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.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
From 2016 Hack to $150M Endowment: The DAO’s Second Act Focuses on Ethereum Security
A decade after the 2016 DAO hack, the DAO Security Fund will stake roughly 75,000 dormant ETH—now worth about $150 million—to generate yield for Ethereum security initiatives. The fund will keep claims open indefinitely for original token holders and shift from a passive key‑holding model to professionalized governance. Distribution will use quadratic funding, retroactive public‑goods grants, and ranked‑choice voting. Curator Griff Green leads the effort, positioning the endowment as a renewable security backbone for the Ethereum ecosystem.
Lengthening Cycles Narrative Reemerges in Late Bitcoin Cycle
#BTC Fun fact: „Lengthening Cycles“ became a popular narrative in the latter stages of the 2020-2021 cycle as well $BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin 🚀Follow @rektcapital for more level-headed insights on Bitcoin
Milo Tops $100 Million in Crypto-Backed Mortgages, Closes Record $12 Million Deal
Milo, a U.S. crypto‑lending firm, has originated more than $100 million in crypto‑backed mortgages, highlighted by a record $12 million loan. The company operates in ten states and offers loans up to $25 million secured by Bitcoin or Ether, with interest starting at...
Media Hype Ignored Risks, Gemini IPO Crashes
Remember the excitement in the business media about the Gemini IPO? $GEMI The shares have crashed from over $45 to $6... Remember the softballs thrown to the executives and the admiration bestowed on the Winkelvoss twins by the Fin TV community? I do....
Bitcoin Holds Near $68,000 as Volatility Cools, WLFI Jumps Ahead of Mar-a-Lago Forum
Bitcoin hovered around $68,000 on Wednesday, trading within a $65,100‑$72,000 band since Feb 6 as volatility and funding rates cooled. Open interest held steady at $15.5 billion, while the options market showed a balanced call‑put split and eased skew. The Trump‑backed WLFI...
Five Consecutive Red Altcoin Months Signal Possible Correction End
For the 5th month in a row, a red candle on #Altcoins. Interestingly enough; this has never happened before. Not once. No wonder the social media interest has hit such a low level of interest in crypto. Regardless, if this monthly candle can climb...
Wells Fargo Sees ‘YOLO’ Trade Driving $150B Into Bitcoin and Risk Assets
Wells Fargo analyst Ohsung Kwon predicts that a surge in U.S. tax refunds could channel up to $150 billion into risk‑on assets, notably equities and Bitcoin, by the end of March. The influx is tied to a revival of the retail “YOLO”...
BlackRock to Skim 18% of Staked Ethereum ETF Rewards From Investors — and ETHB Exits Could Take Weeks
BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB) will aim to keep 70%‑95% of its ether staked, generating yield while maintaining a 5%‑30% unstaked liquidity sleeve for creations, redemptions and expenses. The prospectus reveals an 18% skim of gross staking rewards...
Bitcoin ETFs Log $105M Outflows as Mystery IBIT Buyer Surfaces
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a $104.9 million net outflow on Tuesday, with total trading volume collapsing to just over $3 billion—an 80% drop from the February 5 record. Jane Street emerged as the second‑largest buyer of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), adding...
Lesser-Known Cryptocurrencies: A Guide for UK Traders
The article guides UK traders through the world of lesser‑known cryptocurrencies, highlighting assets like Cardano that offer niche technology and sustainability benefits. It explains how these tokens differ from Bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of market adoption, liquidity, and volatility....
SARS Turns Screws on Crypto Tax-Dodgers
South Africa’s tax authority, SARS, has released its domestic Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), outlining how crypto‑related transactions will be reported and shared with tax authorities. The framework mandates crypto‑asset service providers to gather detailed user and transaction data and...
LAX Signals Infrastructure Preparation for Adaptive Risk Mitigation in Crypto Payments
Crypto payment volumes are rising, prompting LAX to launch an infrastructure preparation initiative focused on adaptive risk mitigation. The program will reinforce LAX’s internal payment architecture to dynamically assess transaction flows, adjust processing in real time, and respond to network...
Crypto Gone? 2026 Blueprint for Blockchain Recovery
The guide outlines a step‑by‑step blueprint for recovering lost or stolen crypto, distinguishing between exchange lockouts, scams, and lost seed phrases. It explains practical actions such as identity verification for exchanges, rapid blockchain tracing for theft, and systematic searches for...
Piero Cipollone: Digital Euro
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone outlined the digital euro roadmap, confirming that the current preparation phase began in November 2025 and a pilot is slated for mid‑2027. The ECB aims for a first issuance in 2029, contingent on EU legislators...
