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📉 Bitcoin’s Losses Are Rising - But Capitulation Isn’t Here Yet

$BTC keeps failing to reclaim $80K, and that’s starting to show up on-chain. According to analyst Axel Adler, Bitcoin entered a bear phase back in October 2025 - and what we’re seeing now looks less like a quick dip, more like a corrective grind after the ~$125K peak.

Here’s the key data point: unrealized losses have jumped to ~22%. That’s a big move - up from ~7% since January as price slid from ~$95K to ~$78K. Pain is spreading across holders, but context matters.

In past true capitulations (2019, 2023), unrealized losses hit 40–60%. We’re not there. At the same time, the LTH/STH SOPR ratio is down ~40%, showing profits are compressed and long-term holders are less willing to sell at a loss.

The takeaway is subtle but important: this is a stress phase, not panic. Confidence is weakening, pressure is building - but forced selling hasn’t arrived. Until capitulation shows up, $BTC may keep chopping lower before a real reset begins.

#Bitcoin❗ #StrategyBTCPurchase

🌏 Asia Opens Red - Bitcoin Slips With Tech Stocks

Risk-off sentiment rolled into Asia. Bitcoin dipped about 3% toward $76K as Asian markets tracked a tech-led sell-off from the U.S., pushing investors away from growth. $BTC felt that pressure early.

Japan and Australia opened lower, Hong Kong futures pointed down - and crypto moved with equities. The dip didn’t last long though. BTC rebounded near ~$78.7K, $ETH around $2.33K, and total crypto market cap climbed back to ~$2.72T.

This wasn’t crypto-specific stress - it was macro. When U.S. tech sells off, risk assets wobble first. The question is whether this rebound holds as global markets reopen.

#Asia #StrategyBTCPurchase

Cathie Wood isn’t hiding her bias - and ARK is acting on it.

In a recent interview, Cathie Wood said she would shift from gold to $BTC , arguing Bitcoin’s long-term role still outweighs recent competition from stablecoins. The comment came right after Bitcoin’s flash crash - and ARK didn’t wait around.

Instead, ARK Invest used the pullback to buy the dip in crypto-linked stocks. Across ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF, the firm added exposure to Coinbase, Robinhood, Bullish, Circle, and Tom Lee’s Bitmine, alongside more shares of its own Bitcoin ETF (ARKB).

What’s interesting is the contrast. Prices were red, sentiment was mixed, but ARK leaned in anyway. This wasn’t a macro hedge - it was a conviction play during volatility.

The takeaway is simple: while the market debates gold vs. crypto, Cathie Wood has already picked her side - and she’s backing $BTC  not with words, but with capital.

#StrategyBTCPurchase #VitalikSells

📈 Spot Bitcoin ETFs Flip Green - Is Demand Coming Back?

After two rough weeks, something finally changed. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs just pulled in $562M in a single day, snapping a four-day outflow streak - even as $BTC  whipsawed from ~$75K back toward ~$78.5K.

📊 Here’s what stood out:

• Fidelity (FBTC): +$153M
• BlackRock (IBIT): +$142M
• Bitwise (BITB): +$96M
• Grayscale, Ark/21Shares, VanEck, Invesco, WisdomTree -all positive

💡 The context matters. ETFs bled ~$1.5B last week and ~$1.3B the week before as risk appetite faded and arbitrage trades unwound. Now, with BTC testing lows twice, some allocators see current levels as “good value” and are stepping back in- cautiously.

🤔 This isn’t a full trend reversal yet. Analysts call it phased re-entry, not a new bull leg. But if ETF inflows persist, spot buying could tighten supply and give $BTC  a firmer near-term floor.

#GoldSilverRebound #BinanceBitcoinSAFUFund

The total crypto market just slid to ~$2.66T, down over 6% in 24 hours, as $BTC , $ETH , and $XRP all broke lower together, wiping out nearly $500B in days.

The trigger was fear around interest rates. News tied to a new U.S. Fed leadership appointment pushed expectations toward “higher for longer” policy. When rates stay high, risk assets struggle - and crypto is now moving almost in lockstep with U.S. equities.

