Blockspace Acquires Bitcoin Layers To Expand Intelligence

Blockspace Media has acquired Bitcoin Layers, an independent data platform tracking metrics across Bitcoin’s layer-2 and scaling ecosystem, as the company expands beyond journalism into data and intelligence products.

The acquisition brings Bitcoin Layers’ research and on-chain analytics directly into Blockspace’s content and product suite, including a forthcoming data dashboard designed to track adoption, total value locked (TVL), and activity across Bitcoin L2s and other scaling platforms, the company wrote to Bitcoin Magazine. 

Bitcoin Layers will serve as Blockspace’s first proprietary data product, with plans to expand coverage to bitcoin-related equities, ETFs,…

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Open Lower As Liquidations Near $1 Billion – Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC) (ARCA:BTC)

Bitcoin fell early Monday after peaking near $95,000 over the weekend, triggering heavy deleveraging across the crypto market; liquidations stand at $874.01 million over the past 24 hours.   

Bitcoin ETFs saw $394.7 million in net outflows on Friday, while Ethereum ETFs reported $4.64 million in net inflows.

No Clean, Quick, Substantial Moves Though!

PostyXBT said Bitcoin is stalling near the weekly open, noting the earlier downside sweep was expected. As long as BTC holds above $90,000, a push toward $100,000 later this week remains possible. Overall price action, however, remains choppy with no decisive moves—typical for crypto markets.

CyrilXBT said Ethereum is slowly recovering from…

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Bill Ackman Says Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Messaging App ‘May Be Useful’ In Iran To Evade Internet Shutdowns

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said Saturday that Block’s decentralized messaging app Bitchat could be a useful communication tool in censored environments like Iran.

Can Bitchat Revolutionize Messaging In Iran?

Ackman reacted to an X post about Bitchat, a peer-to-peer messaging application developed by Jack Dorsey’s Block that can deliver messages over Bluetooth.

“Bitchat may be useful in Iran,” The Pershing Square Capital Management CEO 

Iran imposed a nationwide internet shutdown in the wake of massive anti-regime protests that intensified in the opening weeks of 2026. The ban limited reporting on fatalities, leading to conflicting accounts.

Several X users…

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From Satoshi Nakamoto’s Mysterious Bitcoin Treasure To Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum Cache — Here Are The Crypto’s Richest – Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC) (ARCA:BTC)

A staggering amount of wealth remains on the blockchain, with some hidden behind anonymous wallet addresses and some traced to prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneurs.

How One Entity Controls 5% Of BTC

Satoshi Nakamoto reigns supreme as the world’s richest cryptocurrency holder, with $101 billion in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) spread across 22,000 addresses, according to on-chain analytics firm Arkham.

It is widely believed that Nakamoto owns roughly 1.1 million BTC, making up 5% of the coin’s circulating supply.

If ranked on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list, they would sit just below Microsoft founder Bill Gates and above Indian corporate titan Mukesh Ambani.

Note that Nakamoto’s real…

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Sydney Sweeney Relationship Rumors Laughed Off By Crypto Billionaire, Tells Followers They’d Be ‘Richer’ If They Did This…

Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao urged his followers on Sunday to learn how to spot misinformation after fake news claiming he was dating actress Sydney Sweeney started doing the rounds.

CZ Hasn’t Even Met Sweeney

CZ dismissed an X post suggesting a romantic relationship between him and Sweeney as “fake news.”

“Poor Sydney Sweeney. Never met her. I don’t socialize much,” the cryptocurrency mogul clarified.

He also expressed concern over the increasing incidents of unverified information getting amplified on social media.

“Figuring out what ‘news’ to not believe in is becoming harder, but you will be richer if you can,” CZ urged traders not to…

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Trump’s Greenland Acquisition Odds Swell On Crypto Prediction Market In 2026 As Dispute Grows Into Potential US-EU Flashpoint

The probability that the U.S. takes control of Greenland this year has spiked on prediction markets as President Donald Trump intensifies push to annex the world’s largest island.

Will Trump’s Greenland Plans Succeed?

Odds in favor of the contract titled “Will Trump acquire Greenland before 2027?” surged to 22% on Polymarket, up from 8% since the year began.

Over $14 million has been wagered on the bet, among the highest on the Polygon (CRYPTO: POL)-based platform currently.

Meanwhile, odds on Kalshi, a federally authorized betting platform, have been broadly unchanged from last week, currently at 46%.

Punters are also betting on Trump’s threats of tariffs against countries resisting…

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Bitcoin Price Plunges Nearly $4,000 In Two Hours

The bitcoin price plunged nearly $4,000 in a sharp evening sell-off after President Donald Trump announced plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Europe on Saturday.

Around 6 p.m. EST, massive amounts of selling hit the crypto market triggering a wave of forced liquidations across the bitcoin price and altcoins.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell from around $95,500 to an intraday low of $91,935 in a span of roughly two hours, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data.

The sudden drop wiped out more than $500 million in leveraged long positions in just 60 minutes, with total crypto long liquidations topping $525 million during the same period, according to market data.

The…

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