Bitcoin Slips Below $66K As Absent Spot Demand Benefits Bears

Bitcoin (BTC) has now retraced for three straight days, slipping below $66,000 during the New York session on Wednesday. The decline came after a failed push above $70,000, as weak buying interest allowed sellers to maintain control. Onchain data suggest that the pullback appears driven by spot-led selling on Binance, while the lack of a…

Bitcoin, Altcoins Consolidate In Search Of New Price Floor

Key points: Bitcoin spot selling keeps a $60,000 retest open as a short-term outcome. Several major altcoins risk resuming the downtrend, indicating a negative investor outlook. Bitcoin (BTC) has again come under pressure, dropping below the $66,000 level during the early hours of the US trading session. According to Kaiko Research, a 52% retracement from…

Per-transaction encryption to fight malicious MEV

Malicious MEV attacks pose a significant threat to traders on Ethereum. Our latest research shows that almost 2,000 sandwich attacks happen daily and more than $2 million is extracted from the network each month. Even traders who execute large WETH, WBTC or stable swaps remain at risk and can lose a substantial portion of their…

ETH Rally At Risk Due To Network Growth Challenges, US Macro

ETH price moved above $2,150 as Bitcoin and US stock markets rallied, but does data show whether derivatives traders have turned bullish yet? Key takeaways: Ethereum maintains dominance in its total value locked metric, yet faces scrutiny over layer-2 scaling. ETH inflation rose to 0.8% as onchain activity slowed, while US macroeconomic fears kept the…

SEC’s Cooled Enforcement Policy ‘Not Good’ for Crypto Industry: Congressman

US lawmakers questioned Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins at a hearing on Wednesday about the agency’s enforcement actions against the crypto industry and why several cases were dismissed since the leadership change. Enforcement actions since US President Donald Trump assumed office, and appointed Atkins as SEC chair, are down by 60%, Representative…

Bitcoin $60K Retest Possible Due To Growing Liquidity Gap

Bitcoin (BTC) price fell to $65,800 on Wednesday, slipping back below key intraday trend lines and raising concerns that last week’s drop to $60,000 may not have been the final bottom. Now, analysts say the possibility of another drop to the yearly low ($59,800) is increasing due to a growing liquidity gap between $66,000 and…

BlackRock exec says even a 1% crypto allocation in Asia could unlock $2 trillion in new flows

Even a modest model portfolio allocation to crypto in Asia could drive massive inflows into the market, according to Nicholas Peach, head of APAC iShares at BlackRock. Speaking on a panel at Consensus Hong Kong, Peach said rising institutional acceptance of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) — particularly in Asia — is reshaping expectations for the…

This XRP Indicator Warns That Price May Crash Below $1: Analyst

XRP (XRP)  has retraced nearly 63% from its multi-year high of $3.66 to trade at $1.36 on Wednesday, a technical setup that may have bearish implications for its price, according to a market analyst.   Key takeaways: XRP appeared bearish below $1.40, with chart technicals pointing to a further drop toward $0.70-$1. Persistent spot XRP ETFs…

Bitcoin $60K Retest Possible Due To Growing Liquidity Gap

Bitcoin (BTC) price fell to $65,800 on Wednesday, slipping back below key intraday trend lines and raising concerns that last week’s drop to $60,000 may not have been the final bottom. Now, analysts say that the possibility of another drop to the yearly low ($59,800) is increasing due to a growing liquidity gap between $66,000…

Tokenized Commodities Blows Past $6B on Gold Adoption

The tokenized commodities market has risen 53% in less than six weeks to over $6.1 billion, making it the fastest-growing vertical in the real-world asset tokenization market as more gold moves onchain. The tokenized commodities market was valued at just over $4 billion at the start of the year, meaning around $2 billion has been…