Bitcoin Price Drops to $113,000 Amid U.S.-China Trade Uncertainty

Exodus has launched 'Exodus Pay,' enabling users to spend BTC directly from their self-custodial wallet. The update aims to make holding and spending Bitcoin more seamless without moving funds to custodial services.

Cango offloaded 2,000 BTC in a strategic deleveraging as the global Bitcoin hashrate fell about 17%, raising questions over whether this signals a buying opportunity or a warning. The move coincides with miners reallocating capital toward AI hardware, adding near-term sell pressure to BTC markets.

Morgan Stanley launched the MSBT Bitcoin ETF with a 0.14% fee, undercutting BlackRock’s IBIT and intensifying an issuer fee war. The move could shift investor flows and compress margins across the digital-asset ETF market.

MarketVector and Coinbase unveiled an index tracking Bitcoin (BTC) alongside tokenized gold tokens PAXG and XAUT, highlighting a blended benchmark for digital and hard-asset value. The launch reflects growing interest in crypto as a store of value as Bitcoin’s equity correlation rises and gold posts stronger returns.

The New York Times published an 18‑month investigation linking Adam Back to Satoshi Nakamoto using stylometric analysis, interviews, and historical research; Back has denied the claim. Ripple’s CTO responded by calling the matter 'case closed' as the crypto community digests the report.