The week started on a shaky note for United States financial markets, including the crypto space, after President Donald Trump imposed trade tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China. Cryptocurrencies bled billions of dollars across all markets, including spot and derivatives. According to a weekly report by the leading crypto derivatives exchange Bybit and […]
Around 26,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Feb. 7, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.5 billion. This week’s expiry event is about a third of the size of last week’s month-ending mammoth one. Therefore, there is likely to be a minimal influence on spot markets, which have retreated this week. […]
“Feels like a great time to enter BTC!” exclaimed Eric Trump on X on Jan. 6. The post followed a similar one on Feb. 3 when he said it was a “great time to add ETH,” resulting in a double-digit recovery for the asset. However, there was little reaction on spot markets for BTC, which remains […]
Crypto markets have tanked to their lowest levels in 2025 as US President Donald Trump escalated his trade war over the weekend with hefty tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. Last week, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said that policymakers didn’t need “to be in a hurry” to cut rates while maintaining them at 4.25% […]
The geopolitical uncertainty started by the new US president over the weekend took its toll on the crypto market, which is always open for trading. Bitcoin’s price tumbled by ten grand within a day to an intraday low of $91,500 (on Bitstamp), while the altcoins were smashed with massive double-digit price drops, leaving billions worth […]
Crypto market capitalization has tanked around 12% over the past 24 hours, falling to around $3.1 trillion at the time of writing. It is the lowest level markets have seen this year, wiping out more than $400 billion in less than a day as the sell-off accelerated during the Monday morning Asian trading session, sending […]
Bitcoin’s weekend took a wrong turn in the past 12 hours or so as the asset plunged below $100,000 for the first time since the Monday crash. As expected, the altcoins have turned red as well, with substantial losses from the likes of LINK, SOL, AVAX, DOGE, and others. BTCUSD. Source: TradingView Recall that the […]
Although the previous month (and the start of the new year) began on the wrong foot, with BTC standing firmly within fix-digit price territory, the asset managed to turn it around and charted a new all-time high a couple of weeks back. All eyes have now turned to February, which is historically a highly profitable […]
As bitcoin’s price consolidates and traders speculate about the asset’s next trajectory, the market intelligence platform Santiment has highlighted how supply distribution trends can offer insights into the cryptocurrency’s price movement. Supply distribution data shows how different groups of investors hold cryptocurrencies. This metric takes into account the wallet sizes of small and large investors, […]
Around 80,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Jan. 30, and they have a notional value of roughly $8.36 billion. This week’s expiry event is a large one because it is the end of the month. However, crypto derivatives expiry events such as this rarely influence spot markets, which have remained relatively flat this […]