Bitcoin ETF losses hit $7B as price risks $65K, MSTR cushioned
Bitcoin reportedly pushed US spot ETF holders into $7 billion in paper losses after sliding below $80,000. Bitcoin USD briefly traded near $74,600 before bouncing toward $77,000, shaking investors who bought near the top. This drop occurred during a broader risk-off move, when stocks and crypto sold off together....
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Polymarket Bets Say Bitcoin Has 72% Odds of Breaking $65K
Polymarket traders are currently pricing a 72% chance that Bitcoin trades below $65,000 in 2026 after a sharp sell-off over the weekend. Bitcoin briefly dipped below $75,000 before rebounding, adding tension after months of uneven price movement. This comes while cash conditions in the U.S. continue to tighten, and...
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Bitcoin Loans Shift From Quick Cash to Long-Term Planning
Bitcoin-backed borrowing is changing fast. Xapo Bank says more than half of its Bitcoin-backed loans in 2025 ran for a full year, not a few weeks or months. That shift happened as Bitcoin traded through sharp swings, pushing long-term holders to plan instead of panic. CLIENTS WARM TO BTC-BACKED...
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Crypto darknet drug kingpin Rui-Siang Lin gets 30 years
U.S. prosecutors say the Taiwanese operator of the $105 Million Incognito Market used cryptocurrency and anonymity tools before investigators tied him to the platform through domain records and digital traces....
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‘Big Short’ Michael Burry flags “death spiral” after silver liquidations beat bitcoin
Tokenized silver futures logged one of the largest wipeouts across crypto markets, overtaking the usual leaders bitcoin and ether....
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Tom Lee says BitMine’s $6 billion ether paper loss is “by design”
The firm said unrealized losses are expected in a downturn, arguing its ethereum-heavy balance sheet is designed to track and outperform ETH over a full market cycle....
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CoinDesk Research: U.S. leads institutional crypto, Asia rules trading ahead of Consensus Miami
Asia’s dominance is visible across every major dataset in this report, but the U.S. is assembling the institutional engine for the next surge of global adoption, while Latin America is already proving how utility-driven demand can scale in the real economy....
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Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz Points To Quantum Uncertainty As ‘Big Excuse’ Behind Early Investors Selling Off Bitcoin: ‘Not A Huge Issue’
Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GLXY) CEO Mike Novogratz on Tuesday called quantum uncertainty a “big excuse” for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) whales and long-term holders selling off their positions, even though he downplayed its long-term industry impact. Quantum Computing Fears: Overblown Or Justified? During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Novogratz argued that concerns about...
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XRP Open Interest Falls to Lowest Level Since 2024: Market Reset Or Warning Signal?
XRP has entered a critical phase after losing the $1.80 level and sliding toward the $1.60 zone, where price is now attempting to find short-term support. The move comes amid broader weakness across the crypto market, but XRP’s structure shows an additional layer of stress that goes beyond spot...
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MetaMask brings 200+ tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to users via Ondo
MetaMask has added access to more than 200 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs through a new integration with Ondo Finance, expanding users’ ability to trade traditional assets directly inside the wallet. Ondo announced the update on Feb. 3, saying its…...
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