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Latest Bitcoin news, price analysis, and market updates covering BTC, adoption, regulation, and the broader Bitcoin ecosystem.

Bitcoin Adoption

The Largest Bitcoin ATM Network in North America Is Shutting Down

Bitcoin Depot, once the largest crypto ATM operator in North America, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. The Nasdaq-listed firm has taken its entire 9,000-machine network offline and called its business model "unsustainable."

By Samson Mackeown • May 18, 2026 • 3 min

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Treasury Companies: The Complete List of Public Firms Holding BTC

Public companies now hold more than 1.19 million BTC between them, over 5% of total supply. Strategy alone owns nearly 800,000 coins. Here is the full list of major Bitcoin treasury companies in 2026 and how their strategies actually differ.

By Afshan Rasheed • May 17, 2026 • 4 min

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Bitcoin Institutional Stablecoins

BitGo Q1 Earnings: $3.8B Revenue Up 113% Amid $60M Net Loss

BitGo doubled its revenue to $3.8 billion in Q1 2026 in its first quarterly earnings since going public in January. Net losses also more than doubled to $60.7 million on Bitcoin treasury markdowns and IPO-related compensation costs.

By Shoaib Ali • May 15, 2026 • 3 min

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Bitcoin ETF

Bitcoin ETFs Record $635M Outflow: Sharpest Drop Since January

US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $635 million in net outflows on 13 May, the largest single-day redemption since late January. Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 as a five-day outflow streak topped $1.26 billion

By Afshan Rasheed • May 15, 2026 • 3 min

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Bitcoin Adoption

UBS Joins Swiss Banking Crypto Push With Bitcoin Trading

UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, quietly started offering direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to select Swiss private clients in January. Swiss banking crypto adoption now spans 20 institutions covering 2.5 million accounts, more than any other country.

By Matthew Curtis • May 14, 2026 • 3 min

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Bitcoin Market Analysis

Bitcoin's Bull-Bear Cycle Indicator Just Turned Green for the First Time Since 2023

CryptoQuant's Bitcoin bull-bear cycle indicator turned green on 12 May for the first time since March 2023. Analysts call it a regime shift, but warn the signal has been wrong before.

By Shoaib Ali • May 14, 2026 • 3 min

Bitcoin ETF

Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Lands in Top 1% of ETF Launches

Morgan Stanley's MSBT completed its first month without a single day of net outflows, drawing $194M while BlackRock and Fidelity bled capital. Bloomberg's Balchunas ranked it in the top 1% of all ETF launches.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • May 11, 2026 • 3 min

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Bitcoin ETF Regulation

JPMorgan Says Bitcoin Is Winning the Debasement Trade From Gold

JPMorgan analysts say Bitcoin is taking market share from gold as investors hedge against fiat debasement. Bitcoin ETFs have seen three straight months of inflows while gold ETFs are still recovering from March outflows. Goldman disagrees.

By Shoaib Ali • May 10, 2026 • 3 min

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Bitcoin Markets

Bitcoin Briefly Shows at $0.02 on Revolut in Apparent Display Glitch

Some Revolut users woke up on Friday to push notifications warning that Bitcoin had hit a 52-week low, with app charts briefly showing prices as low as 2 cents. No major exchange registered any price anomaly.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • May 09, 2026 • 3 min

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Bitcoin Markets US

ABTC Mining Costs Drop 23% to $36,200 in Q1 2026 Report

American Bitcoin cut its cost per coin 23% to $36,200 in Q1 2026, held a 52% gross margin through a 22% Bitcoin price decline, and added 1,600 BTC to its strategic reserve, all while most public miners sold coins to fund AI data centre transitions.

By Matthew Curtis • May 07, 2026 • 4 min

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Bitcoin Markets

Bitcoin (BTC) Hits $81,000 Three-Month High as Options Markets Shift

Bitcoin broke above $81,000 for the first time since late January, with options desks that had been building cheap upside call structures now positioned to benefit as risk-reversal gauges approach a potential flip to positive.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • May 05, 2026 • 2 min

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Bitcoin Blockchain Guides

What Is a Layer-1 Blockchain? The Base Layer Behind Bitcoin and Crypto

Layer-1 blockchains are the base networks that validate, record and settle crypto transactions. This guide explains how L1s work, why they matter, and how Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and other major networks compare.

By Samson Mackeown • May 03, 2026 • 7 min