Bitcoin-Led 'Crypto Winter' Is Thawing, Bitwise's Matt Hougan Says

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) may be approaching the end of its current "crypto winter," according to Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise ***** et Management, who says the market is likely closer to a recovery phase than another downturn.
In an Apr. 10 interview with Cointelegraph, Hougan said the broader four-year crypto cycle remains intact and could be entering a bottoming phase around mid-April.
He pointed to seasonal tax-related selling pressure in the United States as a possible factor contributing to recent wea

Bitcoin Risks Drop To $52,000, Veteran ***** yst Aksel Kibar Says

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Veteran financier urges 20% crypto allocation as Bitcoin holds near $71K

Bitcoin (BTC) is holding steady near $71,288 after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged.
While the decision was widely expected, the confirmation removes a key layer of uncertainty for markets. For crypto, that clarity is often enough to spark renewed optimism.
And some **** ysts believe this moment could mark a turning point.
Related: Bitcoin and XRP could potentially be included in 401(k) plans
The Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates steady signals a continuation of the current policy stance, wi

Here’s Why Bitcoin May Be a 2026 Rally Candidate

There’s no arguing with the data. Bitcoin and the related ETFs providing spot exposure to the largest cryptocurrency are saddled with year-to-date losses, extending bearishness that started last year.
Said another way, it’s difficult for investors to be positive about bitcoin, other digital currencies, and ETFs such as the CoinShares Bitcoin ETF (BRRR). But there’s another side to the story, and it goes beyond recent upside. Some experts believe there are structural forces at play that could be catalysts for a bitcoin rally in the coming yea

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This MAGA Senior Posted A Viral Anti-Trump Rant, And People Are Absolutely Dragging Them In The...

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Wow, they're starting off strong.
Readers, I'm so sorry. Their punctuation and **** ing is abysmal. It's so hard to read. I'm convinced they only found Trump's name on voting day because it's easy to spell.
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Abundant Mines CEO says Bitcoin mining now offers 100% first-year tax write-off

As tax season approaches, Bitcoin mining is drawing renewed attention for reasons that have little to do with hash rate or price forecasts. Changes to U.S. tax law have turned mining equipment into one of the most aggressive write-off strategies available to investors willing to own the hardware.
During a recent interview with TheStreet Roundtable, Beau Turner, CEO of Abundant Mines, said the shift began in mid 2025, when full bonus depreciation was restored for qualifying equipment.
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Sexual harassment row in Bangladesh cricket: BCB bans ex-women’s selector Monjurul Islam

NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has taken strong action against former women’s team selector Monjurul Islam after serious misconduct allegations were raised by former women’s captain Jahanara Alam.

Following an investigation, the board has banned Monjurul from any cricket-related role under the BCB, either directly or indirectly. The inquiry committee looked into four allegations linked to an incident during the 2022 Women’s World Cup.

While two claims could not be proven due to la

Bitcoin Whales Rebuild Reserves With 236K BTC in 90-days

Despite the sharp multi-month market downtrend, Bitcoin whales added 236,000 BTC since December 2025, with order size data showing large players building new positions.
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holders have steadily increased their holdings in recent months, with the total balance climbing back to levels last seen before the October 10, 2025, market crash.
At the same time, crypto exchange data shows whale-related outflows averaging 3.5% of exchange-held BTC over a 30-day rolling period, the hi

U.S. state retirement fund boosts MicroStrategy stake despite stock downgrade

It has been a tumultuous cycle for Michael Saylor-led Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy. The company's stock has lost 65% of its value since Oct. 1 last year.
Recently, the leading Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company posted financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025 when it reported a net loss of $12.4 billion.
Worse, a market bank has lowered the firm's price target by 20%. But it hasn't stopped a major state retirement fund from increasing its stake in Strategy.
Related: Charles Schwab quietly

In recent days, BlackRock has been at the center of extreme crypto-market turbulence, as its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and related options saw record trading activity amid theories of leveraged hedge fund blowups and institutional hedging feedback loops.
These events spotlight how a single, rapidly growing bitcoin ETF can influence broader digital-asset price moves and risk management behavior across the market.
We’ll now examine how the crypto-driven volatility around BlackRock’s IBIT ETF shapes the company’s investment narrative and perceived risk profile.
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William and Catherine release statement over Epstein revelations

