BTC flash-crashed on Sunday as an early-holder sold 24K BTC ($2.7 billion), wiping ~$500 million in leverage. Current support sits at $111K to $109K, with resistance at $115K to $116.8K.
BTC ETFs logged a 6-day outflow streak worth $1.2 billion in total while ETH ETFs logged a $238 million weekly outflow. However, ETH saw continued institutional inflows with Bitmine adding $45 million worth of ETH to raise its holdings to $7 billion and the ETH/BTC cross broke 0.04, as the rotation narrative intensifies.
Altcoin futures OI surged +$9.2 billion in one day to a record $61.7 billion, with leverage piling up, raising fragility risk.
For the first time since it began accumulating Bitcoin in 2020, Michael Saylor signalled the company may sell part of its holdings — a shift in the buy-and-hold model that has defined Strategy's identity and underpinned its equity premium.
The exchange's third major headcount reduction in three years tracks closely with the crypto market cycle, even as Armstrong points to AI as a structural reason to operate with fewer people.
The SEC this week delayed the launch of more than two dozen prediction market ETFs, citing concerns about product mechanics and disclosures. A Bloomberg analysis published last week suggests the retail-friendly pitch underpinning these products doesn't quite hold up to scrutiny.
A wave of exchange-traded funds designed to give investors exposure to prediction market outcomes was expected to begin trading as early as Thursday — until U.S. regulators intervened.
