Bitcoin

Hinkal hack, SEC scrutiny, and ETH withdrawals lead daily crypto news digest Friday, July 3rd, was not a quiet crypto day. Hinkal got hacked, a large amount of ETH left Binance, and new SEC comments kept regulation right near the front of the conversation. My take: this was one of those ...

Bitcoin futures open interest jumps: what it means for volatility Bitcoin futures open interest rose fast. Not a small nudge, either. According to CryptoQuant, bitcoin futures open interest climbed 10.6% in 24 hours, from $10 billion to $11 billion. That is $1 billion in new exposure in ...

Daily Crypto and Finance News Digest: Trump, Solana, and ETH Shorts Lead Thursday's Market Chatter Thursday, July 2, was not a clean market day. Crypto and finance headlines came in sideways: the Russian ruble back under pressure after one "investigation" floated a possible move in the ...

Drift Rebrands to Velocity After $285M Hack, Raising DEX Security Questions The decentralized exchange formerly known as Drift is trying to come back as Velocity. The team says a "new, improved" beta will open to select partners and traders in the coming days. That is fast after a $285 ...

Edel Finance Google Tokenized Stock Exploit Shows How Weak DeFi Oracles Can Be An attack on the Edel Finance lending protocol pushed the listed value of tokenized Google shares (GOOGLx) up by 7700%. That fake price left the protocol with $403,000 in bad debt. I'll be blunt: the ugly par ...

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Twitter Bears Eye $38,000 Bottom Bitcoin bears on Twitter, or X if you insist, are tossing around a $38,000 target. My take: the number is not random, but it is also not magic. Their case mostly comes down to cycle math. If BTC got there, it would be about 70% ...

Bitcoin and Ethereum Bottom Zones: Macro Signals and Market Structure A recent video on Bitcoin and Ethereum bottom zones argues that BTC and ETH may be close to areas where buyers finally step in hard. Maybe. I’ll be honest: I do not like the word "absolute" near a live chart. Markets p ...

Coinbase Premium Gap Turns Negative: US Selling Still Weighs on BTC The "Coinbase Premium Gap Negative" means Bitcoin (BTC) costs less on Coinbase than it does on overseas exchanges. Plain English: US buyers are not exactly storming the gates. Sellers have more control. That is the read ...

Crypto Shorts Face $8.13B Liquidation Risk as Bitcoin and Ethereum Near Squeeze Levels Crypto traders are leaning hard against Bitcoin and Ethereum right now. My take: the setup is less about confidence and more about crowded positioning. If prices push higher from here, liquidation map ...

Goldman Lampe Bank buys Bitcoin: $137M bet shows institutions still want BTC UAE-based Goldman Lampe Private Bank just spent EUR 120 million, about $137 million, on Bitcoin after the latest pullback. Not small money. My take: this reads less like a clever dip-buy and more like a balance ...