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Bitcoin ($BTC) consolidated near month-to-date lows on Tuesday as surging US bonds punished stocks and safe havens. Key points: Bitcoin joins risk assets feeling the pressure from skyrocketing US bond yields. Catalysts, such as high oil prices, continue to impact market sentiment with the US-Iran war stakes still high. Bitcoin is now at a “crucial level of support,” the latest market analysis warns. US 30-year yields reach highest since 2007 Data from TradingView showed $BTC/USD lingering below $77,000 around the Wall Street open while preserving the previous day’s floor. $BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Macro headwinds on the day continued…

Ethereum remains under pressure after another rejection from key weekly resistance. However, one chart suggests $ETH may still revisit higher price zones before the broader trend fully plays out. Ethereum Faces Fresh Breakdown Risk After Rejection From Key Resistance Ethereum ($ETH) is showing another bearish rejection from a major resistance zone, according to analyst Moe. The weekly chart compares the current setup with a previous failed breakout structure that led to a sharp multi-month decline. Ethereum Weekly Chart ($ETH/USD). Source: Moe on X / TradingView The chart highlights a major resistance band near the current price area, where $ETH has…

Circle has raised $222 million in a presale of the $ARC token tied to its new Arc blockchain network in a deal that values the project at $3 billion, according to a CNBC report on Monday. The round included investment from a mix of Wall Street heavyweights and crypto-native firms, including BlackRock, Apollo Funds, a16z crypto, ARK Invest, Bullish, Haun Ventures, Intercontinental Exchange and Standard Chartered Ventures. The fundraising marks Circle’s most ambitious expansion beyond $USDC and payments infrastructure, pushing the stablecoin issuer deeper into the race to build blockchain rails for institutional finance. Circle also published the Arc whitepaper…

MegaETH’s $MEGA token launched across a myriad of major exchanges and immediately entered a sell-off that pushed it more than -38% below its opening-day highs within 72 hours. Key Takeaways: $MEGA token launched on Binance, Coinbase, and a dozen other exchanges on April 30, dropping -38% from its $0.225 ATH within 72 hours. MegaETH TVL climbed toward $600M despite $MEGA trading near $0.138, signaling onchain strength decoupled from price. Bulls need $MEGA to reclaim $0.156 on the 4H chart; a breakdown below $0.134 opens a path toward $0.12. Traders Dump $MEGA -38% From Launch Highs The token opened trading between…

Global payment networks Stripe, Visa and Mastercard are close to introducing a new stablecoin platform, according to three people familiar with the plans. U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is also looking into the possibility of participating in the stablecoin platform, one of the people said. Coinbase, Stripe and Visa declined to comment. Mastercard had not responded to requests for comment by publication time. Stablecoins, one of the busiest areas of crypto, have become a focal point for the large card networks and payments players. The total stablecoin market cap is about $325 billion, according to CoinGecko data. The market is…

Bitcoin shocked the crypto market again. The world’s largest cryptocurrency surged toward $82,000 after lawmakers advanced the CLARITY Act through the Senate Banking Committee. Traders expected bullish momentum to continue. Instead, the market reversed almost immediately. Bitcoin now sits on the edge of its fifth consecutive red daily close since the headline appeared. The sudden reversal surprised many investors. Most traders believed regulatory progress would strengthen confidence across digital assets. The market initially reacted with excitement. Buyers rushed into Bitcoin after the announcement broke. However, the optimism faded faster than expected. Selling pressure entered the market within hours and erased…

The supply of Ethereum ($ETH) across several cryptocurrency exchanges has dropped by roughly 475,000 units during the first week of June. The reported $ETH reserves across Binance, OKX, Gemini, and Bitfinex declined over the past few days, according to data from CryptoQuant analyzed by Finbold on June 8. Ethereum multi-exchange reserves. Source: CryptoQuant Binance reserves fell from 3.87 million $ETH on June 4 to 3.68 million $ETH by June 7, a drop of approximately 190,000 $ETH, which represents a 4.91% decline. Bitfinex saw its $ETH holdings drop from 2.67 million $ETH on May 31 to 2.49 million $ETH by June…

Two Trump-branded ventures aimed at retail buyers are both in difficult positions months after their debuts, though for different reasons. Roughly 600,000 buyers have paid $100 deposits for the gold-colored Trump Mobile T1 phone since its initial announcement, putting around $60 million into a venture that has not delivered a single confirmed device as of May 2026, per Moneywise. Deposits were paid to Trump Mobile’s registered company T1 Mobile LLC, which uses a limited liability agreement from DTTM Operations, LLC – the company that manages intellectual property, trademarks, and likeness on merchandise associated to U.S. president Donald Trump. Wow those…

Binance disclosed a revenue-sharing arrangement with custodian and brokerage infrastructure API provider Alpaca, which has become a major infrastructure provider in the custody of tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Under Binance Securities Trading Terms published Tuesday, Binance will receive 50% of Alpaca’s payment-for-order-flow fees and 65% of remaining profit from user stock lending after users are paid interest, Binance will receive 50% of Alpaca’s payment-for-order-flow, or PFOF, fees and 65% of profit from user stock lending after the platform pays user interest. Alpaca provides brokerage, clearing and custody infrastructure for Binance’s stock trading product and is also a…

Bitcoin’s long-term chart has produced another interesting price projection, as crypto analyst Crypto Tice is pointing out a technical roadmap needed for a rally to $500,000. This Bitcoin price forecast is based on a broad ascending channel that has guided the cryptocurrency through previous support tests, midrange rallies, and rejection zones. Notably, the latest structure is now positioned at what the analyst called the second major support touch. Bitcoin’s Bull Channel Structure Crypto Tice, a technical analyst on the social media platform X, analyzed a macro bull channel on Bitcoin’s weekly chart that has been governing price action across multiple…