Bitcoin users are dismissing Professor Jiang's viral claim that Bitcoin was a CIA project, calling the theory speculative and unconvincing.
Bitcoin's stability amid geopolitical tensions highlights its potential as a hedge, but long-term impacts depend on evolving global dynamics. Bitcoin holds steady above $68K amid US-Iran tensions, rising oil prices.
BTC Inflows: Bitcoin ETFs recorded a seven‑day streak totaling $1.9B as BTC briefly moved above $79,000, marking its strongest momentum since January and signaling renewed investor confidence across spot products. Fund Leaders: IBIT captured $1.
Bitcoin fell 2.86% today from yesterday's intraday high while the S&P 500 gapped lower. The current Bitcoin price chart shows BTC rallying from roughly the mid-$74,000s on Monday, Apr. 20, to a local high near $79,500 yesterday, then reversing by about $2,276 over roughly 17 hours.
Tesla confirms its stance on bitcoin. In the first quarter, the automaker reports a loss of $173 million related to its cryptos, without modifying its reserves.
Justin Sun is suing Trump's World Liberty Financial, and the U.S. government is now openly running a Bitcoin node.
Bitcoin approached the cost basis of short-term whales, which could trigger a wave of selling.
On-chain data shows seller exhaustion as Bitcoin holds $73,700 support amid shifting market sentiment.
Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of US Indo-Pacific Command, told two congressional panels this week that the military is running a live Bitcoin node for cybersecurity testing and views the protocol as a tool of national power in competition with China.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs added $1.9 billion in seven days, led by BlackRock, as BTC briefly topped $79,000 near $80,000.
Bitcoin transaction fees have been crashing for a while now, especially with the market beginning another bear trend. This has continued to be the case as participation falls to levels not seen in years, and the fees have followed the same trajectory.
The most notable development came from the Pentagon, which told U.S. lawmakers in a classified briefing that clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil chokepoint, could take at least six months, and the process will begin only after the U.S.-Iran conflict ends. The briefing also warned that gasoline and oil prices may remain elevated through the midterm elections, according to the Washington Post.