The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says private donations, rather than public resources, have driven El Salvador’s Bitcoin (BTC) reserve growth since the first review. The finding came alongside a staff-level agreement on El Salvador’s combined second and third program reviews. Approval by the Executive Board would
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) climbed to multi-month highs again this week, but prediction market traders still assign low odds to either asset approaching record territory in 2026. Polymarket traders give Bitcoin a 32% chance of touching $100,000 this year. Ethereum traders price a move to $3,500 at just 31%. Rate
Volkswagen’s supervisory board signed off on a plan that cuts 50,000 more jobs across the group. The reductions double a workforce program already running at Europe’s largest carmaker. The German automaker announced the decision on Thursday. It also plans to shrink its model range by roughly 50% by 2035 and lift
The crypto industry today is almost unrecognizable from 7 years ago, both in size and scale. Just for decentralized exchanges (DEX), trading volume grew roughly 9,260x from 2019 to a record $4.7 trillion in 2025. In 2026, however, activity moderated to $1.63 trillion year-to-date. It’s not down to one chain or sector.