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Bitcoin bears could sleepwalk into a $8.65 billion trap as options max pain expiry nears $90,000

CryptoSlate - 21:15 Feb 08, 2026

Bitcoin’s next big options gravity well sits on Mar. 27 (260327), and the reason is simple: this is where the market has parked a thick stack of conditional bets that will need to be unwound, rolled forward, or paid out as the clock runs down. The Mar. 27 expiry carries about $8.65B in notional OI […] The post Bitcoin bears could sleepwalk into a $8.65 billion trap as options max pain expiry nears $90,000 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin ETF flow numbers are fundamentally broken and most traders are missing the specific sign of a crash

CryptoSlate - 19:31 Feb 08, 2026

On Jan.30, 2026, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $509.7 million in net outflows, which looks like pretty straightforward negative sentiment until you look at the individual tickers and realize a few of them stayed green. That contradiction aged fast over the next few days. Feb. 2 snapped back with $561.8 million in net inflows, then […] The post Bitcoin ETF flow numbers are fundamentally broken and most traders are missing the specific sign of a crash appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Do CME gaps always have to fill? Bitcoin’s $60k flush says no

CryptoSlate - 17:00 Feb 08, 2026

Bitcoin trades every minute of every day, but CME Bitcoin futures stop for the weekend. That mismatch is how a CME gap is born, and why it keeps turning up in the middle of the most stressful weeks. A CME gap is the blank space on a CME futures chart between Friday’s final traded level […] The post Do CME gaps always have to fill? Bitcoin’s $60k flush says no appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin must retake $71,500 very soon or the mid-range drift back toward $61,000 begins

CryptoSlate - 14:15 Feb 08, 2026

Bitcoin keeps knocking on $71,500, sooner or later the door opens Bitcoin made a familiar but stressful move this week; it bounced hard enough to make the skeptics quiet and the dip buyers loud again. After the crash down to around $60,000, the price clawed its way back to the a spot that has become […] The post Bitcoin must retake $71,500 very soon or the mid-range drift back toward $61,000 begins appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin short term holders are panic selling at a loss but was this capitulation or just a leverage reset?

CryptoSlate - 12:35 Feb 08, 2026

Bitcoin’s slide through $65,000 and toward $60,000 felt like a stress test the market had been postponing. The move was sharp enough to force a reset in positioning, and broad enough to pull the conversation away from single-catalyst explanations. Even mainstream media described the week as Bitcoin’s worst weekly performance since late 2022, with price briefly […] The post Bitcoin short term holders are panic selling at a loss but was this capitulation or just a leverage reset? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Tokenized equities approach $1B as institutional rails emerge

CryptoSlate - 22:35 Feb 07, 2026

The following is a guest post and analysis from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at Sentora. A year ago, tokenized equities barely registered as an asset class. Today, the market is approaching $1 billion—a nearly 30x increase—and December 2025 may have delivered the regulatory clarity needed for institutional adoption to accelerate. What changed? Three things: a […] The post Tokenized equities approach $1B as institutional rails emerge appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Trump’s crypto “golden age” throws away $2 trillion in profits, leaving those holding dollars as winners

CryptoSlate - 20:05 Feb 07, 2026

The crypto market that surged on Donald Trump’s campaign promise of a friendlier US posture is now back near where it started, after an 18-month round trip that added close to $2 trillion in value and then erased roughly the same amount. Data compiled by CryptoSlate put the total crypto market value at about $2.4 […] The post Trump’s crypto “golden age” throws away $2 trillion in profits, leaving those holding dollars as winners appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Binance trading data reveals why Bitcoin prices are sliding even as spot buyers flood the market with bids

CryptoSlate - 17:15 Feb 07, 2026

Bitcoin’s hard cap is easy to understand: there will only ever be 21 million coins. What's hard to understand is that the marginal market is allowed to trade far more than 21 million coins worth of exposure, because most of that exposure is synthetic and cash-settled, and it can be created or reduced in seconds. […] The post Binance trading data reveals why Bitcoin prices are sliding even as spot buyers flood the market with bids appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin now at a price level it has always defended and the current $67,000 BTC mining cost matters

CryptoSlate - 13:30 Feb 07, 2026

Trader Plan C recently surfaced a chart indicating a production-cost model placing Bitcoin's marginal mining expense at approximately $67,000, with historical price action showing repeated bounces off that red line. He added that “commodities rarely trade below their cost of production.” The hook is clean, the logic is intuitive, but the reality beneath Bitcoin's latest […] The post Bitcoin now at a price level it has always defended and the current $67,000 BTC mining cost matters appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin rocketed up 15% to get back above $70,000 but the options market is currently pricing in a terrifying new floor

CryptoSlate - 10:32 Feb 07, 2026

Bitcoin ripped from $60,000 to above $70,000 in less than 24 hours, erasing most of a brutal 14% drawdown that had tested every bottom-calling thesis in the market. The speed of the reversal, 12% in a single session and 17% off the intraday low, was violent enough to feel like a capitulation resolved. Yet, the […] The post Bitcoin rocketed up 15% to get back above $70,000 but the options market is currently pricing in a terrifying new floor appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin whales are dumping massive amounts of supply on exchanges as liquidations mirror the 2022 FTX market collapse

