Bitcoin fails to top $80,000 as analysts debate whether BTC has truly changed its trend or remains in the grasp of the bears.
The recently formed MARA Foundation said it will focus on the long-term health, resilience, and adoption of the Bitcoin protocol.
Bitcoin bulls struggled to maintain gains as the bull market support band became a key reclaim level to flip the BTC price trend.
Bitcoin's future is not guaranteed, said CEO Fred Thiel at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas.
Thom Tillis has reportedly said he would not support the crypto bill if it does not include conflict-of-interest provisions.
Institutional interest in crypto funds surges, potentially influencing market dynamics and investor sentiment ahead of key economic policy updates.
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Short-term holder profit-taking is offsetting fresh demand from ETFs and Strategy, pointing to consolidation below $80,000, Bitfinex analysts said.
The plan allows trapped lenders to sell tokenized claims on deposits, offering buyers an option-like bet on CRV's recovery.
Low trading volume and a lack of conviction from big-money bettors could leave the bitcoin rally on shaky ground, said 10x Research head Markus Thielen.
Despite muted prices to start the second quarter, the report said improving onchain metrics and network activity point to a market finding its footing.
DDC is investing in an "AI-driven operating system" to help guide its bitcoin purchases as it aims to reach 5,000 BTC by year-end 2026.
Bitcoin's repeated resistance at $80K highlights market tension, with institutional inflows suggesting potential for future breakthroughs.
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New institutional on-ramps, strong flows, and exhausted retail selling points to renewed asymmetric upside for bitcoin, Bernstein said.
Research firm 10x says the negative funding rates reflect structural hedging by institutions, not a broad bearish play.
Strategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin in the world, now holds 818,334 BTC, which it said it purchased for nearly $62 billion at an average price of roughly $75,537 per token.
Strive also recently tightened its preferred stock's trading range while boosting its monthly dividend yield to 12.75%.
BitMine said its ether holdings climbed to 5.078 million tokens after another 101,901 ETH purchase last week.
TD Cowen said The Smarter Web Company has strengthened its position as the only UK-listed bitcoin treasury vehicle at scale.
Bitcoin price action sealed its first weekly candle close above a 21-week moving average trend line since it traded near $115,000 in October 2025.
DNTV Research's Bradley Park says bullish ecosystem news gave large holders the liquidity they needed to sell into a recent PENGU unlock.
Total assets under management across crypto funds rose to $155 billion, the highest level since February 1, though still well below the $263 billion peak from October 2025.
Curve founder Michael Egorov proposed a new way to recover bad debt in DeFi lending markets amid industry debates on the KelpDAO incident.
BTC fails at $80,000 and drops 2% as rising oil prices weigh on sentiment with altcoins leading losses across a volatile session.
Improving institutional demand spurred by bitcoin's multi-week high pushed $1.2 billion in weekly flows to crypto funds.
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The two blue-chip collections are leading double-digit gains as global NFT sales volume falls and participation hits multi-year lows.
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index rose to 47, returning to the 'Neutral' zone from around 12 in 'Extreme Fear' last month.
Long bias from the largest perpetual traders on Hyperliquid has built steadily through February, March and April, with the position now leaning aggressively long as bitcoin tags $80,000 and US-Iran talks resume.
Researchers show market accuracy comes from a tiny group of informed traders, not broad participation.