Cryptocurrencies

Asset manager BlackRock has brought the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) to Nasdaq. The bitcoin ETF combines exposure to the coin’s spot price with active selling of covered call options.

Strategy Inc. executive chairman Michael Saylor has predicted that bitcoin (BTC) could over time rise from roughly $70,000 to $7 million per coin. According to him, such a path is inevitable, and the network will eventually grow to $100 trillion. Saylor presented his forecast in a keynote address titled “Bitcoin Capitalism” at the BTC…

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has expanded its collaboration with Intel, IQM, Qblox, Quantinuum, QuEra Computing, Quantum Machines, Rigetti and Riverlane to advance hybrid quantum-classical computing. The company intends to integrate the HPE Cray supercomputing platform with quantum processors, control systems and error-correction solutions…

The online broker Robinhood has laid off 10% of its employees. The company's CEO, Vlad Tenev, explained the cuts by the need to simplify the management structure. Our CEO Vlad Tenev shared the following note with our team at Robinhood today:Robinhoodies,We’ve made the difficult decision to say goodbye to some of our team members today. Those departing are being notified, and we’re…

A CryptoQuant analyst going by the pseudonym Arab Chain has drawn attention to a sharp rise in leverage in XRP trading on the Binance exchange. According to his data, the Estimated Leverage Ratio (ELR) climbed to around 0.1899 — the highest since the start of 2026, coinciding with XRP trading near $1.24. The metric reflects how actively traders…