Bitcoin is currently going through one of its most uncertain phases since its inception in 2009. As geopolitical issues, profit-taking, and changing investor sentiment continue to weigh in on the cryptocurrency, the community remains uncertain about the potential future of $BTC. While many believe that the current bearish sentiment may continue, others remain optimistic that
Risk-on peace trades are back in vogue after the U.S. and Iran held fire on Sunday, sending oil prices lower. Bitcoin $BTC$65,250.07, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, is back above $65,000, with prices up about 1.2% over 24 hours. Ether (ETH) has risen by over 3% to nearly $1,950 alongside 1% to 2% gains
Bitcoin ended the first half of 2026 near $60,000 after falling about 32% since January, Binance Research reported. Its Half-Year 2026: Macro & Bitcoin report described the decline as a third consecutive quarterly loss across broader financial markets worldwide. The weak first-half performance also extended Bitcoin’s longer-term drawdown. According to the report, the asset has
Dormant Bitcoin activity dropped in the second quarter. It fell to its lowest level since the third quarter of 2022. The figures were shared by Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at Galaxy Digital, in a post on X. The reawakening of old coins has historically coincided with profit-taking by Bitcoin’s longest-term holders. Dormant Bitcoin
Bitcoin began as peer-to-peer electronic cash, but the market gave it a different job. Over the past decade, Bitcoin has become crypto’s benchmark investment asset: something to accumulate, custody, borrow against, and measure against. Stablecoins, meanwhile, became the industry’s practical payment rail. That split made sense. Bitcoin’s volatility, confirmation times, and tax complexity made it
On Sunday, July 26, Michael Saylor posted Strategy’s Bitcoin purchase chart to X. The caption said, “We’re gonna need another color.” It was his fifth such post since the company’s last disclosed Bitcoin purchase on June 22. MSTR trades as a leveraged proxy for Saylor’s Bitcoin buying, and dozens of treasury companies copied his model.
Bitcoin remains in a bear market but may be entering its final stretch, according to a chart analyst tracking the cryptocurrency’s historical four-year cycle, with a possible bottom forming as soon as October. A Cycle Bitcoin Has Followed Before Bitcoin has historically moved through roughly one year of bear market followed by three years of
Traders spent most of July with a pretty good explanation for why Bitcoin wouldn’t move. A dense cluster of options contracts had the price boxed in, they argued, because the dealers who sold those contracts were buying every dip and selling every rally to keep their own books balanced. Clear the contracts away, and Bitcoin
Bitcoin ($BTC) could fall to $45,000 by early October 2026, according to an analysis that compares the current market cycle with previous crypto exchange failures. The forecast comes as Bitcoin struggles to hold above the $65,000 mark despite a recent recovery in spot ETF inflows and improving market sentiment. At press time, Bitcoin was trading
The past seven days followed a familiar pattern. Buyers stepped in after last month’s drop to $57,700, driving bitcoin from $64,700 on July 19 to a high of $66,910 on July 21. Sellers then took over, pulling the price back into the low $64,000s by July 25. Bitcoin’s market capitalization held near $1.28 trillion to