Mining Bitcoin on a desktop in 2026 may sound simple, but is it profitable? Do rising network difficulty and energy costs mean the end of PCs as Bitcoin mining equipment?
Ether holds $2K as traders make push toward overhead short liquidity
Ether’s short liquidity may be the next target for bullish traders who have piled into fresh leveraged positions. Is $2,500 the next stop for ETH price?
EU’s regulated blockchain securities market adds first bank participant
Swiss crypto bank Amina has joined 21X as a regulated banking participant, linking traditional financial institutions with a blockchain-based market for issuing tokenized securities.
Bitcoin price retags $69K as G7 oil plan hangs in the balance
Bitcoin managed to avoid losses suffered by global stock markets over oil supply uncertainty, with a 5% relief bounce from its weekly open level.
XRP holders face $50B in unrealized losses as it trades below $1.40
60% of XRP’s circulating supply trades underwater at $1.35, with spot ETF outflows and weak sentiment adding pressure on the bulls amid the current slump.
Bithumb faces possible six-month partial suspension in South Korea
Crypto exchange Bithumb risks a partial business suspension for negligence around money laundering and customer verification practices, according to local media reports.
How United Nations Development Programme is using blockchains for public infrastructure
A new United Nations Development Programme report outlines how blockchain can support public systems.
Bitcoiners celebrate as the network produces its 20 millionth coin
“A digital money system with transparent, predictable, and ultimately scarce supply… has rising appeal in today’s economy due to fiat currency tail risks,” said Grayscale.
Banks will run RWAs on two blockchain rails, says RedStone co-founder
RedStone co-founder Marcin Kaźmierczak says banks are splitting RWA infrastructure between private networks like Canton and public chains such as Ethereum.
Strategy buys $1.3B in Bitcoin as holdings top 738,000 BTC
The purchase brings Strategy’s total Bitcoin reserves to nearly 739,000 BTC despite the asset trading below the company’s average acquisition price.