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Satoshi-era whale converts 35,991 BTC into 886,371 ETH

Satoshi-era whale converts 35,991 BTC into 886,371 ETH

The post Satoshi-era whale converts 35,991 BTC into 886,371 ETH appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A wallet labeled as “Satoshi‑era” executed a massive swap: 35,991 BTC, valued at approximately 4.04 billion dollars according to CoinMarketCap, were exchanged for 886,371 ETH, estimated around 4.07 billion dollars based on CoinMarketCap. The operation, monitored on-chain by analysis tools like Glassnode, has reignited attention on liquidity, accumulation, and potential domino effects on the price of Ethereum. External analyses and market research indicate how movements of institutional capital and from large wallets can have pronounced impacts on the depth of order books in the short term Chainalysis, while on-chain circulating supply data confirm the proportions indicated on Etherscan Etherscan. According to data collected by our editorial team, verified through Glassnode and Etherscan at 23:45 CEST on September 15, 2025, the swap is attributable to net flows that have traversed multiple liquidity pools; market analysts observe consistent signals of capital reallocation from Bitcoin to Ethereum. Key Points (in brief) BTC sold: 35.991 BTC (≈ 4.04 billion USD at the time of recording, data from CoinMarketCap) ETH received: 886.371 ETH (≈ 4.07 billion USD at the time of recording, data from CoinMarketCap) Time window: September 15, 2025 (CEST), spot price referred to 11:45 PM CEST Relative impact: 886,371 ETH represent about 0.74% of the circulating supply of Ethereum, estimated at 120,000,000 ETH (on-chain data as of 09/15/2025 from Etherscan), while 35,991 BTC correspond to about 0.18% of the Bitcoin supply, with an estimated circulation of ~19.65 million units (data from CoinMarketCap/Etherscan); Related flows: recent BTC movements to hot wallets suggest the possibility of further ETH purchases; for more insights on the concept of hot wallets, see our internal guide Hot wallet (glossary). What Happened (and Why It Matters) According to on-chain monitoring, the wallet in question has converted a significant portion of BTC into ETH, with a value discrepancy in line with…
BTC and Altcoins Rally Ahead of FOMC Meeting: Wall Street Pepe Pumps

BTC and Altcoins Rally Ahead of FOMC Meeting: Wall Street Pepe Pumps

The post BTC and Altcoins Rally Ahead of FOMC Meeting: Wall Street Pepe Pumps appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto News 15 September 2025 | 20:05 The altcoin market is heading up ahead of news that the federal reserve may cut rates, pumping hype for $WEPE’s debut on Solana. The crypto market is starting to heat up again after a cool-down following $BTC’s recent all-time high. Bitcoin increased by 4.78% on Sunday, while altcoins performed even better. $ETH grew by 7.22%, and $SOL shot up by 22.65%. Altcoins tend to perform better after significant growth in $BTC, so we’re expecting a strong winter for Wall Street Pepe, a coin with a proven track record in the meme coin space that’s making a bold shift from the Ethereum network to Solana. We’ll discuss how the $WEPE (SOL) transfer is the perfect opportunity to get involved with this coin soon. In the meantime, let’s explore why the altcoin market is improving. What’s driving the Crypto Market’s Surge? Most of the market’s surge can be attributed to rising hopes that the Federal Reserve will announce a 0.25% rate cut. In turn, this will lead to capital shifting into higher-yield assets like crypto as returns on federal bonds decrease. Source: CME Group’s FedWatch Inflation data released by the US on Wednesday also helped boost the markets. The latest stats from the Department of Labor showed that the Producer Price Index actually decreased by 0.1% month to month. As a result, while inflation still impacts the markets, there’s a general feeling that it’s not worsening, and the US is taking measured steps to address the issue. With confidence returning to crypto, we believe it’s time to explore a token that supports the future growth of the markets. We’re discussing $WEPE, a token with a solid history on the Ethereum blockchain that is now expanding to Solana. Let’s explore why $WEPE is about to benefit…
‘We’ll get this over with as quickly as possible’

‘We’ll get this over with as quickly as possible’

The post ‘We’ll get this over with as quickly as possible’ appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. On Monday, thousands of investors joined a social audio space on X to discuss the worst day since David Bailey took Nakamoto (NAKA) public. Its title, NAKA -60%: Is the Bitcoin Treasury Trend Over?, highlighted the stock’s 60% weekend price drop to an all-time low of $1.16. From its all-time high of $34.77 on May 22, its crash to $1.16 this morning marked a 96% decline. Bailey once cheered as his bitcoin (BTC) treasury company traded up to 23 times the value of its BTC holdings. Today, his company’s multiple-to-Net Asset Value or mNAV multiplier has declined 96% — mirroring its share price decline — to 0.82x. Not content with simply becoming another BTC treasury company like Michael Saylor’s Strategy, Bailey promoted Nakamoto as a treasury company of BTC treasury companies. Although early speculators were excited about the multiplying spin of Bailey’s meta-strategy, excitement has evaporated since May. In an increasingly emotional series of tweets, he admitted last week that he took a mental health break due to his collapsing share price. This morning, he cried out for support: “The only way out is through. We’ll get this over with as quickly as possible,” he wrote on X. He also characterized the incessant selling as “upgrading our shareholder base,” asking long-term believers to “brave the storm.” Read more: David Bailey’s Nakamoto exceeded 23X mNAV, 11X higher than MSTR $1.12 per NAKA private placements from May Nakamoto is still in the process of distributing shares to accredited and early stage investors in the complex business combination with KindlyMD, the healthcare company that provided it the ability to become a public company. Despite shares opening after the news on May 12, at $28.51 per share, Nakamoto had actually priced private placement subscription agreements as low as $1.12 per share. Few investors read…
Breaking: PayPal’s New P2P Feature Goes Live, BTC and ETH Support Coming Soon

