Nearly a third of Bitcoin (BTC) is owned by major players: Glassnode finds

Bitcoin’s ownership profile is changing. Corporate bonds and governments now control a significant portion of the circulating supply. In 2025, Bitcoin underwent a major transformation as institutional holders steadily seized the world’s largest crypto asset. In fact, new data shows that nearly six million bitcoins are now owned by major entities. As a result, smaller […]

Vanguard ‘Finally Caves’ Enabling Crypto ETF Trading for 50 Million Customers

Multi-trillion dollar asset management giant Vanguard is finally allowing its clients to trade crypto ETFs on the platform. Starting Tuesday, December 2, Vanguard will allow exchange-traded funds and mutual funds to track Bitcoin and “select other cryptos” to start trading on its platform, ETF expert Eric Balchunas reported. The move, which also allows trading in […]

DATs Slow, Futures Get Crushed: Is Bitcoin Entering a New, Cleaner Market Regime?

Spot liquidity remains 30-40% below October levels as markets remain vulnerable and volatility increases between majors and altcoins. The crypto market is undergoing a broad recalibration, shaped by softer demand from ETFs and DATs, a reset of leverage in futures and DeFi, and still weak spot liquidity. These factors have put pressure on prices, but […]

BlackRock’s IBIT gets ‘Mag 7’ treatment as Nasdaq pushes for massive option limit increase

The Nasdaq plans to increase the limit on positions on options contracts for BlackRock’s flagship Bitcoin ETF. The Nasdaq International Securities Exchange filed with the SEC on Wednesday to quadruple the position limits for options on BlackRock’s Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (IBIT). The exchange increases the option limit by a factor of four, from 250,000 […]

BTC ‘Miner Heartbeat’ metric shows that the Bitcoin network is still strong

The Hash Rate Momentum Score shows that miners are still confident. Bitcoin (BTC) briefly fell near $102,000 before quickly recovering to $105,500 on Wednesday amid continued macroeconomic uncertainty. Turbulence aside, the network fundamentals remain solid. In fact, new analysis shows that BTC mining activity continues to increase, with the crucial hash rate momentum metric trending […]