Bitcoin Bears Cap BTC At $70K Despite Negative Funding

Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s futures funding rates briefly turned negative, signaling that bullish traders currently lack the conviction to use leverage. Uncertainty regarding the long-term profitability of artificial intelligence has pushed investors toward gold and US government bonds. Bitcoin (BTC) failed to reclaim the $70,000 level on Tuesday following a retraction in the S&P 500 futures….

Bitcoin Grabs Bid Liquidity Below $67,000 As Iran Tensions Flare

Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $67,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets responded to new geopolitical pressures. Key points: Bitcoin joins stocks in a geopolitics-driven sell-off to the start the US TradFi trading week. Bid liquidity gets crunched with the BTC price range still firmly in place. Strategy adding to its BTC stack failed…

Starknet Taps EY’s Nightfall for Institutional Privacy on Ethereum Rails

Starknet developer StarkWare has integrated EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol to let institutions run private payments and decentralized finance (DeFi) activity on public Ethereum-aligned rails, targeting banks and corporates that need confidentiality without giving up auditability.  In a Tuesday release shared with Cointelegraph, StarkWare positioned the move as a way for enterprises to use a shared,…

Gemini ousts COO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer after international exit and 25% staff cuts

Gemini Space Station Inc. (GEMI) is parting ways with three top executives, including its chief operating officer (COO), chief financial officer (CFO) and chief legal officer (CLO), the exchange disclosed in a filing on Tuesday. COO Marshall Beard, CFO Dan Chen and CLO Tyler Meade are all leaving effective immediately, according to the filing. Beard…

Poland President Vetoes Crypto Bill As Firms Seek MiCA Licenses Abroad

Poland’s president vetoed a second bill meant to align the country’s crypto rules with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation framework, deepening uncertainty for local platforms as a key transition deadline approaches. President Karol Nawrocki declined to sign Bill 2064 last week, marking the second veto of proposed legislation to implement the EU’s Markets…

Bitcoin Sentiment Hits Lows Amid Oversold Signals

Crypto market sentiment has fallen to extreme lows, a condition that has historically preceded short-term rebounds, according to analysts at Matrixport, though they caution further downside remains possible. “Sentiment has fallen to extremely depressed levels, reflecting broad pessimism across the market,” said Matrixport in a note on Tuesday.  Matrixport’s own Bitcoin (BTC) “fear and greed…

Polygon Tops Ethereum In Daily Transaction Fees Over The Weekend

Polygon has posted higher daily transaction fees than Ethereum over the past three days, with an analyst pointing to robust user activity on prediction market Polymarket.   According to the latest data from Token Terminal, Polygon raked in $407,100 worth of transaction fees on Friday, compared to Ethereum’s $211,700, with the data indicating this is the…

Polygon Tops Ethereum In Daily Transaction Fees Over The Weekend

Polygon has posted higher daily transaction fees than Ethereum over the past three days, with an analyst pointing to robust user activity on prediction market Polymarket.   According to the latest data from Token Terminal, Polygon raked in $407,100 worth of transaction fees on Friday, compared to Ethereum’s $211,700, with the data indicating this is the…

Fintech Company Secures Regulatory Approval in HK

The addition is the first crypto company to be licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission since June 2025, when the regulator approved Hong Kong BGE. Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has added another company to its list of formally licensed cryptocurrency trading platforms, according to a Friday announcement. The SFC’s list of…

Bitcoin Targets $84K CME Gap After Rising Accumulation in BTC

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a sharp dip below $67,400 during the Monday session open, after it rallied above $70,000 over the weekend. An immediate recovery may come at the back of BTC order book data, which shows aggressive bid positioning, and onchain data pointing to a rise in long-term accumulation.  Analysts now say the move may…