Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a new electronic payment system that removes the need for third party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and minimizing the potential for fraud. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.

Bitcoin’s concept was first introduced in 2008 when a person going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto shared a white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” In January 2009, the Bitcoin blockchain was launched. 

A new electronic payment system called Bitcoin removes the need for third-party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and fraud-risk. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.   

Bitcoin has a finite supply of 21 million, which is expected to be reached by the year 2140. Currently, 18.8 million are circulating in the market. Note that Bitcoin represents the concept of the network, while bitcoin (lower-case ‘b’) represents the currency.

Bitcoin is one of the most well-known cryptos as it was the first decentralized currency. 

Currently, BTC’s dominance is above 40%. Bitcoin Dominance is a measure of how much of the total market cap of crypto is made up of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s influence in the crypto ecosystem could be vulnerable to competition as alternative coins grow in popularity and utility.

TD Cowen raised its MSTR price target to $395, citing an STRC preferred issuance shift and a revised BTC Yield forecast for fiscal 2026.

TD Cowen raises Strategy price target to $395 on shift toward STRC issuance and improved BTC Yield outlook

Bitcoin-backed “digital credit” is scaling fast, with executives pointing to a $3 trillion long-term opportunity.

Bitcoin treasury firms outline $3 trillion opportunity in BTC-backed digital credit at Consensus

The bitcoin price has climbed back over $80,000 per bitcoin, up 30% since its February lows after wild swings

Bitcoin And Crypto Are Suddenly Braced For Two Major Price Earthquakes

Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) is expanding its Oklahoma footprint through a $421 million acquisition of a neighboring bitcoin mining operation, as the company races to assemble gigawatt-scale power capacity for AI and high-performance computing customers. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here.

Core Scientific Buys Polaris Bitcoin Mine for $421M Oklahoma AI Power Expansion

Bitcoin BTC$80,953.28 has pulled back below $81,000 after narrowly missing a test of the closely watched 200-day simple moving average (SMA), currently located near $83,300, on Wednesday. The broader crypto market is also trading in the red, with the CoinDesk Smart Contract Platform Select Capped Index losing more than 2% over the past 24 hours, making it the worst performer among major sector indices.

Bitcoin narrowly missed a major breakout. History says be careful.

Researcher and market analyst Ben Cowen says the purge of millions of altcoins is already underway and is necessary for a sustainable bitcoin bull market to be in place.

Purge of millions of crypto tokens underway, BTC needs it for sustainable bull cycle: Ben Cowen

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Bitcoin continues to hold above $80,000 as Bitcoin ETFs saw $46.3 million in net inflows on Wednesday, while Ethereum ETFs reported $11.6 million in net inflows.

Bitcoin At $80,000, But Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Lose Steam After Short Sell Squeeze Fades

Economist Peter Schiff reacted on Wednesday to Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) Chair Michael Saylor's admission about potentially selling Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to pay dividends on the firm's preferred stock. Schiff Attacks STRC Again Schiff took a dig at Saylor and his firm on X, labeling the Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (NASDAQ:STRC) offering as a “Ponzi scheme” that gets prolonged by such commitments.

Peter Schiff Says Michael Saylor Would 'Crash STRC' Rather Than Bitcoin By Suspending Strategy's Preferred Stock Dividends

Altcoins outperformed bitcoin and ether on Thursday as traders rotated into higher-risk assets amid improving market sentiment.

Altcoins climb as bitcoin and ether retreat from weekly highs

The Blockstream CEO told Consensus Miami 2026 that sovereigns, pension funds and treasury companies will join the next wave of bitcoin adoption.

Safety first: Why Adam Back says Bitcoin is winning the 'DeFi security war'

The firm's AI pivot relies on a 590 MW contract expansion with CoreWeave, projected for $10.2 billion in revenue over 12 years.

Core Scientific sold $208 million of bitcoin in Q1 as AI pivot continues

An analyst who accurately called Bitcoin's 2025 top predicts BTC will print more rallies if it holds one key level as support. The pseudonymous analyst KillaXBT tells his 201,300 followers on X that Bitcoin will likely remain in an uptrend as long has it does not decline below April's high of $79,505.

Trader Who Accurately Called Bitcoin 2025 Top Predicts More BTC Rallies if Price Stays Above Key Level – Here's His Outlook

Core Scientific reported higher Q1 revenue and gross profit, though the company swung to a net loss driven largely by impairment charges.

Core Scientific shares slip after bitcoin miner swings to Q1 net loss despite higher revenue

The ETFs are on their way to report their sixth consecutive week of net inflows, which would be the longest weekly streak since July 2025.

Spot bitcoin ETFs post five-day inflow streak totaling nearly $1.7 billion

At Consensus 2026 in Miami, executives from Two Prime, Ledn and Lygos Finance said institutional borrowers increasingly prioritize custody, transparency and standardized lending structures over complex DeFi products after the crypto credit collapses of 2022.

Bitcoin lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi

The Trump family-linked miner cut its cost per Bitcoin to roughly $36,200 from $46,900 in Q4 2025, putting it among the lowest-cost public mining operations at a moment when most of its peers are toning down business.

Trump family-backed American Bitcoin's costs dropped 23% in Q1 as mining industry pivots to AI

Bitcoin is showing a rare alignment across on-chain data, futures positioning, and options flows that points to further upside.

Three signals pointing to a possible bitcoin move to $85,000

American Bitcoin Corp. (NASDAQ:ABTC ) co-founder Eric Trump on Wednesday pointed to JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s (NYSE:JPM) shift in stance on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as a major win for the cryptocurrency sector over traditional banking powerhouses. Trump Says Crypto ‘Won The Race' At CoinDesk's Consensus event in Miami, Trump stated that JPMorgan went from calling Bitcoin a “joke asset” to allowing institutional clients to use it as collateral for loans in just 18 months.

Eric Trump Spotlights JPMorgan's Bitcoin Turnaround, While His American Bitcoin Eyes Hoarding 'Cheapest' BTC Possible

Leading cryptocurrencies took a breather on Wednesday, while stocks closed at new records as investors weighed the report of a potential U.S.-Iran deal to end the war.

Bitcoin, XRP Steady, While Ethereum, Dogecoin Fall Amid Iran Truce Optimism: Analyst Warns Sharp Rise In Bullish Sentiment A 'Caution Flag'

American Bitcoin mined 817 BTC during the first quarter, marking its highest quarterly production on record.

Eric Trump's American Bitcoin reports $82 million loss in Q1 amid ‘record' mining production

Why eBay should reject GameStop and launch Bitcoin payments: A $1.2B annual opportunity cost that returns massive fee savings directly to global sellers.

Why eBay Should Ignore GameStop and Use Bitcoin to Save $1.2 Billion in Transaction Costs

The real-estate mogul said the hybrid model brings new users into crypto and challenges traditional real estate structures.

Grant Cardone says bitcoin-real estate strategy could outperform REITs, adds more BTC to treasury

Alex Pruden said the asymmetry between acting on a post-quantum signature scheme today and waiting for certainty about quantum-computing hardware timelines means Bitcoin developers should move from research into production.

Bitcoin's post-quantum migration will be harder than Taproot and needs to start now, Project Eleven CEO says

Senior figures from CoinShares, Calamos, ProShares and Flow Traders flagged Coinbase-heavy custody concentration, modest advisor uptake and creation-flow inefficiency as being among the next set of problems to solve.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs solved access, but custody, advisors and plumbing still lag, panelists say

American Bitcoin , backed by two of U.S. President Donald Trump's sons, reported a narrower first-quarter loss ​on Wednesday, helped by stronger revenue from Bitcoin ‌mining.

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