Author: Anthony M. Orbison

The latest US initial jobless claims data came at 215,000, below the estimated expectation of 225,000, on April 17. The dip in jobless claims indicated that the US labor market remained stable, with fewer people being affected by the uncertainty of US tariffs. Initial jobless claims are a leading economic indicator that measures the health of the US economy and it often impacts investor sentiment around risk assets like Bitcoin (BTC). US jobless claims data. Source: Investing.comResiliency in the labor market comes on the back of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s recent comment about the impact of tariffs. In a…

Public Companies Now Hold Over 688K BTC, Signaling Record Institutional Bitcoin Adoption Bitcoin adoption by public companies has reached an all-time high, according to a new report from Bitwise. In Q1 2025, publicly traded firms now hold a combined over 688,000 BTC, up 16.11% quarter over quarter, representing 3.28% of Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million supply. Image via Bitwise This corporate treasure trove is valued at over $57 billion, based on a Bitcoin price of $82,445, reflecting a 2.15% increase in total value from the previous quarter. The number of public companies with Bitcoin on their balance sheets has also grown…

Throughout 2025, cryptocurrency market regulation has been a focal point for a host of nations. Among them is the United States, which has completely shifted the nation’s stance toward the industry with the arrival of US President Donald Trump. Now, ex-SEC Chair Gary Gensler has spoken out, saying that Bitcoin will last, while most altcoins won’t.Gensler was the face of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that greatly opposed the industry. Throughout his tenure, the agency adopted a regulation-by-enforcement approach to governing its development. Since then, things have shifted with the most pro-crypto regime the nation has ever seen.…

Barry Silbert, the CEO of Digital Currency Group, said he would have secured higher investment gains by just holding the Bitcoin that he invested in early-stage crypto projects around 2012.During an April 17 appearance on Raoul Pal’s Journey Man podcast, Silbert said he discovered Bitcoin (BTC) in 2011, purchasing BTC at $7-$8 per coin. Once the price of BTC surged, Silbert started looking for early-stage crypto companies to invest in. The executive told Raoul Pal:”I was using Bitcoin to make a bunch of those investments, and you would think, if you invested in Coinbase you would have done really well.…

Recently, Project Eleven (a quantum computing research group) announced a 1 bitcoin reward for the first team able to complete a challenge to demonstrate breaking a ECC (elliptic curve cryptograph) key using Shor’s algorithm on a quantum computer.  The deadline for this challenge is April 5th, 2026, meaning in order to qualify for the prize a team must demonstrate breaking a key pair it must be done before that deadline.  This is frankly a completely absurd and meaningless prize for a number of reasons, the first of which is the deadline of just under a year from today. Even highly…

The cryptocurrency market has been experiencing notable shifts. Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s very first cryptocurrency was seen struggling to hold ground. Despite a rather bullish week, the king coin remains quite far away from its all-time high. The asset achieved a peak of $109,114.88 back in January which was about three months ago. Sadly now, BTC is trading below the $100,000 mark as well. Amidst this chaos, throughout April, exchanges have been witnessing consistent sell pressure. While this is certainly a bearish sign, analysts were figuring out the faces behind this sell-off.Also Read: US Dollar Struggles While Ruble Rises 38%—Is…

Opinion by: Alexander Guseff, founder and CEO of TectumCrypto companies have spent years pushing digital wallets and exchange apps, convinced they’ll bring financial inclusion to the world. Here’s the reality: 1.4 billion people remain unbanked, and crypto adoption has barely exceeded 8%. For all the talk about decentralization and accessibility, the industry continues to overlook the billions of people who rely on cash for their daily lives.In developing economies of Africa, South Asia and Latin America, cash is not just dominant — it’s essential. Banking services are sparse, smartphone penetration is low, and digital literacy remains a hurdle. Expecting these…

In a recent interview, Binance CEO Richard Teng confirmed that multiple governments and sovereign wealth funds have approached the cryptocurrency exchange about creating their own crypto reserves.Teng discussed the platform’s role in helping a host of nations establish cryptocurrency regulations. Moreover, he noted that those conversations have included the possible development of various national strategic Bitcoin reserves.JUST IN: Binance says multiple governments and sovereign wealth funds have approached the company about creating crypto reserves.— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) April 17, 2025Also Read: BlackRock CEO Says US Dollar is at Risk of Losing Reserve Status to BitcoinBinance Says Governments & Sovereign Wealth Funds…

The cryptocurrency market is still recycling old narratives, with few new trends yet to emerge and replace the dominant themes in the first quarter of 2025.Artificial intelligence tokens and memecoins were the dominant crypto narrative in the first quarter of 2025, accounting for 62.8% of investor interest, according to a quarterly research report by CoinGecko. AI tokens captured 35.7% of global investor interest, overtaking the 27.1% share of memecoins, which remained in second place.Out of the top 20 crypto narratives of the quarter, six were memecoin categories while five were AI-related.AI tokens, memecoins, were leading crypto narratives in Q1 2025:…

Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon saw $1.26 billion in BTC unstaked from its platform, reducing the protocol’s total value locked by 32%. On April 17, blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain flagged several addresses that had unstaked a total of 14,929 Bitcoin (BTC) from the staking platform. The security firm flagged four addresses that had unstaked 299 BTC, 499 BTC, 1,000 BTC and 13,129 BTC. One address held a majority of the unstaked assets worth $1.1 billion. With BTC prices hovering at around $84,400, the total unstaked BTC was worth about $1.26 billion.The unstaking event saw Babylon’s total value locked (TVL) drop by 32%. According…