Volatility Exits Crypto, TradFi Markets Even as U.S.-Iran Risks Linger, Sovereign Debt Rises: Crypto Daybook
Bitcoin's 30-day implied volatility index, BVIV, has dropped back to a 2026-low near 36%, reversing the minor pop to nearly 38% earlier this week, according to data source TradingView.
Strategy, Metaplanet Unrealized Bitcoin Losses Highlight Risk of Concentrating on Just One Token: Crypto Daybook
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 13, 2026
XRP Trading Could Get Spicy After CPI Report as Futures Bets Hit Highest Since October: Crypto Daybook
Wednesday's big story is XRP (XRP), the payments-focused cryptocurrency.
When Safe Assets Compete With Risk. Lessons From the 1960s–90s for Bitcoin and Stocks: Crypto Daybook
Financial markets' risk-free rate, the yield on U.S. Treasury securities, is rising again. Crypto maximalists often dismiss this as background noise, but when the rate rises sharply, it often competes for capital with stocks and other assets.
Everyone thinks cryptocurrency is dead, but he says it’s about to explode.
Frequent trading underperforms the market; it is better to hold investments for the long term.
Bitcoin's BIP-110 Episode Is Free-market Capitalism in Purest Form: Crypto Daybook
Whether bitcoin (BTC) works better as a store of value or a payments mechanism can be debated. But one of its core appeals, its radically free-market, permissionless design, is not.