Derivatives
From Bitcoin to oil, perpetual contracts are breaking into American financial markets
Kalshi, Coinbase and Bitnomial are pushing crypto’s dominant derivatives format deeper into regulated US markets.
Gino Matos 6 min read
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Market
Bitcoin just crossed the line that ended 4 out of 5 bear markets, but one deadly historical trap could still trigger a crash to $62,000
BTC pushed above the 50-week moving average near $81,800, but history only confirms the signal on a weekly close.
Digital Asset Treasuries
After selling every coin it owned, a public company is using Strategy’s STRC playbook to restart its $827M Bitcoin treasury plan
Genius Group also plans an $800 million AI portfolio alongside the Bitcoin rebuild.
Latest Bitcoin News & Analysis
Market
Bitcoin’s volatility ratio against gold collapses to 6-year low as traditional safe haven turbulence surges
Their 90-day correlation has climbed to 0.55 while Bitcoin is now just 1.43 times as volatile as gold.
Governance
Scan reveals 96,000 fake-address outputs clogging Bitcoin’s unspent database
Bitquery’s scan shows why cheap OP_RETURN repetition and fake-address text impose radically different costs on Bitcoin nodes.
Hacks
Parked Coldcard loot begins moving as attacker routes $1.6M in stolen Bitcoin to Ethereum
Bitquery traced 20.45 BTC through 34 Bitcoin swaps, and the main destination later held roughly 5 ETH less.
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This Japanese company made money on Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, but sold them anyway to keep its $121 million Bitcoin holdings
ETH, SOL and XRP sales produced gains while DOGE posted a loss, leaving roughly 1,506 BTC behind.
BTC Halving
Bitcoin may be leaving its 4-year cycle behind for a 6-to-8-year Wall Street rhythm
Willy Woo says BTC could be shifting toward a 6-to-8-year rhythm as institutional holdings dwarf annual miner issuance.
ETF
Bitcoin keeps whipsawing around $77,000, and ETF investors are doing the same
BTC fund flows have flipped direction four sessions in a row while altcoin ETF momentum suddenly cracked.
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Market
Bitcoin’s next $80,000 breakout has $47 billion more profitable supply to absorb
Analysis
Bitcoin cannot break out past $80,000 until it devours an 880k BTC roadblock that choked every rally
ETF
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF barely beat the S&P 500 after putting investors through a 53% crash
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