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Bitcoin is trading below below $78,000 as weakening demand from US spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) collides with a buildup of leveraged positions that could deepen selling if key support levels fail. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the largest digital asset trades near $77,400 after briefly clearing $82,000 earlier this month. The retreat came following a […] The post This signal shows Bitcoin is heading towards $60,000 tied to a $14 billion liquidation setup appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Fresh U.S. strikes raise the risk of a volatile Wall Street open, but early markets are still demanding macro confirmation. The post Fresh Iran strikes failed to spark panic, leaving Bitcoin set for a volatile week ahead appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Nikkei reported on May 25 that the US and Iran were discussing a plan to open the Strait of Hormuz roughly 30 days from a final deal, with the early-April ceasefire extended for 60 days and nuclear talks held during that window. That relief setup for Bitcoin has already been tested. The US military said […] The post US-Iran 60-day ceasefire would keep Bitcoin hostage to macro uncertainty – Do new strikes change that? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The company increased its holdings to 16,500 BTC as Bitcoin-linked preferred securities such as SATA and Strategy’s STRC gain traction in emerging “digital credit” markets. Strive purchased 1,109 Bitcoin between May 19 and May 22, increasing its holdings to 16,500 BTC, according to a Tuesday SEC filing. The company said it held about $93.3 million in cash and cash equivalents as of May 22, alongside roughly $50.1 million in fair value tied to its holdings of Strategy’s Stretch preferred stock product, STRC. The Dallas, Texas-based company also said it is evaluating refreshed at-the-market stock sale programs that could fund additional Bitcoin (BTC) purchases. Strive boosted its Class A common shares outstanding by more than 2.2 million shares during the period, while its SATA preferred stock count rose by about 515,000 shares, reflecting continued use of equity-linked financing tied to its Bitcoin treasury strategy. Read more

This steady drip of ETF outflow continues to add to the supply side without a visible demand offset, said Glassnode. Bitcoin is sliding into a high-risk environment due to continued institutional selling, primarily from US spot exchange-traded funds, according to crypto analytics platform Swissblock. Swissblock said on Tuesday that its Bitcoin risk index was at a high risk score of 33 out of 100, adding that “every time the Risk Index signals that selling pressure is structurally overwhelming the market, what sits underneath is institutional distribution.” The platform’s proprietary risk index was developed to gauge the overall risk level in the Bitcoin market by measuring the relative balance between selling pressure and buying pressure, helping to assess how “risky” it currently is to buy or hold Bitcoin. Read more

Bitcoin reclaimed $77,000 despite rising exchange supply and spot BTC ETF outflows. Will bulls push BTC to $80,000 this week? Bitcoin (BTC) needs fresh spot demand to absorb the rising BTC supply across exchanges and exchange-traded funds. Recent exchange inflows and ETF outflows created nearly 34,000 BTC in local selling pressure, while derivatives data showed the latest recovery was driven mostly by short covering.  Bitcoin researcher Axel Adler Jr. said BTC exchange and exchange-traded fund (ETF) activity continue to show a local supply imbalance despite the latest recovery. The weekly exchange netflows climbed by roughly 18,000 BTC, indicating more coins were added to exchanges than were withdrawn. Higher BTC inflows increase the near-term selling supply. Read more

Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows have accelerated, with institutional investors pulling nearly $2.7 billion from spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds over the past two weeks. However, rather than signaling a broad exit from digital assets, market data reveal a historic divergence, with these allocators simultaneously rotating into newly launched alternative cryptocurrency funds like Solana, […] The post Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows expose rotation into HYPE, XRP and Solana appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The SEC approved Nasdaq PHLX's proposed rule change to list Nasdaq Bitcoin Index Options on May 22, clearing a major regulatory step toward bringing cash-settled Bitcoin volatility trading inside the US-listed options infrastructure. The contracts, ticker QBTC, are cash-settled in US dollars against a Bitcoin benchmark and fit within the same account and margin framework […] The post Nasdaq’s Bitcoin options win SEC approval, but Wall Street’s real battle is still ahead appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin’s weakening demand failed to absorb increased selling pressure, raising risks of a further BTC price drop toward $72,000. Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 6.5% from its recent high above $82,000, as a bearish technical structure, weakening demand, and increasing sell pressure now point to the risk of further losses ahead. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s failure to hold above key support levels suggested buyers were unable to sustain the upward momentum. Read more

Bitcoin traders predicted a short squeeze to $80,000, but a lack of overall demand and the return of leverage sparked warnings of more liquidation events to come. Bitcoin (BTC) starts the final week of May with traders optimistic about an $80,000 rebound — will it end up as a liquidity grab? Bitcoin price action struggled over the weekend, dipping below $75,000 to its lowest levels since mid-April, per data from TradingView. A rebound then brought $77,000 back into focus in line with optimism around a US-Iran peace deal. Read more

