In Bitcoin ETF news today, Hong Kong’s spot BTC ETFs are measurably compressing Bitcoin’s notorious ‘weekend gap,’ with Asian-session trading now capturing an estimated 20% of global BTC volume during hours when US institutional desks are dark. Since launching on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 30, 2024, products from providers including China Asset …
In Bitcoin news today, the BTC USD price crossed $80,000 late Sunday into May 4, 2026, reaching a high of $80,750, and this time, the move looks structural rather than a spike. The $79,537-to-$80,000 band, which had served as a ceiling in multiple prior attempts, is now acting as a floor. That is a meaningful …
The latest in the MicroStrategy Bitcoin saga has Michael Saylor pausing BTC purchases ahead of its Q1 earnings release, with the CEO confirming “No buys this week” in a Sunday post on X, breaking a pattern of near-continuous accumulation that made the company the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder. Bitcoin was trading near $78,000 at …
In Bitcoin news today, BTC USD hit $80,529 on Monday, May 4, a four-month high, hours after President Donald Trump announced Project Freedom via Truth Social. The move pushed BTC up nearly +3% on the day and over +20% in the past month, blowing through a resistance level that had held the price back all …
Stand With Crypto delivered a petition signed by over 28,000 Americans to the Senate Banking Committee on April 30, 2026, demanding lawmakers schedule a markup of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, known as the CLARITY Act. The petition surged from roughly 15,924 signatures on April 28 to more than 28,000 by delivery day, a …
Peter Schiff is back with receipts, and this time the numbers are harder to dismiss. The longtime gold advocate and Bitcoin critic has renewed his attack on the MicroStrategy Bitcoin treasury strategy, noting that MSTR increased its share of the total Bitcoin supply from 2.76% to 3.9% over the past year. That marked a 40% jump …
Former Argentine Senator and ALS advocate Esteban Bullrich was locked out of his Binance account for five months after the platform’s mandatory face verification system failed to recognize him, a direct consequence of the muscular paralysis that ALS progressively causes. His public appeal on X went viral, drawing widespread attention to a security design gap …
AFP Protección, Colombia’s second-largest pension fund administrator, managing approximately $55Bn across more than 8.5 million clients, has launched a new portfolio product that includes Colombia Bitcoin exposure, marking the second major Colombian pension institution to make this move in under a year. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is that this isn’t a fund …
In the latest Russia crypto news, the European Union has issued its 20th sanctions package against Russia, and this one hits the crypto sector in ways unlike anything that came before. Rather than blacklisting individual exchanges or wallets, the EU has targeted the entire Russian cryptocurrency industry, including Russia’s own central bank digital currency, the …
Strategy holds 780,897 BTC valued at over $59Bn. The BlackRock crypto IBIT fund holds 798,026 BTC. That gap, roughly 17,000 coins, could close this week. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is how the mechanics actually work: Strategy has been selling a financial instrument called STRC to raise cash, then deploying that cash directly …
