than $1.5 billion of that total, and then bounced toward the mid-$63,000s. Funding rates flipped deeply negative, open interest reset sharply, and the Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell to 12, a level in extreme fear … Read more

Bitcoin price rebound wobbles as Israel defies Trump and hits Iran, sending oil back toward $100

Bitcoin’s brief weekend rally lost its footing as a sudden resumption of military hostilities between Israel and Iran triggered a broad rotation away from risk-on investments. The geopolitical escalation, which defied explicit diplomatic pressure from Washington, sent global energy benchmarks surging and equity markets lower, leaving BTC to defend a highly fragile $60,000 baseline. Data … Read more