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Bitcoin is looking to reclaim $64,000 on possible short squeeze after earlier falling to as low as $63,000 following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.At the same time, perpetual futures funding rates dropped to -6%, according to CoinGlass, marking the second lowest level in the past three months. The last time funding was this negative was on Feb. 6, when bitcoin bottomed near $60,000.Perpetual funding rates represent the periodic payments exchanged between traders in perpetual futures markets. When rates are positive, traders holding long positions pay those holding shorts. When rates turn negative, shorts pay longs.Deeply negative funding typically signals…

Since it’s pretty clear we’ve now seen this cycle’s bull market high, I’ve created an updated halving-cycle model built on four Bitcoin cycles.The model projects a cycle low near $35,000 in December 2026 after a 72.5% drawdown from a $126,219 cycle high.Inside the halving-cycle frameworkMy last model correctly marked both the 2021 and 2025 top timeframes. The new framework, “Akiba Cycle Model v2,” combines a 50,000-run Monte Carlo simulation with walk-forward validation and leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV).Bitcoin halving cycle price movementsIt breaks the cycle into three linked components: drawdown from a bull-market high to the subsequent cycle low, the number of…

President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs last year had been supposed to change everything — as companies retaliated against new tariffs, economists predicted, prices would soar and the US economy would plunge into recession.The Supreme Court recently declared those tariffs unconstitutional. As Trump scrambles to reimpose them, though, the news raised a question: Did economists get it wrong the first time around?Ben Harris, the vice president and director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and a former assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy in the Biden administration, says economists underestimated our complicated economic system.“My guess is that if you…

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a massive, fast-growing category that’s pulling traditional carriers and purpose-built platforms into the same buying conversation. For context, Precedence Research pegs the global VoIP market at $161.79 billion in 2025, with continued growth ahead over the next eight years. This growth underscores the impact of VoIP services for businesses and highlights the number of companies investing in their communication platforms. When I talk to buyers who are already Verizon customers, the decision circles around what kind of system they’re actually buying. In this article, we’ll cover: An analysis of what Verizon One Talk is…

We’re thrilled to announce that PACT is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading PACT trading is live as of February 26, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Trade on Kraken Here’s some more information about this asset: PACT (PACT) PACT (PACT) is building DeFiN infrastructure that connects fintechs, capital providers, and users through fully on-chain financial rails. More than bringing credit on-chain, PACT embeds origination,…

It has been a rough stretch for Bitcoin. Prices have been pinned between $60,000 and $70,000 for weeks, and a brief dip below $67,000 on Thursday did little to ease investor nerves. Related Reading Now, a handful of analysts are saying the worst of the selling may finally be over — though what comes next is far from exciting. No Crash, No Boom — Just Patience Crypto analyst Willy Woo put it plainly on X. The wave of bearish selling by investors “seems to have exhausted,” he said, giving Bitcoin some breathing room to trade flat for the next few…

Wynn Resorts is facing mounting legal trouble in the wake of its recent cybersecurity incident, as a wave of class action lawsuits moves through federal court. The company maintains the situation is under control, but plaintiffs argue the fallout is far more serious. Wynn previously told ReadWrite that “an unauthorized third party acquired certain employee data” and that, while it brought in outside cybersecurity experts to investigate, the incident “has had no impact on our guest experience, our operations or our physical properties, which are all fully operational and open for business.” In court filings, however, plaintiffs describe what they…

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26 Feb Bitfinex Simplifies Visibility of Tokenised Securities with Unified Account Structure Posted on 26 February, 2026 in Media Releases by admin TL;DR Bitfinex has eliminated the need for a separate Securities sub-account — customers can now view their securities in their master account. Existing Securities sub-accounts will be converted into regular trading sub-accounts, preserving all current balances, credentials, 2FA settings, and withdrawal permissions. Master account holders can now view their full portfolio — from crypto to tokenised bonds — through a single Bitfinex account. San Salvador, El Salvador, 26 February, 2026 — Bitfinex Securities, a leading tokenised securities trading…

Former BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik has advised users of the infamous cryptocurrency exchange and its successor, WEX, to seek restitution for their funds from U.S. authorities. According to the Russian crypto entrepreneur, who returned to his country in a prisoner swap agreement with Washington, the assets of both trading platforms have been seized by the United States. BTC-e’s Vinnik forwards client money claims to America Alexander Vinnik, co-founder of what was once the largest crypto exchange in the Russian-speaking crypto space, BTC-e, has recommended that clients of the now-defunct platform address requests for the return of their missing funds to…