Then leverage made it worse. As prices fell, forced liquidations kicked in. Nearly $5B in leveraged positions were wiped out over three days, turning a macro pullback into a fast cascade. ETH weakness - amplified by reports of large unrealized institutional losses - dragged altcoins down with it.

Here’s how hard it hit:

▪ Bitcoin: −13% (~$265B erased)
▪ Ethereum: −25% (~$91B erased)
▪ $XRP  : −22% (~$24B erased)
▪ Solana: −23% (~$16B erased)

Sentiment reflects the damage. Fear & Greed sits at 18 (Extreme Fear), and many indicators now show oversold conditions. What happens next depends on one thing: can BTC hold ~$77K? If it does, relief is possible. If not, volatility likely isn’t done yet.

#WhenWillBTCRebound #BitcoinETFWatch

📉 Is Bitcoin Setting Up One Last Dip to $75K?

This part of the cycle feels uncomfortable - and that’s usually the point. On higher time frames, $BTC still looks like it could make one final dip before a more durable base forms, lining up with earlier early-2026 projections.

The charts hint that downside pressure is getting stretched. RSI on higher time frames is approaching levels seen near past market bottoms, while the daily RSI is already deeply oversold. That doesn’t guarantee a bounce - but it does suggest much of the damage may already be done.

Here’s what I’m watching next. A sustained reclaim of $80K would be the first sign of stabilization. A stronger signal comes above ~$84.5K, which could flip the structure toward recovery. Until then, the risk of a slide toward $75K remains - a zone many see as the area where real buyers may finally step in.

#StrategyBTCPurchase
#WhenWillBTCRebound

📉 Bitcoin Is Drifting Lower - Right Before a Big Options Moment

Ahead of the first major options expiry of 2026, $BTC  isn’t breaking down - it’s stalling. Over 25% of open options expire tomorrow, yet price action stays muted, with no Fed surprise and no macro shock to force a move.

Bitcoin is stuck between $90K resistance and $86K support, and traders feel it. Implied volatility keeps sliding, institutions have added liquidity by moving coins onto exchanges, and pressure is building quietly. This is typical pre-expiry behavior: sideways moves, weak conviction, and a market waiting for a catalyst to decide the next real direction.

#bitcoin

⏳ Why BlackRock Is Still on the Sidelines With $XRP

Many keep asking why BlackRock hasn’t rushed into an XRP ETF yet. As $BTC paved the way for institutional crypto products, Canary Capital CEO Steven McClurg says the answer is simple: BlackRock follows demand - it doesn’t front-run it.

He explains that Bitcoin ETFs only launched once institutions were already knocking. The same logic applies to XRP. As more asset managers explore crypto beyond BTC and ETH, and as XRP proves its role in real financial infrastructure, it slowly checks the boxes issuers care about. In McClurg’s view, that’s why an XRP ETF feels more like a matter of when, not if - just not yet.

#GoldOnTheRise

🔥 UAE Greenlights Its First USD Stablecoin

While $BTC  grabs attention with price moves, the UAE just made a structural decision. The country’s central bank has approved USDU - its first regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin - directly inside the national payments framework.

This isn’t a sandbox experiment. USDU is now regulated under the UAE’s Payment Token Services Regulation, placing a USD stablecoin under central bank oversight from day one.

That puts the UAE ahead of most major jurisdictions. Instead of debating stablecoins, it’s integrating one into core financial infrastructure - a clear signal of long-term intent.

USDU is issued by Universal Digital, regulated by Abu Dhabi Global Market and supervised jointly with the central bank. That dual oversight means stricter rules on reserves, disclosures, and operations - exactly what institutions look for.

The takeaway is simple. This move isn’t about hype. It’s about stablecoins becoming real financial rails - quietly shaping the next phase of crypto adoption.

#BTC☀️ #FedHoldsRates

🇯🇵 Metaplanet Doubles Down on $BTC  - Even While Sitting on a Loss

Metaplanet just raised fresh capital to buy more $BTC  - despite already being down nearly 19% on its holdings. The company announced a $137M raise through a third-party allotment, issuing new shares and stock acquisition rights.

Part of the plan includes 24.5M shares sold at a fixed price, with settlement set for February 2026. The message is clear: this isn’t short-term positioning.

