One of the biggest short squeezes of 2026 came and went in a single session. Bitcoin climbed to $78,000 late Friday, triggering $762 million in liquidations across 168,336 traders with $593 million of that on the short side, per CoinGlass. By Saturday evening hours in Asia, bitcoin had pulled back to $76,091, up just 0.8%
Crypto today is sitting at a key level where the next move could be driven by FOMO. On the technical side, high-cap assets are seeing steady inflows, which is keeping prices stable near key resistance zones. With the weekend ahead and the stock market closed, crypto could see more inflows. The next 48 hours will
Boyaa Interactive has made a decisive move that grabbed global crypto attention. The company now plans to allocate only Bitcoin to its treasury. This decision marks a clear shift away from a diversified crypto approach. The firm already holds 4,092 Bitcoin, which strengthens its position among Asia’s top corporate holders. This move reflects growing confidence
BlackRock clients have added nearly $284 million worth of Bitcoin exposure in a single day. The inflow came through BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, showing strong institutional demand. JUST IN: BlackRock clients buy $283.96 million worth of $BTC. pic.twitter.com/KFsMXDiCjs — Whale Insider (@WhaleInsider) April 18, 2026 This move did not happen in isolation. Total Bitcoin ETF
In his latest video, Benjamin Cowen, a leading analyst in the cryptocurrency market, evaluated Bitcoin’s current price movements using historical data and “seasonality.” Analyzing Bitcoin’s return to the $77,000 level, Cowen warned investors about potential weakness in the coming weeks. Cowen noted that Bitcoin’s current trajectory bears striking similarities to the “US midterm election years”
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded nearly $1 billion in net inflows over the past week, marking their strongest performance in more than three months as market sentiment shifts toward risk assets. Data from SoSoValue shows that spot Bitcoin ($BTC) ETFs attracted $996 muillion in total net inflows last week, the highest weekly intake since
Gold had a 5,000-year head start. Bitcoin is 16 years old. And as Bitcoin crossed $77,000 this week, a striking data point is back in focus – more Americans own Bitcoin than gold. River’s US Bitcoin adoption report, drawing on data from The Nakamoto Project and the Gold IRA Guide, puts the number at 50
Bitcoin rallied hard after Iran said it was reopening the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping. Bitcoin hit the highest level since February, oil prices dropped, Wall Street notched another record, and the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield slipped to 4.24%. But here’s the catch: markets acted as if the reopening had solved the core standoff
Bitcoin surged on April 17 after the US President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz was open again and shipping passage was being restored. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that Iran had announced the strait was “fully open and ready for full passage.” He added that sea mines had been removed, or
Bitcoin investors are suddenly confronting an uncomfortable math problem inside the $91.7 billion U.S. spot bitcoin ETF market. “Coinbase Custody holds 84% of all US spot Bitcoin ETF assets,” Marc Baumann, founder of research firm fiftyonexyz, posted on X on April 14. “That’s $77 billion with a single custodian. For an industry built on decentralization,