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Traders were active in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF on Thursday as Bitcoin plummeted, falling 12% in the last 24 hours. BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has reportedly seen an all-time peak daily trading volume as traders responded to Bitcoin’s rapidly crashing price. The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) “crushed its daily volume record” on Thursday, with $10 billion worth of shares trading hands, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said on X. Balchunas added that IBIT dropped 13% on the day, its “second-worst daily price drop since it launched,” with its biggest daily price crash coming in at 15% on May 8, 2024. Read more

OpenAI and Anthropic released new flagship AI models within hours of each other on Thursday, with benchmark results suggesting they're optimized for different strengths.

Bitcoin is down more than 40% from its October highs, but investors in spot Bitcoin ETFs have pulled 6.6% of assets.

Strategy executives Phong Le and Andrew Kang say the company is on a strong financial footing despite it now being down 17.5% on its Bitcoin holdings. The Bitcoin buying company Strategy reported a net loss of $12.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, driven down by Bitcoin’s 22% fall over the quarter. Bitcoin (BTC) reached a peak high of $126,000 in early October, but tumbled over the quarter ending Dec. 31 to under $88,500. Bitcoin is down 30% so far this year to $64,500, below Strategy’s average cost per BTC of $76,052. Strategy (MSTR) said on Thursday that, despite the loss, its Q4 revenues rose 1.9% year-on-year to $123 million, driven in part by its business intelligence arm. However, the recent Bitcoin sell-off saw its shares close 17% lower on Thursday to $107. Read more

Altcoins have remained under pressure, but three tokens have diverged: Midnight (NIGHT) with Q1 2026 “Kūkolu” roadmap progress and improving CMF, Hyperliquid (HYPE) with CMF above zero and open interest rising toward $793M and Monero (XMR) with MFI pointing to seller exhaustion after a 30% pullback. The post These Three Altcoins Defy Crypto Winter With Technical Strength appeared first on Cryptonews.

The integrity of the PI network bull run is about to be tested – what happens next could be the difference between bullish and bearish PI coin price predictions. The post Pi Coin Price Prediction: Pi Clings onto Crucial Support Level – What Happens Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Senators pressed Waymo over its use of human operators in the Philippines, questioning whether autonomy still means what Waymo says it does.

Crypto price prediction today: Bitcoin hovered near $69,500 and has struggled to bounce keeping sentiment defensive. XRP has slid to $1.35 after breaking descending channels, Cardano has hovered near $0.27 below 2024 lows, and PEPE has held near key support as volatility compresses today, right now. The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 5 February – XRP, PEPE, Cardano appeared first on Cryptonews.

Prominent publicly traded crypto treasury firms are underwater on their holdings as Bitcoin and Ethereum keep falling.

Best crypto to buy now as a tech selloff has pressured Bitcoin near $71K and pulled altcoins lower. U.S. regulatory momentum, including the proposed CLARITY Act, has kept attention on XRP after U.S. spot ETF approvals, plus Dogecoin and Shiba Inu as bitcoin dominance has eased into 2026 trading. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now February 5 – XRP, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu appeared first on Cryptonews.

China's DeepSeek AI predicts upside cases for XRP, Solana and Bitcoin through 2026–2027, arguing that a longer bull market plus firmer US regulatory clarity could lift XRP toward $10, SOL toward $500, and BTC toward $250,000, even after steep pullbacks from prior highs. It also cites US ETF inflows. The post China’s DeepSeek AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Solana and Bitcoin By the End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin fell below 63,000 as investors reacted to dismal US economic data, a weakening stock market and fears of an AI industry bubble. Does data forecast a return to $90,000 by March? Key takeawys: Bitcoin fell below $63,000 as weak US job data and concerns over AI industry investments fueled investor risk aversion. Options markets show a 6% chance of Bitcoin returning to $90,000 by March. Read more

Crypto firms offered concessions on stablecoins, including reserve-sharing with banks, to ease tensions blocking a major digital asset bill.

Bulls might rule out SHIB as the short-term trend fails to match mid-term expectations – Shiba Inu price predictions face a collapse setup. The post Shiba Inu Price Prediction: 9,000% Liquidation Imbalance Hits After Death Cross – Is SHIB About to Collapse? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Michael Saylor called his firm a “digital fortress," but leading Bitcoin treasury Strategy has taken some serious hits in recent months.

Truly, crypto is in a weird place right now. All the fear around Bitcoin price collapsing is negatively affecting XRP price predictions.With so many narratives impacting the market, quantum risk seems to stand out as the one scaring big whales the most.During the company earnings call, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said a client sold […] The post XRP Price Prediction: Top XRP Voice Sounds Alarm on Bitcoin’s Quantum Risk – Could XRP Be the Winner? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The companies plan to expand global access to tokenized gold and allow the buying of bullion with Tether's stablecoins.

European tokenization companies urged EU lawmakers to quickly amend the DLT Pilot Regime, warning that current limits risk pushing onchain markets to the US. A group of European tokenization operators has urged EU policymakers to swiftly amend the bloc’s DLT Pilot Regime, warning that current asset limits, volume caps and time-limited licenses are preventing regulated onchain markets from scaling as the United States advances toward industrial-scale tokenization and near-instant settlement. In a joint letter coordinated ahead of an upcoming parliamentary debate, tokenization and market infrastructure companies Securitize, 21X, Boerse Stuttgart Group, Lise, OpenBrick, STX and Axiology called for targeted changes to the DLT Pilot Regime, the EU’s regulatory sandbox for tokenized securities markets. The companies said the EU’s broader Market Integration and Supervision Package sets the right long-term direction, but warned that existing constraints are already limiting the growth of regulated tokenized products ...

Binance moved 42.8% of total spot volume over the past week but absorbed 79.7% of net selling pressure across five major exchanges, according to data from Traderview. The imbalance raises the question of whether a venue needs to handle “most of the market” to set prices for the whole market. The answer is no. A […] The post Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The price of bitcoin fell from about $120,000 to $89,000 during the final three months of 2025.