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$64,097

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Jan 3rd, 2009

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19,984,921

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21,000,000

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Jan 3rd, 2009

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$126.08k

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Feb 5, 2026

Markets

Crypto Treasuries Fall Deeply Underwater as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana Dive

Prominent digital asset treasuries (DATs), including Bitcoin behemoth Strategy (MSTR) and leading Ethereum firm BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), are now well down on their crypto investments, according to data gathered by blockchain analytics firm Artemis. The losses are growing among firms that are primarily focused on amassing cryptocurrency, with BMNR down around $8.4 billion on its Ethereum purchases as Strategy holds $9.2 billion in paper losses on its consistent Bitcoin buys. The un...

by Logan Hitchcock · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Business

Bitcoin Giant Strategy Records $12.4 Billion Q4 Loss as MSTR Shares Hit 18-Month Low

Strategy announced fourth-quarter earnings against a precarious backdrop on Thursday, with losses mounting on paper for the Bitcoin-buying firm amid the asset’s latest slide. With Bitcoin trading around $63,000, the company faces an unrealized loss of nearly $9 billion on its holdings, which were valued at around $45.4 billion. After spending $54.2 billion on Bitcoin since 2020, the asset’s price dipped below Strategy’s average purchase price of $76,000 earlier this week. "It's important to emph...

by André Beganski · 4 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Business

Bitcoin Miners Could Face Crisis After BTC Price Falls 50% From Peak

The price of Bitcoin has plunged 50% from its October peak—and could soon sink below what it costs some miners to produce the asset, if it hasn't already. With Bitcoin down 14% over the last day to a recent price below $63,000, a chart from BTC analysis platform Checkonchain has been making the rounds on X. It illustrates the Bitcoin difficulty regression price, which was $86,000 at the time of writing—well above the current trading price. But using that as a stand-in for the average cost to min...

by Stacy Jones · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Markets

Myriad Moves: How Low Will Bitcoin and Ethereum Go?

Crypto prices have seen no relief of late, with Bitcoin falling to a 15-month low and Ethereum’s losses extending to more than 60% off its August all-time high. Nevertheless, predictors on Myriad are still adamant that there will be no crypto winter. But they are less certain that BTC or ETH will move substantially up anytime soon. Below, we’ll look at some of this week’s top markets on the prediction market platform, including those centered on the next stops for Bitcoin and Ethereum, along w...

by Logan Hitchcock · 5 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Markets

Bitcoin Crash Could Deepen to $38K, Say Analysts—Here's Why

Bitcoin has already tumbled far from its all-time high of $126,000 in October, but history suggests the rout could deepen before momentum shifts, according to analysts at Stifel. In a note, analysts at the 136-year-old financial services firm predicted that Bitcoin could fall as low as $38,000 in the coming months. With Bitcoin recently changing hands at $65,433, per CoinGecko, that would represent a 42% decrease from Thursday’s prices. The analysts cited the extent to which Bitcoin has fallen f...

by André Beganski · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Law and Order

Treasury Secretary: Crypto 'Nihilists' Who Say They Don't Need Clarity Act 'Should Move to El Salvador'

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued stern words Thursday to crypto stakeholders who think they can live without a market structure bill, stating it’s “impossible to proceed” with regulating crypto in the United States if the legislation does not pass Congress. “There seems to be a nihilist group in the industry who would prefer no regulation over this very good regulation,” Bessent said during testimony today before the Senate Banking Committee. “We have to get this Clarity Act across t...

by Sander Lutz · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Business

Crypto Exchange Gemini Slashes Jobs Amid Exit From Europe, Australia

Publicly traded crypto exchange Gemini (GEMI) is closing shop in the United Kingdom, European Union, and Australia and cutting a quarter of its employees, the firm announced on Thursday. The move aims to reduce Gemini’s operating expenses and improve its path to profitability, while allowing it to “focus” on what it said are clearer opportunities like prediction markets. “Gemini started in America in 2015. Since then, we expanded our areas of operation to more than 60 countries,” founders Tyle...

