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The US Bitcoin Mining Hashrate took a sudden hit this past week, and it wasn’t due to market drama or new regulations. Instead, extreme weather flipped the switch. Let’s break it down. As Winter Storm Fernan swept across the United States, it caused a sharp drop in the US Bitcoin mining hashrate. The US Bitcoin Mining Hashrate Foundry USA‘s hashrate has dropped by approximately 200 exahashes per second (EH/s), a 60% decrease over the past few days. A storm with freezing temperatures, snow, and ice hit major mining regions of the US, straining electricity grids. In a bid to cut…
The MSTR stock price retreated on Monday as Bitcoin erased its yearly gains and after the company continued its accumulation. Summary MSTR stock price continued falling as Bitcoin erased its year-to-date gains. Strategy bought 2,932 Bitcoins, bringing its holdings to 712,647. Technical analysis suggests that the Strategy stock will drop to $100. Strategy stock dropped to $160, down sharply from its all-time high of $542 and its 2025 high of $455. Its crash has erased billions of dollars in value, a trend that may continue in the near term. In a statement, Strategy said that it acquired 2,932 Bitcoin (BTC)…
If Congress fails to pass market structure legislation this year, the U.S. crypto market would not revert to the enforcement-heavy environment of 2022 and 2023, but it would remain structurally constrained at a moment when global adoption and institutional interest are accelerating, Wall Street broker Benchmark said. “The absence of legislation would cause a structural risk premium to persist across much of the digital asset ecosystem,” wrote analyst Mark Palmer in the Monday report, adding that this would cap valuation expansion for U.S.-exposed platforms.Palmer said failure to pass legislation would delay, not derail, crypto’s maturation, leaving the U.S. market operating…
The stock market delivered positive returns during Donald Trump’s first year back as president, but the gains fell short compared to other recent presidential terms, marking the slowest start for any president in two decades. Market indexes climbed 13.3% between inauguration day and January 20, 2026, according to data from CFRA Research seen by CNN. While these returns appear solid on their own, they represent the smallest first-year increase for a president since George W. Bush began his second term in 2005. The performance also trailed Trump’s own previous record, during his initial term as president, markets jumped 24.1% in…
TLDR: Eric Trump says developing nations need crypto more than the U.S. for financial access. American Bitcoin mines efficiently using low-cost energy in West Texas for global growth. Sovereign wealth funds adopt Bitcoin to hedge against inflation and unstable currencies. Crypto adoption is rising in Asia, making financial systems faster, cheaper, and transparent. Eric Trump said sovereign wealth funds are rapidly entering crypto due to concerns over unstable currencies and outdated banking systems. In a recent interview with Yahoo Finance, he emphasized that developing countries require cryptocurrency even more than the U.S., as it provides access to modern financial…
TLDR The U.K. FCA has published a final consultation on applying consumer duty to cryptocurrency firms. Feedback on the consultation is due by March 12, influencing future crypto regulations. The FCA requires crypto firms to act in good faith and provide clear information to customers. The FCA plans to open the application gateway for crypto firms seeking authorization in September 2026. The consultation will shape rules for crypto firms in the U.K. under the new legislation set for October 2027. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has advanced its efforts to regulate cryptocurrency firms with a new consultation on consumer…
The Bitcoin price action has been muted over the past few days, trading within the $90,000 and $88,000 levels. Classically, consolidation periods often precede major moves either to the upside or downside of the market. As such, questions on the next trajectory of the flagship cryptocurrency are being asked. A latest on-chain evaluation has offered a positive prognosis on the next direction for the Bitcoin price. Accumulation Demand Metric Surges To All-Time-High In a Quicktake post on CryptoQuant, on-chain analyst CoinNiel hypothesized that the Bitcoin price could be at the beginning of a bullish trend. The market quant based this…
In a Chinese-language decentralized social discussion Space organized by Firefly, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to a community question about exchange social products such as Binance Square. He said he has paid limited attention to Binance Square and cannot judge its content quality. Vitalik’s broader point was directional rather than platform-specific. He said there is no inherent problem with exchanges building social products, but it is unreasonable for the whole world to be building the same kind of social product. He expressed a preference for platforms to develop distinct strengths or vertical themes, and argued that decentralized social improves when…
Meta has put the brakes on its virtual reality push, causing worry among developers who built their careers around the technology that once seemed central to the company’s future plans. The social media company cut roughly 1,000 workers from its Reality Labs division last week, representing a 10% reduction in that unit’s workforce, according to CNBC. The job losses hit teams working on Quest VR headsets particularly hard. Groups developing Horizon Worlds, Meta’s social VR platform, saw significant cuts, and the company closed down some of its internal production studios. Expensive vision loses momentum Reality Labs will now concentrate more…