Analyst ‘Reflection’ warned of a brutal Bitcoin liquidation cascade below $59,000, claiming over $1.6 billion in long leverage is stacked in one zone around $58,000 based on CoinGlass data. “In all my years trading, I’ve never seen this much long-side liquidity stacked in one single zone,” they said on Wednesday. That liquidation zone is not […]
Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock Stretch (STRC) is under serious financial stress due to two simultaneous pressures, reported onchain analytics firm CryptoQuant on Tuesday. The Bitcoin bear market means that all BTC purchased between 2024 and 2026 is underwater, with $10.6 billion in unrealized losses, and cash reserves are depleted, down 38% since early 2026 after […]
A strengthening US dollar could put further pressure on Bitcoin, which is already suffering from major institutional selling pressure amid geopolitical uncertainty and increasing inflation. “The bear market was confirmed almost exactly when the DXY found its bottom,” said Swissblock analysis on Monday. “At first, the dollar decline looked supportive for BTC. But the reversal changed […]
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor says the company’s core purpose is creating financial products backed by Bitcoin (BTC), a business model he compared to a reserve bank. According to him, Bitcoin’s next stage of development should be about building a layered capital market around it. From Digital Gold to Digital Architecture In a June 16 […]
“We have 32 years of dividend coverage through our BTC Reserve,” said Strategy on X on Thursday. In principle, the math works out, as the firm’s Bitcoin treasury is currently worth just below $55 billion, and its dividend obligations are $1.7 billion. In November, Strategy claimed to have 71 years of dividend coverage “assuming the price […]
Charles Hoskinson said that a disputed stash of 1,096 BTC from Cardano’s early crowdfunding days was used to pay for an audit in 2016/2017. The Cardano founder made the revelation during a recent livestream AMA, in which he talked about governance, Discord, and community management. Hoskinson Clarifies Questions in AMA Cardano’s crowdsale, which ran from […]
Bitcoin’s bear market is entering its final phase and could bottom out around the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19, according to a June 12 report from BIT Research. Its main thesis is that a mix of technical patterns, weak market sentiment, and easing inflation pressure could set the […]
New data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment shows that trading activity across crypto’s largest non-stablecoin assets has fallen to levels not seen since 2024. According to the company, the slowdown is pointing to a market where traders have largely stepped back, a condition that has often appeared before relief rallies when confidence eventually comes back. […]
Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed after the US launched additional strikes on Thursday. The Iranian military command announced the closure of the key waterway, saying any vessel attempting passage will be shot at, according to Reuters. US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that it had launched strikes on Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication […]
Venture capitalist Tim Draper says fears that quantum computing will break Bitcoin (BTC) are misplaced, arguing that traditional banks and the dollars held within them face a bigger security risk. In comments published by Benzinga and amplified in an X post on June 9, Draper said he considers his BTC holdings safer than cash sitting […]