Despite the quarterly loss, Strategy increased its BTC holdings and continued reducing its outstanding convertible debt. Leading Bitcoin treasury company Strategy’s results for the second quarter show a loss of over $8 billion, while crypto exchange Coinbase reported a 14% quarterly revenue loss. According to the two companies’ latest earnings reports released on Thursday,…
Trading volume across South Korea’s five major won-based crypto exchanges fell 54.6% year over year in the first half of 2026 as liquidity became increasingly concentrated on market leader Upbit. Summary Five major exchanges recorded $366.58 billion in first-half trading volume. Combined volume fell 54.6% year over year, according to NexBlock. Upbit expanded its July…
Trump said the Strait of Hormuz might be reopened soon. Bitcoin’s price is on the move today, prompted by the latest developments on the US-Iran war front, but this time in the opposite direction. After it slipped to another multi-week low yesterday evening, the cryptocurrency has rebounded by approximately $1,500 and now sits at…
Bitcoin price hovered near $63,000 on Aug. 1 as US ETF outflows, weakening momentum and regulatory uncertainty kept buyers on the sidelines. Summary Bitcoin price is testing the $63,150 Fibonacci support after retreating from July’s $66,900 high. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $265 million in net outflows on July 31. 4-hour money flow fell to…
History repeated in July with a notable increase: will it happen again in August but this time in the opposite direction? We will begin with the mandatory disclaimer, as we are well aware that historical performance does not guarantee similar moves in the future. However, history does tend to rhyme, and that’s what happened…
Proof of work is a consensus mechanism that forces computers to spend measurable energy solving a mathematical puzzle before they can add a new block of transactions to a blockchain. It is the reason bitcoin has value as a settlement network and the reason that network consumes more electricity than some countries. Summary Proof of…
North Korea-linked attackers accounted for more than half of all stolen crypto funds in the first half of 2026. The first half of 2026 was the most active six months for crypto exploits on record. This is according to a new report from Blockaid, which shows hackers stole $1.1 billion across 212 incidents. Crypto…
A zero-knowledge proof lets one party prove to another that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the truth of the statement itself. It is the cryptographic technique behind blockchain privacy, scalable rollups, and a growing number of identity verification systems. Summary Zero-knowledge proofs allow a prover to convince a verifier that a…
A testnet is a separate blockchain network that mirrors a production chain’s rules and functionality but uses tokens with no monetary value. It is where developers break things, test upgrades, and discover bugs before those bugs can cost anyone real money. Summary A testnet is a blockchain network that runs the same software as a…
XRP has dropped below $1.05 for the second time in the past several days. Perhaps due to the quickly re-escalating tension in the Middle East, the cryptocurrency market has posted fresh losses over the past few hours, with BTC dropping to $62,000 after failing to reclaim the $63,000 support during the day. XRP was…
