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One of the biggest mysteries in the Bitcoin world is who Satoshi Nakamoto is, and what will happen to the enormous amount of BTC believed to be held by him.
Bitcoin left behind by Satoshi Nakamoto, who ceased activity around 2010. It is well known that this is considered one of the largest assets held by a single owner. But in reality, the question of what Satoshi Nakamoto actually is and the fate of his assets has long been a topic of ongoing debate in the market.
Recently, on-chain analysts have been paying renewed attention to this issue. They point out two main possibilities. The first is

Recently, I've been paying attention to Stripe's movements. Since 2026, I feel the world of digital finance is clearly reaching a turning point. It’s shifting from mere human-centered transactions to a "machine economy" where AI agents function as independent economic entities.
As co-founder John Collison of Stripe predicts, machine-to-machine (M2M) commercial transactions have far surpassed the stage of automation. A world where AI agents autonomously make complex financial decisions is already on the horizon.
What’s notable is the choice of payment infrastructure. The preference for stableco

Interesting data popped up from on-chain monitoring. The whale address "0x2D2D" has been snapping up a large amount of ASTEROID over the past 7 hours, putting in 200 ETH in total. And in Japanese yen terms, that comes to more than $460,000. If you convert it assuming roughly $3,500 per token, that works out to 1.72 billion ASTEROID.
Based on what I can see of this whale’s current position, they apparently hold a total of 8.38 billion ASTEROID. In terms of market capitalization, that’s equivalent to about $2.27 million. The fact that they’re concentrating their buys like this makes me wonder if

As the cryptocurrency industry matures in earnest, the shift from mere token speculation to substantive business is accelerating. Recently, I’ve noticed several intriguing business opportunities. If executed properly, these could grow to over a hundred million dollars in scale. Today, I want to introduce five of them.
First, the concept that catches the eye is OneKYC. Honestly, KYC verification is really tedious to repeat every time you use a crypto app. Registering for a new exchange involves uploading documents, taking selfies, and waiting for approval—repeating the same process endlessly. T

Recently, there has been attention on the news that U.S. authorities announced a large-scale crackdown on Southeast Asian scam networks. According to the announcement by federal prosecutors, the seizure of cryptocurrency assets related to this international crime network has exceeded $580 million, indicating a significant scale.
This task force, established in November 2025, is operated through cooperation among multiple agencies including the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, and Treasury Department. The main targets are scam schemes run by organized crime groups based in Myanmar, Cambodia, La

There is a major shift happening in the Bitcoin mining industry. Once, miners were obsessed with accumulating BTC through the "HODL strategy," but now many publicly traded companies are taking the opposite approach.
Why is this happening? The reason is simple. The profitability of mining operations is rapidly declining. During the boom in 2021, Bitcoin mining profit margins reached 90%, but now, due to intensified competition, rising electricity costs, and compressed prices, it is losing its appeal. Especially with BTC prices hovering around $66,000, high profits like before are no longer expe

Citigroup is making interesting moves. It announced plans to integrate Bitcoin custody functions into its core banking operations, aiming to roll this out in the second half of 2026.
What’s notable is that this is not simply adding a virtual asset service, but embedding Bitcoin into the bank’s main systems. Citigroup currently manages about $30 trillion in assets, and it is working to create an environment in which Bitcoin can be treated in the same framework as stocks and bonds.
The head of digital asset custody development said plainly at an industry event, “Enable Bitcoin to be handled like

The recent Perp DEX market is showing some pretty interesting moves, and it feels like there’s been quite a shift in rankings as well. When I looked at the data from DefiLlama, I saw that starting from the late February period, there have been significant fluctuations in each project’s trading volume. It feels like, even in the world of cryptocurrency derivatives trading, the reshuffling at the top is getting even more intense.
Hyperliquid remains overwhelmingly dominant as ever, with about $6.37 billion in 24-hour trading volume—far ahead of everyone else. Its TVL is also $4.20 billion, and o

Even though Bitcoin has recovered to the $77,000 range, the overall market sentiment is still bearish. Looking at Coinglass data, the funding rates on major CEXs and DEXs are quite low. In other words, a funding rate below 0.005% indicates that short positions are dominant.
Funding rates are essentially the mechanism where money moves between long and short traders, but when these numbers are low, it suggests a selling trend across the market. It's interesting that Bitcoin itself is rising, yet the derivatives market shows a cautious outlook.
In such situations, there's a disconnect between ac

El Salvador has moved again. The central bank has added purchases of gold worth $50 million, and President Bukele is, as usual, still buying Bitcoin. Since he’s buying at a pace of 1 coin per day, it seems he’s already over 7,500 coins.
Gold reserves are over 67,000 troy ounces, worth approximately $360 million. Meanwhile, Bitcoin, calculated at its current price, is worth over $600 million. As a national-asset portfolio, that’s quite aggressive, right? Bukele also said he “bought at the bottom,” but it’s still ambiguous whether he meant both gold and Bitcoin or just one of them, lol.
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What is STX? It has been increasingly talked about recently. Stacks is not just a token; it is an independent blockchain platform that operates on Bitcoin, designed to enable smart contracts and decentralized applications.
What sets it apart from other blockchains is its ability to function as a Layer 2 while leveraging Bitcoin's security. By adopting a unique consensus mechanism called Proof of Transfer (PoX), it inherits Bitcoin’s security and decentralization directly. The system where validators consume Bitcoin to mint new blocks is, honestly, quite innovative.
An important point to unders

