Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin crashes below $65,000 amid $1.86B liquidations and Saylor sell‑off
Bitcoin slipped under the $65,000 psychological barrier on June 3, sparking a 12% weekly decline. The drop triggered roughly $1.86 billion in leveraged futures liquidations and a $2.97 billion outflow from spot Bitcoin ETFs over ten sessions. Michael Saylor added pressure by selling 32 BTC, valued at about $2.5 million.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
PayPal’s PYUSD Supply Crosses $4 Billion
PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin surpassed a $4 billion market capitalization, cementing its status among the largest digital dollars. On Arbitrum One, PYUSD’s circulating supply rose to roughly $256 million, making it the fourth‑largest stablecoin on the layer‑2 network. The surge is linked to a December partnership with Permian Labs, the developer of USDAI, where PYUSD serves as reserve and settlement asset. The collaboration also offers up to $1 billion in PYUSD deposits a 4.5% APY incentive for a year.
FOCIL + EIP‑8141 Ensure Near‑Instant, Censorship‑Resistant Inclusion
There is also an important synergy between FOCIL and AA (EIP-8141, which is based on 7701): 8141 makes not just smart accounts (including multisig, quantum-resistant signatures, key changes, gas sponsorship) first-class citizens, it also can do the same for privacy protocols...
Aave DAO Rejects Mandatory Voter Disclosure, Stani Explains
A recent vote to have Aave DAO voters disclose the owners of their wallets, plus any conflicts of interest, failed. Stani Kulechov gave a good reason for why he voted against 👇 #aavedao #governance #cryptovoting
Solinex Reviews: Who Can Track Down and Recover Stolen Funds in the Era of Digital Risks?
Solinex, a specialist law firm, offers a full‑service model that merges legal counsel, cryptocurrency analytics, and international coordination to track and recover stolen digital assets. The firm reports a 97% case completion rate and has served over 4,800 clients in...
Stripe's Bridge Secures First Step Toward Nationwide Stablecoin Charter
Stripe's Stablecoin Firm Bridge Wins Initial Approval of National Bank Trust Charter Joins Circle, Ripple, BitGo, Paxos, Fidelity Digital—all got conditional OCC approval Dec 2025. Anchorage Digital (2021) remains only crypto firm with finalized charter. National charter = operate across all...
Crypto’s Value Persists Beyond Prices, Fueling Bullish Outlook
There's a sharp contrast between the bearish market mood out there and the bullish feeling I have about crypto. I understand the sentiment. It's not pleasant watching the price of almost every token decline. It creates the impression that if the...
CME Group to Launch 24/7 Crypto Futures and Options Trading
CME Group announced that its regulated cryptocurrency futures and options will trade continuously, 24 hours a day, seven days a week starting May 29, 2026. The move follows a record $3 trillion in notional volume for CME’s crypto products in 2025. Average daily...
Ignore Volume Colors; Watch Volume Trends Instead
A lot of traders get this wrong about volume. --> Green volume bars show buys --> Red volume bars show sells There is only high volume and low volume. Colours mean nothing. Only focus on: • Increasing Volume (increasing participation) • Decreasing Volume (decreasing participation) • Flat Volume...
Quarterly Report Tracks Stablecoin Paradigm Shift
Today, @TheStablecon and @Artemis drop "The State of Stables," our quarterly report on the trends driving the fast-moving stablecoin ecosystem. It’s impossible to know today what the legacy of stablecoins will be. Entrepreneurs have barely begun to challenge the dominant paradigms in...
Base Moves to Independent Stack, Scaling Back Reliance on Optimism
Base, Coinbase’s rapidly growing Layer 2, announced a migration to a unified, Base‑operated stack, ending deep reliance on Optimism’s OP Stack. The shift consolidates core infrastructure under a single codebase, aiming to cut coordination overhead and accelerate upgrades ahead of hard forks...
Number Go Down and Other Schadenfreude
In a recent SEC briefing, Commissioners Peirce and Chairman Atkins addressed the sharp decline in cryptocurrency prices, emphasizing that regulators should not panic over market swings. They reiterated that the SEC’s role is to ensure robust disclosures so investors can...
KYA Now
The episode explores the emerging "Know Your Agent" (KYA) paradigm, arguing that the next bottleneck in the agentic economy is identity rather than intelligence. Drawing on insights from Sean Neville of Circle and recent industry reports, the host explains how...
Crypto Cuts HELOC Origination Cost From $11K to $730
Why does it cost $11,000 to originate a HELOC? Most industry experts would point to regulatory and compliance hurdles. After all, it's one of the few departments in FIs that keeps growing. @mcagney and @Figure proved otherwise: 45 days → 5 days to...
This Smart Ring Pays You Crypto for Working Out
CUDIS unveiled its second‑generation Sporty Series smart ring, a 3‑gram titanium device that tracks over 30 sports, offers AI‑driven health coaching, and pays users in $CUDIS cryptocurrency for meeting wellness goals. The ring features interchangeable silicone bands in 12 colors...
