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Bitcoin price more than doubled the last time Tether's crypto market capitalization dropped by $3 billion in two months, a signal that is flashing again in 2026. Bitcoin (BTC) may form a bottom in the coming weeks as Tether’s USDt (USDT) market cap dropped to levels that preceded BTC’s 2022 bear market lows. Key takeaways: Tether’s USDt triggers a signal that last time preceded a 100% Bitcoin price rally. Read more

The S&P 500 has a concentration problem, and crypto still rides the same plumbing Ten companies have been carrying the S&P 500 like a heavy tool belt, and the weight shows up in one number: about 41% at the end of 2025. As of press time, the top ten add up to about 37.3%, and […] The post 40% of the S&P 500 value sits in just 10 stocks — and Bitcoin could feel the shock next appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Strategy bought 592 Bitcoin for $39.8 million in its 100th purchase, increasing holdings to 717,722 BTC. Strategy bought 592 Bitcoin for about $39.8 million last week, marking its 100th purchase since the company adopted its Bitcoin-focused treasury strategy in August 2020. The latest purchase brings the company’s total holdings to 717,722 BTC, acquired at an aggregate cost of $54.56 billion, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. The newly acquired Bitcoin was purchased at an average price of $67,286 per BTC, inclusive of fees and expenses. The purchases were funded through the sale of 297,940 shares of Strategy’s Class A common stock under its at-the-market (ATM) offering program between Tuesday and Sunday. The sales generated net proceeds of about $39.7 million, according to the filing. Read more

Bitcoin search interest in the United States is finally climbing back toward its 2021 highs. The move comes even as Bitcoin trades in the mid-$60,000s after topping $126,000 in October 2025. That pairing, attention rising as price slides, is an unfamiliar noise pattern in crypto; the public is walking back toward the window as the […] The post Bitcoin interest hits 5-year high in the United States defying bear market price decline appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Continued selling from treasury companies and US Bitcoin ETFs threatens a deeper retracement for BTC, but some analysts see it as a sign of a healthy flush in speculative leverage. Corporate Bitcoin treasury companies posted a rare three-week selling streak, a shift analysts say could deepen Bitcoin’s pullback if fresh demand doesn’t emerge. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies logged three consecutive weeks of selling, according to Capriole Investments’ Bitcoin Treasuries buy and sell indicator shared by educational platform Coin Bureau. The metric tracks net buying and selling by public companies that hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets. It marked the first three-week selling streak in the short history of BTC treasury companies. Continued corporate selling threatens to push Bitcoin’s price toward a new ”bear market low,” said Nic Puckrin, co-founder and lead market analyst at Coin Bureau. Read more

Bitcoin fell to $64,270 shortly after midnight UTC before rebounding to $66,300, as thin liquidity amplified moves tied to U.S. tariff plans and geopolitical tensions.

Bitcoin’s network activity has been weakening for six straight months, but the decline is not showing up in the headline metric many traders watch first. The clearer signal is not transaction volume, which has held up, but participation breadth. Fewer unique addresses are active on the chain, even as the network continues to process a […] The post Bitcoin looks busy but 31% of its users vanished as ETFs bleed $4.5B in 2026 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs gave the market a clean, daily scoreboard: a green print meant fresh cash crossing the boundary from traditional brokerage accounts into Bitcoin exposure, and a red print meant the opposite. For much of the first year of spot ETFs in the US, that scoreboard tracked sentiment and set the market’s tempo. Traders […] The post Bitcoin’s calm price action is a trap: The steady ETF bid that supported it has already disappeared appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Futures traders slashed bearish Bitcoin bets last month, a shift that preceded a 70% rally in 2025 and a 190% increase in the BTC price in 2023. Bitcoin (BTC) bottomed after CME futures speculators turned net bullish in April 2025. A similar positioning shift is resurfacing in 2026, raising the odds of a BTC price recovery in the coming weeks. Key takeaways: Smart money reduced its bearish bets on Bitcoin in the past month. Read more

Bank of America's latest market call reads less like a typical bear forecast and more like a structural warning about what happens when markets stop paying premium multiples, even if profits keep growing. The firm argues that the S&P 500 remains “statistically expensive” on 18 of 20 valuation metrics, with four near-record highs, and expects […] The post Bitcoin bulls could walk into a $1 billion liquidation trap as Bank of America warns multiples are about to compress appeared first on CryptoSlate.