Breaking: PayPal’s New P2P Feature Goes Live, BTC and ETH Support Coming Soon

The post Breaking: PayPal’s New P2P Feature Goes Live, BTC and ETH Support Coming Soon appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. American multinational financial technology company PayPal has announced a new peer-to-peer (P2P) feature called “Links,” which makes it possible for users to transfer money with the help of a one-time link.  The new feature allows dropping the link into any conversation (text, DM and so on).    Notably, PayPal’s press release has stressed that digital assets will be added to the same P2P flow. The list of supported digital assets will include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and PayPal USD (PYUSD).  The new P2P feature will initially be available in the U.S., but it will later be extended to a slew of other countries.  In July, the company also introduced PayPal World, a global platform that is meant to connect various payment systems in order to enable seamless cross-border commerce.      You Might Also Like PayPal’s crypto integration history  PayPal was originally introduced for buying, holding and selling Bitcoin and several altcoins. The move helped to ignite a full-blown crypto rally back then. It initially made its crypto entry in the U.S. and later expanded the new feature worldwide.  In 2021, it launched the “Checkout with Crypto” feature that makes it possible for merchants to accept crypto from customers. It also introduced crypto in the Venmo app in the same year. In 2022, PayPal allowed making crypto transfers to external wallets. The following year, the company rolled out its highly regulated PYUSD stablecoin. The stablecoin product currently has a market cap of roughly $1.3 billion, according to CoinGecko data. Source: https://u.today/breaking-paypals-new-p2p-feature-goes-live-btc-and-eth-support-coming-soon
Bitcoin, beatings, and a billionaire’s vendetta: Georgia’s Bachiashvili case

Bitcoin, beatings, and a billionaire’s vendetta: Georgia’s Bachiashvili case

The post Bitcoin, beatings, and a billionaire’s vendetta: Georgia’s Bachiashvili case appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A former aide to Georgian de facto leader Bidzina Ivanishvili is being held as a “personal prisoner” of the billionaire politician after being convicted of stealing $43 million worth of bitcoin (BTC). Giorgi Bachiashvili, who had previously been Ivanishvili’s “right-hand man,” was convicted in May 2025 and sentenced to 11 years in prison for misappropriating 8,986.86 BTC and laundering the funds. However, according to Bachiashvili’s mother, her son is the victim of a “personal vendetta” by Ivanishvili who she has called “evil,” and says is without humanity or empathy. She also claims that Bachiashvili has been violently beaten in his cell and is now the “personal prisoner” of Ivanishvili, Georgia’s ex-prime minister, who still reportedly controls the country. “My only hope is the European institutions. Giorgi is now Ivanishvili’s personal prisoner. I ask, for someone to help, please,” she said. According to Georgia’s Prosecution Office, Bachiashvili “attempted to to cover up the illegal origin of the misappropriated assets, hid and disguised the true source of their origin through various financial transactions and actions, thereby allowing him to freely dispose of and use the illegally obtained assets.” He then fled to Abu Dhabi mid-way through his trial but was arrested after an interview with The Guardian in which he claimed that he was being punished by Ivanishvili for his criticism of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. His lawyers say he was blindfolded and flown back to Georgia while being taunted for believing he could flee from Ivanishvili. One source close to Bachiashvili told the BBC that he was extradited “with no lawyer, no trial, absolutely nothing.” Indeed, Transparency International described Bachiashvili’s conviction as being “devoid of both legal and factual grounds.” Georgia authorities target Bachiashvili’s family On the day that Ramazashvili first publicly referred to her son as Ivanishvili’s personal prisoner, the…
Coinbase’s Layer 2 Base Teases Native Token

Coinbase’s Layer 2 Base Teases Native Token

The post Coinbase’s Layer 2 Base Teases Native Token appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Leading Base ecosystem tokens are surging as traders speculate on a $BASE airdrop. Jesse Pollak, founder of the Ethereum Layer 2 network Base, which is backed by Coinbase, has hinted at a potential native token launch for the first time since the Base mainnet launched in August 2023. Pollak dropped the news at Basecamp 2025, a conference for creators, builders, and Base community members held in Stowe, Vermont. During his “State of Base” talk, Pollak spoke on the importance of user alignment and decentralization and said, “We’re going to be exploring a network token for Base.” He clarified that it’s “very early” but added, “We think this could be a really, really powerful tool for building the global economy that all of us believe in.” The Base token has been an elusive but highly speculated-on topic, with traders and investors thinking of it as a proxy for a “Coinbase token”, but there has been little to no information regarding a token launch until now. Base is the largest Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, and the sixth-largest chain by total value locked (TVL) with $5 billion locked in DeFi. Ethereum is the leader by a landslide with $93 billion, while Solana is the second largest with $12.7 billion. Leading Base ecosystem tokens are soaring following the announcement, with AERO up 9%, ZORA up 15%, and DEGEN, the Farcaster community token, up 10% on the day, while majors such as BTC and ETH are down between 0.5% and 2.5%. Base Ecosystem Tokens – CoinGecko While Ethereum Layer 2 tokens have garnered a bad reputation over the last two years due to poor post-TGE token performances from the likes of Arbitrum, Optimism, and Blast, Base has continued to gain market share while its competitors fizzle out. “A token would unlock billions of dollars in…