Monthly Archives: February, 2026

Synopsis Chris Wood, the equity strategist from Jefferies, has voiced significant concerns regarding Bitcoin's security in the face of advancing quantum technology. Following this revelation, he has decided to exclude Bitcoin from his investment strategy, shifting his focus to gold and shares in gold mining companies. Listen to this article in summarized format ET Bureau

Total crypto market capitalization surpassed four trillion dollars for the first time. Bitcoin also hit a new all-time high. At the same time, macroeconomic uncertainty—including shifting monetary policy, trade tensions, and geopolitical risks. This is led to extreme volatility, pushing the market to swing between approximately $2.4 trillion and $4.2 trillion. Bitcoin and Layer One

Bitcoin miners entered early 2026 in a familiar but increasingly unforgiving setup: network hashrate is slipping from late-2025 highs, difficulty is adjusting on a delay, and power costs remain the hard constraint that decides which fleets stay online and which go dark. The result is a market that can look resilient on the surface, especially

Bitcoin developer, Jameson Lopp, posted a simple observation days after CoinGecko published its 2025 dead coins report. Ignorant folks claim that Bitcoin isn't scarce because anyone can launch their own cryptocurrency. They fail to recognize that while anyone can copy code, no one can copy a network of users and infrastructure. The timing crystallized a

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has accused major U.S. banks of attempting to sabotage President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda, warning that proposed changes to a Senate market structure bill could stifle innovation, ban entire categories of digital assets and strip Americans of the ability to earn yield on stablecoins. In a wide-ranging interview with Fox Business

Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, has eliminated Bitcoin from his flagship Greed & Fear model portfolio, citing concerns that developments in quantum computing could pose an existential threat to the cryptocurrency’s cryptographic foundations. In the latest edition of the widely followed newsletter, Wood confirmed that Jefferies has removed its entire 10%

Members of the U.S. government have denied reports that bitcoin forfeited by Samourai Wallet developers was liquidated in violation of President Trump’s executive order mandating the retention of government-held bitcoin. In a brief statement on X on January 16, Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets and Deputy Director

Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) has completed the purchase of 200 acres at its Rockdale, Texas, site and signed a long-term data center lease with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), marking the first major hyperscale tenant at the location. The fee simple acquisition replaces Riot’s prior ground lease at Rockdale and was funded entirely through the