Bitcoin Four-Year Cycle ‘Normal’ Says Trader as BTC Hits Bottom Zone

Bitcoin (BTC) should see new all-time highs in 2028, a trader says as $53,000 becomes an important buy-in level. Key points: Bitcoin is in “as normal a four-year cycle as they come,” says Bob Loukas as the timing for a bear-market bottom approaches. The cycle midpoint at $53,000 would be an advantageous market entry if…

Prediction Market Need Measured Approach to Insider Trading

Prediction market regulators should consider a measured approach to insider trading enforcement as opposed to an outright ban, according to research from an academic at the Stevens Institute of Technology. In a paper released on June 2, assistant professor of finance Balbinder Singh Gill developed a formal economic model to answer the question of how…

Live bitcoin updates: What next for bitcoin as it faces headwinds from Fed rates to Claude’s Mythos

David Nicholas, CEO and Founder of XFUNDs by Nicholas Wealth and portfolio manager of several actively managed ETFs including BLOX, which maintains bitcoin as a core holding, views the current bitcoin market as technically damaged. He notes that BTC is trading roughly 20% below its 50-day moving average, a situation he describes as a “broken…

These Four Bitcoin Charts Hint at BTC Price Dropping Below $50K

Bitcoin (BTC) bulls successfully defended the $60,000 psychological support during last week’s 13% correction. BTC/USD daily chart. Source: TradingView However, the rebound has not fully erased downside risks, with some traders warning that a deeper breakdown remains possible as the US–Iran tensions and fading rate-cut expectations weigh on risk appetite. Several Bitcoin valuation and technical…

SBI Shinsei Bank Plans Crypto Vouchers for Depositors

SBI Shinsei Bank will reportedly launch a service that rewards deposit customers with cryptocurrency exchange vouchers based on their account balances. According to a Nikkei report, customers will receive vouchers equal to 20% of their interest payments, in addition to their yen-denominated interest. The vouchers can be exchanged for Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) or XRP…

Ether Eyes $1,500 Support After 25% Open-Interest Decline

The Ether (ETH) futures market saw its open interest (OI) on Gate.io fall by 45% to levels last seen in April 2025. At the same time, nearly 480,000 ETH left Binance, OKX, Gemini and Bitfinex over the past few days, reducing the exchange-held supply.  The combined shift highlights a market with less leverage and declining…

Solana Institute urges CLARITY Act developer protections

Solana Institute CEO Kristin Smith is urging the US Senate to pass the CLARITY crypto market structure bill with developer protections intact, arguing that open-source developers and blockchain infrastructure providers should not be regulated as financial intermediaries. In a thread on the X social media platform, Smith said the market structure legislation “has a real…

Crypto tax bills a work-in-progress as U.S. House lawmakers pose concerns

A package of several crypto tax bills may not be ready yet for prime time, as a U.S. House Ways and Means Committee hearing revealed potentially significant questions from lawmakers that suggested the panel hasn’t achieved a bipartisan embrace of the bills that would tailor a clearer tax code for digital asset gains. The latest…

Bitcoin’s Correction May Be Canary In Coal Mine Moment for Macro

Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent performance may be less about crypto market weakness and more about its position at the front of the risk curve. Asset management firm Bitwise said that BTC often acts as a “canary in the macro coal mine,” responding to shifts in liquidity and financial conditions before traditional markets. With equities now showing…

Privacy Push Accelerates as StarkWare and Sui Launch Compliance-Ready Confidential Transfers

StarkWare and Sui launched new privacy features this week that allow users to conceal transaction data without fully sacrificing auditability or regulatory oversight. StarkWare said Tuesday that it launched STRK20, a privacy framework for ERC-20 tokens on Starknet that allows users to shield balances and transaction data while providing mechanisms for disclosure under certain circumstances….