Crypto Industry News & Market Trends

Bitcoin price could reach $150K by mid-2027: Bernstein

Bitcoin has been projected to reach $150,000 by mid-2027 and climb toward $300,000 in 2029 under Bernsteins base-case forecast.　　SummaryBernstein expects Bitcoin to reach $125,000 by year-end and $150,000 by mid-2027.A currency-debasement scenario could lift BTC to $200,000 in 2027 and $500,000 in 2029.Institutional ownership, ETF access and long-held supply support the firms bullish forecast.Bernstein cut its Strategy price target from $450 to $350, citing accelerated equity dilution.　　Bernstein analysts led by Gautam Chhugani said in an Aug. 26 client note that Bitcoin could recover to around $125,000 by the end of 2026 before setting a record near $150,000 in mid-2027.　　The Wall Street research firm expects the asset to maintain its historical four-year cycle under its base case. Using a model tied to Bitcoins marginal production cost, the analysts placed the next cycle peak at approximately $300,000 in 2029.　　Although the projection assumes Bitcoin follows its established market cycle, Bernstein presented a second path in which institutional demand and concerns about government debt accelerate the price increase. Under the more bullish scenario, BTC could reach $200,000 by mid-2027 and $500,000 in 2029.　　Bernstein also retained its longer-term forecast of $1 million by the end of 2033. Each figure represents an analyst projection rather than

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77% of Americans see crypto in retirement plans as risky: Survey

More than three-quarters of Americans view cryptocurrency in workplace retirement plans as risky, as concerns over retirement security mount across the United States, according to a new survey from The National Institute on Retirement Security.　　The survey found that 77% of Americans consider crypto in workplace retirement plans risky, including 46% who view it as very risky, while 53% oppose employers offering crypto as an investment option.　　The skepticism comes as 80% of respondents said the US faces a retirement crisis, up from 67% in 2020, while 61% expressed concern about achieving financial security in retirement.　　Affordability pressures are also weighing on retirement savings, with 68% saying it is becoming harder to prepare for retirement and 77% saying debt prevents them from saving adequately.　　The survey was conducted by Greenwald Research between Oct. 24 and Nov. 14, 2025, and included 1,203 Americans aged 25 and older, with results weighted by age, gender and income.　　Americans view of crypto in retirement plans. Source: National Institute of Retirement Security　　Related: Bernstein forecasts Bitcoin to reclaim $125K by late 2026 ahead of cycle peak　　US policymakers move to broaden alternative assets in 401(k)s　　While the report indicates Americans broadly view crypto as risky for retirement, the Trump administration and federal regulators

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Students want crypto classes but learn on social media: OKX survey

While most US college students want schools to teach crypto and blockchain, in the absence of courses, social media remains their leading source of crypto education, according to a study commissioned by crypto exchange OKX.　　A survey this month found that 90% of students and 87% of parents supported teaching the subjects in college. About 27% of students and 32% of parents said the instruction should be mandatory.　　Demand appears to outpace formal coursework. A separate 2025 review of 533 US universities with accredited business schools found that about 28% offered blockchain courses.　　Among students surveyed by OKX, 33% identified social media or influencers as their most important source of crypto information, nearly five times the number who cited schools, teachers or professors. Crypto platforms and apps were the leading source among parents, at 21%.　　OKX surveyed 500 students and 500 parents through Pollfish, an online platform that distributes surveys to users of third-party mobile apps. Respondents were not recruited from OKX‘s customer base. OKX did not disclose the survey’s weighting, margin of error or respondents crypto ownership rates.　　Related: My First Bitcoin ends El Salvador program, pivots to global BTC education

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Chainlink unlocks DeFi lending for Coinbase tokenized stocks

