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Bitcoin holds $83,000 as dollar strength keeps markets on edge
Bitcoin and gold hold steady as a firm dollar and rising bond yields weigh on sentiment, while IREN secures a multiyear cloud services deal with Anthropic.
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Bitcoin pulls back from $84,000 as oil recovers, ETFs bleed over $600 million
Bitcoin reversed early gains as oil bounced back to over $92. Analysts express concerns over large outflows from spot ETFs last week.
Markets
Bitcoin shrugs off ETF outflows to trade above $84,000 as oil falls
Bitcoin is holding on to its weekend gains as oil trades lower. ETFs lost over $600 million in outflows last week.
Markets
Ledger attack spreads to EU, AI finds ’18 trillion XRP’ bug: Hodler’s Digest
An user reports buying a tampered Ledger from a big retailer in Europe. Security researchers use AI to uncover a “$94 billion” XRP bug — but receive just a $250K bounty.
DeFi/Macro
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Snap 10-Day Outflow Streak With $222M Inflow
US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded roughly $221–222 million in net inflows on July 2, 2026, ending a 10-day outflow streak — their largest single-day intake in two months. Fidelity's FBTC led with nearly $166 millio…
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SBI Crypto to Shut Down Bitcoin Mining Pool Holding Roughly 2% of Network Hashrate
SBI Crypto confirmed on July 2, 2026 that it will shut down its Bitcoin mining pool on July 31, ending a five-year run. As of June 30, 2026, the pool's 7-day average hashrate was 20.9 EH/s, roughly 2% of the total Bit…
DeFi/Macro
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Close June With a Record $4.5B Monthly Outflow
US spot Bitcoin ETFs shed a record $4.5 billion in June 2026 — their worst month since the category launched in January 2024, and roughly 29% above the prior record of $3.48 billion set in February 2025. BlackRock's I…
Markets
Ethereum Foundation Cuts 54 Jobs and 40% of Budget, Shifts to Endowment Model
The Ethereum Foundation announced a restructuring in late June 2026 that cuts 54 positions — roughly 20% of staff — and trims its annual budget by about 40%, moving from spending near 15% of its remaining treasury per…
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Strategy Adopts Bitcoin Monetization Framework, Authorizing Up to $1.25B in BTC Sales
On June 29, 2026, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) — the largest corporate Bitcoin holder with approximately 843,738 BTC — adopted its 'Digital Credit Capital Framework,' authorizing up to $1.25 billion in Bitcoin mo…
Markets
Bitcoin Tests $60K After $1.6B Liquidation Cascade
Between June 25–29, 2026, Bitcoin fell to a 20-month low near $58,000 before rebounding above $61K, driven by a $1.6B liquidation cascade across leveraged derivatives markets. Key structural factors: seven consecutive…
Technical
$DOT resistance breakout at $1.24: key levels above $1.26
$DOT reclaimed $1.23 resistance on the 4H chart and is now testing $1.24, with the next structural level at $1.26 requiring sustained volume to confirm a breakout.
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One year after 10/10 flash crash, bitcoin and ether liquidity have rebuilt, but altcoins still face risks
Bitcoin and ether order books are deeper than before the crash, while altcoin liquidity keeps eroding and spot trading remains well below its October 2025 peak.
Markets
Bitcoin's volatility has plunged, but extreme price swings are more frequent than in 2018
analysis finds 10 unusually large trading days in 2026, raising questions about how investors measure risk in an increasingly institutional crypto market.
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