BITCON NEWS

The Katana mainnet has officially launched, introducing a new decentralized finance (DeFi) platform designed to enhance liquidity and yield ...

Bitget Wallet Partners With Mastercard for Self-Custodied Crypto Payments

Bitget Wallet partnered with Mastercard and infrastructure provider Immersve to launch a zero-fee crypto-linked payment card. Mastercard Dig...

The Smarter Web Company Increases Bitcoin Holdings to 773.58 BTC

On July 1, 2025, The Smarter Web Company PLC, a London-listed technology firm, announced the acquisition of an additional 230.05 BTC as part...

Stocks Stumble, Bitcoin Follows

The heated stock market finally cooled after reaching multiple all-time highs, and bitcoin went down with it. Bitcoin Slips as Stock Markets...

Robinhood Announces New Layer 2 Blockchain

California-based financial services firm Robinhood is in the process of building its own layer 2 blockchain on Arbitrum, according to a pres...

Number of Bitcoin Wallets Holding Over $1 Million Sees Significant Jump: Coinbase Institutional

Coinbase Institutional projects a constructive outlook for cryptocurrency markets in the second half of 2025, driven by economic optimism, c...

Treasury Secretary Bessent Leads Search for Next Fed Chair as Powell’s Term Nears End

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is actively involved in selecting a replacement for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whose term conclud...

Bitcoin ETFs Stay Hot With Half-Billion Dollar Inflow

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tallied their 14th consecutive day of net inflows, pulling in a massive $501 million. Ether ETFs also r...

Experts Warn of Crypto’s Role in Terror Group Boko Haram’s Cross-Border Expansion

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram is increasingly relying on cryptocurrencies, mobile money, and other digital tools to fund its operation...

Africa Unites in Currency Revolution: PAPSS Launches Dollar-Free Trade Platform

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System has officially launched a currency marketplace aimed at reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar f...

Buterin: Zero-Knowledge Digital IDs Still Carry Coercion, Privacy Risks

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised concerns that digital identity systems using zero-knowledge proofs, such as Sam Altman’s Worl...

‘You’ll Wish You Bought More’ – Saylor’s Weekly Bitcoin Tease Signals Another Buy

With 592,345 BTC now worth a staggering $64 billion, Strategy founder Michael Saylor teased yet another bitcoin buy early Sunday. As usual, ...

DOT Market Cap Declines as Critics Raise Concerns Over Ecosystem Traction

The Q1 2025 report from Messari indicates a significant slowdown in transaction activity within the Polkadot ecosystem, with a 36.9% quarter...

Redstone Report: RWA Market Caps $24B With 85% YoY Growth as Tokenization Goes Mainstream

The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market has exploded from $5 billion in 2022 to over $24 billion by June 2025, marking 380% growth and c...

Bitcoin Bounces Back: Ceasefire Truce Sends BTC Soaring Past $107K

Bitcoin experienced a rebound after dropping below $100,000 for the first time in over 46 days, ending the week just above $107,000. The ove...

Strike CEO Jack Mallers: Bitcoin Is a Moral Revolution, Not Just an Investment