The Fed's hawkish stance could lead to increased Treasury yields, impacting risk assets like Bitcoin and altering market rate expectations.
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The post New Hampshire Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on $100M Bitcoin Bonds appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office announced that lawmakers would discuss issuing $100 million in bonds backed by Bitcoin (BTC) at a public hearing. In an update to the New Hampshire governor and executive council agenda, the state’s Business Finance Authority (BFA) has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday regarding the proposed issuance of $100 million in BTC-backed bonds. The BFA approved the bond in November 2025, saying that it planned to issue the vehicles upon approval from Governor Kelly Ayotte and the state’s five-member executive council. “This is an innovative way to bring more investment opportunities to our state and position us as a leader in digital finance without risking state funds or taxpayer dollars,” said Ayotte on the bonds, following the BFA approval. The potential high-value Bitcoin-backed bonds signaled the US state’s move toward friendlier digit
The post Bitcoin Miners Drop 20% as Mining Stocks Trade Like Semiconductors appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Bitcoin News Publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) mining equities tumbled roughly 20% this week, yet Bitcoin itself largely sidestepped the damage, according to a July 7 research note. The drop hit miners as investor appetite for artificial intelligence and semiconductor names cooled sharply, dragging down shares that markets have increasingly repriced as compute infrastructure. While Bitcoin held broadly flat over 24 hours, the miner cohort absorbed the full brunt of the rotation. The divergence underscores how equity exposure to ASIC mining operators no longer moves cleanly in lockstep with the underlying coin, a shift with direct consequences for investors who treated the stocks as leveraged Bitcoin bets. The core finding is that miners now trade as AI infrastructure companies rather than pure Bitcoin proxies. Their share prices respond to chip supply chains and data-center comp
Market uncertainty persists as split Fed committee fuels speculation, impacting financial strategies and economic forecasts for 2026.
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The post Polymarket Turns On Instant Bitcoin Deposits Via Lightning Network, Powered By Spark appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Polymarket, the crypto-native prediction market, has begun supporting instant Bitcoin deposits over the Lightning Network. The feature uses infrastructure from Spark, a Bitcoin protocol built for payments and stablecoins. In a post on X, Spark told users they can deposit BTC to the platform with more speed and more privacy than the older method offered. The move extends a funding push that started in October 2025, when Polymarket switched on standard on-chain Bitcoin deposits. Those deposits carried a wait: most on-chain Bitcoin transactions need three to six confirmations, a window of 10 to 60 minutes, before a platform credits an account. The on-chain route carried a higher minimum deposit, a reflection of bridging costs. For a trader who wants a position on a live market, both the delay and the fee are a cost. Lightning and Spark close the gap. Spark v
The post Bitcoin rally now depends on one Fed document coming Wednesday appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
The Federal Reserve publishes the minutes of its June 16–17 meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET, and the release will either validate Bitcoin’s week-long recovery or pull out its foundation. Traders bought the rebound on a single macro assumption: a weakening US labor market limits how long the central bank can stay hawkish. The minutes, the first full account of internal deliberations under Chair Kevin Warsh, will show whether officials shared that concern in mid-June, weeks before the jobs data that set the rally in motion. The move riding on the answer is substantial. Bitcoin traded near $64,000 on Tuesday, up almost 11% from the 21-month low below $58,000 it set on July 1, and swung more than $3,400 between $61,250 and $64,659 on Monday. The recovery began with Thursday’s US jobs report, which showed employers added 57,000 positions in June, roughly half of what economists exp
The post Japanese Yen stays subdued below 161.90 as Fed caution limits Dollar weakness appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
USD/JPY trades slightly negative below the 161.90 area as the Japanese Yen (JPY) finds modest support, while the US Dollar (USD) remains underpinned by cautious remarks from New York Fed President John Williams and lingering inflation concerns. The latest United States (US) labor data showed that the ADP Employment Change 4-week average eased to 21K from 24.25K, pointing to a softer pace of private hiring. The figure suggests that labor market momentum is cooling, which could normally weigh on the Greenback. However, the USD avoided a deeper pullback as investors continued to price in a Federal Reserve (Fed) focused on supressing inflation. Williams said the US economy continues to expand at a steady, trend-like pace, while the labor market remains stable. However, he warned that inflation is still elevated, reinforcing the need for the Fed to keep policy restrict
Radar Chat's seamless Bitcoin transactions could revolutionize digital payments, challenging traditional apps and enhancing financial privacy.
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The post Crypto Market Sectors Retreat as Meme Tokens Lead Daily Declines appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Meme sector leads losses as SocialFi stays positive despite wider crypto market weakness. SocialFi tops weekly and quarterly returns while DeFi leads year-to-date performance. Crypto sentiment stays in Fear as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP extend daily declines. The crypto market turned lower after several days of gains, with sector performance data pointing to renewed caution across digital assets. Figures from SoSoValue showed losses spreading through most major crypto categories over the past 24 hours, while broader market indicators also reflected weaker prices and subdued investor sentiment. Although several individual tokens posted gains despite the decline, the Meme sector recorded the highest daily loss among the major narratives, contrasting with the SocialFi sector, which remained one of the few areas to finish the session in positive territory. Meme Sector Records the
