Bitcoin’s 2026 macro setup just flipped from waiting for relief to pricing a renewed threat. As of May 20, 2026, CME FedWatch showed a 54.1% chance of a rate hike at the December 2026 Federal Open Market Committee meeting, against 44.4% odds of no change and only 1.5% odds of easing. Fed target rate probability
Bitcoin’s recovery from February lows, which had begun to look like a new bull run, hit a wall last week at the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) positioned just above $82,000. Since then, prices have pulled back to $77,500 in a move reminiscent of 2022 when a 43% relief rally failed at the same indicator
Bitcoin price started a recovery wave above the $76,800 zone. $BTC is consolidating and might aim for more gains if it clears the $78,300 resistance zone. Bitcoin managed to form a base above $76,000 and started a recovery wave. The price is trading above $77,200 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 on Monday in Asia as rising oil prices and Treasury yields pressured risk assets, while prediction-market traders continued to price little chance of near-term Federal Reserve relief. The move comes as macro conditions have become less favourable for crypto. The 30-year Treasury yield rose to 5.13%, its highest close since 2007,
As selling pressure intensified in the cryptocurrency market, the price of Bitcoin fell below the $80,000 level. While Bitcoin traded at $79,650 in the last 24 hours, sharp liquidations were observed in the derivatives markets. According to the data, a total of $158.53 million worth of positions were liquidated in the last 24 hours, with
The Bitcoin price may face extended correction below the $80,000 as red-hot 6% YoY PPI sparks inflation fear. Google Trends data from Alphractal highlights a major divergence between Bitcoin price action and public search interest during the current market cycle. The formation of classic reversal pattern ‘double-top’ signals a risk of major breakdown below $79,000
Bitcoin’s long stretch of negative funding rates finally came to an end this week, but the market reversal exposed something many leveraged traders still overlook: Two traders can place the exact same Bitcoin trade on different exchanges and still get liquidated at different prices. According to a recent report by The Block citing research from
Cryptocurrency research firm K33 Research suggested that the STRC product issued by Strategy could play a significant role in Bitcoin’s mid-month price surge. According to the company’s report, Bitcoin recorded strong gains in the middle weeks of both March and April, and K33 Research Head Vetle Lunde believes this trend could continue this week. The
Morgan Stanley, one of the world’s largest investment banks, has increased its Bitcoin holdings by 395.6 $BTC over the past 24 hours, according to data from the blockchain analytics platform Onchain Lens. The acquisition, valued at approximately $25.81 million at current market prices, brings the firm’s total Bitcoin treasury to 3,389 $BTC. Institutional Bitcoin Accumulation
Stacks published a whitepaper proposing a self-custodial Bitcoin staking mechanism that generates native $BTC yield without bridges or wrappers. The protocol extends the Proof-of-Transfer mechanism in place since 2021, which has already distributed over 4,200 $BTC in rewards to participants. The initial PoX-5 phase targets around 3,000 $BTC in capacity with a 3% APY in