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Citi has raised its 12-month Bitcoin target to $113,000, while veteran trader Peter Brandt sees a possible $300,000 to $600,000 cycle peak by late 2029. Yet…
Bitcoin just delivered its strongest third quarter since 2017, overcoming a Fed rate hike and a brutal bond selloff while ETFs and spot buyers returned. Yet…
MetaMask is pulling affected Ethereum validators from Lido after an infrastructure security incident. Wallets and withdrawal keys have not been reported compromised, but the response exposes…
The SEC has proposed a new custody framework that could let investment advisers and regulated funds self-custody certain crypto assets when permitted custodians are unavailable and…
A meme coin can survive months of presale work and still unravel within minutes of launch. This founder-level playbook explains how to diagnose liquidity failures, price-discovery…
Talk of restricting U.S. diesel exports has pushed WTI deeper below Brent as traders price weaker refinery demand for American crude. The counterintuitive risk is that…
The Federal Reserve is considering higher asset thresholds for tougher bank oversight, potentially giving regional lenders more room to grow and merge before facing additional capital,…
A U.S. appeals court upheld the Pentagon’s supply-chain exclusion of Anthropic after the company refused to remove two Claude safeguards. The ruling turns an AI contracting…
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have reversed a $5.8 billion year-to-date deficit and moved into positive territory after six straight inflow sessions. The turnaround is significant, but…
The Fed is tightening two different parts of crypto at once. Stablecoins are moving toward bank-grade reserves and oversight while strong employment and persistent inflation keep…
