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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Shares of Strategy slipped after the bitcoin champion launched a US dollar reserve to fund its dividends and warned that it could incur a $5.5bn loss if the price of the cryptocurrency does not rebound this year.Bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor has transformed Strategy from a small software company into the world’s biggest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency, buying the coin almost weekly and encouraging hordes of companies around the world to do the same.The company has funded its bitcoin purchases using a…
Black Friday may be over, but there are still plenty of deals to be found on cameras, drones and accessories for Cyber Monday. Major camera and drone makers including Sony, Canon, DJI, Nikon and GoPro are still offering substantial discounts across a wide range of products ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars. Those include multiple options from our guide to the best cameras of 2025, so you’ll get great value for tried and tested gear. These are the best Cyber Monday camera deals we’ve seen so far in 2025.Best Cyber Monday camera and drone dealsSony A7 IV for $1,998…
What to Know: Strategy’s willingness to keep Bitcoin sales ‘on the table’ reflects a broader shift toward tactical, actively managed $BTC exposure without abandoning long-term conviction. As Bitcoin’s base layer remains constrained by low throughput and high, cyclical fees, traders increasingly look to Layer 2 infrastructure as leveraged expressions of $BTC upside. Bitcoin Hyper targets Bitcoin’s speed and programmability gap with an SVM-powered Layer 2 that aims for Solana-level performance while settling to Bitcoin. When you see a long-term Bitcoin accumulator suddenly flashing ‘green dots’ instead of just quietly stacking sats, you aren’t just watching a trade, you’re watching a…
Bitcoin and companies tied to cryptocurrencies extended a nearly two-month swoon Monday, tracking with a broader market sell-off in technology companies that many see as overvalued.Bitcoin slid 5.6% after being down nearly 12% earlier in the day, settling in just above $86,000. Early Tuesday, it was trading around $86,650. The most-traded cryptocurrency is down about 33% since hitting a record $126,210.50 on Oct. 6, according to crypto trading platform Coinbase. Bitcoin had soared since April in line with the stock market and driven partly by a more crypto-friendly tone in Washington.Companies that enable investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, as…
Bitcoin and companies tied to cryptocurrencies extended a nearly two-month swoon Monday, tracking with a broader market sell-off in technology companies that many see as overvalued.Bitcoin slid 5.6% after being down nearly 12% earlier in the day, settling in just above $86,000. Early Tuesday, it was trading around $86,650. The most-traded cryptocurrency is down about 33% since hitting a record $126,210.50 on Oct. 6, according to crypto trading platform Coinbase. Bitcoin had soared since April in line with the stock market and driven partly by a more crypto-friendly tone in Washington.Companies that enable investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, as…
Bitcoin and companies tied to cryptocurrencies extended a nearly two-month swoon Monday, tracking with a broader market sell-off in technology companies that many see as overvalued.Bitcoin slid 5.6% after being down nearly 12% earlier in the day, settling in just above $86,000. Early Tuesday, it was trading around $86,650. The most-traded cryptocurrency is down about 33% since hitting a record $126,210.50 on Oct. 6, according to crypto trading platform Coinbase. Bitcoin had soared since April in line with the stock market and driven partly by a more crypto-friendly tone in Washington.Companies that enable investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, as…
Bitcoin and companies tied to cryptocurrencies extended a nearly two-month swoon Monday, tracking with a broader market sell-off in technology companies that many see as overvalued.Bitcoin slid 5.6% after being down nearly 12% earlier in the day, settling in just above $86,000. Early Tuesday, it was trading around $86,650. The most-traded cryptocurrency is down about 33% since hitting a record $126,210.50 on Oct. 6, according to crypto trading platform Coinbase. Bitcoin had soared since April in line with the stock market and driven partly by a more crypto-friendly tone in Washington.Companies that enable investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, as…
A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by Europol announced Monday the shuttering of cryptocurrency laundering service Cryptomixer. Europol confirmed the seizure in a press release, where it called Cryptomixer “the platform of choice for cybercriminals seeking to launder illegal proceeds from a variety of criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, ransomware attacks, and payment card fraud.” Since 2016, Europol said, Cryptomixer facilitated the laundering of 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in bitcoin. Hackers and other criminals use laundering services such as Cryptomixer to obfuscate and hide the provenance of their cryptocurrency. By design, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin…
Black Friday might be over but Cyber Monday is here to ensure you get any last-minute deals. There are some great subscription-based discounts running on everything from streaming services to budgeting apps. One of the best options on our radar is for Audible. Right now, you can buy three months of Audible for just $3 — and you’ll get another $20 in Audible credit alongside it.That’s $1 per month for your first three months of audiobooks. Just make sure you cancel before the 90 days are up, otherwise the subscription will auto-renew for its normal $15 per month price. That’s…
What to Know: Bitcoin’s base layer still struggles with slow transactions, high fees, and limited programmability, creating a gap between its narrative and everyday usability. As demand for high-throughput DeFi and dApps grows, users increasingly expect instant confirmations and low fees, even when interacting with Bitcoin-linked assets. Bitcoin Hyper plans to introduce a Bitcoin Layer-2 with SVM integration, aiming to deliver faster-than-Solana performance while preserving Bitcoin’s settlement security. By combining low-latency execution, SVM-based smart contracts, and Rust tooling, Bitcoin Hyper targets wrapped $BTC payments, DeFi, NFTs, and gaming on a Bitcoin-secured backbone. Bitcoin’s narrative is shifting again. After a decade…