Jerome Powell & A Hard Money Moment
With Trump teeing up a personally controlled Federal Reserve, hard money seems like an easy bet, but Bitcoin and gold aren't behaving the same.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin isn’t just a cryptocurrency — it’s a financial revolution. As the dominant digital asset, it fuels a trillion-dollar industry, institutional adoption, and a vision for truly permissionless finance. With its fixed supply and role as digital gold, Bitcoin has grown to shape global markets. Bankless keeps you informed on its latest developments.
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What Does Gold's Rally Mean for Digital Gold?
Gold’s surge is testing Bitcoin’s narrative, but history suggests this might just be the calm before BTC's next move.
Spark Wants to Make Bitcoin Spendable Again
Spark is a Bitcoin 'L2' that uses statechains to power cheap, fast, and self-custodial transactions.
Breaking Down the $4B Bitcoin Behemoth 'Twenty One'
Tether, SoftBank, and Cantor Fitzgerald are joining hands on a new firm that bills itself as taking the Strategy playbook one step further.
Where Bitcoin DeFi Action is Happening
Bitcoin's onchain footprint is growing through wrapped asset proliferation, but where are people putting their BTC to work?
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Bitcoin's Market Behavior May Never Look the Same
The market for BTC is changing. Is the four-year cycle over?
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Analysis
Can Bitcoin Thrive Onchain?
Guest Post: How wallets and protocols are bridging Bitcoin into the onchain world.
NFTs
Taking the Pulse of Ordinals and Runes on Bitcoin
With Bitcoin bigger than it's ever been, is a new era starting for its cultural assets like Ordinals and Runes?
Opinion
MicroStrategy's Infinite Money Machine?
How Michael Saylor is pushing to turn MSTR into a leveraged bet on BTC.
News
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits New All-Time High
The latest trend in mining difficulty has analysts forecasting positive price action.
How Tos
Where to Get Started with Coinbase's cbBTC
Discover three essential apps to explore Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC) and maximize your DeFi opportunities effortlessly.
News
Can ETH/BTC Gains Last?
Ethereum's ratio against BTC is up 10% off its recent lows.
News
MicroStrategy Adds $1.1B in BTC to Its Massive Holdings
The firm now holds a mind-boggling 244.8K bitcoin.
News
Bitcoin 2024 Conference Concludes in Nashville
The biggest Bitcoin conference of the year just finished up in Nashville, Tennessee
News
Proton Mail Maker Debuts Bitcoin Wallet
Proton has launched early access to its self-custody Proton Wallet.
News
Mt. Gox Begins Mass BTC Transfers
$3.1 billion in BTC was just transferred to new addresses ahead of creditor repayments.
Analysis
OP_CAT: The Missing Piece for BTC L2s?
This opcode has everyone talking; what does it do?
News
StarkWare Plans Bitcoin Scaling Effort
The team behind StarkNet is kicking off early plans for Bitcoin-centric ZK scaling.
Analysis
Unpacking the Bitcoin L2 Narrative
BTC L2s aren't technically real yet, but the narrative around them is already catching fire.
Analysis
How Will Bitcoin Handle This Halving?
With hours until the Halving, there are still some big concerns.
Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Halving's Degen Bets
Where are Bitcoin bulls making leveraged bets?
Analysis
Why This Bitcoin Halving Cycle Could Be Different
Is BTC sticking to the plan? Or are its cycles shifting?
Analysis
8 Bitcoin L2s You Should Be Watching
Bitcoin's L2 narrative is scaling up quickly
Analysis
Where Bitcoin Goes Next
It's a new bull market for Bitcoin, but some big questions remain!
Analysis
Bitcoin Needs Apps
Bitcoin's toughest problem has a straightforward solution
Opinion
Did Satoshi Dream of NFTs? 😶🌫️
On whether Satoshi anticipated NFTs!
News
Bitcoin Blasts Back
Markets are surging, here's what's going on
How Tos
Using BRC-20 Tokens on Bitcoin
How to start exploring the latest Bitcoin frontier
Analysis Premium
10 Bitcoin Buy Signals
The hot BTC catalysts you should be watching
Bitcoin
Are BTC Memecoins a Thing Now?
Memecoin Szn: Bitcoin Edition
News
Bitcoin is Dominating
As another financial crisis looms, BTC is now the flight-to-safety.
NFTs
How to Mint a Bitcoin NFT
Welcome to the world of Ordinals. Let Bankless be your guide.
News
Bitcoin NFTs … Again ✌️
Tracking the explosion of activity around Bitcoin NFTs!
News
Bitcoin NFTs 🚀
There is no second best… NFT chain?
DeFi
How Bitcoin Builds DeFi
Muneeb Ali shows us how the road to Bitcoin DeFi is being paved.
DeFi
The Essential Guide to DeFi on Bitcoin
A guide on how to swap, lend, borrow, and earn on Bitcoin's DeFi layer.
Ethereum
Why the Flippening Is Good for Crypto
The Merge has happened. Is ETH on track to flip BTC now?
Opinion
All Eyes On The Ratio
ETH/BTC Ratio looking primed and ready for a breakout. Is the flippening imminent?
How Tos
How to earn high yields on BTC
A guide on putting your BTC to work in DeFi
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Reflections on Miami
Some thoughts from this past week's crypto conference in Miami
Opinion Premium
The Flippening
Is the flippening possible? We go through both sides of the argument
DeFi Premium
The Second Crypto Money
Why the world understanding BTC is good for ETH as money
Analysis
When Bitcoin Moon?
5 predictions on the price of Bitcoin using predictive models and data science
How Tos
How to mint trustless BTC on Ethereum
Learning how to use Keep Network to mint tBTC on Ethereum
Opinion
Bitcoin's Scarcity Game
...and the growing ecosystem of Money Games on Ethereum
Opinion
The Three Nation Problem
The world is heading into a Three Nation Problem, and one of these nations is not like the others
DeFi
DeFi on Bitcoin
Experiences building DeFi on Bitcoin from the founders of Atomic Loans
Analysis
The Moneyness of Bitcoin and Ethereum
Both BTC and ETH have a chance to become world’s first non-sovereign digital money but both have to overcome their weaknesses
Analysis
Is tokenized BTC bullish for ETH?
Why trustless Bitcoin on Ethereum is a bull case for ETH value accrual
Analysis
How Does Cryptocurrency Gain Value?
ETH and BTC are economic bandwidth. It is the most under appreciated source of scalability in crypto
Analysis
BTC's monetary policy is overrated
Part 1 of 2: A contrast between the monetary policies of BTC and ETH
Ethereum
A Tale of Two Money Systems
ETH, BTC and the money systems they disrupt
Ethereum
ETH & BTC are the only crypto money that matter
And how to construct a crypto money portfolio
