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Here are the 3 things to watch that will move bitcoin and crypto prices in 2026

The four-year crypto market cycle, driven by bitcoin halving events, may be over, with institutional products like ETFs changing market dynamics.

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Bitcoin price consolidation nears 60-day window that's historically triggered rallies

Range-bound price action continues within a familiar cycle pattern.

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Bitcoin hashrate drops 15% from October high as miner capitulation drags into almost 60 days

Bitcoin mining difficulty set for a 4% decline, the seventh negative adjustment in the past eight.

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Bitcoin’s ‘digital gold’ narrative takes a hit as as Greenland tensions rattle markets

Odds of bitcoin rising to $100,000 by the end of January plunged on the Polymarket, highlighting how the token is trading more like a risk asset than "digital gold."

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Strive’s preferred stock hits par value, unlocking bitcoin funding channel

The perpetual preferred equity, SATA, moved above $100, giving Strive access to at-the-market issuance.

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Bitcoin and ether ETFs log their best week since October

U.S.-listed spot bitcoin and ether ETFs logged their strongest week in three months, led by bullish bets.

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Crypto majors slide as tariff fears spark risk-off move; gold zooms to record highs

Roughly $600 million in long crypto positions were liquidated as traders cut leverage and reassessed exposure.

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Bitcoin slides below $93,000 as $680 million longs are liquidated

Glassnode says the push toward $96,000 was driven by leverage, while CryptoQuant warns demand remains too weak to confirm a trend reversal.

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Large bitcoin holders buy the most coins since the FTX collapse of 2022

The so-called Fish-to-Shark cohort added 110,000 BTC over the past 30 days, according to Glassnode.

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Here is why $1.2 billion Bitcoin ETF inflow is a new bullish signal

Institutions are increasingly betting on bitcoin's bullish moves and moving away from sophisticated 'arbitrage' bets.

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