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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.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a fifth straight week of withdrawals, losing about $316 million and roughly $3.8 billion over the streak. The post Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log Fifth Straight Week of Outflows as Institutional Demand Cools appeared first on Cryptonews.

In contrast, PIPPIN has become the top performer once again, rocketing by 17% daily.

Ethereum's co-founder has been disposing of large amounts of ETH for several weeks now.

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

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings is introducing a blockchain-based bond offering for retail investors. The post SBI Holdings Launches 10B Yen Blockchain Bond With XRP Rewards appeared first on Cryptonews.

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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.

Robinhood’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, pointed out that crypto investors are looking for more ways to explore crypto beyond just holding tokens amid market uncertainty. Crypto investors are increasingly exploring beyond the top three cryptocurrencies as the market downturn continues, according to Robinhood's head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat. “I think what we see from our customers is that they actually see it as an opportunity,” Kerbrat told Cointelegraph during an exclusive interview, adding that they are seeing it as “an opportunity to buy the dip.” “So we actually see a lot of customers continuing to trade crypto and diversifying, not just on the top two or three assets, but actually going pretty wide,” he said, referring to the largest two cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Read more

The project's creator nearly deleted the viral AI agent after crypto scammers hijacked his accounts, launched a fake token that hit $16 million, and harassed him for weeks.

Cryptocurrency flows to suspected trafficking services jumped 85% in 2025.

A set of new ETF filings wants to turn election outcomes into brokerage-account tickers. If approved, they’d also make “political risk” a tradable product on the same rails that already carry spot Bitcoin ETFs, pulling attention, liquidity, and regulatory pressure into the same lane. Roundhill, GraniteShares, and Bitwise’s PredictionShares brand propose funds that track binary […] The post Election betting in an ETF wrapper: The “ambient gambling” shift coming to brokerage accounts appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Economist Timothy Peterson expects Bitcoin to trade above its current level by December, though some analysts are pushing back on that view. Half of the months over the past two years have delivered positive returns for Bitcoin, which may be a strong sign that it will be higher than its current price in December, an economist said. “50% of the past 24 months have been positive. This implies a 88% chance that Bitcoin will be higher 10 months from now,” economist Timothy Peterson said in an X post on Saturday. In 2025, Bitcoin (BTC) posted gains in January, April, May, June, July, and September, while the other six months ended lower, according to CoinGlass. Peterson explained that he uses the metric to count the number of positive months in any 24-month period to identify possible inflection points. Read more

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.

"In a space that is just completely flooded with bulls**t and with fakers and self-promoters, I think that has actually been a superpower."

US President Donald Trump is now using alternative legal routes to levy tariffs, but critics say his authority to impose them is still limited. United States President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he is raising the 10% global tariff rate announced on Friday to 15%, which will take effect immediately.  Trump reiterated his criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his authority to levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In a Saturday Truth Social post, he said: On Friday, Trump announced a 10% global tariff rate to be added on top of already existing tariffs that remained valid after the court ruling, under alternative legal statutes outlined in the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the Trade Act of 1974.  Read more

The crypto market experienced a historic market crash in October that derailed the uptrend and caused investor sentiment to plummet. The crypto market has retracted most of the gains made during the 2024-2025 pump that kicked off after the 2024 elections in the United States, and has lost about 40% of its value from the peak recorded in October 2025. The Total3 Market Cap, a metric tracking the market capitalization of the entire crypto market, excluding Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), surged by over 91% immediately following the outcome of the US Presidential election on November 5, reaching a high of $1.16 trillion by December 2024. For context, the Total3 Market Cap was about $600 billion directly before the 2024 US election pump. Read more

Ethereum developers scheduled a controversial upgrade for later this year. Buterin said it reinforces the network’s cypherpunk principles.

Data from Santiment shows new wallet creation rising even as prices slump, hinting network curiosity hasn’t faded with sentiment yet.