The Prince and Princess of Wales have said they are "deeply concerned" by the latest revelations about Jeffrey Epstein in their first public statement on the scandal.
A Kensington Palace spokesperson said Prince William and Princess Catherine were "focused on the victims" in light of new information contained in documents related to the late ****** offender released in the US.
The statement was released after more allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor emerged, increasing the scrutiny on the former prince.
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For Robert Kiyosaki, gold and Bitcoin have long shared the same role in his playbook: protection.
The "Rich Dad Poor Dad" author has spent years warning that fiat currencies, especially the U.S. dollar, steadily lose purchasing power over time.
As a frequent critic of central banks, debt-driven growth, and what he sees as systemic currency debasement, he argues hard ***** ets are the escape hatch.
Related: ***** yst says Bitcoin will meet or beat gold's market cap
Kiyosaki began speaking publicly about Bitcoin around 2018, often placing it alongside gold and silver. His framing is consist

What the newly released Epstein files show — and what they still don't

Millions of new files relating to the late ******* offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the US Department of Justice, the largest number of documents shared by the government since a law mandated their release last year.
Three million pages, 180,000 images and 2,000 videos were posted publicly on Friday.
The release came six weeks after the department missed a deadline signed into law by US President Donald Trump that mandated all Epstein-related documents be shared with the public.
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Justice Dept. release exposes Epstein's links to Bannon, Musk and world leaders

The Justice Department’s Friday release of its investigative materials related to Jeffrey Epstein is packed with details about his ties to the most powerful figures in politics, tech and global affairs.
The documents shed new light on the depth of his relationships between the convicted **** offender and figures such as Steve Bannon, Elon Musk and world leaders. In particular, the files contain extensive exchanges with Bannon as he mounted a political influence campaign across Europe, and numerous overtures —

Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Suggests

Researchers have discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis.
A study published in early 2025 pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes, showing how they behave during brain development.
The US team found many of these variants remain active for extended periods, potentially influencing multiple developmental stages – and offering new targets for treatments that could address several disorders at once.
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Bitcoin Jobs Grew 6% in 2025 With Non-Dev Roles Most-Posted

The most in-demand, non-developer Bitcoin job openings included product manager, executive **** istant, marketing manager, director and product designer.
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Crypto companies' demand for Bitcoin-savvy workers reportedly increased 6% last year, with most job listings focused on non-developer roles.
A total of 1,801 Bitcoin-related positions were listed in 2025, up from 1,707 the year before, according to Bitvocation’s 2025 Bitcoin Jobs Data report.
The Bitcoin job opportunities were spread across Bi

Another former crypto miner is quietly making the case that pivoting to AI may be the smartest survival move in today’s market.
This time, the proof point is CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV), a firm that began life as a Bitcoin mining operation and is now pulling in billions from Big Tech.
Related: What is Bitcoin mining? Explained
CoreWeave didn’t start out as an AI darling.
The company was founded in 2017 under the name Atlantic Crypto, initially focused on Bitcoin mining. But after the 2018 crypto crash exposed how fragile mining economics could be, the team made a decisive pivot.

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I remember the excitement in the market when BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) launched its U.S. spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) linked to Bitcoin (BTC) in January 2024.
After all, the world's largest ***** et manager had decided to launch a Bitcoin product after much hesitation and the move had indicated Wall Street finally embracing cryptocurrency.
Related: BlackRock reveals retail traders' next portfolio move
More than two years have passed since then, and BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (Nasdaq: IBIT) has accumulated $62.9 billion in net inflow as of Jan. 23, as per the onchain ***** ytics platfo

Bitcoin’s network hit an unusual speed **** p over the weekend, not because of code, markets or a Fed policy change, but because the physical world intervened.
A sprawling winter storm strained regional power grids and knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands of households.
The disruption briefly spilled into crypto infrastructure, as some US-based Bitcoin miners cut power use and the network’s block production slowed, without sparking market panic.
Related: U.S. Government Targets Russia’s Crypto Mining Industry for Sanctions Amid Ukraine War
Winter Storm Fern swept across a wide

