Czech central bank governor says Bitcoin may boost returns but remains too risky for foreign exchange reserves after pilot review.
Bitcoin's rally meets resistance as profit-taking rises and activity cools, keeping momentum fragile.
Speaking at Bitcoin Las Vegas 2026, the American Bitcoin co-founder declared the last six months a turning point.
On April 29, bitcoin experienced significant price swings, peaking at $77,882 before retreating to $75,100. This volatility coincided with the Federal Reserve's decision to maintain steady interest rates and growing concerns over conflict in the Middle East.
Wednesday's FOMC meeting was expected to be Jerome Powell's last as Federal Reserve chair.
American Bitcoin firm has ramped up Bitcoin mining operations and currently owns 7,000 BTC.
Ripple Prime will route clients into Bullish's regulated BTC options while Ripple and OKX push RLUSD into compliant markets, extending Ripple's $1.25b prime‑broker bet.
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood maintains her $730,000 base case Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) target for 2030 and says the bull market is still intact despite a 50% drawdown from all-time highs. Gold Leading Bitcoin, Just Like Last Cycle Wood explained that Bitcoin's correlation to gold since 2019 stands at just 0.14, but gold has historically rallied before Bitcoin in previous cycles.
The 10 largest AI stocks now make up about 41% of the S&P 500, according to a BofA Global Research chart circulated online. That puts the AI basket at the same concentration level that tech and telecom reached around the dot-com peak.
Major exchanges saw steep declines. Binance, for one, has shed $25 billion in volume since March.
Royal Government of Bhutan has sold over $200M in Bitcoin since 2026, leaving about 3,400–3,800 BTC in state-linked wallets.
The Czech Republic's top central banker, Aleš Michl, used the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas to make a case for including Bitcoin in central bank reserves.