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Bitcoin, gold and silver are now viewed through new lenses of scarcity shaped by market structure, liquidity, access and price expectations. In 2026, scarcity is being repriced through narratives, market access and financial structures rather than simple supply limits. Bitcoin’s scarcity is increasingly mediated by ETFs and derivatives, reshaping how it is accessed and priced in financial markets. Gold’s scarcity is tied less to mining output and more to trust, neutrality and reserve management. Read more

The South Korean Supreme Court confirmed that Bitcoin stored on crypto exchanges can be seized under criminal law, rejecting an appeal.

Bearish BTC price takes are back in full force as Bitcoin gave back the majority of its 2026 recovery, when bulls failed to overcome $95,000 resistance. Bitcoin (BTC) is still in line for new long-term lows as analysis dismisses recent BTC price gains as a bearish “reset.” Key points: Bitcoin bears appear in control on shorter and longer timeframes as traders see no reason to alter bearish takes. Read more

Davinci Jeremie bought Bitcoin at $1 and told his followers to buy $1 worth in 2013. Now that BTC is at $100K the price no longer matters to him. Bitcoin OG Davinci Jeremie is best known for buying Bitcoin in 2011 at $1, so it may come as a surprise that he barely seemed to care when the assets price reached $100,000. A 100,000x return would have most people jumping up and down with joy, but Jeremie was already fully content seven years earlier. The major change for me came at $20K, so after that, I pretty much stayed the same, Jeremie tells Magazine. Bitcoin reached $100,000 in December 2024, pretty much bang on seven years after it first reached $20,000 in December 2017. Read more

The proposal reduces Florida’s crypto ambitions, effectively limiting eligible assets to Bitcoin and distancing it from pension exposure. Florida lawmakers are advancing a proposal that would allow the state to create a strategic cryptocurrency reserve, narrowing earlier efforts to a framework that would effectively limit holdings to Bitcoin. According to Florida’s legislative records, Senate Bill (SB) 1038, sponsored by Republican Senator Joe Gruters, was filed on Dec. 30 and was referred to the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government on Wednesday, where it must clear hearings and votes before advancing to the Senate floor.  The bill would establish a Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve, managed by the state’s chief financial officer (CFO), which would allow the office to purchase, hold, manage and liquidate cryptocurrency under a standard similar to those governing public trust assets.  Read more

Bitcoin retreated to five-day lows during as repeated failures to break through $94,500 reinforced a tight trading range.

Beijing's reported request for Chinese tech firms to halt orders of Nvidia's H200 chips arrives at a moment when Bitcoin has become uncomfortably tethered to AI equity sentiment. As The Information and Reuters reported on Jan. 7, the move affects “some” Chinese companies and may presage a mandate requiring domestic purchases of AI chips. For […] The post Bitcoin is trapped in a $54 billion Nvidia gamble that could trigger a sudden institutional sell-off appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin filled one of two new futures gaps with a trip below $90,000 as analysis predicted a potential bottom level for the next BTC price cycle. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $90,000 Thursday as market participants see a classic short-term target coming next. Key points: Bitcoin dices with the 21-day moving average trendline as it fills open gaps in CME futures markets. Read more

Bitcoin accumulators absorbed 60,000 BTC, but miners sending their rewards to exchanges could lead to overhanging sell pressure. Bitcoin’s (BTC) early-January rally is unfolding against a mixed on-chain data backdrop, where strong accumulation demand is colliding with renewed miner distribution.  Key takeaways: Bitcoin accumulator addresses added roughly 60,000 BTC in six days, ending a multi-month consolidation phase. Read more

History shows Bitcoin’s rare down years have been followed by triple-digit rebounds, keeping 2026 firmly on traders’ watchlists. Bitcoin (BTC) ended 2025 slightly in the red with a -6.36% return after a strong start earlier in the year. While the annual loss appears modest, historical patterns suggest that down years have often preceded some of Bitcoin’s strongest rallies. Key takeaways: Bitcoin has historically averaged close to 100% gains in the year following a down year. Read more

Riot Platforms sold 1,818 Bitcoin for $161.6 million in December 2025, the largest monthly sell-off on record, amid ongoing hashprice challenges and shifting production dynamics. The post Riot Dumps Record $162M in Bitcoin as Hashprice Crisis Forces Largest-Ever Selloff appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin and Ethereum are rising in early 2026, but policy decisions in Washington could define the uptrend's future.

