Bitcoin support $108,500, resistance $116,200; reclaiming $114,000 is the base for a move higher; $115,600 remains the tactical gate for the bullish market.
Mid-tier wallets 100–1,000 BTC continue to accumulate; BlackRock bought over $1 billion of BTC last week; U.S. government holdings now roughly $22.95 billion in BTC and $803.26 million in ETH.
S&P 500 hit 6,600, up roughly 36% since April lows; Fed cut odds remain high (CME ~93.4% for 25 bps).
Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a weekly net inflow of $2.34 billion, Ethereum spot ETFs $638 million, both ending last week in the green.
Solana treasury buys and a rising altcoin-season index (84) keep high-beta exposure attractive but riskier.
The HKMA handed its first approvals to the banks that already print the Hong Kong dollar. That tells you everything about what these tokens are meant to be.
Geopolitical pressure from the Strait of Hormuz standoff continues to weigh on BTC, which has failed to sustain gains above $72,500 even as whale selling dries up and leveraged shorts accumulate.
BTC retreated from a weekend high near $73,000 after the U.S. announced naval interdiction of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, compounding an already fragile market structure.
DRW founder Don Wilson's blunt critique of MEV cuts to a deeper flaw: blockchain market design has drifted into engineering complexity that extracts value without improving price discovery or capital allocation.