Chainlink has introduced price feeds for four Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base, giving DeFi protocols the data needed to assess NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc as collateral.　　SummaryChainlink Data Feeds provide continuous valuations for four Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base.Lending protocols can use the feeds to manage borrowing limits, loan health, and liquidations.Each B20 token represents an interest in a U.S.-listed share held through a regulated custody structure.Coinbase restricts the products to eligible non-U.S. investors under its current offering terms.　　Chainlink feeds support tokenized stock collateral　　Chainlink said in an Aug. 26 X announcement that its Data Feeds allow DeFi protocols to integrate Coinbase Tokenized Stocks as collateral, extending their use beyond holding and secondary-market trading.　　Chainlink is enabling DeFi protocols to securely integrate @Coinbase Tokenized Stocks as collateral on @base, transforming standalone tokens into fully composable building blocks.https://t.co/tSI55AEE8k　　— Chainlink (@chainlink) August 26, 2026　　The first supported assets represent Nvidia, Meta, Apple, and Alphabet shares under the tickers NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc. Coinbase issued the products on Base using B20, a token standard developed for tokenized real-world assets.　　According to Chainlink‘s documentation, each feed reports the total return value of the corresponding B20 token. The calculation combines the underlying stock’s market price with a multiplier

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Solana Treasury Firm Invites Investors to Look 'Beyond the Price of SOL'

In briefDeFi Development Corp launched State of Solana, a free public dashboard tracking Solana price, staking yields, validator distribution, and live network throughput.The company holds 2,294,576 SOL worth roughly $208 million as of August 10, making it the second-largest Solana treasury behind Forward Industries.DFDV shares trade near $4.50, down about 16% year to date and down more than 70% over the past 12 months.　　DeFi Development Corp announced the launch of State of Solana on Wednesday, a public data and research platform that pulls Solana market, network, staking, and ecosystem metrics into one dashboard.　　The Boca Raton company was the first U.S. public company to build a treasury strategy around accumulating Solana‘s native token SOL. It’s now complimenting its treasury with a free data product centered on the Solana network.　　Myriad: Solanas next price move？ Click to make your prediction.　　“We have spent a lot of time explaining why we believe Solana is one of the most important networks in crypto, but that thesis extends far beyond the price of SOL,” Pete Humiston, Chief Marketing Officer of DeFi Development Corp, said in the launch announcement. “State of Solana gives investors and ecosystem participants a way to see the underlying data for themselves.”　　The dashboard tracks

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COIN Price Prediction: Goldman Lifts to $196, But the $191 Ceiling Will Decide the Next 30 Days

Peter Zhang　　Aug 26, 2026 10:26　　COINs tokenized stock is pressing against its $191.46 immediate resistance at $185.33, with smart money running a 64.7% long bias and Goldman Sachs raising its target to $196 — a clean break here …　　Market Context: Why COIN Is Moving Now　　Let‘s be blunt about where this stands. Coinbase just posted one of the ugliest quarterly reports in its history as a public company — Q2 2026 revenue came in at $1.22 billion, an 18.5% year-over-year collapse that missed the Street’s $1.29B estimate by nearly $73 million. The non-GAAP EPS loss of $1.36 against a consensus of -$0.44 wasnt a miss, it was a crater. Transaction revenues fell 21.6% YoY to $599 million, subscription and services revenue dropped 12.2%, and the company burned down to $8.6 billion in cash — a 24% drawdown from year-end 2025. The stock was punished accordingly, flushing from the $160s into the $140s before the recovery began.　　So why is COIN trading at $185.33 today, up nearly 28% from its August 18 lows？ One word: Washington. President Trumps direct call for Congress to pass a “fair version” of the CLARITY Act — with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sitting in the room at the White

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Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Stock: Failed Okta and Datadog Bids Revealed Before CyberArk Acquisition

Key TakeawaysNikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, engaged in acquisition discussions with Okta spanning from late 2024 through early 2025, which ultimately collapsed due to pricing disputes.In spring 2025, Arora approached Datadogs CEO Olivier Pomel with an acquisition proposal, but Pomel declined interest, resulting in no official bid.Following the failed negotiations, Palo Alto Networks completed a $25 billion CyberArk acquisition in July 2025 and a $3.35 billion Chronosphere purchase in January 2026.The CyberArk and Chronosphere acquisitions collectively added $338 million to Palo Altos $3 billion quarterly revenue reported in April.Current reports indicate Arora is considering Cribl, with a $3.5 billion valuation, and ClickHouse, valued at $15 billion, for potential future acquisitions.　　New revelations indicate that Palo Alto Networks (PANW) CEO Nikesh Arora pursued acquisition negotiations with both Okta and Datadog, though neither materialized into formal deals, as reported by The Information on Wednesday.　　Palo Alto Networks, Inc., PANW　　Throughout the final months of 2024 and into the beginning of 2025, Arora conducted multiple meetings with Todd McKinnon, Oktas chief executive. The discussions centered around potential product integration opportunities between the two companies, though negotiations ultimately broke down when the parties failed to agree on valuation terms.　　At the beginning of 2024, Okta carried

