Bitcoin Limps Into New Year at $87,000, Down 30% From All-Time Highs
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Limps Into New Year at $87,000, Down 30% From All-Time Highs Bitcoin is closing out 2025 near $87,000, ending the year in a narrow trading range after…
Async Payjoin, the HTTPS of Bitcoin Privacy
Bitcoin Magazine Async Payjoin, the HTTPS of Bitcoin Privacy Async Payjoin is the best hope for strong privacy in Bitcoin. Modeled after HTTPS, which enabled secure payments for the web,…
Meme Coins After the Party: What 2025 Revealed About Speculation at Scale
Meme coins entered 2025 riding political buzz and platform-fueled enthusiasm, but they are closing the year sharply smaller, bruised by oversupply, fading attention, and relentless volatility. The Meme Coin Reckoning:…
How Tokenized RWAs Quietly Became a Core Crypto Narrative in 2025
Tokenized real-world assets spent 2025 shedding their “pilot project” label and stepping firmly into the financial mainstream, with treasuries, credit, commodities, and equities all finding real traction onchain. The Year…
Silver Bulls Cry Foul as CME Margin Hike Risks Putting the Brakes on a Record Run
Silver’s blistering rally collided with a familiar buzzkill in late December: higher margin requirements from CME Group, a move the exchange framed as routine risk management but that reignited long-running…
The Leverage Tinderbox: How Geopolitics and Open Interest Fueled the Largest Wipeouts Ever
The start of Trump’s second administration in January 2025 fueled optimism in crypto markets, driving bitcoin to record highs, but each time the euphoria quickly gave way to volatility. The…
Privacy Coins and Gold-Backed Tokens Lead 2025’s Altcoin Winners
Arthur Hayes recently argued that the altcoin season never actually stopped; instead, he said it has become “nuanced” and “decoupled.” Market data from much of 2025 supports this view, showing…
Stablecoins: Evolution, not a Revolution
Bitcoin Magazine Stablecoins: Evolution, not a Revolution Technologies tend to have a natural ceiling built into their utility and popularity. Once they’ve solved all the problems they can solve, their…
Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès Reveals Details of 2014 Collapse and Japanese Detention
Bitcoin Magazine Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès Reveals Details of 2014 Collapse and Japanese Detention In late 2025, Mark Karpelès, ex CEO of Mt. Gox, lives a quieter life…
Coinbase Security Impersonation Scheme Exposed as Authorities Claim Nearly $16M Was Siphoned
Authorities allege a sweeping crypto phishing operation that drained nearly $16 million from Coinbase users nationwide, underscoring how social engineering scams exploit trust, move funds across blockchains, and trigger aggressive…