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Following weeks of subdued derivatives activity, Bitcoin’s late-June decline triggered the first meaningful shift in market positioning. More importantly, aggressive short selling targeting this level was successful just twice, with one at $57.8K. At no point did the spot selling pressure diminish enough to prevent buyers from recovering their footing. The Open Interest had initially increased substantially over the previous week, peaking at approximately 530k $BTC. Then, sharp liquidation quickly reduced most of the resulting leverage. Notably, Bitcoin prices began to recover from the low of $57.8K to a high near $64K. As a result, bearish positions closed while fresh…

Ethereum trades at $1,775.56 on July 13, down 1.66%, pulling back from a push toward $1,844 as Iran’s weekend strikes reset geopolitical risk across markets and price struggles to clear the 50-day EMA. Is $ETH Being Rejected At The 50-Day EMA Again? $ETH 1D Price Action (Source: TradingView) The daily chart shows $ETH testing the 50-day EMA at $1,798.04 for the second time in two weeks, with Friday’s candle reaching $1,844 before pulling back to current levels. The Supertrend (10,3) at $1,599.41 sits well below price, confirming the short-term recovery structure remains intact despite the pullback. The 20-day EMA at…

BlackRock’s cryptocurrency holdings, i.e., those managed for clients through its exchange-traded funds (ETFs), experienced a sharp decline in the first half of 2026, reflecting a broader correction across digital asset markets. As the data Finbold gathered from Arkham and presented in its H1 2026 Cryptocurrency Market Report has shown, BlackRock’s combined Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum ($ETH) holdings fell from $78.36 billion on January 1 to $48.98 billion by June 30, a decline of $29.38 billion, or 37.5%, over the six-month period. Given that the vast majority of the hedge fund’s crypto portfolio is dedicated to Bitcoin, the decline was largely…

Hexens found a critical flaw in Aptos that was patched before any funds moved. The bug could have let an attacker forge assets and push them across bridges. Aptos disputes the severity, yet Polygon’s CTO validated the proof-of-concept. The case revives the argument for on-chain circuit breakers on fast L1s. A security firm has revealed that Aptos, one of the faster layer-1 blockchains, carried a critical flaw for months before it was quietly fixed. On July 4, Hexens went public with a bug it had reported privately to Aptos back on February 25, a weakness in the engine that runs…

Bitcoin was sitting under pressure around $61,200 when it suddenly reversed and shot all the way up to $64,600 in a sharp, fast move that took most traders by surprise. Before that bounce, a wave of buyers got wiped out at the bottom. Their positions were forcibly closed, clearing the way for the price to move upward with less resistance. At the top of the rally, the opposite happened. Traders who had bet against Bitcoin got squeezed out as the price ran higher than they expected. This kind of move, where both sides of the market get punished before any…

Ethereum has slipped below the key $1,800 level after renewed U.S.-Iran military escalation pushed oil prices higher and sent investors out of risk assets, although buyers continue to defend support near $1,750. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price traded around $1,775 during Monday’s session, down roughly 3.6% from its daily high of $1,837 after fresh U.S. strikes on Iran reignited fears of a prolonged Middle East conflict. Crude oil jumped about 4% to above $74 a barrel as Washington and Tehran exchanged missile strikes while tensions around the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The renewed geopolitical risk revived concerns…

Spiko Finance has officially launched its SAFO tokenized money market fund on the Solana blockchain, as announced via a tweet from SolanaFloor. This fund, valued at $800 million, aims to provide corporations and financial institutions with an efficient cash-equivalent investment vehicle. The Story So Far The launch of the SAFO fund represents a significant development in the tokenized finance sector. With Spiko’s platform, businesses can now access euro- and dollar-denominated funds without the need for traditional custodial accounts. This innovation is bolstered by Solana’s high-performance infrastructure, which allows for fast transaction finality and near-zero fees. The implications of this launch…

A network proves its strength by processing transactions efficiently. Solana’s latest milestone reinforces that. With the Alpenglow upgrade, Solana reduced finality to 100–150 ms, allowing the network to confirm transactions instantly and move closer to Web2-level responsiveness. Notably, those improvements are already translating into higher network activity. As the chart below shows, Solana processed 1 billion non-vote transactions over the past week, marking the first time the network has crossed that threshold. The milestone underscores Solana’s ability to sustain high throughput at scale. Source: Blockworks To put the milestone into context, it’s worth comparing Solana’s [$SOL] execution performance with other…

Bitcoin continues to recover from its recent sell-off, but the market remains trapped beneath a major resistance cluster that has capped every relief rally since the June breakdown. While short-term momentum has improved, $BTC is now approaching a decisive area where the next move could determine whether the recovery evolves into a larger trend reversal or remains a corrective bounce within a broader bearish structure. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, Bitcoin remains in a clear downtrend, trading below the 100-day and 200-day moving averages, both of which continue to slope lower. The recent recovery from…

Ethereum [$ETH] failed to hold the $1.8k level and dropped to a low of $1,773 before making slight gains. As of this writing, Ethereum was trading around $1,780 after dropping 1.26% on the daily chart. Amid this market volatility, traders on both sides are staging a fierce battle seeking to retake the market. Ethereum: Bears and bulls fight for market control As Ethereum failed to maintain its upside momentum, with $1.8k turning into stubborn resistance, traders have taken notice. As a result, high-net-worth investors have deployed significant capital to open both short and long positions. According to Lookonchain, a trader…