Category: Optimized Tax Strategies

$415M in options keep Bitcoin range‑bound – can BTC cling to $85K? Bitcoin is heading into one of its most crucial weeks in recent months, with a massive options expiry worth around $415 million set to hit the market. This so‑called “quarterly options expiry” is already exerting a gravitational pull on price, keeping BTC locked…

Why Chainlink Stayed Above $12 Despite a 11.25M LINK Unlock Chainlink faced a potentially heavy selling event when a major non-circulating supply wallet unlocked 11.25 million LINK. Under normal conditions, a move of this size into exchanges is enough to trigger a sharp drawdown. Instead, the token briefly dipped toward 11.7 dollars and then stabilized…

FTX and Alameda Lieutenants Face Up to Decade-Long Ban From Wall Street The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to sideline three of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest former deputies from the traditional finance world for as long as ten years, under proposed settlement deals tied to their roles in the collapse of FTX and Alameda…

Brooklyn Man Accused of Phishing Scam That Drained $16 Million From Coinbase Users A 23-year-old Brooklyn resident, Ronald Spektor, has been charged with orchestrating a sophisticated phishing operation that allegedly siphoned roughly $16 million in cryptocurrency from around 100 Coinbase users, according to federal prosecutors in Brooklyn. Investigators say Spektor operated online under the alias…

‘Bitcoin Senator’ Cynthia Lummis Bows Out: Crypto’s Strongest Ally in Congress Won’t Seek Another Term Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), long regarded as one of the most steadfast and influential supporters of digital assets in Washington, announced on Friday that she will not run for another term when her seat comes up in 2026. Her decision…

XRP ETFs cross $60m AUM even as token price slides Exchange-traded funds tied to XRP have quietly passed a significant threshold, amassing more than $60 million in assets under management (AUM) by December 17, even as the underlying token continued to lose value on the spot market. This widening gap between growing ETF exposure and…

Bank of Japan’s 0.75% rate hike rattles global funding, puts Bitcoin’s macro support in focus The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has pushed its benchmark interest rate up to 0.75% as of Dec. 18, the highest level since 1995, in a move that ripples far beyond Japan’s borders. Governor Kazuo Ueda framed the decision as a…

BlackRock ramps up global crypto hiring with senior roles across three continents BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is quietly but decisively deepening its push into digital assets by opening a wave of new crypto-focused positions across the United States, Europe and Asia. Fresh listings on the firm’s careers portal show a coordinated hiring…

Chainlink: Why a Break Back Above $13 Is Key Before LINK Can Target $14–$16 Chainlink’s on-chain and market structure signals are quietly turning constructive, even as the token trades under pressure near the 12-dollar area. Behind the scenes, reserves are growing, leverage is being flushed out, and a critical demand zone continues to hold –…

Bitcoin’s price swung violently in the hours following the latest U.S. inflation reading, wiping out more than half a billion dollars in leveraged crypto bets and underscoring just how fragile sentiment remains around the $90,000 mark. The move came after a softer-than-expected Consumer Price Index (CPI) report appeared to set the stage for a renewed…