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If the current cryptocurrency market’s bullish sentiment is sustainable going into 2026, several digital currencies show potential to attract increased capital inflows. Notably, some assets have strong backing from institutional investment products and scaling upgrades, making the ambitious target of a $50 billion market cap increasingly attainable.  To this end, below are two assets with notable potential to reach this milestone: Dogecoin (DOGE) Despite its origins as a meme coin, Dogecoin  (DOGE) has steadily gained traction as an investable asset with growing appeal to mainstream investors. The launch of the Grayscale Dogecoin Trust this year opened the door for institutional participation, a major shift from the retail-driven rallies of the past. At the same time, the asset could see further capital inflows, given the rising odds of a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) for DOGE being approved in the United States.  As of press time, DOGE was ...

The cryptocurrency markets have lately been undergoing unpredictable upheavals. The markets, otherwise known to be volatility-prone, are showing their usual course of ebb and flow. However, the recent Bitcoin crash has turned the usual market course upside down. Bitcoin fell $110K dramatically after a whale dumped nearly 24000 BTC, causing the markets to correct themselves organically. Also Read: The Philippines Proposes Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to Tackle Debt Bitcoin Crashes to $110K: Here’s What Happened. Source: NASDAQ Occasionally, there are instances that even the markets cannot predict in the long run. These instances are never planned and are as organic as they come, but end up changing the market course from time to time. In one such instance, a noteworthy BTC whale ended up dumping nearly 24000 BTC tokens, causing the markets to experience volatility at their best. This massive token dump led the markets to witness a sharp correction, with Bitcoin falling back to $110K. ...

$11.5 trillion asset manager BlackRock predicts the US Federal Reserve will not lower interest rates tomorrow, July 30th. In a weekly report, Blackrock says: “We expect the Fed will hold rates steady this week. We watch for U.S. trade deals as the Aug. 1 deadline approaches and for tariff impacts in Q2 GDP data. JUST IN: BlackRock predicts the Federal Reserve will not lower interest rates tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/3rYjf0VWoU — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) July 29, 2025 The upcoming Fed meeting and interest rate decision is a big one, as the central bank has been under fire for months for its approach to fighting inflation. The Fed has opted to remain committed to a wait-and-see approach on changing interest rates, garnering heat from the current presidential administration. US President Donald Trump has been publicly bashing Fed Chair Jerome Powell for the Fed’s stalling of cutting rates, even going as far as suggesting Powell should step down. Currently, interest rates...

On Monday, Michael Saylor announced the IPO of his fourth series of preferred shares offering perpetual yield, Stretch (STRC). With its debut, Saylor claims that he’s “building out the yield curve for BTC credit” and has published the world’s first curvature of bitcoin (BTC) credit for the world to behold. As founder of the world’s largest publicly traded BTC treasury company, Saylor is unique in his ability to issue yield-bearing securities while holding over 3% of the circulating supply of BTC. This privilege, according to Saylor, allows his company to benchmark its rates against the yield curve of multi-trillion dollar bond markets like agency mortgage-backed securities, junk bonds, and even US Treasuries. Indeed, according to a diagram published yesterday alongside the STRC IPO announcement, the supposed BTC credit yield that MicroStrategy is building resembles the yield curve of these massive instruments plus a slight premium due to MicroStrategy’s idiosyncra...