Bit Digital has reported lower first-quarter revenue and another steep quarterly loss as the Nasdaq-listed company continues redirecting capital from bitcoin mining into Ethereum staking and treasury operations.
Public Bitcoin miners spent years racing to add more hashrate to the network. In the first quarter of 2026, many of them did the opposite. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag.
Strategy has recorded a new trading volume high for its STRC perpetual preferred stock, adding fresh attention to the company's use of structured equity products to finance Bitcoin purchases.
Bitcoin dipped to $79,200 during the Trump-Xi summit on Taiwan tensions and a scorching inflation print before recovering to reclaim $81,000 as U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped his Beijing visit. A Summit Between the World's Two Largest Economies Trump arrived in Beijing accompanied by a delegation of U.S.
A groundbreaking mobile payments application called Tando has launched in Kenya, creating a bridge between cryptocurrency and traditional finance. This innovative platform enables international senders to transmit Bitcoin via the Lightning Network directly to Kenyan mobile phone numbers, with recipients automatically receiving Kenyan shillings through their mobile money accounts without requiring any cryptocurrency infrastructure.
The derivative markets for Bitcoin are picking up strength, despite a context still marked by the recent correction. On Thursday, the outstanding futures contracts reached 61.9 billion dollars across all exchanges.
Bitcoin retests key support as BTC eyes a breakout above $82,750 to confirm stronger upside momentum and target higher resistance zones.
Bitcoin experienced a significant rally to $82,000 on Thursday following the Senate Banking Committee's decision to advance the Clarity Act, a comprehensive digital asset regulatory framework that has been highly anticipated by the cryptocurrency industry. The measure secured bipartisan support with a 15-9 vote, including backing from two Democratic senators who joined Republicans in favor.
Jane Street slashed its Bitcoin ETF holdings in Q1 2026 while loading up on Ether funds, according to a 13F filing published Tuesday. The firm's position in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust dropped 71% to roughly 5.9 million shares worth $225 million.
Cryptocurrency veteran Samson Mow projected on Wednesday that Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) Chair Michael Saylor will overtake Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk as the world's richest individual if Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hits roughly $4.2 million apiece. Mow's Calculation Mow pointed to Saylor's personal stash of 17,732 BTC, based on his last public disclosure, and a 9.9% ownership of Strategy's shares, as reflected in SEC filings.
Metaplanet ended the first quarter of 2026 holding 40,177 Bitcoin — up from 35,102 at the close of December 2025 — after buying roughly 5,075 BTC during the period to become the third-largest publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company in the world. That aggressive accumulation came at a cost.
Given the ongoing outflows from Ethereum ETFs, why did Wells Fargo boost its ETH ETF holdings?