According to Timmer, Bitcoin’s cumulative flows, which had ballooned from practically nothing in January 2024 to about $61.5 billion by mid-2025, have slid down to $54.5 billion. Meanwhile, Gold and Silver, which had been sulking with negative or negligible flows through most of 2024, have pranced up to $27.4 billion. The chart even writes it out plain: BTC to gold-no fancy footwork required.
This decentralized exchange, alas, fell victim to a cabal that employed the most insidious of tactics: feigned camaraderie. External whispers suggest a loss of some $280 million, a sum that would make even the most profligate aristocrat blanch.
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The report, which surveyed crypto-enthusiastic citizens across 15 countries, points out that Nigerians have embraced stablecoins like USDT and USDC not just for their daily transactions but as a safeguard against the wild ride of the naira’s value. Inflation? No problem! Just grab some stablecoins!
In this grand tapestry of tokens, Grayscale has also singled out Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Chainlink (LINK), and Avalanche (AVAX) as fallen angels trading at depths unbefitting their celestial origins.
So here we are, folks. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, has a big idea: the U.S. should build Shenzhen-style “special economic zones.” Sounds simple, right? But wait-what exactly does that mean? Well, Armstrong thinks that creating these zones with minimal regulation would be like giving startups a sandbox to play in. Only instead of sand, it’s a whole lot of blockchain and crypto chaos.
In the heart of Washington, a city built on compromise and corruption, a battle rages. Not a battle of ideals, mind you, but of interests. Of greed. Of survival. The CLARITY Act, a piece of legislation so named to mock its very essence, has become the arena where the old guard-the banks, those venerable pillars of capitalism-clash with the new-the crypto industry, a hydra-headed beast of innovation and chaos.
One cannot help but marvel at the elegance of Bitcoin’s decline, as chronicled by the indefatigable Crypto Patel. The market, once a roaring lion, now mewls like a kitten, its strength sapped by the loss of key levels. The price, once a proud stallion, now trots meekly through a labyrinth of bearish zones and broken structures. Oh, the pathos of it all!
The US President threatened severe consequences for a Middle Eastern country if they didn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, warning of widespread devastation.