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Markets

One of Italy's Largest Banks Buys $1M Worth of Bitcoin: Report

Banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo, which has a market cap of $73 billion, has made its first crypto purchase.

Italy (Tanya Lapko / Unsplash)

Markets

Options Tied to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Surge to Nearly 50% of Deribit's BTC Open Interest in Two Months

Options linked to BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) began trading on Nov. 19 and have since grown to half the size of Deribit's BTC options market.

CME Group to Launch Options on Bitcoin Friday Futures (OleksandrPidvalnyi/Pixabay)

Markets

Is Bitcoin Bottom In? BTC's Price Action is Inverse of December Peak Above $108K

BTC's latest price action seems to contrast sharply with the uptrend exhaustion observed at record highs above $108K in mid-December.

BTC's price slide may be over. (xing419/Pixabay)

Finance

Jamie Dimon Still Sees ‘No Value’ in Bitcoin

The crypto's main uses are for sex trafficking, money laundering and ransomware, claimed Dimon, a longtime foe of bitcoin.

Jamie Dimon speaks on stage during "The State of the Global Economy" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Markets

Global Investment Giant Capital Group Reaches 5% Stake in Bitcoin Holder Metaplanet

Capital Group is also the second-largest shareholder in MicroStrategy, trailing only Michael Saylor.

stacking coins (structuresxx/Shutterstock)

Markets

MicroStrategy Added 2,530 Bitcoin for $243M, Bringing Holdings to 450K BTC

During a presentation in Orlando on Monday, Saylor told executives to invest in bitcoin instead of bonds, which he labeled as "toxic."

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor

Markets

Bitcoin Difficulty Hits All-Time High, Adjusts Positively for 8th Consecutive Time

When bitcoin typically puts in these many consecutive positive adjustments it has marked near cycle tops and bottoms.

BTC Difficulty Adjustment (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin Under Pressure as Goldman Trims Fed Rate Cut Expectations, BofA Sees Potential Hike After Blowout Jobs Report

Risk assets trade weak as investment banks pare back Fed rate cuts in the wake of Friday's hotter-than-expected U.S. jobs report.

Goldman sees only two Fed rate cuts in 2025, BOfA sees extended Fed pause. (JamesQube/Pixabay)

Markets

Why High Net-Worth Investors Are Super Bullish on Bitcoin Right Now

The difference in outlook between traders and high net-worth individuals has never been greater, according to David Siemer, CEO of Wave Digital Assets.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

Tech

Babylon Labs Brings New Momentum to Bitcoin ZK Tech Through Bridge to Cosmos Chains

Babylon, developer of the largest BTC staking protocol, is teaming up with Bitcoin developers Fiamma to build a trust-minimized bridge using BitVM2

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

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