The Bitcoin miner sold 1,818 BTC and said it will end monthly production updates as it shifts toward a broader data center and infrastructure strategy. Riot Platforms sold 1,818 Bitcoin in December for $161.6 million at an average net price of $88,870, as part of a strategy shift from Bitcoin mining to monetizing its power and data center infrastructure, including support for artificial intelligence workloads, the company said Tuesday. As of Dec. 31, the company held 18,005 Bitcoin (BTC), including 3,977 restricted BTC, down from 19,368 Bitcoin at the end of November, while producing 460 Bitcoin during the month. Restricted Bitcoin refers to BTC that the company owns but has pledged as collateral under its debt facilities and holds in a segregated custody account, according to its regulatory filings. Read more

Bitcoin ETFs grabbed $1.2 billion in the first two trading sessions of 2026, coinciding with BTC's climb to $94,000, a 7% gain in just days. The narrative wrote itself: institutional money flooded in, prices followed. Yet, that correlation masks a more complex structural shift unfolding across options markets, on-chain flows, and derivatives positioning, suggesting the […] The post Bitcoin ripped to $94,000 as critical metric quietly turns positive for first time since October appeared first on CryptoSlate.

From Shenzhen Bay luxury homes to Bitcoin, affluent Chinese investors are reassessing stores of value as views on liquidity, mobility and risk continue to shift. For many years, luxury real estate occupied a central role in wealth preservation in China. Premium apartments in cities such as Shenzhen and Shanghai served not only as residences but also as symbols of family wealth, social standing and financial security. Property ownership carried cultural significance, regulatory predictability and an assumption of long-term stability. That presumption is now being publicly challenged. Conversations among wealthy Chinese investors point to a quiet but significant shift in how a “store of value” is defined. Read more

Bitcoin long-term short signals from trading tools led analysis to conclude that no new BTC price all-time high would come this year. Bitcoin (BTC) faces a new “battle” for control before bulls trigger the next round of BTC price gains, but the long-term outlook is grim. Key points: Bitcoin short-term and long-term perspectives contrast as bears stay in control on high timeframes. Read more

MSCI’s rule change on newly issued shares reshapes passive demand, raising questions over how Bitcoin-linked treasury companies fund future BTC purchases. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 2.30% on Wednesday, hitting an intraday low near $91,550. The decline came despite bullish signals, including a whale-linked $280 million BTC accumulation move and MSCI’s decision to keep crypto treasury companies in its benchmark indexes. In the Tuesday announcement, MSCI said it will no longer adjust index weightings to reflect newly issued shares. Read more

The US Supreme Court returns from a four-week break on Jan. 9 with a potentially consequential economic ruling: whether the President Donald Trump administration lawfully imposed sweeping tariffs under emergency powers, or whether those duties on hundreds of billions in imports violated Congressional limits. Prediction markets give the government only a 23% to 30% chance […] The post Friday Supreme Court ruling could trigger an instant “tariff shock” crash as Bitcoin wildly misprices impact appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin trades near $91.7K as exchange supply drops to 13.7%, with low inflows, steady outflows, and key levels at $93.8K and $96.5K in focus.

On paper, the U.S. national debt is a number so big it stops feeling real. Trillions do that to your brain. So let’s bring it back down to human size for a second. If you spread today’s federal debt across U.S. households, you land at roughly $285,000 per household, depending on the day you do […] The post Bitcoin faces a $40 trillion test as US debt races higher but one hidden buyer is changing everything appeared first on CryptoSlate.