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Key TakeawaysWintermute says BTC’s latest rise is squeeze-driven, with leverage and shorts lifting price in 1 move.Bitcoin bulls face weaker spot demand, leaving BTC’s rally more fragile across crypto markets in 2026.Wintermute says BTC needs stronger spot flows next,...

Key takeaways:A successful Hyperliquid whale opened a $70 million short position, but data suggests this is a technical move.Rising oil prices and Fed liquidity injections could devalue US Treasuries, boosting Bitcoin as a scarce macro asset.Bitcoin below $80,000 as...

Tokyo-listed Metaplanet reported first-quarter operating income Wednesday of 2.27 billion Japanese yen (roughly $14.38 million) on net sales of about $19.5 million, implying an operating margin of 73.6% as surging Bitcoin option income more than tripled revenue from a...

The XRP Ledger has reached a new high in the number of wallets holding at least 10,000 XRP, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment, extending a growth trend that has been in place since mid-2024. The firm framed the...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has backed Kalshi in the company’s legal fight against the state of Ohio, asking an appeals court to affirm that the regulator has jurisdiction over prediction markets.The CFTC filed an amicus brief in...

Bitcoin BTC$81,199.33 shrugged off the inflation scare almost as quickly as the print landed.The largest cryptocurrency dropped to $79,879 in late U.S. hours Tuesday after the April Consumer Price Index came in at 3.8% year-over-year, hotter than economists had...

The US Senate has approved Kevin Warsh as the newest governor of the Federal Reserve, with a vote on his confirmation as chair of the central bank expected this week.In a 51 to 45 vote in the US Senate...