Wall Street's Bitcoin Bet Fails as Hedge Thesis Crumbles
Bitcoin Won Over Wall Street and Now It’s Paying the Price Wall Street may invest in BTC but that doesn't mean they are "hodlers" with the same religious zeal shown by many who profess to "never sell." -Bitcoin's price has...
TRADE Talks: Prescient Investment Management’s Cheree Dyers
Prescient Investment Management’s Cheree Dyers argues that digital assets and tokenised instruments can boost capital efficiency and settlement speed, but only if they dovetail with existing custody, clearing and regulatory frameworks. She highlights that faster, near‑real‑time settlement reduces counter‑party exposure,...
Which Blockchains Are Best for Web3 Crypto Domains?
Web3 crypto domains, minted as NFTs, are emerging as portable digital identities that replace long wallet addresses. The choice of blockchain—Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Base, or Handshake—directly influences cost, security, and ecosystem compatibility. Ethereum’s ENS remains the most widely adopted, offering...
Decentralization Enables Fairness, Integrity, and Sovereignty
I read the comments to this tweet and realized it's not clear to everyone what decentralization actually achieves: - Censorship resistance - Permissionlessness - Trustlessness - Network stability These are the puzzle pieces that create: fairness, integrity, and sovereignty. Distributing control of the network across many...
Wyoming’s Volunteer‑Driven Crypto Wins Now Face Capture
FLASHBACK to 8 years ago, when a group of ~30 volunteers who cared about economic diversification in #Wyoming + defining a property-rights based legal & regulatory regime for #crypto within the US got 5 blockchain-friendly bills passed in the 2018...
🚨 Iran Crisis: Bitcoin Crash Next?
The episode examines how the U.S. military buildup in the Middle East amid the Iran crisis could impact Bitcoin, which is sliding toward the $60,000 support level. Host(s) discuss whether the dip represents a buying opportunity or signals a broader...
Euphoria Unwinds, Quality Assets Outshine Speculation
I have mentioned this chart a few times in the past, but it does really go to show just how extreme things got the last few years. The chart is SPX/(UNRATE^2)*USIRYY*USINTR Unravelling things after extreme euphoria is never an easy process. As things...
Flow Turns Collectibles Into Everyday Financial Habits
"Flow can convert consumer distribution into repeat financial behavior." – @MessariCrypto This is what we have been building toward. Insightful report on how Flow goes from collectibles to consumer finance. Feat. FCM, Peak Money, stablecoins, and why shipping crypto products for...
Longevity Boosts Reputation, Drives DeFi Growth
100% true & best advice I give others as well. Internally at Frax, we call this "cockroaching it." 🪳 It's even more true for stablecoins & DeFi as the longer you're around, the more lindy you get for having a...
Polymarket Climbs to #2 Crypto Traffic, Beating Coinbase, Binance
Polymarket has risen to 2nd place globally in web traffic among all crypto platforms, уступая only to Robinhood, and even surpassing Coinbase and Binance. https://t.co/Tv1NapohcA
ETH's Lower Sweep May Spark Bullish Divergence Reversal
Similarly for $ETH, it looks to be that we're sweeping lower to be getting some traction on the markets and liquidity. This would generate a bullish divergence of which we can finally start seeing reversal signs. https://t.co/8PSixZBx0I
Real‑time 24/7 Global Payments Now Available Instantly
At @Lightspark we first focused on the most difficult global money movement problem: realtime, 24/7 P2P for banks. It gave us superpowers now available for B2B, B2C payouts, global pay-ins/virtual accounts, and treasury management. Same day setup: https://t.co/1cRJucmFKd
Earn Bitcoin by Holding USDC with Coinbase One
New way to stack sats: hold USDC, earn Bitcoin. Sometimes the smaller features are the coolest ones. Coinbase One members can choose to receive their weekly rewards in either BTC or USDC, rolling out now.
Gemini Adds Crypto and Credit Card Funding for Prediction Markets
NEW: Users can now fund their prediction market trades with crypto and credit cards on Gemini 🤝 https://t.co/HJZcd1AuOZ
Tight Liquidity Drives Narrow Crypto Leadership Until Crisis
We have now published the ITC Liquidity Risk Metric. You can see that liquidity conditions have been tight for years which is why this past crypto bull market was characterized by narrow leadership. Historically, a crisis is what leads to looser monetary...
AI Slashes Coinbase Feature Cycle Time to Days
Great example of how AI is reducing time (and team size) to ship new features at Coinbase Cycle time will reduce further to days as we lean in more here
Crypto Empowers OpenClaw Bots with Open-Source Tools
it sucks that @steipete first impression of crypto in OpenClaw is grifts/scams/rugpulls. Crypto opens up a set of insanely powerful open source tools for OpenClaw bots. Bots with property rights and CLI level bank accounts. It's a perfect fit. We'll get there.
