Tag: Bitcoins

Bitcoin’s ‘narrative vacuum,’ Ethereum now inevitable: Trade Secrets

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Bitcoin is trading in a ‘narrative vacuum,’ says crypto executive Bitcoin needs a fresh catalyst to push its price back to levels that excite investors again, says Gate.io chief business officer Kevin Lee. “What we see is Bitcoin is currently trading in a narrative vacuum,” the exchange boss tells Magazine. “There is no dominant crypto-specific catalyst driving price discovery, no major regulatory breakthrough, no structural adoption milestone, and no technological shift redefining valuation,” he adds. Potential catalysts traders are watching right now is whether the US CLARITY Act passes, the…

Solving Bitcoin’s gas issue (without a fork)

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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Every smart contract platform has a fee asset baked in. For example, Ethereum (ETH) has ETH, Solana (SOL) has SOL, but with Bitcoin (BTC), however, things get messy. If you want expressive apps, you usually end up adopting a second network’s economics.  Summary Bitcoin doesn’t price computation, only block space. Unlike Ethereum or Solana, BTC’s fee market is built around sat/vB for transaction inclusion, not metering smart…

Bitcoiner Group to Fight Bitcoin’s Treatment as ‘Toxic Asset’

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The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) says it will push the US Federal Reserve to change how Bitcoin is treated, as the central bank is set to issue rules on how banks should implement international guidelines for asset risk weighting. “BPI will be reviewing this proposal closely and submitting a public comment to ensure that US regulators get Bitcoin’s treatment right,” Bitcoin Policy Institute managing director Conner Brown said in an X post on Wednesday.  It comes just a day after the Fed announced it will issue a proposal for public…

Bitcoin’s on‑chain data shows weak retail, strong settlement layer

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Bitcoin’s on‑chain data is flashing a strange mix of softer retail‑style activity and still‑robust throughput, fees and capital flows that look more like consolidation than exhaustion. Summary Active Bitcoin addresses have dropped to roughly 660,000 on a seven‑day basis, a 12‑month low that coincides with more batching, consolidation and custodial use. The network still processes around 400,000–450,000 transactions per day, with average fees in a $2.50–$4.00 band that signals steady economic activity rather than a ghost chain. Research on Ordinals finds inscriptions contributed about 22% of fees between 2023 and…

Bitcoin’s Quantum Defense Plan: What BIP-360 Actually Changes

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Key takeaways BIP-360 formally puts quantum resistance on Bitcoin’s road map for the first time. It represents a measured, incremental step rather than a dramatic cryptographic overhaul. Quantum risk primarily targets exposed public keys, not Bitcoin’s SHA-256 hashing, making public key exposure the central vulnerability developers aim to reduce. BIP-360 introduces Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR), which removes Taproot’s key path spending option and forces all spends through script paths to minimize elliptic curve exposure. Smart contract flexibility remains intact, as P2MR still supports multisig, timelocks and complex custody structures via Tapscript Merkle…

Bitcoin’s Valuation Model Hints At $500K Cycle Average: Analyst

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Bitcoin is trading near $67,300, well off its recent high of $74,000. One well-known analyst says that dip barely matters — he’s looking at a cycle average closer to half a million dollars. Related Reading A Model Built On Scarcity PlanB, the pseudonymous analyst behind the Stock-to-Flow model, says Bitcoin’s price during the current 2024–2028 halving cycle could average around $500,000, with a range stretching from $250,000 to $1 million. The model is built on a simple premise: as Bitcoin’s supply grows more slowly — thanks to halving events that…

Bitcoin’s 20 Millionth Coin Has Just Been Mined

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The Bitcoin network has just reached 20 million mined coins, leaving just one million Bitcoin to be mined over the next century.  “The market is about to experience something new: A global asset with almost no new supply left,” Energy Co managing partner David Eng said in an X post on Sunday. On average, about 450 new Bitcoins are mined each day at current rates. This rate halves roughly every four years as a result of the Bitcoin halving. With just 1 million Bitcoin supply left, the last Bitcoin is…