While bitcoin -holder listed firm Strategy’s chairman Michael Saylor blamed the AI boom for last week’s bitcoin selloff, crypto investment firm Arca is pointing the finger squarely at Saylor himself. “The selling pressure last week was clearly due to the Saylor/MSTR news,” wrote Arca’s Chief Investment Officer Jeff Dorman in his weekly note, pushing back
Institutional bitcoin treasuries are expanding, with the top 100 holders controlling 1,258,090 $BTC, led by Strategy’s massive 845,256 $BTC position. Key Takeaways: Top 100 institutional bitcoin holders now control nearly 1.26 million $BTC, although Strategy alone accounts for more than two-thirds of that total. Mining firms, technology companies, private enterprises, and treasury vehicles are using
Bitcoin has remained under pressure throughout 2026, but analysts at Bernstein have argued that the cryptocurrency’s weaker performance is helping create a more institution-focused market rather than signaling a long-term problem. According to a research note released Monday by Bernstein’s Global Digital Assets team, capital flows into Bitcoin have slowed sharply this year as retail
A confirmed Bitcoin [$BTC] bottom typically requires alignment between technicals and on-chain data. From a technical standpoint, the market is trying to hold a potential Bitcoin bottom around $60k, which would help avoid a deeper drop toward the $50k area. Over the past three days, $BTC has been consolidating near $60k, with nearly $1 billion
Bitcoin’s sharp 16% decline caught many off guard, but the real story lies beneath the spot price. It wasn’t a wave of retail selling that sent the asset tumbling. According to the CryptoQuant update, derivatives traders drove a capitulation event, with futures volumes dominating the action. This dynamic, where leveraged positions unwind violently, has become
Canadian mining billionaire and prominent gold advocate Frank Giustra has once again taken aim at the cryptocurrency community’s most optimistic price targets. The clash began when cryptocurrency commentator Chris Millas took to the X social media platform to express his frustration with market skeptics. “People will believe in aliens but they won’t believe that $BTC
Bitcoin successfully reclaimed the $64,000 threshold, reversing a brutal multi-day rout that had previously dragged it below $60,000. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin rebounded past $64,000 on June 8, recovering from a multi-day sell-off below the $60,000 level. The recovery lifted the broader crypto market cap to $2.26 trillion despite rising Iran-Israel tensions. Liquidations hit $611 million
Benjamin Cowen, a well-known analyst in the cryptocurrency market, assessed Bitcoin’s ($BTC) current state and his expectations for the remainder of the year in his latest analysis. Cowen noted that Bitcoin managed to close last week above the 200-week moving average (200EMA), stating that this is a positive signal showing that the bulls have not
Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, stated that the main reason Bitcoin recently fell below the $60,000 level was not concerns about potential Bitcoin sales by Strategy, but rather that rising inflation in the US was leading institutional investors to exit spot Bitcoin ETFs. According to Thielen, the market is misjudging the factors behind the
Bitcoin continues to trade under heavy pressure after losing several key support levels in quick succession. The recent breakdown has pushed the asset into a significant demand region around $60K, while on-chain data suggests older coins are increasingly moving to exchanges, adding another layer of caution for market participants. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart