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Bitcoin bears have built a large pool of short positions above the current price after the U.S. Senate blocked further progress on the Clarity Act. CoinGlass data shows $4.79 billion in short liquidation leverage above $75,982, nearly 2.5x the $2.05 billion in long-side exposure below that level. This could increase the risk of a short squeeze if Bitcoin starts to recover. The situation comes after a sudden market selloff following the Senate vote. Bitcoin fell toward $75,000 after the Senate rejected the CLARITY Act, while the wider crypto market recorded heavy liquidations. Bitcoin Crashes After Regulatory Blow Notably, the U.S.…
Soluna’s 1 billion-share proposal exposes the funding challenge behind its AI and Bitcoin expansion
Soluna Holdings is asking shareholders to substantially expand its ability to issue stock as the>An SEC filing showed that Soluna shareholders will vote at the company’s Oct. 16 annual meeting on whether to increase its authorized common stock to 1 billion shares from 375 million. Investors will also consider a separate proposal allowing Soluna to issue more than 20% of its outstanding shares under a standby equity agreement with YA II PN. The company had 246.7 million shares outstanding as of Aug. 21. The second proposal relates to a March agreement allowing Soluna to sell YA up to $250 million…
The best altcoin to buy in 2026 may depend on whether investors want established infrastructure or earlier platform exposure. Ethereum attracts corporate accumulation, $BNB benefits from a large active ecosystem of Binance, and $ASTER offers a perps platform. MemeToro sits at the highest-risk end through an open-source AI memecoin launch platform now being developed with Coinsult. $ETH Gives Buyers Institutional Scale And Supply Pressure The base $ETH price prediction places Ethereum between approximately $1,900 and $2,100 during 2026. Bullish models extend toward $2,500, while institutional targets range from $3,175 to $7,500. $ETH traded near $1,873 to $1,932 during July, with…
The failure of the Clarity Act to pass has raised significant concerns among investors, particularly in the derivatives market. According to insights shared by the CryptoTwitter commentator Pentosh1, sophisticated investors are worried that institutions may refrain from engaging with speculative derivatives. This shift in sentiment could lead to increased volatility in the crypto space as market participants reassess their strategies. Pentosh1 Insights The Story So Far The broader crypto market is responding to the news of the Clarity Act’s failure with mixed signals. Trading volumes are currently non-existent, indicating a lack of activity and cautious sentiment among traders. Many in…
Crypto trading volume returned sharply in August, but September is testing whether that activity can hold. Spot and perpetual markets expanded as Bitcoin and major tokens rallied. The latest pullback now creates a cleaner test of demand. Traders can watch whether exchange activity stays elevated without another broad price surge. Notably, Bitcoin trades near one-month lows before major policy events. A Senate vote on the CLARITY Act and the Federal Reserve meeting now sit close together. Both events can affect risk appetite and short-term positioning. Crypto Trading Volume Faces a Durability Test Spot crypto trading volume reached about $75 billion…
Bitcoin has failed to activate every proposed soft fork since Taproot went live in 2021, leading Drivechain creator Paul Sztorc to argue that the network cannot approve any such upgrade for the foreseeable future. Paul Sztorc, CEO of LayerTwo Labs and creator of the Drivechain proposal, told crypto.news that BIP-110’s failed activation points to a problem extending far beyond one disputed Bitcoin upgrade. “All soft forks since Taproot have failed to activate, and this was no exception,” Sztorc said. His assessment followed the collapse of BIP-110, a proposed temporary soft fork that sought to restrict some forms of non-financial data…
Finding the best meme coin to buy on BNBChain now requires more than tracking social hype. $FLOKI is expanding its trading and gaming products, while BABYDOGE retains a large community. TST and $GIGGLE provide higher-volatility alternatives. MemeToro offers an earlier position through an open-source AI launch agent and fair-launch protocol currently under development with Coinsult. $FLOKI Gives Buyers An Existing Product Ecosystem $FLOKI remains one of the most established $BNB memecoins. Its 2026 roadmap includes Trading Bot development, Valhalla updates, NFTs, gaming, and DeFi products. This utility gives $FLOKI a stronger foundation than tokens relying only on community posts. However,…
Interactive Brokers has integrated its brokerage platform with X Cashtags, giving US investors a direct route from stock and cryptocurrency discussions on X to trading accounts. London’s trading industry is coming home! In June, Interactive Brokers added ChatGPT and Grok to its trading platform, while Robinhood earlier launched a social trading platform. In April, Finance Magnates reported that X had introduced Cashtags and was testing an in-feed brokerage integration with Wealthsimple. The IBKR rollout adds another brokerage link to X’s existing Cashtag functionality. The integration allows users to search for stock and crypto tickers on X, including symbols such as…
Bitcoin is gaining market share as $BTC dominance holds near 59.46%, while TOTAL2 has fallen toward $1.04 trillion. This divergence confirms stronger relative performance for Bitcoin, although it does not prove that fresh capital is flowing directly into $BTC. TradingView calculates $BTC dominance by dividing Bitcoin’s market capitalization by the total value of its top 125 tracked cryptocurrencies. As a result, dominance can rise when Bitcoin gains, when altcoins fall faster, or when both movements occur at the same time. That distinction is important in the current market setup, particularly after Tuesday’s selloff. Initially, Bitcoin fell more than 5% after…
SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) will spend $100 billion on a 125,000-acre launch complex in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. The company and Governor Jeff Landry announced the deal on Tuesday. Elon Musk’s firm has also said that the spaceport will become the largest launch site on Earth. Where will SpaceX build its new spaceport? SpaceX has announced that it will spend $100 billion on a 125,000-acre spaceport that sits on coastal land roughly 50 miles south of Lafayette. SpaceX plans to put five launch pads on the land, and also a mission-control center, office buildings, power plants, a propellant factory, and housing for…