by Logan Hitchcock · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Markets

XRP Leads Crypto Losses as Ethereum, Dogecoin Prices Crater Alongside Bitcoin

XRP was the worst-performing altcoin among the leading cryptocurrencies Thursday morning, showing a 15% drop over the last 24 hours as markets swing bearish and Bitcoin extends its losses. At the time of writing, XRP was trading for $1.30 after having dropped roughly 28% in the past week, according to crypto price aggregator CoinGecko. An earlier dip to $1.28 marked the lowest price for the Ripple-linked asset since November 2024, when XRP surged in the wake of President Trump's election win. It...

by Stacy Jones · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Law and Order

UK Teens Jailed After $4.3M Wrench Attack Robbery Caught on Police Video

Three teenagers have been jailed following a "wrench attack" in which $4.3 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen at knife point. In a video released by the Metropolitan Police on Thursday, the trio were shown posing as delivery drivers to gain entry to a flat, where they threatened the occupant with knives and demanded his cryptocurrency holdings. Police said the suspects travelled from Sheffield to London on June 17, 2024, before carrying out the burglary, which was later linked to them t...

by Vince Dioquino · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Markets

Bitcoin Crashes Below $67K, Erasing All Gains Since Trump's Election Win

The price of Bitcoin crashed below $67,000 on Monday, representing its lowest level since before U.S. President Donald Trump’s electoral victory 15 months ago. As of this writing, the digital asset’s price had fallen 23% over the past week to a recent price of $66,753, according to CoinGecko. Ethereum and Solana showed greater losses, respectively diving nearly 33% to $1,936 and 30% to $84 over the same period of time. The cryptocurrencies extended losses as tech stocks wavered on Wall Street. T...

by André Beganski · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Coins

Bhutan Transfers $22M in Bitcoin Amid Market Downturn

Bhutan moved Bitcoin holdings to institutional market makers as the crypto market extended losses, though analysts say the transfers align with the kingdom's established treasury operations rather than distressed selling. Blockchain analytics platform Arkham confirmed two major outflows from Druk Holding Investments (DHI), Bhutan's sovereign investment arm, over the past week. Bhutan is selling Bitcoin. pic.twitter.com/WDuUQmBZsU — Arkham (@arkham) February 4, 2026 The transactions included 18...

by Vismaya V · 3 min read

Feb 5, 2026

Markets

Bitcoin Extends Selloff as Macro Pressures and Leverage Unwind

Bitcoin extended losses Wednesday evening as selling pressure resumed and liquidation activity picked up across derivatives markets, reigniting investor concerns over continued stress. While Bitcoin briefly fell beneath the $72,000 mark for the first time since November 2024, the drawdown is a “common” trait for the digital asset, John Haar, managing director at Bitcoin financial services firm Swan Bitcoin, told Decrypt. “It was less than four months ago that Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of $...

by Vince Dioquino · 3 min read

Feb 4, 2026

Law and Order

Brock Pierce's Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein Went Deeper Than Anyone Knew

In November of 2017, convicted child sex offender and late financier Jeffrey Epstein informed an individual who had previously declined a marriage offer from Bitcoin entrepreneur and Tether co-founder Brock Pierce via email that it was “time to grow up.” “Plans?? Brock? Travel?” Epstein asked the person, who he had once described as Pierce’s “little” girlfriend—and his own assistant—in an email to Joi Ito, the former director of MIT Media Lab. In response, the person told Epstein that she was do...

by André Beganski · 8 min read

Feb 4, 2026

Markets

CME Explores Launching Its Own Coin as 24/7 Trading for Crypto Funds Nears

CME Group, owner of the world's largest derivatives exchange operator by trading volume, said it's actively considering launching its own coin and moving all of its crypto products to 24/7 trading during its Q4 earnings call on Wednesday. CME Group Chairman and CEO Terrence Duffy was responding to a question from Morgan Stanley analyst Michael Cyprys about the factors at play in allowing traders to use stablecoins, tokenized deposit tokens, or tokenized funds as collateral. He said the company h...

