BTC slid under $110K for the first time in 47 days, triggering ~$895 million liquidations in 24h with over 92% of the liquidations long positions. ETH dropped ~7% from its ATH $4,955 to $4,415, wiping ~$266 million in long/short positions.
Despite weakness, corporate/treasury bids remain active. Strategy added 3,081 BTC worth $343 million, Goldman Sachs made a $194 million purchase of BTC, Remixpoint acquired 41.5 BTC, Metaplanet added 103 BTC, and ETHZilla purchased 7,562 ETH worth $35 million. These treasury inflows highlight selective accumulation into stress.
BTC RSI at 43.6, edging toward oversold, along with Net Unrealized Profit/Loss falling to 5.1% from 8.8%, flags fading profitability. The key risk is a break of the 200-day EMA at $103.7K or the 200-day SMA at $100.8K which would jeopardize the bull cycle market structure.
Three data points from the same week – SpaceX's IPO filing, Harvard's ETH exit, and the unravelling of Bankless – sketch out an institutional verdict the market is already pricing in.
MoonPay Trade, built on the Decent.xyz acquisition, offers a single API for 200+ blockchains and puts former acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham at the helm of the institutional business.
The company, last valued at $7 billion in a 2023 funding round, has processed more than $1.1 trillion in crypto transactions and claims to have been profitable on an adjusted basis for three consecutive years.
The approval, granted to Kraken parent Payward, will let UAE clients trade via a locally regulated entity with dirham funding – once the preliminary licence converts to a full one.
