Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, has projected that Bitcoin (BTC) could reach $1 million per coin. Sigel made the comments on CNBC’s Halftime Report. He described the path as cyclical and warned of significant volatility along the way. VanEck Sees $1 Million Bitcoin in 5 Years During the show, Sigel compared Bitcoin’s … Read more

Telegram founder Pavel Durov shared data showing The Open Network (TON) finalizes transactions in 0.6 seconds. That places TON first among Layer 1 blockchains, far ahead of Bitcoin (BTC), which takes about an hour to settle. The numbers arrive weeks after TON’s mainnet upgrade dropped finality below one second. Telegram has also tightened its operational … Read more

Grayscale Investments has disclosed the new component weightings for its multi-asset funds as part of the Q1 2026 rebalancing. The asset manager has removed Aerodrome Finance (AERO) entirely from its Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Fund and added Ethena (ENA) at a 13.59% weight. Grayscale Drops AERO From DeFi Fund, Adds ENA in Q1 Rebalance According to … Read more

JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ripple, and Ondo Finance completed a pilot that settled a tokenized US Treasury redemption across banks and borders in near real time, the firms said. The transaction routed Ripple’s redemption of Ondo Short-Term US Government Treasuries (OUSG) tokens on the XRP Ledger through Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network and JPMorgan’s Kinexys platform, which delivered dollars … Read more

The White House is preparing to announce new details on the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in the coming weeks, according to Patrick Witt, a senior White House digital assets official. Speaking at Consensus Miami on Wednesday, Witt said the administration has made “a lot of progress in the background” on the reserve and the broader … Read more

Fund managers covering $1.3 trillion in assets cite diversification and client demand for 63% of their crypto allocations. Speculation sits at just 15%, down sharply from two years ago. The May 2026 CoinShares quarterly survey drew 26 institutional responses. Together, they point to an asset class defined by fundamentals rather than narrative momentum. Diversification Replaces … Read more

Peter Schiff escalated his attack on MicroStrategy and its preferred share STRC, calling it a pure Ponzi scheme. He warned that the structure will eventually collapse, while reinforcing his thesis that Bitcoin itself is a hybrid scheme. The gold advocate said MicroStrategy will face a moment when STRC dividends become unsustainable. Michael Saylor would then … Read more

The US stock market pushed to a fresh record high on Wednesday as easing US-Iran tensions pulled oil prices lower and AMD’s blowout AI chip earnings reignited the semiconductor rally. The S&P 500 climbed 1.14%, the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.51%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.10%. A solid ADP private payrolls print reinforced … Read more

Spot Brent crude oil prices crashed more than 5% on Wednesday after President Donald Trump told PBS a US-Iran agreement could land before his upcoming visit to China. The slide reflected investor bets that the closed Strait of Hormuz will fully reopen. However, Rystad Energy warned a breakthrough alone will not restore normal flows. Trump … Read more

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told the Milken Institute that surging compute demand could spawn an entirely new asset class. Traders may one day buy and sell futures contracts on raw computing power, he said. Speaking at the conference in Beverly Hills, Fink described compute as scarce enough to need its own derivatives market. He placed … Read more

The WHO has sounded global alarms over a hantavirus outbreak that has already claimed three lives on the MV Hondius cruise ship. Bitcoin investors are recalling Black Thursday in March 2020. The parallel with the start of COVID-19 reopens doubts about a possible sharp reaction from the crypto market. What is Hantavirus and why is … Read more

Morgan Stanley has begun direct cryptocurrency trading on its E*Trade platform. The bank is charging clients 50 basis points per transaction, undercutting Coinbase, Robinhood, and Charles Schwab. The pilot is live for a small group of users now. All 8.6 million E*Trade clients are set to gain access later in 2026, according to Bloomberg. A … Read more