Metaplanet has followed a Bitcoin-first strategy similar to Michael Saylor’s playbook. By late 2025, it had accumulated 35,102 BTC worth about $3.1B today, after buying aggressively near the top. With BTC below its average entry, unrealized losses sit around 18.6%.

Still, the firm isn’t backing off. Management has publicly set a target of 210,000 BTC by 2027. The takeaway is simple: while many watch price, Metaplanet is betting on time - and treating drawdowns as part of the plan, not a reason to stop.

#metaplanet #VIRBNB

$BTC just dipped - and the reason is quieter than most headlines suggest. After the Fed hit pause on rates again, $BTC  and altcoins slid as traders realized there would be no fresh dovish hint to lean on. No surprise cut, no liquidity boost, no reason to press risk.

That absence did the damage. Selling showed up near resistance, leverage cracked, and positions were trimmed fast. In the last 24 hours, over $134M in BTC and $50M in $ETH  longs were wiped - not a panic exit, but a controlled reset. This is what markets look like when optimism fades, not when fear takes over.

The real tell is under the surface. Coinbase Premium is stuck near -0.16%, signaling steady institutional selling during U.S. hours, while more than $5.5B in stablecoins has quietly left circulation. Capital isn’t waiting on the sidelines - it’s stepping out. And when liquidity leaves before sentiment breaks, rallies tend to stall before they start.

#StrategyBTCPurchase #Bitcoin❗

Gold & Silver Just Lost $1.7T - Is $BTC  Next to Move?

Global markets blinked - and metals paid the price. In just 90 minutes, gold and silver erased nearly $1.7 trillion in value, a move bigger than the combined market caps of $ETH , BNB, $XRP , SOL, and more. As money rushed out of safe havens, eyes quickly turned to Bitcoin.

The drop came right after record highs. Gold slipped about 1.6% from $5,090 to $4,888, while silver saw a much sharper 10–12% correction, falling from $116 to near $103. This wasn’t panic selling - it was crowded trades unwinding as profits were locked in and geopolitical fear eased.

What the market move is telling us:

1. Heavy profit-taking after months of gains

2. Crowded long positions amplified the drop

3. Demand for safe havens cooled fast

While metals were sliding, Bitcoin stayed calm. BTC gained around 1.7% over the same 24 hours, trading near $88,663. No breakout - but no selloff either. That kind of price behavior often hints at quiet accumulation as capital looks for its next home.

#FedWatch #StrategyBTCPurchase

And here’s the answer to my last poll 👀

While $BTC keeps setting the tone for institutions, Tom Lee’s BitMine disclosed it added 40,302 ETH to its corporate treasury over the past week, spending roughly $117.1 million in the largest Ether purchase seen this year.

Why this matters is simple. This isn’t trading or short-term positioning - it’s balance-sheet allocation. Just like Bitcoin earlier in the cycle, $ETH is increasingly being treated as a long-term strategic asset by firms willing to sit through volatility rather than chase momentum.

Drop a comment if you picked the right answer 👇

#ETH

🧐 While $BTC keeps setting the institutional tone, how much  $ETH do you think BitMine has disclosed so far?

#BTC #ETH

Crypto social is breaking again - and Vitalik thinks it needs a reset.

After X’s latest ban wave, the question is back: if centralized platforms are this fragile, where does crypto social actually live? Even as  $BTC  keeps pulling in institutions, the social layer is clearly stuck.

In a recent WuBlockchain Podcast, Vitalik Buterin was blunt about why decentralized social keeps failing. The problem isn’t tech - it’s people. Without real network effects, platforms feel empty. And when projects rush into tokens, speculation replaces actual social value.

Vitalik pointed to creator incentives as the real missing piece. Most SocialFi models reward existing influence, not good content. Token-first thinking amplifies noise, not conversations - and that’s why adoption stalls.

🔹 Weak network effects
🔹 Token incentives > content quality
🔹 Creators still underpaid

Until crypto social fixes incentives before finance, decentralization alone won’t save it.

#Vitalik-Buterin's #ClawdbotSaysNoToken

BlackRock just filed for a new $BTC Income ETF - and this isn’t about chasing price upside. It’s about turning Bitcoin exposure into something institutions can actually hold during volatile markets.

The iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF will combine direct Bitcoin exposure, shares of BlackRock’s spot ETF IBIT, and cash. On the surface, that looks familiar. The difference is how the fund plans to make money when BTC goes nowhere.

Instead of relying only on price appreciation, the ETF will sell covered call options, mainly on IBIT shares. That strategy generates option premiums, which can be paid out as monthly income - a play borrowed straight from traditional equity income funds.

The target audience is clear: investors who want Bitcoin exposure but also want predictability. In volatile conditions, this approach could deliver an estimated 8%–12% annual income, with returns coming from options, not BTC price gains.

📌 The takeaway: institutions aren’t backing away from $BTC  - they’re adapting how they hold it. With spot ETF outflows showing short-term caution, BlackRock’s move signals a shift toward structured, income-first BTC strategies rather than pure directional bets.

#BTC #StrategyBTCPurchase

Why $BTC Is Falling Behind While Gold and Silver Run Ahead

Bitcoin $BTC has been stuck in a tight, uninspiring range while gold and silver push to fresh highs. At first glance, it feels odd - especially with long-term accumulation still happening - but this slowdown says more about where money is moving than about Bitcoin itself.

Right now, the issue isn’t weak structure, it’s liquidity rotation. In uncertain macro conditions, capital tends to flow where it feels safest. Chinese liquidity historically favors gold, while expanding U.S. liquidity usually supports Bitcoin - and today, the balance is clearly tilted toward defense.

With geopolitical tension and economic uncertainty still in play, investors are prioritizing capital preservation. That naturally benefits gold and silver, long seen as safe havens. Central banks and institutions have leaned into precious metals, pushing them toward record levels while risk assets wait on the sidelines.

The takeaway: Bitcoin still behaves like a risk asset during fear-driven markets. Historically, metals absorb liquidity first, and only later does capital rotate back into higher-beta assets like BTC. Until that shift happens, gold and silver strength can keep Bitcoin’s upside on pause — even if the long-term story stays intact.

#StrategyBTCPurchase #FedWatch

Bitcoin Is Going Quiet - But $BTC Whales Are Getting Loud

Price has been stuck between $88K and $90K for days now. Feels boring, right? But whenever $BTC goes this quiet, it’s usually not random - it’s the market loading something.

Here’s the part most people miss.
On-chain data from CryptoQuant shows whale accumulation demand just hit an all-time high. This metric tracks addresses that keep buying without selling - classic whale behavior. And when coins leave exchanges at this scale, it’s almost never retail doing it.

At the same time, liquidity is getting thin. The Liquidity Inventory Ratio on U.S. exchanges just spiked to 3.8, meaning demand is far outpacing the available supply. That doesn’t guarantee a supply shock - but it does tell us whales are aggressively positioning.

So if BTC keeps moving sideways, don’t confuse calm with weakness. This kind of consolidation often happens right before the market chooses a direction - and right now, the biggest players are clearly leaning in.

#BTC #bitcoin

me in 2008 instead of buying $BTC

#bitcoin #BTC

$XRP Exchange Supply Just Collapsed - And the Market Isn’t Reacting Yet

While everyone keeps watching $BTC  and macro headlines, something big quietly happened to XRP. Exchange balances dropped 57% in a single year - from about 4B tokens to just 1.5B. That’s the largest annual supply decline XRP has ever seen.

Why This Suddenly Matters
$XRP  has been stuck in the same rectangular range for roughly 400 days, with support near $1.8 and resistance around $3.6. Long consolidations like this don’t last forever - especially when liquid supply keeps disappearing from exchanges.

What the Structure Is Telling Us
A shrinking exchange balance usually means fewer tokens available to sell. If demand shows up, price can move faster than most expect. Analyst Jake Claver also points to $XRP ’s 3–5 second settlement time as a real-world edge if global financial stress increases.

The Bigger Picture
Nothing has broken out yet - but conditions are tightening. With supply drying up and price compressed in a long reaccumulation zone, XRP is setting up for a decisive move. Direction will matter - but ignoring this setup might be the bigger risk.

#xrp #Ripple