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Bitcoin mining consumed around 171 TWh in 2025, representing 16% of total data center energy use. All traditional data centers worldwide consumed between 448 and 1,050 TWh in 2025, with estimates varying across analysts' data. Gartner has it at 448 TWh, while Socomec and the IEA cite a range between 600 and 1050 TWh. Gartner […] The post Exposing a dirty secret: What uses more power, Bitcoin, streaming, AI, or social media? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

While Bitcoin treads water below the death cross, Axie Infinity is exploding this week as GameFi catches fire and whales pile in.

"Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary is pivoting his crypto strategy from tokens to energy infrastructure, declaring that power generation is now the real prize.

Weak projects are failing under competition and institutional pressure, while a few native crypto players have emerged as future industry standards.

The precious metals are on the run again. BTC tried but failed.

Bloomberg commodity strategist Mike McGlone explains his bearish turn on Bitcoin outlook and broader market expectations for 2026. Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone said he has reversed his long-term outlook on Bitcoin and the broader crypto market, arguing that investors should “sell the rallies” across risk assets in 2026. In McGlone’s view, the conditions that once made Bitcoin (BTC) compelling have changed fundamentally. What began as a scarce, disruptive asset has become part of a crowded and highly speculative ecosystem, increasingly correlated with equities and vulnerable to the same macro forces that drive traditional markets. He draws parallels with past market peaks, pointing to excessive speculation, the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and historically low volatility as warning signs. Bitcoin, he argues, has gone from being a hedge against the system to being firmly inside it, and that changes everything. Read more

Ethereum remains in a corrective, range-bound environment after failing to sustain the early-month advance above the mid-$3,000s. The price action is oscillating between a higher-timeframe demand cluster in the $2,700 region and a broad supply band closer to $3,500, while the main moving averages continue to cap the upside. This structure keeps directional conviction limited […]

U.S. Bitcoin ETFs lost $1.62B over four days as hedge funds pulled back from basis trades, with BlackRock’s IBIT leading redemptions amid weaker BTC price momentum. The post Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $1.62B in Four Days — Are Hedge Funds Dumping BTC? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Investors appear to be rotating to silver from gold, right as both surge to new highs, in a trend that echoes past altcoin seasons.

Paradex said a planned database upgrade briefly corrupted funding data, prompting a chain rollback and refunds after unintended liquidations across multiple markets. Onchain derivatives platform Paradex refunded $650,000 to about 200 users after a maintenance-related software error triggered unintended liquidations across multiple markets. According to a Friday post-mortem shared on X by Paradex, the incident occurred during a planned 30-minute database upgrade on Monday, when a “race condition” caused corrupted market data to be written onchain. Paradex said the issue was operational and not the result of a hack or security breach. In response, Paradex temporarily disabled access to the platform, canceled all open orders except take-profit and stop-loss orders, and rolled back the chain to a snapshot taken before the maintenance window began.  Read more

With about $100T passing to younger heirs over 20 years, crypto allocations may rise as tastes diverge. Nansen founder, Alex Svanevik says small shifts could expand the $3.05T market. UBS has put transfers at $83T. Bitcoin has dipped below $90K, and millionaire addresses have fallen since Jan. 2025. The post $100 Trillion Inheritance Wave Could Send Crypto Prices Soaring, CEO Says appeared first on Cryptonews.

US lawmakers pause the CLARITY Act as DeFi leaders warn the bill still risks developers, DAOs rethink governance and regulators face mounting pressure. United States lawmakers postponed a planned markup of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY), delaying progress on a bill intended to define how cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms are regulated and prompting renewed pushback from DeFi leaders who say the bill still fails to adequately protect developers.  Industry groups and crypto venture firms warned that proposed amendments could impose requirements that are not suitable for decentralized systems. Representatives from Paradigm and Variant said the current draft leaves unresolved ambiguity over whether DeFi developers and infrastructure providers could be forced to implement Know Your Customer (KYC), register with financial regulators or comply with rules designed for centralized platforms. The delay follows mounting criticism from across the crypto sector, including public o...

The digital asset custodian’s choppy debut reflects shifting investor sentiment and tighter scrutiny of new listings as crypto markets struggle to regain momentum. Shares of digital asset custodian BitGo Holdings (BTG) have swung sharply since the company’s public debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, with early gains quickly reversing as initial IPO enthusiasm cooled and investors moved to lock in profits. BitGo priced its initial public offering at $18 a share and it jumped about 25% in its first day of trading, reflecting strong early demand. While the stock closed only modestly higher in its first full session, the rally proved short-lived. Shares have since fallen below their IPO price, declining as much as 13.4% on Friday, according to Yahoo Finance data. Read more

Revolut abandons plans to acquire a U.S. bank and seeks a standalone de novo license, aiming to strengthen its crypto services and scale in the American market while avoiding the complexities of a bank acquisition. The post Revolut Drops US Bank Merger Plan, Will Pursue Standalone License — Could This Speed Up Its Crypto Expansion? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The UK regulator said crypto firms must ensure good outcomes for customers without stifling innovation.

The exchange shut down its earlier effort under regulatory pressure, but it's now back to exploring offering tokenized equities on its platform.

Bitcoin’s earliest realistic path to becoming the world’s global reserve currency (defined here as reserve-currency primacy rather than limited reserve-asset adoption) sits around the mid-2040s under a scenario model that treats official mandates, collateral usage, and invoicing conventions as binding constraints. That timeline starts from a reserve system where total global foreign-exchange reserves reached $12.94 […] The post The dollar stays king until 2046 crushing Bitcoin dreams with $13 trillion of IMF data appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ryan James Wedding was accused of using stablecoin Tether to fuel a cocaine smuggling and murder operation in Latin America and the U.S.

Buterin said 2026 should mark a push toward computing self-sovereignty, extending far beyond blockchain systems.

In an interview with CNBC, Binance’s CZ spoke of bitcoin’s four year cycles and the potential for a BTC all-time high this year due to a greater acceptance of crypto worldwide.