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Bitcoin’s sustained price correction is deepening as demand from US investors weakens, leaving the world’s largest cryptocurrency increasingly exposed to leveraged positions clustered below $60,000. According to CryptoSlate's data, the top crypto traded at $59,800 at press time, down 16% this month. This decline has brought the asset closer to price levels where forced liquidations […] The post America’s Bitcoin buying turns negative as BTC drifts closer to the $57,300 liquidation trap appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A $525 million Bitcoin buy wall intersects with a major liquidation zone, creating a key battleground between $60,500 and $65,000. Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 3% over the past 24 hours, trading into a dense buy-side liquidity zone after slipping below $61,000. More than $525 million in buy bids initially stacked between $60,500 and $61,500 created a key area of demand as liquidation risk builds on both sides of the market. BTC's orderbook data shows concentrated liquidity pockets below $60,500 and near $65,000, placing liquidity flows at the center of Bitcoin's short-term price action. Bitcoin momentum weakens below $63,000 Read more

Arthur Hayes outlined a path to $1 million Bitcoin price built around AI absorbing liquidity, the buildout collapsing under debt, authorities printing, and capital rotating into crypto. Hayes made the argument on Bankless, saying that AI became the dominant capital sink, and his Substack essay noted that roughly $1.5 trillion in AI-related debt was issued […] The post Arthur Hayes says AI rescue liquidity could send Bitcoin price to $1,000,000 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin held above $62,500 and ether near $1,665, but sluggish price action and widening put skews signal bears remain firmly in control.

A surge in Rune protocol activity is pushing Bitcoin transaction counts and fee generation to multi year highs.

Bitcoin research said that BTC price action remained in tune with previous cycles as the bear market produces a 20% discount to its four-year "adoption structure" trend line. Bitcoin (BTC) is “compressed” at low levels but its classic cycles remain intact, say new research. Key points: Bitcoin is acting similar to prior cycles as it circles a key four-year trend line. Read more

Bitcoin "OGs" have slashed their selling activity to the lowest levels in nearly two years.

The Swedish health-tech company moved closer to becoming one of Europe's largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury firms after shareholders approved a key condition for its planned acquisition of two Norwegian investment companies. Shareholders of Sweden's H100 approved the issuance of shares needed to complete the company's acquisition of Moonshot AS and Never Say Die AS, clearing a key condition for a transaction that would increase its Bitcoin holdings from 1,051 BTC to approximately 3,500 BTC. The approval allows H100, a Nordic SME-listed health technology company, to acquire the two Norwegian investment firms, which collectively hold about 2,450 Bitcoin, in exchange for newly issued H100 shares. Under terms announced in March, the owners of Moonshot and Never Say Die would become majority shareholders of H100, owning roughly 70% of the combined company following the transaction. Source: H100Group Read more

A renewed rout in semiconductor stocks pulled risk assets lower again, and crypto kept sliding. Bitcoin is down 5% on the week, with ether and the memecoins falling harder.

Bitcoin price faces back-to-back tests this week, with May PCE coming out on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. EDT and more than $10 billion in Bitcoin options settling on Deribit at 08:00 UTC Friday in the quarterly expiry that closes the second quarter. Bitcoin is trading near $62,500 after a rough June that briefly pushed it […] The post Bitcoin price faces midweek squeeze that will decide whether $60,000 holds appeared first on CryptoSlate.

On June 22, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that put the federal government’s most sensitive civilian computer systems on a 2031 post-quantum security timetable while launching a national effort to accelerate the development of advanced quantum computers. One order requires federal high-value assets and high-impact systems to adopt post-quantum cryptography for establishing encryption […] The post Trump’s quantum computing push puts $449 billion in “exposed Bitcoin” back in the limelight appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin stayed volatile while bulls tried to preserve support at local lows while stocks prepared for Micron forward earnings and digested Asia losses. Bitcoin (BTC) stayed uncertain at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US stocks responded to an earlier Asia tech sell-off. Key points: Bitcoin bulls attempt to avoid a deeper drop below local lows amid risk-asset volatility. Read more

SpaceX’s $600 billion wipeout rattles tech markets, putting Bitcoin’s $60,000 support at risk as traders brace for a deeper BTC selloff. Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped over 8% from its June high near $67,255, putting the $60,000 support level back in focus. BTC/USD daily chart. Source: TradingView Key takeaways: Read more

Through June 18, US-traded spot Bitcoin ETFs shed nearly $2.3 billion, and Ethereum ETFs lost around $200 million. Hyperliquid products attracted about $50 million in net inflows, XRP ETFs added roughly $24 million, and Solana finished with $3.4 million in outflows. Altcoin inflows totaled about $74 million, less than 3% of the $2.5 billion that […] The post Investors pulled $2.5B from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, but Hyperliquid and XRP still found buyers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Trump's twin quantum computing executive orders set a 2030–2031 PQC migration deadline and name "harvest now, decrypt later" as an active threat. Here's what it means for Bitcoin's price and protocol roadmap. The post Trump, Crypto, and His Quantum Computer Executive Orders: Washington’s and Bitcoin’s Security Perspectives appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin is trading near $64,000, roughly mid-channel in the $57,000-$77,000 range that has defined the market since the Strait of Hormuz shock. Can-Luca Köymen, investment strategist at Sygnum, called the current setup a catalyst-light regime in a note: “Absent a decisive catalyst the path of least resistance is range-trading driven by positioning and flows rather […] The post The oil scare is fading, but Bitcoin is still trapped by the gas-price hangover appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin analysis warned of "new lows" as Asia markets dropped as much as 10% and BTC price action dipped below $62,000 for the first time in nearly two weeks. Bitcoin (BTC) neared two-week lows on Tuesday as Asia stock markets pulled back on a tech sell-off. Key points: Bitcoin heads lower with Asia equities as "unprecedented inflows" become a tech-driven rout. Read more

A rotation out of this year's best AI and chip stocks sank Asian markets, with South Korea's Kospi down 6%, and crypto fell with them. Bitcoin is down more than 3% on the week.

Bitcoin’s funding rate and orderbook setup signal investor optimism, but ETF outflows and macro red flags could limit BTC’s short-term upside. Key takeaways: The Bitcoin funding rate climbed to 7%, showing confidence, but spot ETF outflows keep a $70,000 breakout on hold for now. Strong order-book bids and lower oil prices helped, but weakness across stocks, bonds, and gold signals a preference for cash. Read more

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) raised $335.5 million by selling common stock last week, then placed almost 90% of the proceeds into cash rather than Bitcoin as the company moved to shore up the preferred securities financing its cryptocurrency purchases. The company sold about 2.71 million MSTR shares between June 15 and June 21 and added $300 […] The post Strategy used $300 million of MSTR dilution to backstop its Bitcoin’s biggest buying machine appeared first on CryptoSlate.