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Bitcoin enters CPI week caught between a $63,000 on-chain demand zone and $69,000 holder resistance
Bitcoin enters CPI week near $63,000 as inflation data, $125 billion in Treasury issuance and a $69,000 cost-basis wall set the key levels.
ETF
Cardano finally cleared the SEC shortcut for a spot ETF, but its last remaining sponsor quit two days too early
Cardano lost its only dedicated US spot ETF filing just as ADA cleared the six-month CME futures milestone that could make a launch easier.
Tokenization
LINK could be next in line after Standard Chartered’s UNI and AAVE targets sparked sharp repricings
Standard Chartered’s $200 LINK target puts Chainlink into the same setup that saw traders rapidly reprice UNI and AAVE.
RWA
Wall Street put $7B into tokenized funds, but under 1% is actually being used in DeFi
DeFi endured a record 99 hacks in three months, yet real-world asset deposits just hit $4B.
Analysis
A $1.8 billion leverage trap is building on Solana as traders pay 11-month high rates to defend $78
Solana funding has reached an 11-month high as futures positioning builds and SOL approaches a key $80 breakout.
Hacks
This $1.5 billion hack is exposing just how ‘irreversible’ stolen crypto really is
Bybit’s $1.5 billion North Korea case tests how far courts can trace, freeze and recover stolen crypto after months of laundering.
Market
Bitcoin faces $70,000 breakout or $60,000 drop this weekend as Hormuz tensions rise
Bitcoin enters the weekend with $67,300 as the breakout trigger, $70,000 above, and $60,000 as key support.
Market
With leverage outnumbering spot volume 6 to 1, XRP traders are walking a $2.36B tightrope
XRP price sits near $1 as Binance leverage hits a 15-month low and Bybit carries $229 million in open interest.
Stablecoins
How a crypto startup allegedly siphoned 470,000 Binance users to build a $4 billion card empire
Binance’s $473 million lawsuit alleges RedotPay diverted 470,000 users as stablecoin firms race to control cards and checkout.
Staking
BNY and BlackRock funnel billions through one infrastructure provider, exposing the fragile illusion of crypto diversification
You own the coins and collect the yield, but Wall Street’s hidden validators now control the real power.
Trading
How institutional dark pools quietly ate 15% of crypto volume and killed the retail whale-watching edge
Institutional crypto trades are moving into dark pools, reshaping exchange liquidity and making whale activity harder for retail to track.
Analysis
Bitcoin price breaking out toward $69,000 now opens a turbo path toward $84,000
A Bitcoin breakout above $69,000 could open a thinner supply zone toward $84,000, but Friday’s jobs report and weak ETF demand may decide whether the move holds.
