Representatives from major cryptocurrency firms went to Abu Dhabi last week to connect with wealthy Middle Eastern investors who might breathe new life into a struggling sector. Officials from a massive $330 billion sovereign wealth fund in the United Arab Emirates were supposedly in attendance. The problem? Nobody could find them. Leading figures in the
Bitwise consultant Jeff Park stated that the current structure of the Bitcoin market is not conducive to a strong price increase. According to Park, the fundamental dynamics of the market are making it difficult for Bitcoin to make an upward breakout. Key reasons include early Bitcoin investors continuing to sell and a significant slowdown in
Barclays expects a more tepid year for crypto in 2026, with trading volumes trending down and investor enthusiasm waning. In a wide-ranging year-end report published Friday, the bank flagged a difficult backdrop for digital asset exchanges like Coinbase (COIN), citing unclear catalysts for renewed activity and a slow start to token adoption efforts. Retail-facing exchanges,
Some analyses of the cryptocurrency markets suggest that the significant contraction in carry trades conducted in Japanese Yen could create a positive environment for Bitcoin in the medium term. According to the analysis, while the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) monetary policy normalization process may put pressure on leveraged transactions in the short term, it also
Bitcoin price remained under intense pressure this weekend, and may be at risk of a deeper dive, potentially to $75,000 ahead of the Bank of Japan interest rate decision. Summary Bitcoin price could be on the verge of a strong bearish breakout. Odds of BoJ rate hike have jumped to 98% this week. Technical analysis
The Bitcoin Rainbow Chart is projecting a wide and clearly structured price range for BTC as the market approaches January 1, 2026. Notably, the outlook comes as Bitcoin (BTC) faces renewed bearish pressure that has seen the asset slip below the $90,000 level. In this context, as of press time, Bitcoin was changing hands at
Bitcoin BTC$89,432.45 drifted below $90,000 on Sunday during quiet trading, with investors showing limited appetite for risk ahead of a busy week of economic data and central bank events. The largest cryptocurrency was trading around $89,600 as of early afternoon UTC, down about 0.9% over the past 24 hours, marginally higher on the week and
Bitcoin’s long-debated four-year cycle is still playing out, but the forces behind it have shifted away from the halving toward politics and liquidity, according to Markus Thielen, head of research at 10x Research. Speaking on The Wolf Of All Streets Podcast, Thielen argued that the idea of the four-year cycle being “broken” misses the point.