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Bitcoin’s 50% plunge isn’t a crisis, says hedge fund veteran Gary Bode

The selloff reflects bitcoin’s built-in volatility and market misreads of Fed policy, not structural weakness, aruged Bode.

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Bitcoin slips below $70,000 after erasing post-election gains during 'sell at any price' rout

Crypto sentiment was hit as Gemini plans to close operations in several regions and cut staff, while spot bitcoin ETF flows turned negative.

bitcoin price chart (Behnam Norouzi/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitwise says peak anxiety signals crypto market is nearing a bottom

The crypto asset manager argued that while the current drawdown mirrors the anxiety of 2018 and 2022, long-term upside catalysts remain intact.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives)

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Record breaking stats from bitcoin’s Thursday capitulation signal a bottom is near

Extreme capitulation metrics are now matching levels seen only at major cycle lows.

Computer monitors and a laptop screen show trading charts on a desk overlooking an expanse of water at sunset. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin rises above $70,000, extending bounce from Thursday's crash

Strategy, MARA Holdings and Galaxy Digital are among crypto-related stocks posting double-digit percentage gains early Friday.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Feb. 6 (CoinDesk)

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Strategy to initiate a bitcoin security program addressing quantum uncertainty

Michael Saylor reinforces commitment to bitcoin and quantum security on Q4 earnings call.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

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BlackRock's bitcoin fund hits $10 billion volume record, hinting at peak selling

Record volume, redemptions and pronounced tilt toward put options points to institutional capitulation.

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Bitcoin 'volatility fear gauge' hits FTX-blowup peak as prices crater to nearly $60,000

Bitcoin's volatility gauge, the BVIV, spiked to nearly 100%, its highest level since the 2022 FTX collapse.

Trading desk. (TyliJura/Pixabay)

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JPMorgan says bitcoin's lower volatility relative to gold might make it 'more attractive' in long term

ETF redemptions and futures liquidations are pressuring crypto markets, the bank said, even as rising gold volatility quietly strengthens bitcoin’s longer-term investment case.

Gold (Unsplash/Zlataky/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin is the third most oversold ever, says one indicator, and violent upside could be next

The Relative Strength Index (RSI), a popular technical trading indicator, has plunged to 17. Only the bear market bottom in 2018 and the 2020 Covid crash saw lower reads.

Bitcoin RSI