Around 153,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 26, with a notional value of roughly $9.3 billion. This event is much larger than usual, being the end of the month and end of quarter, so it may induce more volatility in the already battered spot markets. Crypto markets fell to an almost two-year low […]
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 […]
By extending its collaboration with long-term local partner SBI Group, Ripple has received approval from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (JFSA) to launch its stablecoin available in the country. The company’s Senior Vice President of Stablecoins praised the Japanese regulatory environment and called it a leader in cryptocurrency adoption. RLUSD in Japan The green light […]
The old saying – sell in May and go away – proved to be right once again for the cryptocurrency markets. It was just six weeks ago when bitcoin had evidently reclaimed the $80,000 level and even surged to a multi-month peak at almost $83,000. The sentiment was gradually improving and there were even calls […]
A new Ethereum funding proposal would allow validators to redirect up to 10% of staking rewards toward ecosystem development if a majority of validators agree to the change. The idea has reopened debate over how Ethereum should pay for public goods as concerns grow around shrinking funding sources for core development. Proposal Looking to Solve […]
Combined institutional flows across spot Bitcoin ETFs, stablecoins and the world’s largest corporate holder of BTC, Strategy, have swung to a record $8 billion in net outflows in the last 30 days, according to analysis published by BIT on June 22. The scale of the reversal went beyond the mere slowing down seen in late […]
Bitcoin’s price was rejected at almost $66,000 yesterday, and the crash has worsened over the past few hours, with the asset dumping below $63,000. Most altcoins have followed suit, including many of the larger-cap ones, which has increased the total value of liquidations from over-leveraged positions. Why Is Crypto Down Today? After a calm weekend […]
Recent findings by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) have revealed shocking details about the promotional content of the prediction platform, Polymarket. As reported, the majority of the winning bets that drove the platform’s viral growth were staged on copycat versions of its website. According to a report from WSJ, Polymarket paid college-age creators to stage […]
AAVE’s fair value could climb to around $175 within the next year if clearer regulations accelerate the adoption of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), according to a new report from Grayscale Research. The firm estimates AAVE’s current fair value at between $80 and $100, while the token is currently trading near $73. Massive Upside for AAVE […]
Ethereum’s layer-1 network set all-time highs across every usage metric in Q1 2026, with monthly active users climbing 53.5% quarter-over-quarter to 13.2 million and transaction count reaching 200.4 million, even as ETH’s market cap dropped 30% and fees on the base layer fell nearly 50%. But according to Token Terminal’s Q1 2026 Ethereum Report, the […]