A box full of viruses and bacteria has completed its return trip to the International **** e Station, and the changes these 'bugs' experienced in their travels could help us Earthlings tackle drug-resistant infections.
A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and US biotech company Rhodium Scientific Inc. pitted Escherichia coli bacteria against its viral arch-nemesis, the T7 bacteriophage. This pair has been locked in an evolutionary 'arms race' for as long as we've been looking, but never in microgravity – until they were sent to the ISS in 2020.
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At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins?
It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge that boundary. Now, scientists have linked a specific set of brain waves in a certain part of the brain to a sense of body ownership.
In a series of new experiments, researchers from Sweden and France put 106 participants through what's called the rubber hand illusion, monitoring and stimulating their brain activity to see what effect it had.
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FBTC holds only Bitcoin, while WGMI invests in 25 companies related to Bitcoin mining and/or crypto-infrastructure.
Both ETFs are fairly young in the market and carry the risks ***** ociated with cryptocurrencies.
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Both the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (NYSEMKT:FBTC) and CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF (NASDAQ:WGMI) offer exposure to Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), but their approaches differ: FBTC tracks spot Bitcoin itself, while WGMI holds shares of companies tied to Bitcoin mining and infrastructure. This comparison unpacks their costs,

ETHA offers a higher indirect exposure to the crypto market, as it was designed to track the price of Ethereum.
WGMI holds a basket of Bitcoin mining-related stocks, offering an indirect exposure to Bitcoin and the entire crypto market.
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Both the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF (NASDAQ:WGMI) and iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (NASDAQ:ETHA) offer exposure to the crypto ecosystem, but they do so in fundamentally different ways: ETHA mirrors the price movement of Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) itself, while WGMI targets companies involved in Bitcoin m

Experts issue warning about looming threat to global food supply: 'A major challenge'

Rising temperatures are turbocharging crop pest damage worldwide, The Guardian reported.
A study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment found that if global temperatures rise by 2°C (3.6°F), wheat crops could see pest-related losses increase by roughly 46%.
Maize crop losses could increase by 31%, while rice crop losses could jump by about 19%.
Bugs, including aphids, caterpillars, locusts, and planthoppers, flourish as temperatures climb.
Hotter average temperatures accelerate their life cycl

In preparation for winter, the common shrew (Sorex araneus) shrinks its brain by 30 percent to conserve precious energy. Then, come spring, the shrew miraculously 'regrows' its shrivelled brain, neurons fully intact.
Scientists have now traced the evolutionary origins of this rare adaptation and the genes that likely enable it. While fascinating in its own right, this information may also spark new approaches to understanding and treating human brain degeneration.
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The unusual adaptation is known as Dehnel'

BITQ comes with a higher expense ratio than HODL.
HODL tracks Bitcoin directly, whereas BITQ holds crypto-related stock.
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Both the VanEck Bitcoin ETF (NYSEMKT:HODL) and Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF (NYSEMKT:BITQ) offer access to the crypto economy, but they approach it in fundamentally different ways. HODL provides direct Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) price exposure, whereas BITQ invests in companies tied to the crypto ecosystem, from miners to exchanges. This comparison unpacks how their costs, returns, and risk features stack up f

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) is included among the 20 Best Performing Dividend Stocks in 2025.
On December 19, Wells Fargo raised its price target on Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) to $125 from $115 and kept an Equal Weight rating. The firm sees a mixed setup for 2026 across the group, but not without opportunity. Wells is constructive on broadlines and food service, notes that fiscal and tariff-related trade activity is already underway, and believes earnings momentum can carry through the first half of EPS revisions. At the same time, it flags a more challenging backdrop for f

(AKA the unemployment rate, cost of eggs, gas prices, inflation, the Dow Jones, whether citizens received a stimulus check, and Trump's overall approval rating.)
It wasn't exactly convincing, considering Americans are facing massive insurance hikes in 2026 because Trump and his party recently chose to allow Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire in two weeks. Likewise, our pockets are shrinking as the cost of food and living bloat.
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Note: Data on inflation is released a few weeks after each month has

Generations of ancient, solitary bees made a home within the tooth holes of a fossilized jawbone, which was recently uncovered in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
It's the first time we've ever seen ancient bees taking up residence in the pre-existing cavities of a fossil, and it shows home really is what you make it.
Paleontologists believe the jawbone once belonged to a capybara-like rodent (Plagiodontia araeum), most likely transported to the cave in the grasp of an owl, which made a meal of the now extinct mammal and discarded its jawbone.
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