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Bitcoin bulls are watching the $63,500 support zone as traders map a potential squeeze toward the $67,000 area.

Michael Saylor says Strategy added more than 716,000 BTC after its 2022 balance sheet stress, pointing to a claimed $48B reserve buffer.

After Bitcoin’s decisive breakdown from a multi-month rising channel, the largest crypto is still under immense pressure. While buyers managed to defend the $60K support region and trigger a short-term rebound, the broader structure still favors the sellers unless BTC can reclaim several important resistance levels

The current dynamic reflects protocol-driven activity, with high volume but low per-transaction value.

Bitcoin analysts are split as BTC shows buyer demand but still faces a resistance ceiling near the $64,000–$65,000 area.

The XRP ETFs haven't been in the red weekly for nearly two months. The HYPE ETFs haven't seen a single red week since their debut.

Two analysts at once point to a deep shift in the financial system. Bull Theory warns that excess liquidity in the markets has turned negative for the first time since 2021, while Thierry Borgeat speaks of the end of a 40-year bond bull market. Both see in this the end of the previous era for investors. Their views

CME Group has sued the CFTC in federal court, challenging the approval of competitor crypto perpetual futures contracts. The lawsuit disputes the CFTC's authority.

Kraken announces plans to launch the first CFTC-regulated perpetual futures for US traders on Kraken Pro within 30 days, bringing key crypto derivatives onshore.

Two influential figures from the world of artificial intelligence and U.S. public policy are joining OpenAI — Transformer architecture co-author Noam Shazeer and former White House AI advisor Dean Ball. The personnel changes come amid intensifying competition between leading AI labs and after OpenAI filed…