Category: Other Crypto News

Bitmine Locks 68% of Ethereum Holdings As Staking Position Surpasses $6.75B

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Ethereum is holding above the $2,000 level as selling pressure begins to build again, placing the market in a fragile position after recent recovery attempts. While price has managed to remain above this key psychological threshold, momentum is weakening, with sellers increasingly active on short-term rallies. Related Reading At the same time, structural developments beneath the surface suggest a more complex dynamic. A recent surge in Ethereum staking activity at Bitmine, a Fundstrat-backed institutional platform focused on large-scale ETH accumulation and yield strategies, is drawing attention. Just two days ago,…

Senators to Introduce Bill to Ban Sports Betting on Prediction Markets

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US Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis are expected to introduce a bipartisan bill on Monday that would bar sports betting and “casino-style” contracts from prediction markets regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to a Monday Wall Street Journal report. “Too many young people in Utah are getting exposed to addictive sports betting and casino-style gaming contracts that belong under state control, not under federal regulators,” Senator Curtis, one of the bill’s co-sponsors, told the WSJ. If introduced as reported, the measure would add to a widening…

Spain Arrests Suspect in 2025 Ledger Co-Founder Kidnapping

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Spanish authorities have arrested a suspect in the 2025 kidnapping of Ledger co-founder David Balland, marking a cross-border breakthrough in one of Europe’s most high-profile crypto-linked abduction cases. Spain’s Civil Guard said the suspect was detained in Benalmádena, in the southern province of Málaga, under a European arrest warrant issued by France. The man is accused of involvement in the abduction and torture of Balland, in which attackers demanded a ransom of 10 million euros (around $11.5 million). Balland was abducted from his home in central France on Jan. 21,…

Bitcoin Miner Selling Pressure Drops To Near Three-Year Low

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Bitcoin miner selling pressure has fallen sharply, with BTC inflows from miners to Binance dropping to levels not seen since mid-2023. The shift matters because miner distribution is one of the market’s more persistent sources of structural sell-side pressure, and the latest data suggests that pressure has eased for now. In a post via X on Sunday, CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost said the monthly average of BTC inflows from miners to Binance has fallen to roughly 4,316 BTC. When the same activity is measured across all exchanges, the figure rises only…

Crypto ETP Inflows Slow to $230 Million After Fed Meeting

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Crypto investment products maintained their inflow streak last week but momentum slowed amid ongoing Middle East tensions and a “hawkish pause” interpretation of the US Fed’s meeting. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $230 million in inflows last week, with $405 million in outflows following the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in the US, CoinShares reported Monday. The inflows extended the streak to four consecutive weeks, but the latest total was sharply lower than the previous week’s $1.06 billion. CoinShares head of research James Butterfill largely attributed the slowdown to…

Bitcoin Rebounds $4K in 60 Minutes as Trump Pauses Planned Iran Strikes

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Bitcoin moved back above $71,000 after US President Donald Trump postponed Iran strike for five days, sending oil price crashing below $100. Bitcoin (BTC) broke back toward $71,000 during Monday’s European trading session as US President Donald Trump said attacks on Iran’s power infrastructure would be postponed.  Key takeaways: Bitcoin bounces 5% to $71,000 after President Trump said US attacks on Iran’s infrastructure would be postponed. $270 million in short positions were liquidated in an hour. Focus now shifts to $72,000–$75,000 liquidity zones to see if BTC price will rise…

Ethereum Whales Return to Profitability as Historical Bottom Signal Reappears

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Ethereum is holding above the $2,000 level as selling pressure begins to build again, placing the market at a critical inflection point after a short-lived recovery. While ETH has managed to stabilize above this psychological threshold, recent price action suggests that momentum remains fragile, with sellers gradually regaining control following the latest push higher. Related Reading Despite this renewed pressure, underlying on-chain data is signaling an important structural development. According to a CryptoQuant report, whales holding over 100,000 ETH have now returned to a profitable state. This shift is significant,…

Stablecoins Key Role in Agentic AI, Despite Limited Adoption: Bernstein

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Stablecoins could benefit from the rise of AI-driven payments over time, even as early adoption remains limited and contested, according to a new report from Bernstein. In a Monday note shared with Cointelegraph, the broker said stablecoins could help unlock machine-to-machine payments by making microtransactions viable and enabling programmable, conditional payments between software agents without a human in the loop. But Bernstein said traction so far has been limited. The note said Stripe and Tempo’s machine payments protocol recorded about $5,000 in stablecoin volume in its first week, while Coinbase’s…

Dogecoin Could 200% Rally If This Floor Holds, Analyst Says

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An analyst has explained how Dogecoin falling to the lower level of a Parallel Channel could trigger a notable surge, should the support floor hold. Dogecoin May Have Been Moving Down A Parallel Channel Recently In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about a long-term pattern in the monthly price chart of Dogecoin. The pattern in question is a “Parallel Channel” from technical analysis (TA), which forms whenever an asset observes consolidation between two parallel trendlines. The upper level of the pattern tends to be a…

Bitcoin Traders See New Lows Coming as Gold Enters Bear Market

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Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week facing fresh macro risks as gold plummets and traders wait for $50,000. BTC price action ends the week below a key trend line, and traders see little more than an early-week bounce for bulls. Price looks more and more like it is repeating January’s bear flag — and targets now call for new multiyear lows. Gold enters a technical bear market and oil returns to $100 as Iran tensions continue. Traders start to consider Fed rate hikes in 2026, but history could still offer…