Tuesday on Wall Street was truly hellish. The Dow Jones fell by 403 points, the S&P 500 declined by 0.94%, and the Nasdaq dropped by 1.02%. But the turmoil can’t be fully conveyed by numbers alone. During trading, the Dow Jones temporarily plunged nearly 1,200 points—its worst sell-off since February. The market is nervous, and even slight moves are triggering large-scale selling.
As the U.S.-Iran war entered its fourth day and Iran moved to close the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices rose again by 8%. WTI crude surged to $77.05 per barrel, and Brent crude also reached $83.83. This is an accumulate

The approval of the Litecoin ETF is becoming quite realistic. Bloomberg's ETF analyst predicts a 90% chance of approval this year. Compared to other cryptocurrencies like XRP (65%), Solana (70%), and Dogecoin (75%), the fact that Litecoin ETF has the highest likelihood is quite interesting.
This is because the SEC has already accepted the submitted documents, making it more likely to treat Litecoin as a product. In other words, regulatory hurdles are lower. On the other hand, XRP is waiting for the Ripple lawsuit to be resolved, and Solana still faces issues regarding securities classification

I truly believe Robinhood's strategic shift in 2025 is remarkable. It successfully transformed from a simple speculative trading platform aimed at young people into a complete asset management ecosystem. The results are reflected in the numbers.
The full-year 2025 net revenue reached a record $4.5 billion, a 52% increase year-over-year. Net profit was $1.9 billion, up 35%. Retirement account assets at the end of Q4 nearly doubled to $26.5 billion. The platform's total assets reached $324 billion. These figures indicate that this is not just a temporary trend but that a fundamental business mod

I keep seeing recent discussions about XRP’s 2030 price predictions, so I looked into how realistic they might actually be.
To put it simply, it’s possible for XRP to reach $5 by 2030, but it’s a highly conditional scenario. For now, XRP is trading around $1.44, so getting to $5 would require a substantial number of factors to line up.
The biggest catalyst is likely regulatory clarity. After XRP partially won the SEC lawsuit in July 2023, it surged by about 70%. Since then, major U.S. exchanges have continued moving forward with relisting it, and international regulators in countries like Sing

I've always been curious about the story that Musk owns Dogecoin, but it seems recent analysis has confirmed it again. Apparently, he holds DOGE along with Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, it doesn't seem that Musk owns or operates the Dogecoin network itself.
Although it was a project created as a joke by Billy Marcus and Jackson Palmer in 2013, Musk's tweets and social media activity can significantly move DOGE's price. It surged before his SNL appearance in May 2021, and it rose again when Twitter's logo changed to a Shiba Inu in 2023. Musk himself has said, "Don't take my statements as inves

Regarding the Mantle MNT token, since it’s been asked about quite often lately, I’ve put together a brief summary.
Mantle is a Layer 2 blockchain built on Ethereum that uses optimistic rollups to process transactions quickly and at low cost. In other words, it lets you drastically reduce transaction fees while keeping Ethereum’s security intact.
This network mainly supports DeFi and NFT-related use cases. DeFi protocols can operate with low fees and high throughput, and NFT issuance and trading can also be carried out with fast finality. For developers, the modular design also makes it attract

It seems that the market event involving Venus Protocol is actually more complicated than I initially thought.
According to the official explanation, this was not a flash loan attack, but rather an exploitation of a supply cap vulnerability hidden in the protocol's legacy code. The attacker spent about nine months steadily accumulating THE tokens and built a dominant position on Venus.
Their approach was quite clever: by directly sending THE to the protocol contract, they bypassed the normal deposit process and exceeded the supply cap of 14.5 million tokens. Then, taking advantage of the low o

I came across an interesting development. It seems that Moondream has launched a new service called "Lens," which is specialized in improving the accuracy of visual language models. This happened last week on April 21.
Until now, VLMs performed excellently in laboratory settings, but their accuracy dropped significantly when applied in real-world scenarios. Lens is a fine-tuning service designed to fix that issue, supporting both reinforcement learning and supervised fine-tuning. It operates on a pay-as-you-go API, so you can use only what you need.
What’s remarkable is that it achieves signif

Middle Eastern geopolitical risks are poised to significantly impact the oil market. The recent statement by Qatar's Energy Minister has attracted attention because it suggests that major Gulf oil-producing countries are considering invoking force majeure clauses.
The backdrop to this warning is escalating regional tensions. If the force majeure clause is actually invoked, it could lead to a halt in oil production, and the impact on crude oil prices would be incalculable. The market is already beginning to see scenarios where prices could rise to around $150 per barrel.
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