XRP tests $1.33 as rising leverage and weak price action create unstable setup
Funding spikes and liquidations point to positioning build-up, with direction hinging on whether buyers can defend support.
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Kalshi secures license to offer margin trading to institutional investors
Margin feature is a departure from traditional prediction markets, which typically require fully collateralized positions, and comes as the industry sees growing trading volumes and investment.
Why bitcoin’s ‘compressed’ valuation offers reduced downside risk versus stocks
The recent surge in oil and gas prices has driven up inflation expectations, causing markets to adjust their bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts, with traders now pricing in a near 40% chance of no rate cuts this year.
Bitcoin miners are becoming AI companies and selling their BTC to fund the transition
The average public miner spent $79,995 to produce one bitcoin last quarter. Bitcoin is trading at $70,000. The math doesn’t work, so the industry is pivoting to AI, taking on $70 billion in contracts, and liquidating bitcoin treasuries to finance the shift.
Morgan Stanley enters bitcoin ETF race with market-leading low fee
The bank priced its proposed spot bitcoin fund at 14 basis points, making it the lowest fund on the market, if approved.
Crypto stocks battered as Nasdaq enters correction in $17 trillion market rout
The Friday plunge fits into a pattern since the war in Iran broke out, with gains on Monday turning into losses by the end of the week.
Anthropic’s massive ‘Claude Mythos’ leak sends software names — and crypto — sharply lower
The model could significantly heighten cybersecurity risks by rapidly finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities, potentially accelerating a cyber arms race.
NYSE owner doubles down on Polymarket with fresh $600 million investment
The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange is cementing its bet on the future of prediction markets, bringing its total commitment to nearly $2 billion.
Retail investors drive widespread bitcoin selling as prices fall
Glassnode data shows distribution across cohorts as BTC falls below $67,000, with whales remaining largely neutral.
Bitcoin drops to two-week low as $300 million in longs are liquidated
Bitcoin fell below $67,000 and ether dropped toward $2,000 as equities weakened, oil topped $100 and leveraged longs unwound, signaling fragile sentiment.