The price of the first cryptocurrency exceeded $67,000 following reports of a truce between the US and Iran. Despite the rise, derivatives metrics signal market participants' distrust of the current rally. Hourly BTC/USDT chart on the Binance exchange.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a $55.9 billion state budget that includes a new tax on digital asset transactions. Starting January 1, 2027, brokers will be required to charge 0.2% of the value of the exchange, transfer, custody and other operations with digital assets for clients from the state. The measure was opposed by the Crypto Council for Innovation, Digital…

The crypto platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI), linked to US President Donald Trump and his family, is nearing receipt of a national trust bank charter from the OCC. This is reported by the outlet NOTUS, citing sources familiar with the matter. Recall that the company filed its charter application back on January 5, 2026. If it…

The price of HYPE reached a new all-time high of around $77 amid growing inflows into ETFs, and experts are forecasting targets from $83 to $300.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has urged long-term investors to obsess less over finding the bottom and to look toward bitcoin's next bull cycle. The expert compared the forecasts of three research firms — Galaxy Digital, NYDIG and Standard Chartered. He stressed that the companies' representatives did not reach a single conclusion on whether…