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Bitcoin funds capture $700 million as institutions place their bets
Your day-ahead look for May 11, 2026
Trump fans put millions of dollars into a gold phone and a memecoin. Neither has gone well
Nearly 600,000 deposits worth $60 million have been collected for a gold T1 phone that has not been delivered to a single confirmed buyer, with terms quietly rewritten in April to remove delivery guarantees.
Bitcoin whipsaws on CME open as Iran tensions pressure crypto markets
BTC briefly topped $82,400 before slipping below $81,000 as traders repositioned around CME futures open and geopolitical risks rattled markets.
Bitcoin, Nasdaq investors are celebrating, while U.S. consumers turn gloomy
Bitcoin and Nasdaq have rallied sharply, but U.S. consumer sentiment has fallen to historic lows, highlighting a widening Wall Street–Main Street divide.
A bitcoin whale that went silent in 2013 moves $40 million in BTC
A long-dormant whale woke up Sunday, moving millions worth of bitcoin on-chain.
CME is set to let traders bet on bitcoin volatility, not just price
CME Group plans to launch bitcoin volatility futures on June 1 pending regulatory approval bringing a easy way to bet on the degree of price swings.
U.S. hiring slowdown could be great for bitcoin — unless wages spoil the party
Your day-ahead look for May 8, 2026
Coinbase blames AWS for hours-long crypto trading outage
Coinbase says the outage has been fully resolved but that it will investigate the incident fully.
Bitcoin retreats below $80,000, liquidating $300 million in futures bets
BTC fell under $80,000 after U.S. strikes in Iran sent oil briefly above $100, triggering liquidations and a shift toward bearish positioning.
S&P 500 call options volume surges to record $2.6 trillion. Here's what it means for bitcoin
As Wall Street chases upside in stocks like never before, the implications for bitcoin appear bullish, though with an important caveat.
