Strategy CEO Phong Le expects regulatory action, expanding bank participation, and digital financial products to bring more activity to subdued bitcoin markets, while political and economic developments could add further momentum during the fall.

Bitcoin developer Peter Todd’s proposal to give miners a permanent stream of new bitcoin has triggered a fresh backlash from users who see the 21 million supply limit as the asset’s most important promise.

During the past week, bitcoin tumbled from over $65,000 to close just above $63,200, an approximately 3.2% weekly loss and briefly hit a low below $62,500 on Aug. 14.

This week’s stories spanned old crypto fortunes, transparency, market forecasts,

StablecoinX Inc. emerged from its Nasdaq merger with about 3 billion ENA tokens, a position equal to roughly 20% of the token’s supply.

World Gold Council CEO David Tait says bitcoin is headed for zero because the supposed hedge keeps showing up as high-beta risk when markets turn ugly.

Michael Saylor said Strategy’s STRC preferred stock gained 9% over one year while bitcoin lost 47%. The chart leaves out the company’s common stock, which closed roughly 76% below its level a year earlier.

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Grayscale projects Ethereum’s annual supply inflation could shrink to roughly 0.4% and Solana’s to 1.1% by 2031 if two pending network proposals pass, pushing both issuance rates below gold’s roughly 1.8% annual supply growth.

Storm pointed out the flawed logic behind the case against him and Tornado Cash, stressing that Google and OpenAI would be liable as their products are being used by North Korean operatives to fund the country’s nuclear program.

The survey, which involved 8,205 companies across the European Union, found that only 0.2% accepted cryptocurrencies for online payments. Acceptance of digital assets rose to 1% at physical points of sale. 92% of companies with physical points of sale accept cash, making it the most widely accepted payment method in Europe.

While the Paraguayan police are still investigating the facts surrounding the death of the $2 billion crypto investor, the results of the autopsy and some statements from Jade Park building workers might offer an insight into what really transpired on August 7.

Three months ago, we examined how public bitcoin miners were beginning to dismantle or repurpose mining fleets for AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.

Bitcoin has already produced about 20.07 million BTC since it launched in January 2009. At block height 962570, roughly 929,465 bitcoin remain under the 21 million cap, but they will not hit the market anytime soon. The easy years of new bitcoin issuance are long over. What remains is an extended, slow wind-down that will test the mining industry every four years.

U.S. traders could gain access to bitcoin and ether funds designed to deliver three times each asset’s daily performance under a Cboe proposal covering six leveraged commodity products. The SEC initially has 45 days from Federal Register publication to approve, reject, or begin proceedings.