Analysts and market observers are saying bitcoin’s crash is happening due to traders chasing momentum and rotating out of crypto and into high-flying IPOs and AI stocks.
The selloff has triggered demand for protective options plays, pushing the fear gauge higher.
SpaceX’s proposed $75 billion IPO would rank among the largest ever, while its $1.29 billion bitcoin holding and the broader wave of megacap listings could reshape capital flows across crypto and technology markets.
The largest Ethereum treasury firm is taking a page from Michael Saylor’s Strategy to issue preferred shares to tap new sources of funding.
Shares of Tom Lee’s Ethereum treasury firm hit their lowest level since the company’s crypto pivot as ETH revisits the February lows.
The Defend Developers PAC is aiming to contribute to lawmakers who seek to shield crypto developers from legal vulnerabilities.
Bitcoin’s recent weakness reflects a broader rotation into AI, IPOs and other momentum trades rather than concerns about Michael Saylor’s bitcoin sales, according to Charles Schwab’s Jim Ferraioli.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, Alex Tapscott on the stalling of the CLARITY Act and how it’s impacting the average American consumer. Then, Aisha Hunt writes that crypto will grow by upgrading Wall Street’s trusted products rather than replacing them.
Sawyer confirmed that Standard Chartered’s full acquisition of the firm is on track to target a signing at the end of June and complete by the end of August.
The S1-COIN-25 physical bitcoin, part of Mike Caldwell’s 2011-2013 mint, had its tamper-evident hologram peeled and the 25 BTC swept on-chain on Wednesday.
Strategy’s bitcoin sale may have rattled markets, but the bigger issue is missing demand from new buyers, Citi said.
The figure is from a theoretical model proposed by Greg Foss in 2021 that treats bitcoin as a credit default swap on G20 sovereign bonds.
Binance Coin (BNB), down 3.4% from Tuesday, was also an underperformer.
Payward aims to give retail investors access to IPO shares at the offering price through tokenized equities.
One novel theory floating around social media says it’s Iranian sanctions, not Strategy sales, that’s behind this week’s price crash.
The power law model shows BTC trading at one of its deepest discounts relative to trend, a level previously seen during the March 2020 crash and FTX collapse.
The Nasdaq-listed fund charges a 0.29% sponsor fee, undercutting rival Hyperliquid ETFs from 21Shares and Bitwise.
U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is also said to be looking into the possibility of participating in the new stablecoin platform.
Winners included Democrats Zoe Lofgren, Ted Lieu, Dave Min and Rob Menendez, as well as Republican Sen. Mike Rounds, with Democrats accounting for 10 of the 11 victories.
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The recovery does little to mask a 9.5% weekly decline as U.S. stocks hit records highs, AI tokens rally and Coinbase’s Ethena deal steals the spotlight.
One expert said the issue was mainly with block explorers tracking the onchain activity.
Lenders are particularly interested in blockchain’s back-office applications, but security failures are blocking wider adoption.
The American Bankers Association, which lobbies against the crypto sector over the Clarity Act’s stablecoin section, unveiled its new polling.
Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton’s CEO, said blockchain and crypto threaten a huge number of business models that exist today in traditional finance.
Evin McMullen’s view on AI agents disrupting Google’s and Facebook’s business model was previously shared by Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson and Cloudflare CSO Stephanie Cohen.
Markets now imply a 66% chance bitcoin falls below $55,000 and a coin-flip chance of sub-$50,000 prices before year-end.
The jump signals return of fear after two months of calm market sentiment.
XRP lost another major support level on heavy selling, with traders now focused on whether buyers can defend the $1.20 area after a 15-week low.
The single biggest unwind was a $59.67 million BTC-USDT long on HTX.