by Stacy Jones · 2 min read

Feb 4, 2026

Business

Early Bitcoin Dev Calls on Adam Back to Resign After Epstein Files Revelations

Luke Dashjr, a longtime Bitcoin developer and early contributor to Blockstream, has called on Blockstream co-founder and CEO Adam Back to resign from his positions after newly released files connected convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to figures across the cryptocurrency industry. “These recent revelations about Adam and Epstein Island help shed light on some of Adam’s hostility toward me and his recent pro-spam gaslighting, but I never knew how bad and how deep the corruption went,” Dashjr...

by Callan Quinn · 5 min read

Feb 4, 2026

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Stocks Dive as BTC Price Drops 20% in a Week

Shares of publicly traded Bitcoin miners are plummeting as Bitcoin marked a new 15-month low price, dipping to $72,185 on Wednesday—now down nearly 20% over the last week. Major BTC mining firms MARA Holdings (MARA) and Riot Platforms (RIOT) have seen their shares dip 11.6% and 10% respectively on the day to $7.99 and $13.78. Meanwhile, Hut 8 (HUT) and Cipher Mining (CIFR) have fallen even further, dropping nearly 14.3% and 20.76% since the opening bell to $50.60 and $12.92, respectively. The m...

by Logan Hitchcock · 3 min read

Feb 4, 2026

Business

UBS CEO Details Crypto Plans Following Report of Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading for Wealthy Clients

Publicly traded Swiss bank UBS Group AG (UBS) is creating a path to tokenized services and crypto access for its clients, the firm’s CEO confirmed on its Q4 earnings call on Wednesday. The firm, which manages invested assets of more than $7 trillion, has seen its shares drop around 6% on Wednesday, recently changing hands at $44.79. “As digital assets become a more relevant part of the financial system, we are taking a focused client-led approach,” CEO Sergio Ermotti said on the call. “We are...

by Logan Hitchcock · 2 min read

Feb 4, 2026

Business

Sentiment Shifts on Strategy's Bitcoin Bid as Crypto Market Selloff Deepens

Strategy's Bitcoin conviction is facing its toughest test yet as the crypto market enters a prolonged downturn. On prediction market Myriad, owned by Decrypt’s parent company, DASTAN, users now see a 36% likelihood that the Bitcoin treasury firm will sell some of its BTC holdings before year-end, up from 22% at the start of the week. The bearish shift comes as Bitcoin plunged below key support levels to trade at $76,039—just below the average purchase price of Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings. The...

by Vismaya V · 4 min read

Feb 4, 2026

Markets

Bitcoin Risks Further Slide as Momentum Weakens Below Key Support

Bitcoin has stabilized after a sharp selloff, but weakening momentum below key support levels has left it and the broader crypto market vulnerable to further downside, experts warn. The stable level finds Bitcoin “above $74,500,” but price action “remains fragile,” with momentum that “continues to point lower,” analysts at crypto trading firm QCP Capital noted this week. The desk added that “upside remains constrained near recent resistance levels,” leaving broader markets “exposed to further li...

by Vince Dioquino · 5 min read

Feb 4, 2026

Law and Order

Alleged Bitcoin Ransom Note Sent to TMZ in Case Involving 'Today' Show Host's Missing Mother

An alleged ransom note demanding Bitcoin has surfaced in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, as authorities continue to treat the case as a suspected abduction. The note, first reported by TMZ, is allegedly demanding “a large” Bitcoin payment in exchange for Guthrie’s release. The ransom note emailed to TMZ reportedly includes a deadline and an implied threat against Guthrie if the demand is not met. “We have ca...

by Jason Nelson · 3 min read