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This week, Analysts project a bullish 2026 for Bitcoin driven by institutional adoption and clearer regulations. Beckham-backed Prenetics Global stops new Bitcoin investments, while experts caution traders not to rely on historical cycles amid changing market dynamics. Meanwhile, crypto and AI sectors are poised for growth, and altcoin ETFs continue to lag behind Bitcoin’s momentum.

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🚀 Featured Stories

Bitcoin’s 2026 bull case driven by institutional adoption and regulatory clarity.
Analysts say Bitcoin’s outlook for 2026 is shaped by deepening institutional adoption, clearer regulations, and a more mature ecosystem that could make BTC a strategic allocation rather than just a speculative asset.

Prenetics Global shifts away from Bitcoin despite initial backing. A Beckham‑backed health sciences company, Prenetics Global, announced it will stop allocating capital to Bitcoin, reversing earlier plans even as it retains its existing BTC holdings. The shift reflects broader reconsiderations of Bitcoin strategy by non‑crypto companies.

Bitcoin-focused article warns traders against old cycle assumptions. Analysts are cautioning traders that relying on historical Bitcoin cycle patterns could be risky because current macro dynamics differ significantly from prior cycles, suggesting traders rethink common historical models.

Crypto and AI sectors poised to thrive in 2026 after an eventful 2025. A roundup on how both crypto and AI are expected to grow in 2026, noting regulatory progress, institutional adoption trends, and tech synergies that could benefit Bitcoin’s ecosystem.

Altcoin ETFs struggle to match Bitcoin’s growth amid ETF expansion. Analysis of why altcoin ETFs are lagging compared with Bitcoin’s growth trajectory, highlighting structural advantages Bitcoin enjoys in ETF markets and investor preferences

💡Spotlight: TeraWulf

TeraWulf is a U.S.-based Bitcoin mining company focused on developing, owning, and operating vertically integrated mining facilities powered predominantly by zero-carbon energy. Its flagship Lake Mariner campus in New York is wholly owned and powered primarily by nuclear and hydroelectric energy.

🛠 Key Features

• Clean Energy Mining Operations: TeraWulf’s mining operations leverage predominantly zero‑carbon grids, including Western New York where roughly 90 % of electricity comes from nuclear and hydroelectric sources. The company targets fully loaded power costs around ~4.5¢/kWh year‑round, combining sustainability with competitive economics.

• Zero-Carbon Mining Operations: Operations are structured to minimize environmental impact, leveraging predominantly clean energy sources while keeping electricity costs in the mid single-cent per kWh range.

• Self-Owned, Vertically Integrated Infrastructure: From land and buildings to electrical systems and the mining fleet, TeraWulf controls every aspect of its operations, ensuring reliability, cost efficiency, and long-term scalability.

• Robust Capital & Financing Activity: The company completed multi‑billion dollar financing initiatives through senior secured notes offerings aimed at funding its data center expansion and accelerating its AI and compute infrastructure strategy.

📰 Recent News

• Nautilus Stake Monetization (Late 2024): TeraWulf sold its 25% equity interest in the Pennsylvania Nautilus Cryptomine facility to accelerate debt reduction and reinvest in Lake Mariner operations.

• WULF Compute Expansion: The company expanded its HPC/AI hosting capabilities at Lake Mariner, including multi-megawatt colocation contracts with Fluidstack and other tenants.

• Ground Lease Extension: TeraWulf secured additional land for Lake Mariner, increasing expansion capacity by nearly 50%, ensuring room for future mining and HPC growth.

• Capital Initiatives: The company executed multi-billion-dollar financing initiatives, providing liquidity for ongoing expansion and infrastructure investment while maintaining operational stability.

• Sustainability Milestones: Lake Mariner continues to operate predominantly on nuclear and hydroelectric power, demonstrating that industrial-scale Bitcoin mining and large-scale compute can be powered sustainably.

🔮 The Future

TeraWulf is evolving beyond traditional Bitcoin mining into a broader zero-carbon compute infrastructure company. Its focus remains on expanding self-mining capacity at Lake Mariner with more efficient ASICs, while simultaneously developing AI and high-performance computing (HPC) hosting facilities through WULF Compute. Long-term land leases, expansion-ready campuses, and strategic power arrangements position the company to scale operations in a sustainable, low-cost way.

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📣 Trending on X

U.S. is advancing crypto regulatory clarity with Paul Atkins confirming Congress is close to a full market-structure framework for institutions.

Russia’s Ministry of Justice plans to penalize unregistered miners. Only 30% of miners are registered, signaling tighter government control that could push operations underground or abroad, affecting global hashrate.

Turkmenistan officially legalizes crypto mining and exchanges under central bank oversight.

Tether purchased 8,888.88 Bitcoin in Q4 2025, CEO Paolo Ardoino announces. The stablecoin issuer added nearly 8,889 BTC to its treasury as part of its quarterly accumulation strategy,