As July ends, the options market is reflecting a major shift in positioning. The $60,000 bitcoin $BTC$63,790.14 put option, a position protecting against a price drop, is now the most popular bet on Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange. As of this writing, that put had a notional open interest of $1.17 billion. Traders
The question of whether particular days of the week consistently favor bulls or bears is one that bitcoin traders frequently discuss. Although no seasonal pattern can predict future price movements, past results indicate that Friday has been the cryptocurrency market’s worst trading day in recent weeks. Friday has the biggest average decline in Bitcoin’s two-week
U.S.-listed companies now collectively hold 1.24 million Bitcoin, accounting for 92.7% of all Bitcoin held by publicly traded firms worldwide, according to data from Unfolded. The figure marks a significant concentration of corporate Bitcoin ownership within the United States and reflects a sharp acceleration in institutional adoption over the past year. Record Corporate Accumulation Outpaces
Billionaire investor and Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio has confirmed that Bitcoin still represents roughly 1% of his investment portfolio, but he continues to favor gold as his primary hedge against economic uncertainty. Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Dalio outlined specific concerns about Bitcoin’s long-term viability, including risks from quantum computing and
Companies listed on US stock exchanges continue to rapidly increase their Bitcoin holdings. According to the latest data shared by the on-chain data platform Unfolded, the total amount of Bitcoin held by publicly traded companies in the US has reached 1.24 million $BTC. This figure represents 92.7% of the total Bitcoin reserves held by publicly
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $233.1 million in net inflows on July 30, recording their strongest daily result in more than three weeks. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust led the session with $183.4 million, according to Farside Investors’ daily flow table. The inflow returned the funds to positive territory for both the week and July. However,
Rectitude Holdings’ $32.625 million financing intended mainly to fund Bitcoin purchases ended without producing shares or cash, according to the Singapore safety equipment supplier’s annual report filed July 30. The agreement was terminated on Oct. 9, 2025. That was 31 days after Rectitude publicly announced the plan, but 45 days after the company signed it
Trading bitcoin $BTC$64,171.64 these days feels much as it did seven months ago, at the start of the year. The price of the largest cryptocurrency is stuck in a tight range, with volatility at six-month lows, and traders are struggling to identify a break to bet on. Not surprisingly, transaction volume has slumped and is
As the weight of long-term investors increases in the Bitcoin market, the share of short-term speculative transactions has fallen to its lowest levels in recent years. In his latest assessment, Axel Adler Jr., an analyst at the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, emphasized that while the Bitcoin supply is increasingly concentrated in the hands of long-term
Bitcoin [$BTC] has held above $63k since rebounding from a brief dip to $62k three days ago. At press time, Bitcoin was trading near $64,300. Amid extended market downside volatility, some long-term whales are capitulating and exiting at a loss. According to Lookonchain, a whale deposited 625 $BTC worth $39.96 million into FalconX. This whale