💰 Bitcoin market absorbs 1 million BTC in 5 months

Bitcoin currently trades approximately 20% below its all-time high, the more compelling narrative unfolds within the dynamic flow of coins between short-term holders (STHs) and long-term holders (LTHs). LTHs, holding Bitcoin for over 155 days, typically accumulate during bear markets and distribute during bulls. Their supply peaked at 14.9 million BTC in December 2023 before dropping to 13.9 million in April 2024.

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💰 Standard Chartered says bitcoin price could fall further to $50,000

Bitcoin's price fall below the $60,000 mark could be the start of further pain to come, according to Standard Chartered Bank. "BTC's proper break below $60K has now reopened a route to the $50-52K range," Geoffrey Kendrick, head of Standard Chartered Bank's forex and digital assets research, said Wednesday in a statement to The Block. "The driver seems to be a combination of crypto-specific and broader macro."

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💰 BlackRock Sees Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pensions Coming to Bitcoin ETFs

Financial institutions are holding diligence and research conversations, with BlackRock playing an educational role, said Robert Mitchnick, the firm's head of digital assets. BlackRock has been talking about bitcoin to these sorts of institutions for several years. While becoming the biggest spot bitcoin ETF would be an impressive milestone, BlackRock says it isn’t really focused on the size competition with Grayscale’s GBTC.

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💰 Lightspark CEO Expects Bitcoin to Dominate AI-Related Monetary Transactions

During the Bitcoin for Corporations segment at the Microstrategy World 2024 event in Las Vegas, Marcus shared insights on the fusion of AI and bitcoin (BTC). He argued that BTC could eliminate the inefficiencies and “friction” inherent in fiat currencies, predicting that AI agents will adopt this “digitally native” medium for value exchange.

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💰 Bitcoin holds above $59,000 as short liquidations spike

Bitcoin short liquidations spiked above $24 million in the past 24 hours as the price rebounded from a multi-month low of below $57,000 on Monday. A total of $33 million in bitcoin positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours amid the volatility. The wider cryptocurrency market experienced over $112 million in liquidations during the same period. Of these combined crypto liquidations, the vast majority — around $70 million — were short positions, according to Coinglass data.

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💰 Bitcoin's Rally to $64,000 Triggers $26.65 Million Short Squeeze in 4 Hours

The price of bitcoin (BTC) increased by 4.5% against the U.S. dollar on Friday, rebounding from last week’s decline when it fell beneath the psychological $60,000 mark. Despite this 4.5% rise over 24 hours, BTC prices remain 4.3% below their level from seven days prior. After stabilizing for nearly two days, the upward movement of BTC began at 8 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Friday.

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💰 Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Sees First Inflow After Billions Lost Since January

The Grayscale product had been the dominant conventional investment vehicle for those looking to invest in bitcoin (BTC) without directly purchasing the cryptocurrency. But it got competition in January when it was converted into an easier-to-trade ETF at the same time nine rival spot bitcoin ETFs began trading. GBTC has much higher fees, and investors yanked billions of dollars from it. Its bitcoin holdings have dropped from more than 600,000 bitcoin to around 290,000 bitcoin, according to fund data compiled by CoinDesk.

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📊 Crypto companies raise $2.5bn in first quarter

Crypto companies raised almost $2.5 billion in venture capital investment in the first quarter of this year, representing a 29% increase in dollar value and a 68% higher deal count on a quarter-on-quarter basis, according to a research report compiled by Galaxy Digital. “After 3 consecutive quarters of declining deal count and capital invested, both rose in Q1,” according to the report, which also noted that alongside the big increase in deal count, which rose to 603, the amount of capital invested gained a comparatively modest 29%.

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🪙 Ethereum’s low gas fees drive ETH burn rate to yearly low

The Ethereum network has seen the daily amount of ETH burned drop to its lowest level this year — mainly driven by a recent drop in average gas fees. Currently, gas fees are hovering between 5 and 10 gwei, which is one of the lowest levels seen year-to-date and affecting ETH issuance. The decrease in network fees has resulted in fewer ETH being burned. On Sunday, the amount of ETH burned was a mere 610 ETH — marking a record low for this year as Ethereum’s gas fees remained minimal.

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📊 Less Than 10% of Stablecoin Transaction Volume Coming from Real Users: Report

Less than 10% of stablecoin transaction volumes are organic or come from real people, according to new findings by Visa and data platform Allium Labs, Bloomberg reported. Out of about $2.2 trillion in total transactions in April, just $149 billion originated from “organic payments activity,” the report said. The analysis removed transactions done by bots and large-scale traders to “isolate those made by real people.”.

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💰 Bitcoin options traders bet on a bullish September price move above $100,000, analysts say

Analysts are observing bullish conditions in the bitcoin options market following the digital asset's bounce back on Friday — an uptick sustained throughout the weekend and into early week trading. QCP Capital analysts say bitcoin risk reversals have gone positive, with calls now more expensive than puts. This suggests a bullish sentiment among investors, as they are willing to pay more for options that benefit from a rise in bitcoin than options that protect against a decline in price.

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💰 FTX claims rise above 100 cents on the dollar on back of bankruptcy plan

FTX claims have risen above 100 cents on the dollar following the estate’s draft recovery plan that estimates the majority of creditors will see a recovery rate of 118%. For instance, crypto bankruptcy site Xclaim shows that FTX claims are now going for between 101% and 112%. “It's absolutely unbelievable,” said Thomas Braziel, a partner at 117 Partners and 507 Capital and an investor in distressed assets. “I mean, Lehman was 141 cents on the dollar, and that took 10 years. This is 142% as the projected high number.

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🟠 Binance Fired Investigator Who Uncovered Market Manipulation at Client DWF Labs: WSJ

Binance fired a member of staff who uncovered evidence of market manipulation at crypto investment firm DWF Labs, one of cryptocurrency exchange's clients, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing interviews with Binance employees past and present, documents, emails and other industry participants. The former staffer and his colleagues on Binance's market-surveillance team had been hired to winkle out signs of market manipulation.

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🪙 Robinhood Wells Notice Shouldn’t Deter Eventual Approval of an Ether Spot ETF: JPMorgan

The Well’s Notice issued to trading platform Robinhood (HOOD) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should not pose an obstacle to the eventual approval of spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report on Wednesday.

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🟠 Binance Reportedly Fired Investigator Who Discovered Market Manipulation at Client Company

Binance and DWF Labs have refuted market manipulation claims in a WSJ report, with the former stating that the company is intolerant to market abuse. With Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao recently sentenced to four months imprisonment, a WSJ report is alleging that the crypto exchange giant fired one of its investigators who exposed market manipulation by one of the company’s clients, DWF Labs.

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🟠 DOJ taps FRA over Sullivan & Cromwell for Binance's 3-year monitorship: report

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) appointed Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) to serve as the outside monitor over the crypto exchange Binance, reports Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. FRA, a London-based providing services in forensic accounting and compliance consulting services, beat out Sullivan & Cromwell to take on the position, Bloomberg adds. Binance must undergo a monitorship of three years as part of its plea deal with the DOJ related to money laundering violations.

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