Bitcoin Pizza Day marks Bitcoin's first real-world purchase, turning two pizzas into crypto legend—celebrating innovation, community, and blockchain's journey.

Price move gives renewed hope that the digital token can achieve a kind of escape velocity against almost any economic backdrop.

On May 22, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hit a new all-time high of nearly $112,000. With a total market cap of $2.2 trillion, it now ranks as one of the five most valuable assets in the world, trailing only Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and gold.

The cryptocurrency has been on a months-long tear thanks to the pro-crypto Trump administration and April's tariff chaos.

Thursday marks the 15th anniversary of the first known use of cryptocurrency to buy real-world goods. Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage rises to 6.86%, its highest level since mid-February April home sales slow with high mortgage rates,

Now, as a Wall Street giant suddenly flips from gold to bitcoin, the bitcoin price is braced for a huge week that will see U.S. president Donald Trump’s vice president JD Vance speak alongside Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks at the Bitcoin 2025 conference.

Crypto-backed loans offer liquidity without liquidation, reshaping how digital wealth powers real-world finance.

When Venezuela was experiencing hyperinflation, Ledn co-founder Mauricio di Bartolomeo hedged against the collapsing local currency by shorting it in favor of the more stable US dollar. Today, he’s using a similar strategy — this time borrowing against his Bitcoin ( BTC) to hedge against the crumbling US dollar.