Author: NBTC

As of June 23, 2026, Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing a period of consolidation and bearish sentiment across various technical indicators. The cryptocurrency market continues to navigate macroeconomic uncertainties, influencing investor behavior and price movements. This analysis delves into key technical indicators to provide a comprehensive overview of Bitcoin’s current market position and potential short-term trajectories. Technical Overview Bitcoin Price Chart – June 23, 2026 Moving Averages (EMA & SMA) Moving Averages are fundamental tools for identifying trend direction. A consistent theme across both Exponential Moving Averages (EMA) and Simple Moving Averages (SMA) for Bitcoin on June 23 is a strong…

Forward Industries (FWDI), a company that has been accumulating Solana (DAT) as part of its treasury strategy, announced it will be added to the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes. The adjustment, confirmed in a Globe Newswire press release, is scheduled to take effect after the U.S. stock market opens on June 29. Index Reconstitution Details This year’s reconstitution of the Russell indexes was based on the top 3,000 U.S. companies by market capitalization as of April 30. Inclusion in these widely followed indexes typically leads to increased visibility among institutional investors and can trigger passive fund inflows. Strategic Implications…

Thomas Braziel, CEO of the crypto investment and advisory firm 117 Partners, has publicly called on the Cardano ($ADA) Foundation to provide a detailed account of how it utilized approximately 1,090 Bitcoin ($BTC) received during the project’s initial coin offering (ICO) in 2015. The demand, made via a post on X, raises questions about the governance and financial stewardship of one of the blockchain industry’s most prominent foundations. The Origins of the Demand Braziel’s request stems from his review of corporate registration documents and information publicly available on the official Cardano website. His findings indicate that the foundation’s initial legal…

Bipartisan talks on the CLARITY Act’s ethics provisions resumed on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with negotiators working through the language that has become the bill’s final and most stubborn obstacle. According to reporter Eleanor Terrett, lawmakers are also discussing DeFi provisions in parallel, but ethics remains the primary sticking point holding up the legislation. The two tracks are moving simultaneously, though insiders say the ethics question needs to close before anything else can. A spokesperson for Senator Cynthia Lummis offered the clearest sign yet that a resolution may be close. Asked about the state of negotiations, the spokesperson said last…

Strike recently announced its latest enhancements aimed at improving the experience for Bitcoin users. According to their official tweet, they have introduced Plaid support, consumer lending options in Washington, and a faster method for loan repayments. This proactive approach is part of their ongoing commitment to better serve the Bitcoin community, as detailed in their Twitter thread. The Story So Far The broader crypto market is currently displaying mixed signals, which adds context to Strike’s recent updates. The announcement comes at a time when traders are keenly observing shifts in user engagement and service offerings across platforms. With the introduction…

Bitcoin dropped below $63,000 on Tuesday as technical weakness, institutional outflows, and leveraged selling combined to deepen pressure across the cryptocurrency market. $BTC traded near $62,491 at press time, down 3% over 24 hours, while the global crypto market value fell 3.47% to $2.14 trillion. Ether lost more than 6%, and BNB declined over 4%, while Solana and HYPE each fell more than 7%. Bitcoin’s $66K Rejection Puts $62K Support Back in Focus The sell-off began after Bitcoin climbed toward the $65,500 to $66,100 resistance zone on Monday but failed to secure a breakout. That rejection reversed short-term momentum and…

Ethereum is showing renewed strength against Bitcoin after reclaiming its bull market support band and breaking a long-term downtrend. A sustained move above 0.03 $BTC could confirm the breakout and open the way toward 0.032–0.035 $BTC. Ethereum Reclaim Signals Potential Bitcoin Outperformance Ethereum has reclaimed its weekly bull market support band against Bitcoin, according to analyst MikybullCrypto. The move suggests $ETH may be entering a period of relative strength after months of underperformance. $ETH/$BTC weekly chart. Source: MikybullCrypto/X The $ETH/$BTC pair has also moved above its descending trendline, while the weekly RSI has recovered toward 50. Holding above the support…

Several Bitcoin mining stocks rallied Tuesday, reflecting a broader equity surge driven by optimism around artificial intelligence productivity gains as more miners pivot toward AI and high-performance computing workloads. In addition to TeraWulf (WULF), which rallied by as much as 17% on news of a Kentucky data center acquisition site, Hut 8 (HUT), IREN (IREN) and Riot Platforms (RIOT) closed more than 5% higher on the day. The rally underscores growing investor enthusiasm for Bitcoin miners that are repurposing parts of their energy infrastructure and data center capacity to support AI and high-performance computing applications — businesses viewed as potentially…

Zcash is up 10% in the last 24 hours to $426 following what the founder of ZODL (Zcash Open Development Labs) Josh Swihart called the most consequential network upgrade in the coin’s history. In a tweet, Swihart reflects on a defining moment for Zcash when he was informed of the issue that would lead to the remediation of the Orchard vulnerability and the rapid coordination of the most consequential network upgrade in Zcash history. https://t.co/9gaPMvTc9G — Josh Swihart 🛡 (@jswihart) June 7, 2026 On May 29, security researcher Taylor Hornby disclosed a critical bug in Zcash’s Orchard shielded pool. The…

“If Senate Democrats block this historic legislation after the administration has bent over backward to accommodate their concerns, stakeholders should make no mistake: It is the Democrats who are blocking this legislation because they were never serious about a legislative outcome,” the White House official said. Democratic negotiators such as Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks reportedly haven’t received details of the agreement with Trump, who’d met personally with Republican senators last week. But many of the Democrats have drawn a line in the sand that the ethics provision — driven primarily by Trump’s own deep crypto connections…