Author: 行政
For the better part of the last two years, spot Bitcoin ETFs were treated like a one-way door. They took Bitcoin out of keys and operational hassle and turned it into a ticker that fit inside every normal portfolio. Money came in, shares got created, and Bitcoin had a steady, legitimate source of demand.Across five straight weeks leading into late February, investors pulled close to $3.8 billion from US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs, the longest weekly outflow run since early 2025. Bitcoin stayed pinned around the mid-$60,000s through much of that stretch, with recent trading near $68,000 while markets tried to…
A Bitcoin developer embedded a 66-kilobyte image inside a single transaction without using OP_RETURN or Taproot.The transaction followed consensus rules. Anyone can verify the bytes using standard node software. Martin Habovštiak didn’t do this to make art, but to prove that closing one data doorway doesn’t remove the capability, it just changes where bytes hide.The demonstration lands amid Bitcoin’s most contentious governance fight in years. One faction wants stricter filters to keep “spam” off the blockchain.Another argues that harsh restrictions push people into worse behaviors and advantage large miners. Habovštiak’s experiment provides evidence for the second position: filtering redirects rather…
Bitcoin held near $66,000 on Sunday, March 1, after a weekend geopolitical shock tied to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, setting up Monday’s U.S. reopen as the first major liquidity and spot ETF flow test of the rebound.The diplomatic alarm bell rang alongside the price rebound. At an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, the Secretary-General warned that the escalation risked widening into a broader conflict, while the U.S., Israel, and Iran traded legal and moral accusations, a public signal that the crisis is not contained and that headline risk can stay elevated into the reopen.Bitcoin’s trading range stayed wide…
For years, the wrong-number text arrived like clockwork. A friendly mistake, then apologies, small talk, and gradual friendship. Eventually, the investment tip was a “sure thing” on a slick platform showing returns that seemed too good to ignore.Americans watched account balances climb on fabricated dashboards, only to discover the withdrawal button led nowhere. Life savings had vanished into a laundering network spanning continents.The DOJ froze or seized over $580 million tied to these overseas scam networks in just three months. That figure maps the contours of an industrial fraud supply chain that has turned confidence schemes into shift work, complete…
Bitcoin difficulty just reset about 15% higher to roughly 144.40T.While this is neither the first nor the last, it is the largest since around 2021. The timing is important because the protocol tightened miner economics while Bitcoin has been chopping around the mid-$60,000s with repeated tests near $65,000.Graph showing Bitcoin’s mining difficulty from Nov. 27, 2025, to Feb. 25, 2026 (Source: Hashprice Index)When blocks arrive faster than the ten-minute target, the network raises the work required per block to normalize issuance. That mechanism is working as designed, with security improved, block timing normalized, and production costs moved higher in one…
On Thursday, Feb. 26, the United States Mint released the 2026-W Proof American Silver Eagle and the 2026 Congratulations Set, which includes a 2026-P Proof American Silver Eagle presented in gift-themed packaging. Both products became unavailable within minutes of launch, with the West Point–minted coin lasting the longest at roughly 17 minutes. CoinNews photo shows the 2026-W Proof American Silver Eagle and the 2026-P Proof American Silver Eagle included in the 2026 Congratulations Set, both of which saw initial inventories quickly depleted following their release Released annually, proof Silver Eagles are always popular. This year’s W-minted proof carries the added…
Bitcoin defends $64K after U.S., Israel strikes on Iran as ETF flows return to center stageBitcoin traded through a weekend macro shock after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran sparked regional retaliation.The largest price swings occurred during low-liquidity hours, leaving spot BTC back near the mid-$64,000 area.The move reinforced a pattern that has become more visible in the ETF era: Bitcoin can function as a 24/7 pressure valve for macro risk.At the same time, the deepest marginal liquidity increasingly concentrates in weekday, regulated venues.That structural split is showing up in participation.Weekend activity has capitulated ever since spot Bitcoin ETFs joined…
Bitcoin is turning into multi-generational wealth, and a large share of holders still run it with a single point of failure. One accident, illness, or a stretch of incapacity can be the difference between inheriting generational wealth and losing everything.That’s the inheritance crisis the market will have to face.A recent report from the Gannett Trust framed 2026 as the moment early adopters start “buttoning up” succession. The stakes have grown significantly, but families often have zero interest in learning private key operations, and too many people have watched real losses happen when the only person who understood the setup disappeared.Bitcoin…
President Donald Trump has pulled the United States into military action against Iran, and the first consequence for crypto markets was another wave of selling rather than a rush into Bitcoin as a haven.According to CryptoSlate’s data, BTC price dumped around 7%, erasing some of its weeklong gains to trade as low as $63,000 before recovering slightly.This price action negates the popular argument that geopolitical turmoil should automatically favor Bitcoin because it exists outside the traditional financial system.In practice, the flagship crypto usually trades first as a volatile risk asset during a macro shock, especially when investors are already cautious,…
The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs under IEEPA on Feb. 20, and markets immediately inherited a large cash flow question. The amount at stake was more than $175 billion in tariff collections that could be subject to refunds, with the Court offering no step-by-step plan for how refunds should be processed.The first clean market tell came from an asset that seems to exist far away from trade law. Bitcoin slid almost 5% and dipped to $64,000 as broader risk appetite cooled.The move matters because it fits a pattern that keeps repeating in 2026. When macro…