Bitcoin sought a higher low while risking a breakdown of $100,000 support, as analysis said a BTC price rebound could come without much fuel. Key points: Bitcoin liquidity games continue as pressure mounts on $100,000 support. Signs of price forming a higher low combine with RSI strength slowly increasing. Read more
Privacy coins are on a tear this week, with Zcash flipping Monero for the largest privacy coin. Privacy tokens are taking center stage this week, bucking the slump that has affected the broader cryptocurrency market. Notable commentators in the cryptocurrency space have been predicting a spike in privacy coin prices for months. Their projections now appear to be coming true. Some have wondered whether there hasn’t been a coordinated effort to pump privacy coin prices. Zcash Foundation’s executive director, Alex Bornstein, has told Cointelegraph that Zcash’s recent success is due to broader concerns about governments infringing on users’ right to privacy. Read more
Romanian authorities seized over 186 million contraband cigarettes, with an estimated black-market value of RON172.8 million in the first ten of 2025, more than three times the total seizures recorded in 2024, per data aggregated on the www.stopcontrabanda.ro platform, the only real-time tracker of illegal cigarette seizures in Romania, developed by British American Tobacco (BAT).