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CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju has put a clear reference level on the current Bitcoin correction – but is adamant it should not be mistaken for a prediction. “Many people seem to be misunderstanding this, so let me clarify,” he wrote. “I am not saying $56K is the bottom. I am saying the realized price is 56K. If you follow the cycle theory, that level would be the bottom. But I think the cycle theory is broken, and the price could flip at any time depending on macro conditions and market sentiment.” Bitcoin Realized Price Sits at $56,000 His latest data briefing breaks the market into three layers: futures, spot, and on-chain. In the futures market, Ju says the average order size shows that futures whales have left and retail now dominates. Internal flow profile (IFP) d...

Bitcoin fell sharply over the past week, sliding almost 15% and moving beneath the $100,000 and $95,000 marks to trade around $90,300, Wednesday. Related Reading: Crypto Carnage Continues — Tom Lee Exposes What’s Really Going On According to company disclosures, Michael Saylor’s Strategy bought an extra 8,178 BTC for $835.6 million at about $102,171 apiece during the downturn. That move has drawn fresh attention because some of those newest coins are already underwater. Strategy’s Holdings And Recent Buys Reports have disclosed that Strategy now holds 649,870 BTC, equal to roughly 3.2% of the circulating supply. The firm says it paid about $48 billion for those coins. At current prices, the holding’s market value sits near $59.38 billion, leaving an overall paper gai...

What to Know: Circle’s xReserve lets blockchains issue $USDC-backed stablecoins that interoperate natively with $USDC, cutting reliance on external cross-chain bridges. $USDC’s market cap has surged to around $74B in 2025, reinforcing dollar-backed stablecoins as core settlement assets for on-chain finance. Best Wallet Token ($BEST) reached $17.1M in presale with a token price of $0.025965, as the token rewards investors with governance rights, reduced transaction fees, and access to trusted presales. Best Wallet pairs a non-custodial, multi-chain, mobile-first wallet with presale access, an in-app DEX aggregator, and upcoming debit card and analytics tools. Circle just flipped the switch on xReserve, a new interoperability layer that lets blockchains mint their own ...

A famous trader is betting on a significant XRP price crash amid this recent market downtrend. The altcoin continues to struggle despite the recent launch of Canary’s XRP ETF, with popular analyst Ali Martinez suggesting it could soon drop below the psychological $2 level.  Famous Trader Opens $27 Million Short Position On XRP In an X post, the on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain revealed that a famous trader is shorting the market again, opening a 20x short on XRP worth $27.4 million. The trader has also opened short positions of 40x and 10x on Bitcoin and ZEC, respectively, worth $148.5 million and $20.4 million.  Related Reading: Abundance of Catalysts Suggests XRP Price Could Take Off This Week This comes as the XRP price continues to struggle, putting it at ...

There’s a growing undercurrent of frustration among crypto investors watching XRP drift lower, seemingly tied to broader swings in the entire market. But a different perspective came to light after a post by Versan Aljarrah, founder of Black Swan Capitalist, who suggested that the entire discussion around XRP’s day-to-day price movement is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of what the asset actually represents. What XRP Really Does Aljarrah challenged the tendency to judge XRP as if it were a typical speculative crypto asset running on a debt-based system of inflows and hype. His point was that saying XRP keeps dropping assumes it is meant to trade like every other token whose value is tied almost entirely to leverage trading and investor appetite.  Related Re...

What to Know: New Hampshire’s $100M Bitcoin-backed municipal bond gives $BTC a compliant route into a roughly $140T global debt market. The state’s strategic Bitcoin reserve law, allowing up to 5% of funds in Bitcoin, shows treasuries are treating crypto as long-term collateral. Bitcoin Hyper aims to provide a fast, SVM-powered Bitcoin Layer 2 so that this new collateral can move efficiently across DeFi and institutional rails. With $28M raised, audited contracts, and staking at 41%, $HYPER targets utility in Bitcoin’s evolving bond and reserve landscape. New Hampshire just did what crypto Twitter has been memeing about for years: it put Bitcoin in a suit and marched it into the bond market. The state’s Business Finance Authority has approved a first of its kind $100...

What to Know: Bitcoin futures moving into backwardation signal derivatives stress and extreme fear, conditions that often cluster around important, but messy, market bottoms. $BTC fails to recover momentum and remains stuck in the $90K–$91K zone after a massive two-week long dip. Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER), Best Wallet Token ($BEST), and LiquidChain ($LIQUID) target structural themes – scaling, wallets, and cross-chain liquidity – rather than short-lived memes. Both Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) and Best Wallet Token ($BEST) are among the best presales of 2025, after raising over $28M and 17.1M respectively so far. Bitcoin is still in choppy waters, after failing to gain momentum above the $90K–$91K threshold. All while futures move into backwardation, which signals derivatives...

Donald Trump has pushed the Federal Reserve back into the center of the crypto macro narrative, telling reporters he “already” knows who should succeed Jerome Powell and triggering a sharp repricing in real-money prediction markets in favor of Kevin Hassett. In remarks in the Oval Office, Trump said: “I think I already know my choice,” when asked about the next Fed chair. He added that he would “love to get the guy currently in there out right now, but people are holding me back,” a clear swipe at Powell without naming him. Trump also hinted at the shape of his shortlist, saying, “We have some surprising names and we have some standard names that everybody’s talking about. And we may go the standard way. It’s nice to every once in a while go politically correct.” Tha...

What to Know: Solana’s strong defense of $130, plus a V-shaped recovery pattern, keeps a move back toward the $180–$250 range firmly on the table. Spot SOL ETFs have now attracted around $420M in cumulative inflows, signalling sustained institutional interest even after the recent correction. SUBBD Token, PEPENODE, and Aster tap AI creators, GameFi mining, and perp DEX liquidity respectively, aligning with narratives favored in risk-on phases. Solana just printed the kind of setup traders love. After a sharp 25% drawdown from $173, $SOL bounced perfectly from weekly support around $130 and is now forming a V-shaped recovery pattern, with technicians eyeing a move back into the $180–$250 range if momentum holds. On the derivatives side, futures open interest has climb...

What to Know: Bitcoin’s slow throughput, high fees, and lack of smart contracts limit its role in DeFi, even as market interest returns. Bitcoin Hyper builds a Bitcoin Layer-2 using SVM, a canonical bridge, and ZK proofs to deliver fast, low-fee, programmable $BTC. The $HYPER presale has raised over $28M at $0.013295, offering around 41% staking rewards and strong early staking participation. If roadmap milestones and listings land, upside scenarios imply multi-x potential from presale levels, but risks remain significant. Bitcoin is back in one of its moody phases. The price is barely climbing back to $92K, majors are bleeding double digits, and on-chain activity keeps reminding everyone that the original crypto is still slow, expensive, and awkward for anything bey...