CME's Cardano futures went live on Feb. 9, and that date may matter more for ETFs than for trading. Under the SEC's new generic listing standards for commodity-based trust shares, one of the clearest fast lanes for a spot crypto ETP is having regulated futures on a CFTC-supervised venue for at least six months. That […] The post The SEC just gave Cardano a 75-day shortcut to a spot ETF that took Bitcoin 240 days appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin past performance gave 88% odds of higher prices by early 2027, the latest in a series of new bullish BTC price predictions. Bitcoin (BTC) at $122,000 in ten months could be an “average return” if history repeats itself. Key points: An “informal” Bitcoin price metric gives 88% odds of BTC/USD trading higher by early 2027. Read more

Bitcoin trades sideways as Trump cites Trade Act for 15% tariffs after Supreme Court limits IEEPA authority, and the market starts watching the 150-day clock It is one of those rare weekend sessions where the chart barely moves… yet it still feels like something is about to snap. Bitcoin is hovering around $68,000, chopping inside […] The post Bitcoin enters a 150-day danger zone as Trump pivots to a 1974 trade law the Supreme Court hasn’t touched yet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger confirmed that users can be removed for mentioning Bitcoin and crypto on Discord. The developer behind the fast-growing open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw has confirmed that any mention of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies on its Discord server can lead to removal. In a Saturday post on X, a user revealed that they were blocked from OpenClaw’s Discord simply for referencing Bitcoin block height as a timing mechanism in a multi-agent benchmark. In response, OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger confirmed the action, writing that members had accepted “strict server rules” upon joining and that the community maintains a “no crypto mention whatsoever” policy. Read more

Bitcoin is trading like a rates product now because real yields are the new “gravity” Earlier this month, we saw the macro picture shift in a very real and tangible way. The record of last year's job level changed significantly, and markets treated that update as fresh information to trade on. Two days later, inflation […] The post 862k jobs vanished, CPI cooled, and Bitcoin now trades like a bond – What Would Satoshi Say? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin miner Bitdeer liquidated 943 BTC from reserves and sold newly mined coins, cutting corporate holdings to zero. Bitcoin mining firm Bitdeer has sold all of its corporate Bitcoin holdings, reducing its treasury balance to zero, according to the company’s latest operational update. In its latest weekly report, Bitdeer disclosed that its “pure holdings,” excluding customer deposits, have fallen to 0 Bitcoin (BTC). The report shows the company produced 189.8 BTC during the period and sold the full amount, alongside an additional 943.1 BTC, which was liquidated from its existing treasury reserves. In its earlier update on Feb. 13, the miner still held 943.1 BTC, selling 179.9 BTC out of 183.4 BTC mined that week, leaving its treasury intact despite routine sales of newly mined coins. Read more

Bitcoin sometimes sells off hard on days with no crypto headlines. A recurring driver sits outside crypto: a yen-funded carry unwind that forces cross-asset deleveraging, then transmits into BTC through thinner liquidity, wider spreads, and fast position reduction in derivatives. Here's the core mechanism in one line: if USD/JPY moves fast enough to trigger margin […] The post Bitcoin sells off as the yen surged fast enough to trigger cuts across risk books appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Supreme Court's Feb. 20 decision striking down President Donald Trump's IEEPA-based tariff program as illegal creates a massive fiscal overhang that could function as an unintended liquidity injection. The Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the President to impose tariffs, invalidating a program that collected at least […] The post Bitcoin eyes $175B in refund liquidity as Supreme Court nukes Trump tariffs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin just got ~15% harder to mine as hashrate falls—pushing miner revenue back into the $30 stress zone Bitcoin’s mining economy has tightened again, but its undertones could pave the way for a price recovery in the top crypto. Over the past weeks, the network difficulty jumped, while the hashrate has shown signs of softening. […] The post Bitcoin miners face a margin crunch that historically precedes strong returns within 90 days appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Stablecoin supply is crypto’s deployable cash. With a total stablecoin market cap of around $307.92 billion and down -1.13% in the past 30 days, the pool has stopped growing month over month. When supply stalls, price moves get sharper, and Bitcoin feels it first in thin depth and bigger wicks. Stablecoins sit in a strange […] The post Bitcoin’s native M2 money supply is falling and killing crypto liquidity appeared first on CryptoSlate.