Bitcoin’s [BTC] recent price increase is shifting focus towards how long-term holders (LTH) are reacting to current market conditions. Instead of increasing the distribution rate, LTH activity still points to measured profit-taking during periods of strength. Recent Long-Term Holder SOPR data supports that view, printing another notable spike after similar peaks around the 5th of
Bitcoin’s Yardstick indicator remained in the undervaluation zone for 83% of the past 92 days. The network’s processing power (hash rate) recorded a 22% drop from its all-time high. The realized cap ratio between long-term and short-term holders reached a reading of 3.9 points. Fidelity Digital Assets identified patterns suggesting the formation of a projected
Jamie Coutts rejects claims that Strategy caused Bitcoin’s decline, arguing weak demand and tightening global liquidity better explain the market reversal across markets. Long-term holder selling peaked last year, while Coutts now believes an earlier risk-model warning may have marked the top of the entire cycle. Government debt, AI borrowing and private fundraising are absorbing
Hyperscale Data held 1,106.0467 $BTC worth about $71.7 million, exceeding its roughly $56.4 million market capitalization by approximately $15 million. The apparent discount is complicated by $216.7 million in total liabilities, a $90.1 million preferred liquidation preference and potentially restricted Bitcoin collateral. A $300 million stock-sale program and planned ACG divestiture could alter common shareholders’
Bitcoin volatility returned after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75% following a closely watched FOMC meeting. $BTC traded near $63,553.21, with a 24-hour decline of 0.27% as investors evaluated the Fed’s next policy moves. Market participants are focusing on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s comments and future rate signals that could
Alan Baratz, chief executive of U.S. quantum computing firm D-Wave Systems, has warned that sufficiently advanced quantum computers could one day render Bitcoin’s proof-of-work (PoW) protocol ineffective. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Baratz stated that it is clear future quantum systems will outperform the specialized hardware currently used for major cryptocurrency mining, though the
It is the question every Bitcoin holder is asking after a brutal 2026: is the bottom in? Coinbase’s CEO says the low was near $60,000. Bitwise’s CIO agrees. Standard Chartered still sees $100,000 by year-end. And yet Bitcoin dipped below $58,000 weeks after those calls, and ETFs are still down billions for the year. This
During a Wednesday interview with Yahoo Finance, Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave, warned that quantum computing will eventually be capable of breaking Bitcoin’s proof-of-work protocol. Baratz said it is “clear” that sufficiently advanced quantum machines will one day outperform hardware used for mining the flagship cryptocurrency. For now, the timeline is unclear, but he argues
Long-term Bitcoin holders have maintained their accumulation strategy despite the cryptocurrency’s price falling from $82,000 to under $58,000, according to a recent analysis from Bitfinex. The exchange’s report indicates that while the scale of accumulation has declined, the behavior of these investors signals a market entering a stabilization phase rather than a full recovery. Accumulation
As Bitcoin ($BTC) price remained trapped in a consolidation over the past two months, it has seen its Open Interest (OI) – the total unsettled futures in the derivatives market – surge to a local high. Bitcoin’s OI 30D change, which shows the net buildup of new positions over the past 30 days, has climbed