Max Pain Was Supposed to Pull Bitcoin to $72,000, It Didn't Even Come Close
Bitcoin sits $10K below the $72K max pain level ahead of Friday's $10.5B Deribit expiry. Experts say the pinning theory has largely stopped working in 2026.
№ 014NewsRipple Just Cleared Japan's Toughest Stablecoin Hurdle, RLUSD Is Now Live
Japan's FSA approved Ripple's RLUSD as an electronic payment instrument. SBI VC Trade now offers it to institutions and retail, but USDT and USDC still dominate.
№ 015NewsBinance Just Pulled Its European License Application, Days Before a Crucial Deadline
Binance withdrew its Greek MiCA license application days before the July 1 EU deadline and is now racing to secure authorization in another member state.
№ 016NewsBitcoin Is Back at $60,000 and the AI Trade Is the Reason Nobody Is Buying the Dip
Bitcoin fell back to $60K Wednesday as tech rebounded and SK Hynix filed a $30B IPO. A top hedge fund manager says BTC has "lost the plot" to AI stocks.
№ 017NewsBitcoin May Not Find Its Bottom Until $55,000, and That Could Take Until October
10x Research founder Markus Thielen warns Bitcoin could fall to $55K before bottoming in Aug–Oct as a strong dollar and hawkish Fed keep pressure on crypto.
№ 018NewsThe Trade That Defined 2025 Is Breaking Down, Gold, Silver and Bitcoin Are All Falling Together
Gold dropped 28% from its $5,600 peak, silver fell 50%, and Bitcoin sits below $62K as markets price in two Fed rate hikes and the debasement trade collapses.
№ 019NewsSpaceX Crashed 23% in Three Days. Bitcoin Held Its Ground. That Tells You Something.
SpaceX shed $600B in 3 days after its first bond sale, erasing nearly half of Bitcoin's market cap in value. Bitcoin fell less than 1% through it all.
№ 020NewsDeutsche Bank Just Explained Bitcoin's Drop Below $60,000, and the Reasons Are Structural
Deutsche Bank says Bitcoin's $60K crash reflects a hawkish Fed, $6B in ETF outflows, and AI stealing risk capital, calling BTC a maturing institutional asset.
№ 021NewsEthereum Slips Under $1.7k, and the ETF Story Isn't Helping
Ethereum slipped below $1,700 as spot ETFs bled and momentum faded. Why Ether's real problem right now is narrative, not fundamentals, and what could flip it.
№ 022NewsBitcoin Drops Back to $62k as the Bounce Gives It All Back
Bitcoin gave back the bounce, sliding to $62k as hawkish-Fed pressure and leveraged liquidations hit. Why I'm not catching this knife, and what would change my mind.
№ 023NewsBitcoin Volatility Is Historically Cheap, and Friday's $10.5 Billion Expiry Could Change That Fast
Bitcoin's DVOL sits at 41.5% ahead of Friday's $10.5B quarterly options expiry. Deribit says call spreads offer the best recovery exposure right now.
№ 024NewsXRP Is Running Out of Room, And the Clock Is Ticking on This Range
XRP fell 1.8% to $1.11 on above-average volume with momentum fading fast. The $1.05–$1.10 zone is now the only thing standing between bulls and $1.00.