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Dumps ETHZilla Stake as ETH Treasuries Face Pressure
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has completely divested its 7.5% stake in ETHZilla, the former 180 Life Sciences company that rebranded to run an Ether‑focused treasury. The stake, worth about $40 million when disclosed in August 2025, is now reported as zero...
royalwelt.com Bewertungen Expands Integrated Multi-Asset Trading Infrastructure Amid Rising Cross-Market Participation
Royalwelt.com announced a major upgrade to its multi‑asset trading platform, adding modular infrastructure that supports both equities and digital assets within a single interface. The enhancement boosts computational bandwidth, reduces latency, and introduces distributed processing nodes that maintain order sequencing...
Bitcoin Stagnates, Yet Remains Cheap Compared to Gold
#Bitcoin remains to be stuck in the range. You'd like to see a clear breakthrough on any direction, but since the collapse earlier this month, no price action has provided that as of yet. Matter of patience, as zoomed out,...
Freedom, Not One Use Case, Drives Mass Adoption
The one thing that will drive mass adoption won’t be DeFi, or payments, or gaming, or prediction markets, or social identity, or any other ONE single use case. No. It will be the secret spice we add to all of them:...
Bitcoin Losing $70,000 Is a Warning Sign for Further Downside
Bitcoin slipped below $68,000, breaking the short‑term support that held the market steady in early February. The breach opens the path to lower levels near $65,000 and potentially $60,000 if sellers remain aggressive. Major cryptocurrencies fell up to 3 % while...
Bitcoin’s Tech Stock Divergence Is a ‘Fire Alarm’ for Fiat: Arthur Hayes
Arthur Hayes warns that Bitcoin’s recent decoupling from tech‑heavy Nasdaq signals an AI‑driven credit crunch that could force central banks to resume large‑scale money printing. He estimates a 20% cut in U.S. knowledge‑worker jobs could wipe out $557 billion of consumer‑credit...
Base App Could Merge Self‑Custody and Managed Services
"Base App is focused now on being the self-custodial version of Coinbase" I'm sure there are good reasons to not do this, but would be cool if they took this to the extreme and merged the apps into one Users choose...
Blockchain Fuels the Agentic Web, Not Scams
Blockchain and tokens have a clear purpose in this next iteration of the agentic web. Agents will transact more fluidly & accurately with digitally native money & assets, blockchain and verifiable sovereign digital ID will help make the agentic web...
Standard Chartered Partners with B2C2 to Enhance Institutional Crypto Access
Standard Chartered has teamed up with digital‑asset liquidity provider B2C2 to create a seamless bridge between traditional banking infrastructure and crypto markets. The alliance will give institutional investors—such as asset managers, hedge funds, corporates and family offices—direct access to spot...
Wall Street Underestimates Coinbase Amid Growing Adoption, Regulation
NEW: 🚨 Brian Armstrong says Wall Street underestimates Coinbase, even as it grows stronger through rising adoption, clearer regulation, and improving financial performance.
Bitcoin Will Surge Unexpectedly, Defying Bearish Timelines
Bears often insist on staying bearish until some arbitrary condition they set is met. That’s just not how the world works. Bitcoin will just run back up without warning. Suddenly is very sudden.
Coin Center Urges Senate Not to Axe Crypto Developer Protection Bill
Coin Center has written to the Senate Banking Committee urging the advancement of the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), a bill that would exempt crypto developers and infrastructure providers who don’t control user funds from money‑transmitter classification. The latest draft,...
Altcoins Hit Record‑High Selling Pressure, $209B in 13 Months
🚨 UPDATE Altcoin selling pressure has reached its highest level in history. For 13 consecutive months, alts have been sold non-stop, with net sell volume hitting over $209B! https://t.co/UR08iZO0d3
Over $188M Liquidated in 24h, 61% Longs.
OVER $188.09M HAS BEEN LIQUIDATED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. Over 61% worth $114.85M were long positions. https://t.co/e74OM1w9DB
Financial Crime and Money Laundering Risks in Digital Assets
Regulators are increasingly focused on financial‑crime and money‑laundering risks tied to digital assets as cryptocurrency adoption accelerates worldwide. Anonymity, multiple accounts, unauthorized usage, illegal payments and sanctions breaches are identified as core vulnerabilities. Sources such as FATF lists, public legal...
BTC Trades Within Falling Wedge, Resistance Above, Support Below
#BTC is trading inside a falling wedge. The upper boundary of the channel is acting as resistance, while the lower boundary of the channel is acting as support. https://t.co/100EW1cx5v
Strategy's BTC Average Drops to $76,027 After $168M Buy
🚨 UPDATE Strategy’s $BTC average falls to $76,027 after the recent $168.4M buy, making it the first cost basis dip since 2023. https://t.co/tlgAIRRx28
Stripe-Owned Bridge Clears OCC Hurdle for Federal Bank Charter
Stripe‑owned Bridge announced it has secured conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to organize a federally chartered national trust bank. The charter, once fully granted, will let Bridge offer digital‑asset custody, stablecoin issuance, and reserve‑management...
