Bitcoin Holds $81K as Schwab Opens BTC Trading, Square Hits 1M Merchants and MARA Sells $1.5B
The post Bitcoin Holds $81K as Schwab Opens BTC Trading, Square Hits 1M Merchants and MARA Sells $1.5B appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin News Maelstrom chief investment officer Arthur Hayes argues that escalating AI capital expenditure and the ongoing Iran conflict will force both Washington and Beijing into accelerated fiat issuance, setting up a powerful tailwind for Bitcoin. In a fresh commentary, he frames the AI race as a national security imperative that politicians will fund through printed money and bank loans, calling the combination a perfect environment for crypto. Hayes maintains that a return to the prior all-time high and a $126,000 target is a foregone conclusion, citing BTC’s roughly 31% rebound from its February low near $62,822 and its outperformance versus gold and US tech equities since late February. Charles Schwab has switched on its long-awaited Schwab Crypto platform, opening direct bitcoin and ether trading to its first wave of eligible retail client