A New York lawsuit seeks ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets, raising questions over lost crypto, private keys and property law. A New York lawsuit filed by Noah Doe and two Wyoming-based LLCs, ABC Company and XYZ Company, seeks a court order declaring ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin addresses, raising important questions about the legal treatment of inactive Bitcoin under property laws. Filed on May 1, the suit claims that the coins tied to the listed addresses represent legally abandoned property they found and reported to the New York Police Department and claimed under New York lost-property law. The plaintiffs claim that the dormant Bitcoin wallets were legally “abandoned” property that they found, including wallets belonging to early Bitcoin miners and addresses attributed to Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, among other lost coins and unidentified entities. They claim that these constitute seizable property, akin to traditional bank accounts. Read more

Fixed-income investors are in a "panic" as government securities, once seen as low-risk, begin to crack, according to BitMEX researcher Shang Wu. Rising government bond yields signal a coming “structural” shift that will create a Bitcoin “supercycle” of rising prices, as investors flee debasing assets for one that cannot be inflated, according to Shang Wu, a senior research analyst at crypto exchange BitMEX. The yield on the 30-year US Treasury broke past 5.14% on Tuesday, while the Bank of Japan’s 10-year government bond yield touched 2.8%, Wu said. These yields are unsustainable in the long-term and will force governments to choose between debasing their currencies and a “sovereign debt collapse,” Wu said. Read more

The Federal Reserve's April meeting minutes, released Wednesday, failed to bring the good news Bitcoin traders had been hoping for most of the year. The majority of policymakers said some degree of policy tightening would likely become appropriate if inflation stayed persistently above the central bank's 2% target, the opposite of the rate cuts markets […] The post Fed minutes turn Bitcoin’s rate-cut trade into a hike-risk problem appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bloomberg reported on May 22 that bond traders are fully pricing in a Fed interest rate hike by year-end, with interest rate swaps implying the Fed's benchmark rate at least 25 basis points higher by the end of 2026. The same day, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said the Fed should remove its easing bias and […] The post Bitcoin’s Fed cut trade flips as bond market turns into the risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Rising short-term bond yields and Warsh's hawkish comments in the past are reviving fears of a December rate hike, which could slam the brakes on Bitcoin's recovery. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to $74,190 on Saturday, its lowest level in more than a month, despite pro-crypto Kevin Warsh being sworn in as Federal Reserve chairman a day earlier. BTC/USD daily chart. Source: TradingView Read more

US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that final details of a deal with Iran are currently being discussed, giving crypto markets a lift. Crypto markets have recovered around $75 billion in value after US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a peace agreement with Iran was imminent. Trump said in a post to his Truth Social platform on Saturday that a deal has been “largely negotiated” between the US and Iran, along with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain. “An agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other countries,” Trump said. Read more

The price of Bitcoin is about $75,800 at the time of publication, a nearly 40% decrease from the all-time high of about $126,000 reached in October 2025. The price of Bitcoin may be headed to the $60,000 level after breaking past a “crucial” support zone between $75,000 and $76,000, according to crypto market analyst Michaël van de Poppe. Bitcoin fell below the support zone on Friday, van de Poppe said, adding that market corrections occurring on Fridays “flip back bullish quite often.” There are also “multiple” Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin futures gaps above the spot market price, the highest of which is over $79,000, he added. He continued: Read more

Bitcoin was created as a response to the kind of debt-financed monetary disorder now playing out across global bond markets. The original thesis was that when governments borrowed recklessly and debased their currencies, hard-money assets would absorb the resulting demand. What that thesis left unresolved is the possibility that the debt spiral could tighten financial […] The post Bitcoin’s hard-money thesis is colliding with 5% Treasury yields appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin's price has dropped below $75,000 for the first time since mid-April, triggering a broad decline across digital assets. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the largest digital asset fell more than 3% over the past 24 hours to as low as $74,255 after trading above $77,000 earlier in the session. The move placed Bitcoin back […] The post Bitcoin price drop below $75K exposes the demand fracture behind crypto’s $941M liquidation wave appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The cash-settled, European-style contracts will trade under the ticker QBTC on Phlx, but still require CFTC approval before trading can begin. The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Nasdaq’s proposal to list cash-settled Bitcoin index options on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. The options are European-style contracts tied to the Nasdaq Bitcoin Index, a benchmark that tracks one one-hundredth of the CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index, which updates with data from major cryptocurrency exchanges every 200 milliseconds. The approval was granted on an accelerated basis and published Friday on the SEC’s website. The new contracts are cash-settled, meaning holders receive the difference between the Bitcoin spot price and the strike price at expiration. Unlike options on spot Bitcoin ETFs, there is no physical Bitcoin involved and no risk of early assignment, offering traders an alternative way to bet on the price of the cryptocurrency. Read more