CryptoSlate - 21:35 Feb 06, 2026

Bitcoin experienced a steep decline over the last 24 hours, pushing its price to approximately $60,000 amid an accelerated selloff comparable to the 2022 FTX collapse. BTC had recovered to $69,800 as of press time, according to CryptoSlate data. Still, Glassnode data helped frame the extent to which the price had slipped relative to widely […] The post Bitcoin whales are dumping massive amounts of supply on exchanges as liquidations mirror the 2022 FTX market collapse appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Ethereum collapses below $2,000 after Vitalik Buterin and insiders moved millions to exchanges into thin liquidity

CryptoSlate - 19:45 Feb 06, 2026

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and other prominent “whales” have offloaded millions of dollars in ETH since the beginning of February, adding narrative fuel to a market rout that saw the world's second-largest cryptocurrency tumble below $2,000. While the high-profile sales by Buterin served as a psychological trigger for retail panic, a closer examination of market […] The post Ethereum collapses below $2,000 after Vitalik Buterin and insiders moved millions to exchanges into thin liquidity appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin miners have the one thing AI still needs and Big Tech has $500 billion to buy it

CryptoSlate - 17:15 Feb 06, 2026

Big Tech companies' planned $500 billion war chest to dominate artificial intelligence could offer a lifeline to a Bitcoin mining industry teetering on the edge of capitulation. The headline numbers are eye-watering. Alphabet, Google’s parent, alone plans to spend as much as $185 billion this year. However, the capital surge will involve more than buying […] The post Bitcoin miners have the one thing AI still needs and Big Tech has $500 billion to buy it appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Monero and Zcash Fall Over 28% in Past Week, but Privacy Peer ZANO Holds Steady

CryptoSlate - 15:40 Feb 06, 2026

XMR dropped to $311 and ZEC to $221 over seven days while ZANO declined just 1.4% as Fear & Greed hit 9. Key Notes Monero fell 28.9% and Zcash dropped 33.4% over the past week while ZANO declined just 1.4% Fear & Greed Index fell to 9 on Feb. 6, classified as extreme fear, down […] The post Monero and Zcash Fall Over 28% in Past Week, but Privacy Peer ZANO Holds Steady appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Why I’m bullish when my $49k Bitcoin prediction is playing out as BTC closes in on major BUY ZONE

CryptoSlate - 15:35 Feb 06, 2026

Bitcoin has a way of turning numbers into memories. You remember the first time it ripped through a round number, $10k, $20k, $100k, you remember the mood shift when it stops rewarding optimism, you remember the quiet weeks when every bounce feels like a trap, and the loud ones when it feels like the floor […] The post Why I’m bullish when my $49k Bitcoin prediction is playing out as BTC closes in on major BUY ZONE appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid liquidation but risk remains

CryptoSlate - 13:51 Feb 06, 2026

A wallet attributed to President Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial, which is managed by his sons, withdrew approximately 173 wrapped Bitcoin from Aave V3 on Feb. 5 and sold them to repay $11.75 million in stablecoin debt. This sequence reveals the mechanics of voluntary deleveraging: as Bitcoin's drawdown below $63,000 forces whales to sell collateral […] The post Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid liquidation but risk remains appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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XRP, TRX, and BNB Slide Amid Broader Crypto Volatility as SONAMI Accelerates Layer 2 Development on Solana

CryptoSlate - 12:36 Feb 06, 2026

The cryptocurrency market has entered a renewed phase of volatility, with major digital assets including XRP, TRX, and BNB experiencing notable price corrections alongside broader market weakness. The downturn reflects a combination of macroeconomic pressure, reduced speculative activity, and ongoing reassessment of long-term network fundamentals across leading blockchain ecosystems. As prices across multiple Layer 1 […] The post XRP, TRX, and BNB Slide Amid Broader Crypto Volatility as SONAMI Accelerates Layer 2 Development on Solana appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Did minting $3 billion USDT, USDC just help stop Bitcoin losing $60k?

CryptoSlate - 11:58 Feb 06, 2026

The crypto market has entered a fragile phase as Bitcoin dropped under the critical $70,000 level and bounced off $60,000, a zone that has increasingly acted as a gravitational pull rather than a launchpad. This subdued price action came as the stablecoin market has surged, with Tether and Circle minting billions of dollars’ worth of […] The post Did minting $3 billion USDT, USDC just help stop Bitcoin losing $60k? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin slide to $60k puts treasuries $10B underwater as one major firm braces for a $27B disaster

CryptoSlate - 09:50 Feb 06, 2026

Bitcoin's (BTC) slide to as low as $60,233 overnight, before recovering somewhat to $65,443, has left most of the largest pure-play Bitcoin treasury companies deeply underwater on their holdings, with combined unrealized losses approaching $10 billion across eight entities that collectively control more than 850,000 BTC. The reckoning hits hardest at the top. Strategy, formerly […] The post Bitcoin slide to $60k puts treasuries $10B underwater as one major firm braces for a $27B disaster appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined

CryptoSlate - 21:30 Feb 05, 2026

Binance moved 42.8% of total spot volume over the past week but absorbed 79.7% of net selling pressure across five major exchanges, according to data from Traderview. The imbalance raises the question of whether a venue needs to handle “most of the market” to set prices for the whole market. The answer is no. A […] The post Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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