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Bitcoin price failed to continue higher and dipped below $88,500. BTC is now declining and might struggle to stay above $86,800. Bitcoin started a fresh decline from the $90,500 zone. The price is trading below $88,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $87,650 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might continue to move down if it trades below the $86,800 zone. Bitcoin Price Corrects Gains Bitcoin price failed to stay in a positive zone and started a fresh decline below $90,000.…

Brett Harrison, the former president of the now-defunct FTX US exchange, has closed a $35 million funding round for his new derivatives venture, signaling renewed investor confidence in the sector and continued venture appetite for crypto-linked derivatives infrastructure.On Tuesday, The Information reported that Harrison’s startup, Architect Financial Technologies, is using the funding to build an institutional trading platform spanning derivatives, equities, futures and digital assets. Participants in the round included Miax, Tioga Capital, ARK Investment, Galaxy and VanEck.The new capital follows a $12 million funding round in 2024 backed by Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures, SALT Fund and other investors. Source:…

Back in the early days of gaming, it almost seemed like it would be possible to play every game, provided you had the money. Not only that, but games were gatekept by console makers and publishers. These days, though, there are too many games to play, and not nearly enough time to play them.That means that there are hidden gems all over the place—games you don’t even know about that could easily land among your all-time favorites.]]>These games can be tiny little games that simply didn’t have the marketing muscle, or even bigger games that got lost in the deluge of…

New data shows business-linked wallets dominate stablecoin volume on Ethereum, signaling real-world payment adoption. Ethereum-based stablecoin transfers are changing shape, with new data showing that businesses and merchants now move far more value on-chain than individuals. The findings point to Ethereum quietly becoming a settlement layer for corporate payments and consumer spending, rather than just peer transfers. And while most stablecoin transactions, by count, still happen between individuals, the bulk of the money now flows through business-linked wallets, a sign that real-world payment use is gaining ground. Institutions Drive Volume, Consumers Fuel Growth The findings, published in an Artemis research…

Bitcoin’s lack of an exciting year-end price rally may be the catalyst that prevents a significant crash in the first quarter of next year, according to Bitcoin entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano.“Given where the volatility is right now, it would be very surprising that Bitcoin’s volatility has drastically compressed and yet still could get a 70% or 80% drawdown,” Pompliano said during an interview on CNBC on Tuesday.Pompliano said the short-term disappointment from Bitcoin (BTC) holders over the asset not reaching $250,000 this year overlooks the broader performance. “We have to remember that Bitcoin is up 100% in two years. It’s up…

In brief Crypto-linked stocks surged early in 2025 as Bitcoin broke $100,000, lifting miners, treasury firms, and crypto-adjacent businesses in a wave of speculative inflows. Midyear volatility exposed sharp divergence, with narrative-driven high-fliers giving back gains as investors shifted focus to funding quality, dilution risk, and underlying asset value. By year’s end, companies with more durable business models held up better, setting expectations that execution and fundamentals, not pure crypto exposure, will drive performance in 2026. This year opened with a surge of validation for crypto-linked equities. As Bitcoin again broke above $100,000 in January, stocks linked to digital assets—either as…

Bitcoin financial services firm Matador Technologies has received the regulatory green light to sell up to 80 million Canadian dollars ($58.4 million) worth of company shares, which it will use to help reach its goal of owning 1,000 Bitcoin by the end of 2026.Matador said on Tuesday that the Ontario Securities Commission has permitted it to issue $58.4 million worth of common shares, warrants, subscription receipts, debt securities, or units over a period of 25 months. Matador CEO Deven Soni said the firm is “focused on increasing Bitcoin per share over time” and would “continue to target a treasury balance of…

In brief A 2025 Nature Communications study found that people engaged in demanding creative activities—especially complex video games—had brains that appeared 4–7 years younger. In controlled tests, non-gamers who trained on StarCraft II showed measurable improvements in brain efficiency; slower, turn-based games did not. The benefits seem tied to real-time complexity and cognitive load, not gaming per se, and don’t replace mental-health gains from exercise. The relentless march of time takes an inevitable toll on cognitive function. Yet, emerging research suggests a surprising countermeasure against neural decline may lie not in a pharmaceutical solution, but in complex, demanding recreational activities—including…

Gold shattered yet another all-time high, and if 10x Research is right, today’s price could be the cheapest investors will see for a while. Meanwhile, Bitcoin continues to drift sideways, conspicuously absent from the year-end rally that has swept through traditional safe-haven assets.Sponsored Gold’s Record-Breaking RunSpot gold climbed as high as $4,459.60 an ounce in early Asian trading on Tuesday, extending a 2.4% surge from the previous session—the biggest single-day gain in over a month. The yellow metal is now up 67% year-to-date, on track for its strongest annual performance since 1979.The rally is being fueled by a confluence of…

Crypto bulls are again watching from the sidelines as the debasement trade continues and risk assets generally move broadly higher during the U.S. trading session.The standout performer on Monday is gold, which has surged 2% to a new record high of $4,475 per ounce. Silver is higher by 1.6% and earlier hit its own fresh record at just below $70 per ounce.Just after the noon hour on the east coast, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are each ahead by 0.6% and the U.S. dollar index is lower by 0.3%.After racing above $90,000 during the Asian/European trading sessions, bitcoin BTC$88,675.22 has…