The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin ($BTC), continues to edge lower amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding a US-Iran peace deal. At this point, as the $BTC price dropped to $76,200, a whale once again opened a short position in Bitcoin. According to the data, this whale opened 16 short positions on $BTC in the past month, and today
Bitcoin has not reached its bottom yet, and a new all-time high is unlikely this year, said Michael Terpin, an early bitcoin investor and author of Bitcoin Supercycle: How the Crypto Calendar Can Make You Rich. “Before a bull market for bitcoin can be called, the price needs to break back above $100,000 and no
US President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, that Iran had “just informed us” that it has entered a “State of Collapse.” Moreover, he noted that the Iranian authorities want to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible as they try to “figure out their leadership situation.” Donald Trump
Private companies are gradually moving past the early stages of experimenting with artificial intelligence, with many larger firms now beginning to report measurable returns from their investments. According to a new survey by Deloitte, nearly two-thirds (64%) of private companies with an annual revenue of $500 million or more have achieved moderate to significant return
Paul Sztorc is not trying to move Satoshi Nakamoto’s bitcoin. That is the narrow fact getting lost in the backlash around eCash, a proposed Bitcoin fork scheduled for August at block height 964,000. The new chain would copy Bitcoin’s history up to that point, giving $BTC holders an equivalent balance on the forked network. Hold
Tezos is preparing to launch the first public testnet for Tezos X — a major upgrade designed to merge EVM and Michelson smart contracts into a single composable execution environment. — The testnet is expected to go live in May, marking the first real deployment of a roadmap that has been evolving since 2024. At
The recent price drop of Bitcoin is due to two separate dynamics. On the one hand, there is a reduction in buying pressure, as emerges from the order books, which seem to have been declining for days now. On the other hand, there are the forced liquidations of leveraged long positions, which increase selling pressure.
In a significant development for the digital asset sector, the crypto derivatives exchange Liquid has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round. This investment marks a major milestone for the platform, which specializes in offering futures and options trading for cryptocurrencies. The funding round was led by prominent venture capital firms Neo and
In their weekly Market Pulse report, blockchain data and intelligence platform Glassnode observed a 199% surge in the Bitcoin [$BTC] spot CVD. Notably, the Funding Rates indicated a decrease in bearish positioning, and the strong increase in perpetual CVD showed buy-side aggression from leveraged traders. Together, these data points highlighted robust bullish momentum, the report
The first quarter of 2026 delivered a harsh reality check to digital asset markets. CMC data shows the combined cryptocurrency market capitalization fell 22.30%—dropping from $2.96 trillion to $2.3 trillion. Bitcoin absorbed heavy pressure, sliding 23.8% to close the quarter at $66,694. By February 5, Arkham Intelligence recorded a market sentiment reading of “5”, signaling