Trading
Why a $150M Polymarket bet could pay the side that appeared to lose
“Yes” traders say Strategy’s filing proves they were right. The market’s resolution system may still pay the other side.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 7 min read 
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Oluwapelumi Adejumo 7 min read 
Analysis
Bitcoin faces first jobs-week test as US job openings data arrives before Friday payrolls
Bitcoin is facing another macro test as the jobs market threatens to scramble rate expectations again.
Market
Bitcoin’s $300K gold pattern now depends on whether Iran’s oil shock rewrites the Fed path
A gold-style breakout pattern has put a $300,000 Bitcoin target back in focus, but the Iran-driven oil shock may decide whether BTC trades like digital gold or another risk asset.
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Derivatives
Bitcoin starts its first gapless CME week as the market searches for a new signal
CME’s around-the-clock crypto futures are now live, removing Bitcoin’s classic weekend gap just as BTC falls, oil spikes on Iran tensions, and the S&P 500 closes at a fresh record.
Analysis
Strategy sold 32 BTC to pay dividends – But the real risk is what happens if it has to sell more Bitcoin
Strategy’s first Bitcoin sale in nearly four years shows how its treasury could become a funding source for the credit products built around it.
ETF
A mystery whale paid $30 million to exit BlackRock Bitcoin ETF before the market fell
The $29.5 million execution discount and quiet futures market point to a directional retreat rather than a routine hedge fund arbitrage unwind
Analysis
New US inflation report leaves Bitcoin with a problem the Fed cannot solve yet
A cooler monthly PCE print gave markets a reason to breathe, while the annual number gave the Fed a reason to stay frozen.
Digital Asset Treasuries
The US says it grabbed Iran’s crypto in a $1B seizure – will it end up in Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve?
Bessent’s Iran crypto seizure claim puts $1 billion in adversary assets between frozen wallets, forfeiture, and Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve.
Analysis
Bitcoin ATMs were crypto’s street-corner bank. Now regulators are shutting the door
Crypto’s first real-world retail infrastructure is breaking down under the weight of scam complaints, legal pressure and the growing normalization of regulated Bitcoin investing.
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Market
How Bitcoin will price Trump’s claim that Hormuz could reopen this weekend
Derivatives
Bitcoin perps just got a US green light, but one catch could decide everything
Analysis
Strategy selling? Saylor’s Bitcoin transfer to Coinbase puts his treasury model under cash pressure
Mining