Leveraged MicroStrategy Markets Showcase Risk-On Like Never Before as Bitcoin Aims for Six-Digit Price Traders are adding leverage on top of an already leveraged MSTR ETF, signaling heightened risk appetite and a build up of speculative excesses.

Bitcoin Futures Smash Through $100K Barrier on Deribit BTC futures expiring in March, June and September 2025 trade at prices greater than $100,000, according to data source Deribit.

Bitcoin Crosses $97K, Continuing Wild ‘Trump Trade’ Rally BTC traded above $95,900 in early Asian hours, less than 6% from a landmark $100,000 figure that would push it above a $2 trillion market capitalization.

SEC Distributes $4.6M to BitClave Investors Some investors in defunct crypto startup BitClave will soon get their money back, plus interest, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Frank McCourt’s Decentralized Internet Project Enters Ethereum Ecosystem With Consensys Partnership

Crypto Agents and Verifiable Systems Are the Future of Safe, User-Centric Tech Rather than “giving power to the machines,” AI agents give users autonomy to handle complex processes, acting as reliable allies in an increasingly complicated and opaque digital landscape, says David Sneider, Co-founder of Lit Protocol.

Is the Crypto Conference Circuit Good for Crypto? Azeem Khan: When everyone is traveling the world, attending endless side-events, who is building and onboarding new customers?

The Protocol: ENS on Bitcoin; Worldcoin, Without the Eyeballs Plus: What Zuck can teach DAOs about governance.

The Subtle Way AI Data Centers Boost Bitcoin Mining Economics The competition for cheap electrons could establish a floor for hashprice, or at least slow down hashrate growth.

Juiced USDS Yields Woo Solana Traders to Sky’s Stablecoin Solana traders are quickly embracing the newest stablecoin to join their decentralized finance (DeFi) fray: USDS, issued by Sky (formerly MakerDAO).

Miners Going Nuclear: A Symbiotic Synergy Beyond the increasing proliferation of bitcoin within investment portfolios, mining operations have become a focus of a new wave of mergers and acquisitions on Wall Street, says Taylor Krystkowiak.

DeFi’s Renaissance Pro-crypto legislation could allow DeFi to potentially connect with mainstream financial systems, says Toe Bautista.

Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Won’t Have To Serve Prison Time, Judge Rules Former FTX chief technology officer and close friend of Sam Bankman-Fried, Gary Wang, won’t have to serve prison time for his involvement in the crypto exchange’s fraud scheme, The New York Times reported.

Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert Bets Big on AI Blockchain Bittensor Barry Silbert will be the CEO of Yuma, a new DCG company focused on incubating and building new businesses within Bittensor’s decentralized AI ecosystem.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ADA Gains 10.1% as Index Continues Higher Stellar was also among the top performers, gaining 6.5% from Tuesday.

Dogecoin, XRP Trading Volumes Flip Bitcoin’s in South Korea South Korean traders are known for pushing euphoric rallies on tokens, contributing to buying pressure and possibly influencing prices.

Robinhood Is the Top Crypto Deregulation Trade, Bernstein Says The broker raised its price target on the trading platform’s stock to $51 from $30.

MicroStrategy Upsizes Debt Offering to $2.6B; Breaks Into Top 100 U.S. Public Companies by Market Cap MicroStrategy is now up over 500% year-to-date, approaching a $100 billion market cap.

Bitcoin ETF Options Introduction Marks Milestone, Despite Position Limits BlackRock’s IBIT was the first bitcoin ETF to launch with options tied to it. The rest of the pack is coming today.

Memecoin Launchpad GraFun Expands to Ethereum to Clinch New Users Expanding to Ethereum will help GraFun capture newer audiences, tap into higher liquidity for meme issuances and increase the platform’s visibility among crypto traders.