Key Takeaways The Cryptoquant Korea Premium Index (KPI) hit 1.98% on May 7 as BTC topped $80K across South Korean exchanges. Upbit and Bithumb saw BTC swing from -2.27% to premiums amid 2026 war-driven volatility. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix AI demand may keep Cryptoquant KPI swings elevated in 2026. South Korea’s Kimchi Premium Returns as Bitcoin Climbs Past $80K Again According to metrics tracked by Cryptoquant, bitcoin prices have swung both below and above the global, or volume-weighted average price (VWAP), since the onset of the U.S.-Iran conflict. The…
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CZ Says Crypto Exchange Rivals Opposed His Pardon Bid
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said he was not very confident he would be pardoned by US President Donald Trump after serving a four-month prison sentence in 2024 for violating US anti-money-laundering laws. “You never know because we actually had very strong anti-lobbying from some of our perceived competitors in the US,” Zhao told Ran Neuner on the Crypto Banter podcast published to YouTube on Saturday. “The other crypto exchanges in the US don’t want me to get a pardon,” Zhao said, arguing they were concerned about Binance re-entering the…
Analyst Predicts Biggest Bitcoin Bull Trap Of The Cycle, Calls Out 50% Crash To $42,000
Bitcoin’s price recovery is not a new beginning: it is a familiar ending. That is the warning from a crypto analyst, who is of the notion that the current Bitcoin price action is playing out a bull trap the market has seen before and that the setup is pointing to a destination that sees the cryptocurrency crashing by almost 50% from current price levels. Related Reading Bitcoin Mirrors Key Stepping Stones From 2022 Bear Cycle Chiefy’s analysis centers on a structural comparison between Bitcoin’s current price sequence and the step-by-step…
🚨Retraites américaines : 10 000 milliards s’ouvrent à Bitcoin ?
▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Notre Newsletter gratuite : Au programme: 00:00 Introduction 01:26 Le verrou qui n’existait pas 04:14 Le safe harbor qui change l’équation 07:33 10,000 milliards face à Bitcoin 11:00 Conclusion 10 000 milliards de dollars dorment dans les plans retraite américains. Le gouvernement vient d’entrouvrir la porte à Bitcoin. Pendant des années, ce n’était pas une interdiction légale qui bloquait tout, c’était la peur des poursuites judiciaires. Le 30 mars 2026, le Département du Travail a publié un bouclier juridique qui vient de…
Major Bitcoin Mining Pools Join Stratum V2 Collaborative Organization
Seven major Bitcoin mining pools have joined the Stratum V2 working group to develop an industry-wide open standard protocol used by mining pool operators to communicate with individual miners in their pools. AntPool, Block Inc, F2Pool, Foundry, MARA Foundation, SpiderPool, and DMND all joined the working group to collaborate on the mining pool communication standard, which could reduce the time it takes pools to successfully mine blocks, according to an announcement from Stratum V2. “Bitcoin mining is competitive and fragmented by design. It is a race for efficiency where a…
8 Months To Go: Here’s How Bitcoin Could Trend In 2026 – Analyst
Bitcoin is presently trading above $80,000, as market bulls sustain the rebound from early April. However, the flagship cryptocurrency remains firmly in bear-market territory, down roughly 37.5% from its all-time high. Amid the ongoing rally, crypto analyst Aralez has outlined a potential price trajectory for the remainder of 2026, highlighting the key macroeconomic and market catalysts likely to shape Bitcoin’s next major move. Bitcoin To Fall Again, Cycle Bottom Likely In Q3 In an X post on May 8, Aralez shares an interesting Bitcoin price prediction for the last eight…