Jack Dorsey And Eugene Jarecki Make Their Case

Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki and tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey took the stage Wednesday to discuss The Six Billion Dollar Man, Jarecki’s documentary on Julian Assange, and the role the bitcoin community may play in getting it to the public — a conversation that stretched from censorship and surveillance to Satoshi Nakamoto and the original principles of the internet.

Dorsey joined the panel virtually. The setting itself carried weight: Jarecki told the crowd that the casino sitting close to where he stood had ties to the private security firm that spied on Assange while he lived inside London’s Ecuadorian Embassy — a revelation the documentary places at the center of its…

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Eric Trump, John Koudounis Call Bitcoin A Global Reserve Asset, Float $1M Price Target

At Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, Eric Trump and Calamos Investments CEO John Koudounis sat down with Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas for a panel that covered bitcoin’s maturation from speculative instrument to global reserve contender. 

The conversation ranged across institutional adoption, government debanking, currency debasement, and the challenge of winning over ordinary investors who still view bitcoin as too risky, too complex, or both. 

It was a panel that reflected how much the room has changed — a mix of long-time bitcoin believers and fresh institutional money that, a decade ago, would have dismissed this gathering entirely.

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How Bitcoin Loans Are Powering New Homebuyers

For CJ Konstantinos, the case for Bitcoin-backed mortgages is personal. In 2019, he paid 100 Bitcoin for a house. That bitcoin is now worth roughly $7.6 million and he says he can’t sell his house for more than $500,000. 

At the time, it was the kind of transaction most people in traditional finance would have called reckless. Now, Konstantinos runs Peoples Reserve and speaks at the world’s largest Bitcoin conference to explain why doing it again — this time through structured bitcoin lending products — makes sense for a growing number of holders.

“Bitcoin found me and smacked me up the head,” Konstantinos said Wednesday during a panel titled “From HODL to Home:…

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Bitcoin Is Behind Recent Steak ‘n Shake Success, Exec Says

Steak ‘n Shake Chief MAHA Officer Michael Boes told attendees at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference in Las Vegas that Bitcoin has become a core driver of the chain’s business performance, pointing to 2 million new customers, dramatic cost reductions, and a sweeping menu overhaul tied directly to savings from bitcoin payments.

Boes cited how the chain launched its Bitcoin payment platform on May 16, 2025, via the Lightning Network, and the results came fast. Same-store sales rose 11% quarter over quarter in Q2 2025 and accelerated to 15% in Q3 2025, outpacing major rivals including McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Domino’s. 

He called it the highest same-store sales growth of any…

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Bitcoin Drops $75,000 As Ethereum, XRP Trade Lose 3%

Bitcoin slipped to around $75,000 as traders reduced risk, with broader sentiment shifting from neutral to fear.

Notable Statistics:

Coinglass data shows 179,931 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $674.74 million.       

SoSoValue data shows net inflows of $440.7 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Wednesday. Spot Ethereum ET’Fs saw net inflows of $69.05 million.

Notable Developments:

Trader Notes:

Analyst Titan of Crypto said Bitcoin is currently holding a critical short-term support zone near $75,900. He noted that maintaining this level would help preserve the current market structure, while a breakdown could trigger a retest of the lower boundary of the ascending…

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Three Bitcoin Analysts Give Three Very Different Outlooks: Who’s Right?

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) analysts are split three ways, with targets ranging from $100,000 by year-end to just 30% odds of breaking resistance.

21Shares: $100,000 By Year-End If Conditions Align

21Shares CIO Adrian Fritz pointed to spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbing nearly $2 billion year-to-date as evidence of renewed institutional confidence. 

Demand is coming from a mix of retail investors, institutions, and hedge funds using arbitrage and options strategies.

“Bitcoin now rivals mega-cap equities like Nvidia, with daily trading volumes exceeding $50 billion,” Fritz told CoinDesk’s Public Keys. 

“ETF structures provide both primary and secondary market liquidity, making the asset…

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Stablecoins Are The Product, And LATAM Figured It Out First

Crypto still loves a price chart. The global conversation keeps circling ETFs, token cycles, and the next institutional allocation story. The lens is useful for traders, but it misses the more important product being built in plain sight.

In Latin America, stablecoins are not a side feature of crypto. They are becoming the account people actually use – a dollar-linked balance they can hold, move, receive, and spend. Especially if local money fails to carry enough trust.

In this context, the coming Stablecoin Conference LATAM in Mexico City feels like a preview of where consumer finance is heading. The event is scheduled for June 15-16, 2026, bringing together issuers, banks,…

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Cathie Wood Says Bitcoin Hits $730,000 By 2030: ‘The Bull Market Is Still Intact’

Gold Leading Bitcoin, Just Like Last Cycle

Wood explained that Bitcoin’s correlation to gold since 2019 stands at just 0.14, but gold has historically rallied before Bitcoin in previous cycles. She thinks the same pattern is playing out now.

“Bitcoin relative to gold has had a significant drop, but if you look at the longer term, you’ll see higher lows in terms of the very long-term trend line,” Wood said on The Rollup podcast. “The Bitcoin bull market is still intact,” she added.

ARK’s bull case projects Bitcoin reaching $1.5 million by 2030. Wood acknowledged taking flack for saying stablecoins had usurped some of Bitcoin’s role in emerging markets, but noted gold rallying…

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Bitcoin Drops Below $76,000 But These 3 Billionaires Stay Bullish

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is increasingly being framed by prominent investors as a macro-driven asset poised for a long-term bull cycle.

In an Apr. 29 podcast, Anthony Pompliano highlighted growing optimism among leading macro and crypto investors, who see Bitcoin as entering a structurally bullish phase rather than a speculative rally.

The bullish outlook is centered on four key drivers: expanding global liquidity, rising institutional participation, growing government engagement, and persistent inflation concerns. Collectively, these forces are seen as creating the foundation for a sustained upward trend in Bitcoin.

Arthur Hayes: Liquidity Is The Primary Driver

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes…

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Paul Tudor Jones Calls Bitcoin ‘Unequivocally The Best Inflation Hedge’

Why Bitcoin Beats Gold As Inflation Hedge

Jones, founder and CIO of Tudor Investment Corp., made the case for Bitcoin on the Invest Like the Best podcast Tuesday, pointing to its finite supply as the key differentiator from gold.

“Gold increases supply every year by a couple of percent. Bitcoin, there’s a finite amount that can be mined. It’s decentralized. And so in that sense, it has the greatest scarcity value of anything,” Jones explained.

Bitcoin has less than 1 million BTC left that can be mined out of its 21 million fixed cap.

Jones first advocated for owning Bitcoin as a hedge against central bank money printing in 2020, confirming he held between 1% and 2% of his assets in…

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