
Bitcoin price faces midweek squeeze that will decide whether $60,000 holds
May PCE prints Thursday and more than $10 billion in Bitcoin options settle the next morning, compressing two of the week's biggest catalysts into a single 24-hour window.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs lost roughly $2.5 billion through June 18, while HYPE and XRP funds drew less than $75 million combined, showing investors are not rotating so much as de-risking.

Bitcoin’s $57,000 to $77,000 range may hold until late-Q3 inflation data shows whether the Strait of Hormuz oil shock has faded enough to revive ETF demand and put Fed cuts back in play.

The KOSPI rout hit chipmakers that dominate the index and spilled into crypto markets already weakened by persistent ETF outflows.

The company diluted MSTR shareholders to reinforce preferred-stock payments after STRC’s record decline exposed pressure within its capital structure.

Oil has stopped adding pressure, but DXY near 101 and 10-year yields near 4.5% keep Bitcoin’s reclaim on trial.

GoBTC Pay gives merchants and wallets a live way to test instant BTC payments, but adoption depends on whether they trust the miner-run route.



