BTC Slips to Yearly Low as Leverage Unwinds Below $85K

Bitcoin’s (BTC) strong start to the year has been fully erased, with its price slipping to a new yearly low below $84,000. Analysts viewed this move as part of a broader corrective phase rather than a structural market breakdown, driven by aggressive futures deleveraging rather than sustained selling in spot markets. Key takeaways: BTC fell…

XRP ‘Millionaire’ Wallets Ramp Up In An ‘Encouraging Sign’

The number of XRP wallets holding more than 1 million tokens has been gradually increasing since the start of the year and could bode well for the asset’s long-term prospects, according to crypto analytics platform Santiment. “XRP’s price is down a modest -4% since the start of 2026, but its amount of ‘millionaire’ wallets are…

Bitcoin Crashes To Nine-Month Low On Tariffs, Liquidations

Bitcoin has fallen to a nine-month low of $81,000, causing billions in liquidations over the past day as escalating tensions in the Middle East and US President Donald Trump’s fresh threats of tariffs caused traders to sell off. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to a low of $81,058 on Coinbase in early trading on Friday, its lowest…

Avalanche Tokenization Value Rises to $1.3b in 2025

Blockchain network Avalanche saw rising institutional adoption across tokenized money market funds, loans, and indices in the fourth quarter, driving the value of real-world assets on the layer 1 to a new high, even as its token underperformed the broader market. The total value locked of tokenized real-world assets on Avalanche rose 68.6% over the…

SEC, CFTC Strike Conciliatory Tone Ahead of CLARITY Act Talks

SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig spoke on CNBC on Thursday as debate continues over stablecoin yield in the CLARITY Act. US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Mike Selig appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Thursday to discuss the crypto market structure bill and…

Bitcoin Longs Reach 2-Year High At Bitfinex: Bullish Or Bearish?

Key takeaways: Bitfinex Bitcoin margin longs hit two-year highs, but arbitrage suggests this isn’t a purely bullish price indicator. Bitcoin price drops as tech stock valuations and gold gains drive investors toward cautious, risk-averse behavior. Bitcoin (BTC) price plummeted to its lowest level in over two months on Thursday, retesting the $84,000 support. This sell-off…

Nayib Bukele and El Salvador buying dips in bitcoin and gold

The central bank of El Salvador, the tiny bitcoin-friendly nation in Central America, added $50 million worth of gold to its reserves, the institution said Thursday in an X post. The purchase — 9,298 troy ounces — brings the country’s total gold holdings to 67,403 ounces, valued at roughly $360 million at current prices President…

21Shares Lists JitoSOL-Backed Solana ETP in Europe

21Shares has launched a Jito-staked Solana exchange-traded product in Europe, offering listed exposure to the SOL token with staking embedded. The 21Shares Jito Staked SOL ETP will trade under the ticker JSOL in US dollars and euros and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Paris, making it the first Europe-listed ETP backed by JitoSOL, according…

BTC Slips to Yearly Low as Leverage Unwinds Below $85K

Bitcoin’s (BTC) strong start to the year has been fully erased, with its price slipping to a new yearly low below $84,000. Analysts viewed this move as part of a broader corrective phase rather than a structural market breakdown, driven by aggressive futures deleveraging rather than sustained selling in spot markets. Key takeaways: BTC fell…

The 24/7 Global Stock Market Is Impossible On Today’s Blockchain

Opinion by: Joshua Sum, head of product at Solayer Labs Consider a single, borderless financial market operating around the clock, where a farmer in Nebraska can instantly hedge wheat futures. At the same time, a pension fund in Tokyo trades Tesla shares seamlessly, all without permission, intermediaries or geographic constraints.  This isn’t science fiction. It’s…