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Bitcoins security risk starts when one block gets far more fees than the next

Bitcoins security-budget debate usually starts with one total: how much miners collect in transaction fees as the block subsidy shrinks.　　Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $78,413.70 24-hour change: down 0.95% 24H Down 0.95% 7D Up 15.11% 30D Up 20.79%　　A July 2026 NBER working paper by Fabian Schär, Dario Thürkauf, and David Yermack points to a second variable. Using data from 2017 through 2025, the authors report that larger fee differences between adjacent Bitcoin blocks are associated with more competing blocks at the same height and a longer wait for the next block.　　The evidence is observational and identifies a network-level relationship, while miner intent and the cause of any individual block race remain unresolved. The finding still gives wallets, miners, and users a measurable signal: Bitcoin security incentives respond to how fees arrive from block to block, as well as how much the network pays over time.　　Fee gaps create a different mining incentive　　Bitcoin currently pays miners a fixed subsidy of 3.125 BTC for each block, plus the transaction fees included in that block. Successive subsidy reductions place more long-run weight on fees as a source of mining revenue.　　As of Aug. 26, a daily Glassnode measure put transaction fees at about 0.70%

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Swiss Franc falls against US Dollar as headline PCE inflation tops forecasts

The Swiss Franc (CHF) weakens against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday as the Greenback attracts buyers following the release of the latest United States (US) inflation data. Traders also remain attentive to developments in the Middle East. At the time of writing, USD/CHF trades around 0.8052, up roughly 0.47% on the day.　　The headline Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index rose 0.2% MoM in July, exceeding the 0.1% forecast and reversing Junes 0.1% decline. On an annual basis, headline inflation remained at 3.7%, above market expectations of 3.6%.　　Meanwhile, the core PCE Price Index, the Federal Reserves (Fed) preferred measure of underlying inflation, increased 0.2% MoM, matching expectations but accelerating from the 0.1% rise recorded in June. Annual core inflation held steady at 3.3%, also in line with forecasts.　　Although the inflation figures reinforced expectations that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged at its upcoming meeting, inflation remains well above the central banks 2% target. At the same time, tensions in the Middle East are keeping Oil prices elevated and clouding the inflation outlook, leaving the possibility of an interest-rate hike on the table.　　Discover more　　Finance　　Investors　　investors　　The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenbacks value against a basket of six major currencies,

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Cathie Woods ARKK has trailed BTC, S&P 500 since inception

Cathie Woods flagship fund has spent more than a decade failing to beat her two most obvious benchmarks.　　Her multi-billion dollar ARKK fund, which launched on October 31, 2014, has trailed the S&P 500s total return, and BTC, since inception.　　Even investors who might have tried to time their entries and exits out of Woods funds would have had a difficult time finding a slice of outperformance, as Ark Invest also underperformed most calendar years across that timespan.　　It was easy for ARKK to outperform BTC during particularly bad years for the asset. For example, it crashed 73% in 2018 or -67% in 2022.　　However, Woods pro-Tesla, pro-BTC, pro-AI, and pro-gene editing fund failed to beat its benchmarks over the long haul.　　Cumulative returns over the full stretch, October 31, 2014 through yesterdays close, are 318% for ARKK, 23,214% for BTC, and 367% for the S&P 500 with dividends reinvested.　　S&P 500 Total Return versus ARK Innovation ETF (yellow) since inception. Source: TradingViewTrailing the market despite a decade of work　　Although it‘s embarrassing for any fund manager to work full-time for a decade only to trail a passive, labor-free investment in the S&P 500, ARKK’s 49% shortfall actually fails to illustrate how bad the past five years

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