Category: Bitcoin News

Bullish Crowd or Bearish Setup?

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Key takeaways: Retail traders hold 94% long positions on Ether, often a contrarian indicator. ETH funding on Binance remains healthy, with leverage moderate and not euphoric. BitMine continues accumulating with over 300,000 ETH added to the reserve this week. Ether (ETH) continues to trade below the crucial $4,000 threshold, struggling to establish bullish directional momentum following last Friday’s flash crash. The altcoin consolidated between its 50, 100, and 200-day exponential moving averages (EMAs), a technical zone that highlighted the ongoing tug-of-war between short-term and long-term market trends. ETH one-day chart.…

California Law Preserves Abandoned Bitcoin Holdings

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Over the weekend, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that preserves abandoned Bitcoin (BTC) holdings — a step forward that could provide legal clarity for custodians and crypto holders. The bill was an update to unclaimed property law (UPL) and contained one key provision: Abandoned Bitcoin or crypto holdings that are transferred to the state must be maintained in their original format (not sold for cash) for a certain amount of time. States with similar laws require that crypto be liquidated into cash immediately. This can create…

BTC Fear Hits Yearly Lows, Opening a Unique Buying Phase

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Key takeaways: Bitwise analysts argue that selling pressure has likely peaked, and that dips may be good buying opportunities. Smaller BTC holders are accumulating even as miners increase exchange deposits. Recent weakness in Bitcoin (BTC) price appears to have dampened enthusiasm, with Google search interest for the asset falling to a multimonth low. The latest sentiment readings mirrored conditions typically observed during bearish phases, when caution dominates the broader crypto sentiment.  Cointelegraph reported the Crypto Fear and Greed Index has fallen to a “Fear” level of 24, its lowest in…

Lise Gets Green Light For Tokenized Shares

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Lightning Stock Exchange (Lise), a new stock exchange headquartered in France, is entering the market with bold ambitions to launch a fully tokenized equity exchange dedicated to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). France’s Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) has issued Lise a DLT trading and settlement (TSS) license, paving the way for its tokenized equity exchange in Europe, the company announced on Thursday. “This approval authorizes us to operate the first tokenized stock exchange dedicated to equities in Europe,” Lise managing director Mark Kepeneghian said in a statement on…

Ether Price Dropped 60% the Last Time This Indicator Flashed Bearish

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Key takeaways: Ether price previously fell 60% from a bearish cross that’s again in play. ETH must hold above $4,000 to avoid further losses.  Ether’s (ETH) MACD indicator sent a “sell” signal on its weekly chart, an occurrence that has historically preceded steep price drawdowns. Previous signals led to 46%-60% ETH price drops Ether’s moving average convergence divergence (MACD) indicator flashed a bearish signal in early 2025, a period that saw the ETH spot price drop by over 60% within a few weeks.  A similar pattern is now unfolding in…

Bitcoin Shows Signs That $110,000 is “Buy The Dip” Territory

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Key points: Bitcoin finally sees investors who are willing to “buy the dip” at prices around $110,000. Multiple support retests continue to grab trader attention. Bulls can still realize a bullish RSI divergence with a strong daily close. Bitcoin (BTC) kept up pressure on key support Thursday as buyer interest showed signs of a comeback. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price brings back sub-$110,000 levels Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD wicking below $110,000 on Bitstamp. Exchange order-book liquidity on either side of the price was…

Is Babylon Labs’ Bitcoin Lending Truly Trustless?

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A co-founder of Bitcoin infrastructure company, Babylon Labs, claims to have built a system that allows for native Bitcoin to be used as trustless collateral to borrow on the Ethereum blockchain. In a Wednesday X post, Babylon Labs co-founder and Stanford University professor David Tse claimed Babylon built a proof-of-concept allowing for native Bitcoin (BTC) “to be used trustlessly as collateral to borrow on Ethereum for the first time.” The comments follow Babylon’s release of a white paper in early August, outlining what it calls a Bitcoin trustless vault system.…

BlackRock Revamps Treasury Fund to Serve Stablecoin Issuers

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BlackRock has redesigned one of its flagship money market funds to meet new US stablecoin rules. The $13.5 trillion asset manager said the revamped fund, called the BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL), will help manage reserves for companies behind US dollar-pegged stablecoins, offering them a safe place to park customer funds, according to CNBC. “We want to be — and we believe we are — a preeminent reserve manager” for stablecoin issuers, Jon Steel, the global head of product and platform for BlackRock’s cash management business, told CNBC. BlackRock…

Zcash and Dash Break Multi-Year Slumps

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Key takeaways: Zcash and Dash are leading a post-crash “privacy revival,” breaking multi-year downtrends. Monero did not join the rally due to major exchange delistings. Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH), have been among the strongest gainers following the Oct. 9–10 crypto market rout that liquidated a record $20 billion or more in positions. As of Thursday, ZEC had bounced by over 66% from its Oct. 9 low to $246. It was also up by almost 350% year-to-date (YTD), including 230% gains in October alone. ZEC/USDT daily chart. Source:…

Bitcoin Sentiment Back to Fear Amid Fading Retail Interest in BTC

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Key takeaways: Bitcoin retail interest lags despite 2025 all-time highs. Declining spot demand shows a “shift into bearish conditions.” Crypto market sentiment is also at bear market levels, reflecting caution and lower investor participation. Bitcoin (BTC) retail investors are known for entering the market during periods of euphoria, typically after strong rallies or new all-time highs. Still, despite Bitcoin hitting multiple all-time highs in 2025,  the general public’s interest and retail activity continue to lag. Have retail investors “given up” on Bitcoin? Bitcoin’s spot demand has been contracting over the…