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Markets

Bitcoin's recent drop below $60,000 signals Fed, ETF and AI pressures: Deutsche Bank

Bitcoin's slump to its lowest level since late 2024 reflects a hawkish Federal Reserve, exchange-traded fund outflows and a shift of capital into AI, the bank said.

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Markets

Bitcoin may need to plunge 15% or more to mark bottom, according to this long-time indicator

With bitcoin testing its 200 week moving average, on-chain data suggests the $50,000 to $54,000 range could become the next key battleground.

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Markets

SpaceX’s $600 billion plunge erased equivalent of nearly half of bitcoin’s market cap in 3 days

The newly public company shed close to half of bitcoin's entire market value in three sessions after announcing its first bond sale. Bitcoin, absorbing the same backdrop, fell less than 1%.

Starlink Mission. (Official SpaceX Photos/flickr)

Videos

Strategy's STRC hits record low as Wall Street races to tokenize everything

On this episode of CoinDesk’s Public Keys at the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie sits down with Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals founder Ric Edelman to discuss the disconnect between declining crypto sentiment and Wall Street’s rapid investment in digital asset infrastructure. Their conversation covers the CLARITY Act, the fight over crypto in 401(k) plans, tokenization, and Edelman’s long-term outlook for Bitcoin. In this week’s 10X Trade, Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes shares his highest-conviction trade. Strive Chief Risk Officer Jeff Walton examines the future of digital credit following the sharp declines of STRC and SATA, arguing that digital credit could represent the next $300 trillion opportunity for Bitcoin. Also on the show, BlackRock Global Head of Digital Assets Robbie Mitchnick discusses BITA, the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, while 21Shares Co-Founder Ophelia Snyder explains why today’s financial infrastructure may be fundamentally incompatible with the tokenized future Wall Street is working to build.

Strategy's STRC hits record low as Wall Street races to tokenize everything

Markets

Strategy added $35 million in bitcoin, $300 million in cash reserves last week

The boost to cash reserves is meant to reassure investors about dividend payments on the company's hard-hit preferred shares, STRC.

Strategy's Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin price may be headed to $54,000, says analyst who forecast October's all-time high

Doctor Profit, a widely followed crypto analyst, says bitcoin is forming a “bear flag” pattern.

An analyst sits at his desk with multiple screens and annotated charts.

Tech

Bitcoin developers want to fix the 'replace this transaction with a higher fee' button. Here's why

A helpful feature of speeding up transactions has become redundant and a "fingerprint" for tracking. Developers now want to do away with it.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Markets

How STRC lost its par: The timeline behind Strategy's preferred-stock meltdown

From a bond buyback and dwindling cash reserves to a bitcoin bear market, the sequence of events that turned STRC's par-value challenge into a marketwide debate.

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

Finance

GoMining challenges Jack Dorsey's Square with payments system designed around bitcoin

GoMining unveiled a software development kit and programmable access for its bitcoin payment protocol GoBTC Pay, allowing merchants to accept BTC for everyday purchases.

Mark Zalan, GoMining CEO (CoinDesk)

Markets

Digital credit market hit by huge selloff as Strive CEO blames leverage liquidations

Matt Cole says forced selling from leveraged investors pushed STRC and SATA sharply lower before both rebounded.

Strive CEO Matt Cole speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (screenshot)