TAO Rejects First Support; Breakout Needed for Momentum
A clear rejection on the first level of support for $TAO. Not great. It needs to break that level for some momentum to be gained back into the markets. https://t.co/oQOsGq1S4k
SBF Highlights Solvency, Omits Alameda's Fund Theft
Notice how SBF’s tweets only focus on FTX “solvency” and never mentions Alameda’s role in stealing and then gambling away customer funds https://t.co/Yq0IlsbDMu
Armstrong Blames Trade Groups, Urges Banks to Embrace Stablecoin Yields
NEW: Brian Armstrong says banking trade groups, not individual banks, are blocking crypto market structure progress, and that banks should see stablecoins with yield as an opportunity, not a threat https://t.co/fU43imp3Gg
Modern Treasury Unveils Payment Orchestration and Stablecoin Strategies
New pod just dropped: @ModernTreasury CEO @mattgmarcus & lead counsel @regulatorynerd joined me to discuss MT's new payment service provider capabilities, who needs payment orchestration, the stablecoin gold rush & so much more. Find it where ever you get pods or...
Stablecoin Wars: Factions Battle for USD Dominance
Four months ago we released "Empire by Code" which laid out a thesis for the rise of USD Stablecoins. We have now released “Stablecoin Wars" which deals with the various factions vying for control of this new system. Both can be found...
Regulators Push Urgent Crypto Bill for Clarity
I now understand why the SEC, CFTC and other pro crypto politicians want to get the crypto bill done and done now.
Bitcoin Tests Lower Levels, Lacks Strong Bounce
This looks to me as if we're going to test lower on the markets to see whether there's some support on #Bitcoin. Not a strong bounce, and constant lower highs. https://t.co/QnNMmrTmyB
Zero‑knowledge Identity: A Right Blocked by Surveillance Agenda
zk identity is a human right. zk is tech - available today - to verify age without sharing private data and photo id. the reason it’s not used is because they have an ulterior motive. they want a surveillance state administered by the...
Mass Adoption Hinges on Native Account Abstraction
Mass adoption will come. It will come through simple UI and seamless UX. Or in other words, it will come through native account abstraction.
Push‑to‑Card Enables Instant Fiat Payouts From Stablecoins
Push to Card solves a major issue for off-ramping. Often getting stablecoins anywhere was easy. Getting them to fiat was hard. Pushing the stablecoins to cards does two things 1. Gets there instantly/24*7 2. Can be spent as fiat instantly For payouts use cases its a...
Five Bear Months Often Lead to Five Bull Months
Last time #BTC closed down for five consecutive months, it was followed by five green months. History doesn’t have to repeat itself, but streaks like this can’t go on forever. https://t.co/ztkRXOWOwo
Bitcoin Nears Longest Loss Streak Since 2022
🚨BITCOIN IS CLOSING IN ON IT’S LONGEST LOSING STREAK SINCE 2022 Bitcoin is approaching its longest losing streak in years as geopolitical tensions rise and shake up risk assets. Rising crude oil prices and a stronger U.S. dollar are adding extra...
Quiet Markets Precede Violent Crypto Breakouts
Boredom state of the markets for #Bitcoin and #Altcoins are often followed by a violent breakout.
Rootstock's Merge‑mining Scheme Proved a Bitcoin‑draining Scam
😂😂😂 Rootstock was obviously scammy from the beginning. Not to mention, their merge-mining plans were obviously harmful to Bitcoin itself. No surprise they'd rugpull investors.
Altcoin Volume Halves as Funds Shift Back to Bitcoin
🚨 INSIGHT Altcoin volume has fallen by half as capital rotates back into Bitcoin, echoing past corrective phases. https://t.co/K2gnfiMzSh
Long‑term ETH Buying Spikes as Staking Tops 50%
According to CryptoRank, long-term holders’ ETH purchases during the current dip have surged to multi-year highs. Moreover, for the first time, more than 50% of the total #ETH supply is now staked. https://t.co/420y5k9eHr
Bitcoin May Slip Below 99‑SMMA First Time Since 2023
If #Bitcoin closes this week below the 99smma it would be the first time since 2023. 😱 Will buyers step in or will we finally close below?? https://t.co/1XkBztY0Jt
Payments: Platform Convenience vs Crypto Sovereignty Showdown
Will #payments be controlled by platforms or executed by open protocols? #BigTech prioritises convenience and consumer protection, while #crypto emphasises user sovereignty and broader agent-level execution.
Midweek Market Snapshot Across Crypto, Commodities, and Equities
Market Update with Landy: The Wednesday Check-In 02/18/2026 $BTC $GOLD $SILVER $OIL $NG $DJI $NDX $SPY Brought to you by @davidgokhshtein @gokhshtein and hosted by @CryptoLandy. https://t.co/wB4GTwTt32