All Crypto Eventually Funnels Back to Bitcoin
Basically everything in the crypto ecosystem seems to just eventually bleed to BTC. There is a lesson in that.
Ethereum on Track for Sixth Consecutive Monthly Red
$ETH is on track for its 6th straight monthly red close. Over the past 14 months, Ethereum has finished 11 in the red. https://t.co/a3hGKt2zPz
BITCOIN WILL DUMP (Tether Dominance Analysis)
In this six‑minute episode, host Nick Valdez examines USDT (Tether) dominance as a leading indicator for Bitcoin’s price direction. He explains how tracking Tether’s on‑chain and off‑chain flows can reveal market sentiment and potentially signal an upcoming Bitcoin dump. Valdez...
Crypto Sentiment Plummets: Disappointment, Anger, Fear Surge
According to Santiment, there has been a significant surge in negative sentiment toward #crypto at the moment: the crowd is deeply disappointed, angry, and fearful. https://t.co/7FZZ9b2HPC
Buy Zone Signals Strong Bitcoin Recovery by Summer
Even though Bitcoin is down 21%, there's still room to fall. But with a buy zone, and not a buy level, buying anywhere within it should lead to a strong recovery by summer's end. #Bitcoin #Investing #IvanClips https://t.co/ckiDXfMtL3
Smart Contracts Auditing Process
Smart contract auditing is a critical pre‑deployment step that safeguards blockchain applications by uncovering coding errors and security vulnerabilities. The process follows a structured workflow—from specification gathering and automated scanning to manual line‑by‑line analysis, functional testing, and iterative remediation—culminating in...
Midterm Crypto Fraud Prunes Industry for Long-Term Health
So much fraud in the crypto industry unravels in midterm years. It sucks, but it helps the industry over the long-term.
Bitcoin May Signal Impending AI‑Driven Credit Shock
Bitcoin (orange) has been labeled "weak" since it diverged from the Nasdaq (white). What if it’s the smoke alarm, the only truly free market left? If an AI-driven credit shock is coming, would Bitcoin detect it first? Maybe it’s telling us what...
Erik Voorhees’ Venice AI Leads Altcoin Market
Erik Voorhees’ Venice AI protocol has become the week’s top altcoin performer, with its VVV token climbing 135% to $4.28 and a fully‑diluted valuation of $336 million—a 375% surge from its November trough. The protocol uses a dual‑token architecture that grants...
Crypto Twitter Predicts Bitcoin Bottom at $35,000
The consensus on #Crypto twitter seems to be that the #Bitcoin bottom will be $35,000
Some BTC Treasuries Exploit Shareholders Like Altcoins
Not all BTC treasury companies are bad. But many of them do nothing more than try and extract as much value as they can from their shareholders, exactly how many of the altcoins they have criticized did.
Despair Peaks, Creating Cheap Buying Opportunities for Confident Investors
We're seeing all-time highs in despair, panic, and people giving up. This is great news for confident buyers entering the market at these incredibly cheap levels within the buy zone. #Investing #Crypto #IvanClips https://t.co/23iG3ambGI
BlackRock Seeds iShares Staked Ethereum Trust with $100K
BIG: BlackRock affiliate purchases 4,000 seed shares of the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust for $100K, providing initial capital for upcoming staked ETH ETF (ticker: ETHB) Source: The Block https://t.co/etT8T4zhjU
Trust in Exchanges Can't Be Bought, Unlike FUD
FUD can be paid/bought. Trading volume can be “generated”. Which exchange people trust to store their money is hard to fake.
Lightspark Grid Powers AI-Driven Real-Time Global Payments
.@Lightspark Grid is the best platform to build realtime, global, 24/7 money movement solutions with AI for B2B payments, B2C payouts, P2P apps, stablecoin, and Bitcoin-enabled apps. Demo with Claude-skill coming this week. More here: https://t.co/0M2DOG8KdQ
Market Forces Push Bitcoin Treasury Costs Up, Institutions Flood IBIT
The market won’t let the Bitcoin treasury companies lower their average cost forever. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Jane Street, and others are voraciously scooping up IBIT. Follow @BTCTimescom for all the latest news.
Stablecoins Become Backbone of Global Payments, Unlocking New Possibilities
Thank you @Houlgrave for the thoughtful discussion. Stablecoins are becoming the backbone of global payments — faster, cheaper, more accessible. Excited to share my perspective on what’s next and what @WalletConnect + @TronDao unlocks. Watch the full conversation below.
Curated Data Feeds Outperform Keyword Queries—For Now
This is why manually curated data feeds will beat keyword queries. At least for now