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Behind Bitcoin’s sudden resilience is a $2 billion cash surge that wiped out speculative leverage
Sticky inflation lifted Fed hike odds as Bitcoin held near $78,000 ahead of a $6.4 billion options expiry.
Gino Matos 6 min read
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Regulation
How one small BTC transfer exposed the fine print behind Trump’s ‘never sell’ strategic Bitcoin reserve
A US government transfer of Alameda-linked Bitcoin puts Trump’s reserve rules and victim-restitution exceptions under fresh scrutiny.
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Bitcoin hit $80,000 but failed to restore BTC treasury premiums at Strategy, Twenty One Capital, or Metaplanet
Strategy, Twenty One Capital and Metaplanet still face a funding bind as common-equity discounts collide with debt, pledged coins and dilution.
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Outage
Pyth Network’s API overhaul threatens to freeze unpatched smart contracts across 300 DeFi protocols
Direct callers now need API keys, while Sui builders had to align their SDK, endpoint and on-chain package.
Governance
Staking Ethereum could soon look entirely different under a new deposit proposal
The Ethereum proposal opens staking to future key formats, but replacing validator signatures still requires separate protocol upgrades.
AI
Smart AI deposits could soon force banks to raise loan rates for everyday borrowers
A sensitivity case shows how faster, programmable switching could reduce banks’ interest-rate capacity in 10-year equivalents, not loan balances.
Governance
Cardano and Solana just exposed crypto governance’s biggest weakness
Cardano risks losing committee capacity while Solana’s system puts passive holders behind validators with their own economic incentives.
Governance
Solana takes its first step toward sub-second speed by cutting block confirmation times across the network
Solana's epoch 1021 averaged 365.4ms spacing with a 0.077% skip rate, while the 300ms stage remained pending.
Derivatives
Bitcoin is trapped between $75,000 and $80,000 ahead of a massive Friday derivatives settlement
Deribit’s expiry concentrates reported call exposure at $75,000 and $80,000, where dealer hedging can pin or amplify a move.
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Bitcoin Core’s hidden database just shrank by 40 GB – if you know how to trigger it
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