Runes Fever: Will Bitcoin's New Token Standard Live Up to the Hype?
With the launch of Runes coinciding with Bitcoin Halving , expectations are high that the new token standard could unleash more efficiency and scalability on Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin has recovered 31% from its lows, but the capital behind that recovery remains questionable. Whale accumulation is rising while retail distributes, stablecoin growth stays muted and leveraged derivatives drive volume—leaving $77,000 as the next critical test.
Bitcoin Ownership Overtakes Gold in America, But Not Value
Bitcoin ownership has overtaken gold among US adults, and a Treasury buyback announcement has pulled the dollar, gold and Bitcoin into the same trade.
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Strategy, Coinbase and MARA all posted double-digit weekly gains that tracked Bitcoin almost directly, while Circle fell on stablecoin-competition worries even after a strong week of its own.
The 1996 Warning & Crypto Pivot
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London Stock Exchange Partners With Payward to Explore Tokenised UK Equity Markets
LSEG plans to bring the 100 largest London-listed companies onchain as Payward's xStocks and is separately assessing a UK tokenised equity structure of its own, with trading targeted for 2027 pending regulatory approval.
Singapore Proposes Stablecoin License With 100% Reserves, No Holder Interest
MAS opened a consultation on the legislative amendments needed to bring its 2023 stablecoin framework into force, formalizing a protected "MAS-regulated stablecoin" label as regulated tokens are already being piloted in payment and settlement projects across the city-state.
A Hollow Recovery?
Bitcoin has recovered 31% from its lows, but the capital behind that recovery remains questionable. Whale accumulation is rising while retail distributes, stablecoin growth stays muted and leveraged derivatives drive volume—leaving $77,000 as the next critical test.
Watchdog Report: Trump's Crypto Ventures Leaves Investors $4.7B Underwater
Public Citizen's analysis puts Trump's own 2025 crypto income at $1.4 billion, while estimating that buyers of his meme coin, governance token, NFTs and Trump Media's bitcoin treasury are collectively sitting on billions in losses, most of it unrealized.