Bitcoin price slipped below $78,000 after President Donald Trump canceled a planned U.S. envoy trip to Pakistan for Iran peace talks. The move added fresh uncertainty around diplomacy between Washington and Tehran. $BTC moved down from an intraday high near $78,000 and traded around $77,200 after the update. Donald Trump Cancels Envoy Trip to Pakistan
Just as investors were trying to steady the 2026 rate outlook, the oil market handed the Federal Reserve a fresh inflation problem. The Fed meets on April 28 and 29. On April 30, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is scheduled to publish the advance estimate for first quarter GDP alongside March personal income
New analyses of Bitcoin’s short-term price dynamics in the cryptocurrency markets reveal that the $80,000 level is a critical threshold. According to analysts, breaking above this level could lead to a significant increase in market volatility. According to an assessment shared by on-chain data analyst Murphy, when indicators such as gamma exposure in the options
In a recent interview with Anthony Pompliano, experienced macro investor and founder of Jordi Visser Labs, Jordi Visser, explained that the global economy is under unprecedented “double pressure.” According to Visser, Bitcoin possesses a unique immunity to both rising inflation and the deflationary wave brought about by technological advancements. Contrary to general market expectations, Visser
The biggest traders on Hyperliquid have been building a long bitcoin position for two months, and the price chart is starting to break their way. Glassnode data shows whale positioning on Hyperliquid, the onchain perpetual futures exchange, flipped from net short to net long in early March and has stayed long ever since, with the
Freezing dormant bitcoin would trigger an immediate repricing and mark one of the world’s oldest cryptocurrency’s worst trading days since its 2009 launch, advocates told CoinDesk. Bitcoin developers and crypto industry participants have debated for weeks whether they should freeze dormant tokens to protect them against the risk of theft through quantum computing, whenever those
Cryptocurrency asset manager VanEck shared noteworthy findings regarding market dynamics in its latest research report on Bitcoin. The report, authored by Patrick Bush and Matthew Sigel of the company’s digital asset research team, noted that indicators historically considered “bullish signals” for Bitcoin emerged from both derivative markets and network data. According to the report, market
Traders look at crypto through rigid geometry, wedges, flags and shoulders that they expect to act as a kind of blueprint. As Bitcoin moves into a mature phase early in 2026, various crypto analysts suggest that these patterns are fluid. A prominent crypto analyst Ali Martinez says that patterns transform alongside price action and that
Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc has announced a new hard fork plan that could create a fundamental change to the network. This upgrade, called “eCash,” is scheduled to launch in August, and the project aims to create a Layer 1 network as an alternative to Bitcoin, along with seven Layer 2 scaling solutions (Drivechains). According to
Something notable happened on Friday, indicating the accelerating institutionalization of the bitcoin market, which has been pioneered by everyday people for years. This is because options, or hedging instruments, linked to BlackRock’s bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT, have grown slightly larger on Nasdaq than total bitcoin options trading on the offshore giant Deribit. It is