Data shows bullish bets related to Bitcoin have suffered a massive amount of liquidations as the asset’s price has plunged below the $70,000 mark. Bitcoin Falls Below $70,000 For The First Time Since April Following up on the bearish tone set during the second half of May, Bitcoin has opened June with another drawdown as its price has slipped under $70,000 for the first time since April 7th. Below is a chart that shows how the latest bearish action has looked for the cryptocurrency. Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin…
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Crypto Turns Contrarian Bet as AI Stocks Dominate
Crypto is turning into a “contrarian bet” as institutional investors are being drawn to artificial intelligence stocks, says Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan. “The crypto market is brutal right now,” Hougan wrote in a market note on Tuesday. “One major reason is that crypto is no longer the belle of the ball. AI stocks, robotics companies, SpaceX … who needs crypto when the Nasdaq-100 is up 43% year-over-year?” “With AI sucking all the oxygen out of the room, crypto is being forced to go through a painful metamorphosis: from…
Solana Just Made History, Could A Massive Recovery Be Next?
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Cardano’s TapTools Winds Down After Losing 5 Execs
TapTools, a Cardano-focused real-time analytics platform, has begun winding down after its fifth top-level executive departure, compounding leadership instability and making continued operations unsustainable. TapTools said in a post to X on Tuesday that it would begin winding down over the next two weeks, and noted the departure of its two co-founders, chief operating officer and chief technology officer earlier this year. “We worked hard to adapt,” TapTools said, adding that its backend developer had become its CTO as the platform shifted its focus toward shipping products more sustainably; however,…
Binance Research Blames Outflows Toward US Equities
The broader crypto market has endured one of its toughest weeks of the year, with $1.5 billion in liquidations recorded since Monday alone. The pressure intensified as Bitcoin (BTC) slipped back below the $67,000 level for the first time since April, a move that heightened selling fears and weighed on overall market sentiment. Despite the heavy liquidation numbers, Binance Research argued that the main driver of the recent pullback may have been less about things unique to crypto and more about capital moving into traditional markets. BTC Hit by A…
Bitcoin Price In Freefall As Panic Sweeps Through The Market
Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $70,000 zone. BTC is consolidating and might continue to move down if it dips below $66,000. Bitcoin failed to stay above $70,500 and extended losses. The price is trading below $70,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance near $68,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might extend losses if it stays below the $67,500 and $68,500 levels. Bitcoin Price Nosedives Bitcoin price failed to…
UK Lords Warn BoE on Strict GBP Stablecoin Rules
The United Kingdom should press ahead with stablecoin regulation but avoid rules that make a pound sterling stablecoin market commercially unworkable, a House of Lords committee warned in a report released Wednesday. The cross-party Financial Services Regulation Committee said the UK was “lagging behind” the United States and the European Union and that the absence of a clear regime has “suppressed stablecoin development and investment in the UK,” despite the growth of global US dollar-pegged tokens such as USDt (USDT) and USDC (USDC). While backing much of the Bank of…
Bitcoin Loses $70K While 10,300 BTC Leave Mt. Gox-Linked Addresses – Details
Bitcoin has lost the $69,000 level as selling pressure intensifies and the market faces a wave of uncertainty that has erased weeks of recovery progress in a compressed timeframe. The breakdown is significant — and CryptoQuant data has identified a development in the on-chain flow data that adds a specific and historically significant supply dimension to the current weakness. Related Reading On June 2, Mt. Gox-linked wallets recorded a sharp negative balance change with 10,300 BTC leaving the tracked address cluster within a matter of hours. The movement marks the…
US Lawmakers Push Back on Labor Dept’s Plans to Include Crypto in 401(k)s
Top Democrats on three House and Senate committees called on the US Labor Department to halt its plans to allow digital assets and “alternative assets” to be held in Americans’ retirement plans. In a Tuesday letter, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Bobby Scott asked acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to rescind the department’s proposal to allow private equity, digital assets, private credit, and other “alternative assets” to be included in 401(k) plans. Source: Senate Banking Committee They said the policy would “expose retirement accounts to exceptionally volatile…
This Dogecoin Setup Pushed Price From $0.002 To $0.7 In 2021. Why It Could Push Price To $2 This Time
A crypto analyst has presented a new bull case for Dogecoin (DOGE), sharing a long-term chart setup that he says mirrors the same pattern that led to the meme coin’s explosive rally in 2021. He also pointed to repeating sentiment shifts across market stages, where traders often doubt early moves before chasing prices at higher levels. Dogecoin Forecasted To Hit $2 Soon Market analyst Crypto Patel shared a new Dogecoin chart setup on X, projecting a potential rally toward $2 in this cycle. He based his bullish view on historical…