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Analysts say STRC creates a one-way Bitcoin bid because its selling pressure never directly hits BTC markets.

Weakening spot demand, miner inflows to exchanges and freshly opened shorts put downside pressure on Bitcoin price. Bitcoin (BTC) miner inflows to Binance crossed 20,000 BTC for only the second time this year, placing fresh pressure on Bitcoin’s daily uptrend near the $75,000 support zone. Will BTC defend its higher-timeframe bullish structure, or is the market on the verge of a broader bearish trend shift?  Crypto analyst Amr Taha said miners transferred roughly 21,000 BTC to Binance on May 18, close to the 23,150 BTC sent on Feb. 5. Large miner deposits are often tied to potential selling activity as miners move BTC to exchanges to cover operating costs. Read more

The company owns 5,058 Bitcoin, ranking it as the 20th largest publicly traded BTC treasury company, according to data from Bitcoin Treasuries. Nakamoto (NAKA) is trading down more than 10% on Wednesday just days after the Bitcoin treasury company completed a 1-for-40 reverse stock split undertaken to stay compliant with the Nasdaq stock exchange’s listing criteria.  NAKA stock is down by about 67% year-to-date (YTD) and by more than 99% since its May 2025 peak of about $34 per share, reaching a low of about $0.16 per share in April before the reverse stock split on Friday. Nasdaq warned the company in December that its shares would be delisted after trading below $1 for at least 30 consecutive days, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. Read more

The miner's $16.8 billion lease base shows how power and BTC-backed debt are financing a move beyond mining. The post Hut 8 AI landlord data center strategy turns Bitcoin collateral into bridge capital appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The exchange is taking crypto futures and options 24/7, while trade dates, settlement and reporting stay tied to business days. The post CME’s 24/7 crypto launch will kill Bitcoin’s weekend gap, but Monday now matters more appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin disappointed bulls by dropping below $75,000 on Iran peace deal reports while US stocks hit new all-time highs and oil saw one-month lows on Hormuz hopes. Bitcoin (BTC) fell back below $75,000 at Wednesday’s Wall Street open as relief over a US-Iran peace deal bypassed crypto. Key points: Read more

BTC Prague, Europe’s premier Bitcoin conference, returns to the PVA Expo Prague on June 11-13, 2026. Prague, Czech Republic, May 18, 2026 - BTC Prague, Europe’s premier Bitcoin conference, returns to the PVA Expo Prague on June 11-13, 2026. Entering its fourth edition, BTC Prague welcomes 8,500 attendees, uniting entrepreneurs, developers, investors, educators, and newcomers in the industry. This year, BTC Prague adds its new Bitcoin Living Masterclass track, a dedicated stage for talks on health, biohacking, financial sovereignty, AI, parenting, and more, from renowned experts in their fields on top of its best-in-class Bitcoin program. Without abandoning its Bitcoin-only philosophy, BTC Prague now broadens its appeal, including a wider range of topics very much in vogue among the Bitcoin community. The result is a three-day program of keynotes, panels, debates, and networking across four different stages surrounded by Europe’s largest Bitcoin expo. BTC Prague is a meeting point for those building Bitcoin’s ...

Bitcoin’s price stayed firm despite a massive $1.3 billion block sale executed by a mysterious BlackRock ETF holder, which analysts called a sign of large-scale institutional de-risking. A roughly $1.3 billion block trade in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) tested liquidity in the largest spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) as Bitcoin products faced a fresh stretch of outflows. Bloomberg’s ETF analyst, Eric Balchunas, confirmed the transaction, adding that the market “absorbed it well” as IBIT’s price remained largely unchanged, he wrote in a Tuesday X post. Bitcoin's (BTC) price fell 2% during the past 24 hours, but managed to remain above the $75,600 level at the time of writing, despite the significant block sale from the mysterious ETF holder, data from TradingView shows. Read more

Bitcoin is on track to end May in the red, a historically bearish signal that could point to deeper losses ahead if the post-May track record is any guide. Bitcoin (BTC) may be flashing a “sell in May and go away” warning, with the price down roughly 10% after rejecting resistance near $83,000 and now on track for a negative monthly close. BTC/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView Read more

At 10:30:34 a.m. ET, a single IBIT print of 29,212,864 shares, crossed at $43.16, for a notional of roughly $1.26 billion. The next-largest visible movement was 1.3 million shares, making one trade dwarf everything else in IBIT's session, accounting for about 34.8% of the ETF's reported intraday volume of 83.86 million shares. IBIT ended the […] The post Bitcoin just absorbed a single $1.3B IBIT block trade with barely any price movement appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin remained trapped "massively below" its "fair" level, as dictated by global liquidity trends and gold ratio, the latest BTC price analysis says. Bitcoin (BTC) is “completely mispriced” to the downside in 2026 compared to global liquidity, new analysis argues. Key points: Read more

Bitcoin hovered below Tom Lee's $76,000 bull-market threshold while hyperliquid and monero bucked broader crypto weakness.

Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn says a $1.3 billion sale of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF was the largest he has seen on a dark pool, or private trading platform. An unknown trader’s $1.3 billion sale of shares in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund on Tuesday coincided with a steep fall in the price of Bitcoin, according to analysts. A trader sold 29.2 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) at 2:30 p.m. UTC on a “dark pool,” a private trading platform that institutions often use to discreetly make large trades outside of public markets. The impact of the $1.3 billion trade was immediately felt in the crypto market, with TradingView data showing that Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.5% from $77,875 to $76,720 in a short 10-minute window after 2:30 p.m. UTC. Read more

Bitcoin’s rangebound trading carries on as bears defend $77,000 and bulls hold out near $74,000. Bitcoin’s (BTC) consolidation continued into a fourth week, with the price finding support at $74,000 and resistance in the $78,000 to $80,000 range. According to Hyblock analysts, the intra-day rally to $78,164 hit a pocket where “longs that had previously opened up (that are in a position) were underwater and likely exited here at breakeven.”  BTC/USDT net positions heatmap. Source: Hyblock Read more

Wall Street’s semiconductor-driven surge is fueling fresh momentum for crypto miners betting their power-heavy infrastructure can support the AI boom. Several Bitcoin mining stocks rallied Tuesday, reflecting a broader equity surge driven by optimism around artificial intelligence productivity gains as more miners pivot toward AI and high-performance computing workloads. In addition to TeraWulf (WULF), which rallied by as much as 17% on news of a Kentucky data center acquisition site, Hut 8 (HUT), IREN (IREN) and Riot Platforms (RIOT) closed more than 5% higher on the day. The rally underscores growing investor enthusiasm for Bitcoin miners that are repurposing parts of their energy infrastructure and data center capacity to support AI and high-performance computing applications — businesses viewed as potentially more stable and lucrative than crypto mining alone. Read more

Five unknown addresses removed 107 Bitcoin worth $8.2 million from circulation today, sparking intrigue on social media.

Bitcoin failed to copy US stocks' upside after a spike to $78,000 became one of a series of liquidity grabs. Bitcoin (BTC) saw flash volatility around Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US-Iran nerves rocked risk assets. Key points: Read more

The Trump Media Bitcoin treasury entered a new pressure point after reports citing Arkham and Lookonchain-tracked wallets said 2,650 BTC moved to Crypto.com last week. Exchange deposits are commonly read as a sale signal, especially when coins tied to a corporate treasury move from visible storage toward a centralized trading venue. The transfer is a […] The post Trump Media’s underwater Bitcoin treasury faces sale questions after Crypto.com transfer appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin cup-and-handle chart breakout targets $220,000, but BTC price must first hold the $74,000 support area. Bitcoin (BTC) is up roughly 30% from its Feb. 6 low below $60,000 as a multi-year bullish chart pattern suggests BTC price could rise to as high as $220,000 in the coming months. Key takeaways: Bitcoin price has formed a cup-and-handle (C&H) pattern on the weekly chart, suggesting that a massive upward move is still in the cards for BTC. Read more

Smaller Bitcoin treasury companies bought about $46 million worth of Bitcoin below $80,000 last week as the largest corporate holder paused its weekly buys. Smaller Bitcoin treasury firms added 602.6 BTC worth about $46 million last week, even as the largest corporate holders appeared to pause their acquisitions. The purchases included a 381.6 Bitcoin (BTC) acquisition by asset manager and Bitcoin treasury company Strive, 200 BTC bought by global consumer food brand DDC Enterprise Limited, 19 BTC acquired by UK-based web design company The Smarter Web Company (SWC), and 2 BTC bought by AI data center company Hyperscale Data. The buying suggests corporate Bitcoin demand has not disappeared during the latest drawdown, but has shifted toward smaller treasury firms while market leader Strategy paused its usual weekly accumulation. Read more