VanEck Sees Bitcoin Hitting $2.9M by 2050 – but a Lot Has to Happen First

Bitcoin is benefiting from massive economic imbalances, rising distrust in institutions, fiscal recklessness and mounting debt burden, VanEck’s Matthew Sigel said in an interview.Source

Bitcoin Miners Have Considerable Upside From Their Power Portfolios: Bernstein

Investors can benefit by valuing miners’ assets as efficient power shells with data center capabilities, as opposed to just bitcoin mining operations, the report said.Source

EigenLayer Outflows of $2.3B Signal Restaking Sector Slide

Billions of dollars worth of ether have been withdrawn from restaking protocols over the past month as the once-trendy sector starts to be hit by the fickle nature of crypto investors.Source

Protocol Village: ZK Proofs Arrive on Bitcoin, Former Dark Web Drug Kingpin Launches Crypto Startup

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 25-31.Source

Jito Releases Open-Source Restaking Service for Solana

The yet-to-implemented codebase allows any Solana-based protocol to use any asset for its economic security.Source

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Broad-Based Decline Hits All 20 Assets, Sending Index Lower by 4.4%

The CoinDesk 20 fell nearly 100 points in overnight trading, with all assets in the red, including a 6.6% drop in ETH.Source

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Buys $100M BTC, Will Once Again Adopt ‘Full HODL’ Strategy

The miner holds over 20,000 bitcoin and plans to buy more in the open market.Source

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slides After Wednesday’s Tech Rout

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 25, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Source

Russian-Speaking Groups Responsible for Majority of Crypto Ransomware Attacks in 2023: TRM Labs

Inflows to Russia-based crypto exchange Garantex accounted for 82% of the crypto volumes that belonged to sanctioned entities internationally, the report added.Source