Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was headed for a third straight month of losses on Wednesday, capping a year defined by record highs and a dramatic crash. On the last trading day of the year, the token hovered near $88,000, after weeks of trading in a tight range. Still, a bounce could be in the cards as early...

The industry is realizing that Bitcoin was deliberately designed to prioritize simple, deterministic validation over complex on-chain execution. This design choice minimizes resource requirements, preserves decentralization, and reduces systemic risk even if it means pushing complex logic, programmability, and heavy computation to higher layers or external systems. How Bitcoin Avoids Complex State Transitions The fundamental...

Bitcoin is on track to post its first annual loss since 2022, as macroeconomic pressures and fading momentum weighed on the world's largest cryptocurrency.