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Bitcoin traders focus on $61k as oil surges past $115 and weak jobs data rattle markets

Bitcoin slid below $70,000 this weekend after a weak US jobs report, and another jump in oil prices revived stagflation concerns and pushed investors out of risk assets. The largest cryptocurrency fell as low as...

XRP is bleeding with over $50 billion in unrealized losses as 60% of supply goes underwater

XRP remains under significant pressure as the latest oil shock and broader market unease push investors toward a more defensive stance. The Ripple-linked digital asset has fallen 26% this year to about $1.34 and is...

AI is boosting demand for developers — but quietly wiping out entry-level jobs

AI is raising demand for builders, not erasing them In February, a Citadel Securities analysis using Indeed data showed software-engineer job postings rising while overall job postings stayed weaker. That split does not mean AI...

Forget CPI and ETFs — oil prices may now be the biggest signal for Bitcoin

When crude starts leading the headlines, crypto people tend to ask the wrong questions, like what it is that oil actually does to Bitcoin. While it’s the simplest and easiest way to explain what you...

$19B could “vanish” from Bitcoin ETFs without a single Bitcoin being sold

Headlines about Bitcoin ETF outflows often mix two things: Bitcoin’s price move and actual share redemptions. If BTC drops, ETF AUM drops in dollars even if nobody sells a single share. That mark-to-market drop gets...

$875B in property debt is due soon — and regional banks may be the weak link Bitcoin is watching

A large volume of US commercial real estate (CRE) debt is rolling into a very different market from the one that produced it. The Mortgage Bankers Association says $875 billion of commercial and multifamily mortgages...

Refusing new IRS crypto tax forms could cost you your exchange account

Log in to Coinbase next tax season, and your tax documents might no longer arrive by mail. Under a new IRS proposal, crypto exchanges could be required to file Form 1099-DA electronically. This form reports...

Bitcoin funding rates just flashed one of the bleakest signals in months before one macro number changed everything

Bitcoin’s derivatives market gave us the best explanation of this week’s macro stress. Funding rates turned sharply negative, open interest stayed elevated, and then the US jobs report landed. Put together, that showed a market...

161,000 US jobs just disappeared after a revision as Bitcoin navigates increasingly messy macro data

US markets move in seconds when the jobs report hits. February payrolls fell by 92,000 jobs, the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, and prior months were revised down by 69,000. Together, that’s 161,000 fewer jobs...

SEC pressure on crypto giants fades as Trump-linked project draws $75M from Justin Sun

On Mar. 5, Justin Sun reached a $10 million settlement with the SEC to resolve a civil fraud case that alleged he generated $31 million through wash-trading-style transactions and undisclosed celebrity promotions. The settlement, which...

Oil shock could send Bitcoin down 45% if price surge forces Fed to delay cuts

President Donald Trump projected four to five weeks for the conflict with Iran to come to an end. The market priced its playbook: headline shock, brief spike, diplomatic theater, then normalization. That script worked in...

Bitcoin could tag $90,000 again but only if this level stops acting like a sell wall for trapped traders

Bitcoin’s brief rally above $73,000 during the past day has the feel of a price performance that could still fade, fast, noisy, and familiar to anyone who has watched bear-market rebounds fail. What is different...

After $679 million in Iran war bets, Democrats move to ban prediction markets tied to military action

Washington lawmakers are moving on multiple fronts to curb the most politically toxic corners of prediction markets after millions of dollars flowed into bets tied to US-linked military action in Iran. Over the past week,...

AI is boosting demand for high skill tech jobs while quietly killing entry-level roles

AI is raising demand for builders, not erasing them In February, a Citadel Securities analysis using Indeed data showed software-engineer job postings rising while overall job postings stayed weaker. That split does not mean AI...

Why Bitcoin keeps snapping back to $70k — and the $13B options “magnet” behind it

Bitcoin’s rebound on March 4 looked odd if you only watched it through the usual “risk assets are breaking” lens. Oil was jumping, shipping insurers were repricing war risk, and traders were treating the Strait...

Israel’s Iran war will soon cost the equivalent of 41,300 Bitcoin every week

Israel’s Finance Ministry has put a weekly price tag on the country’s widening war with Iran, estimating that the economy could take a hit of more than 9 billion shekels (equivalent to $2.93 billion) a...

Bitcoin fails again at $71,500 as weakening momentum raises risk of a deeper pullback

Bitcoin has again failed to hold $71,500, reinforcing the level as a long-term ceiling while global markets shift into a risk-off environment driven by rising oil prices and higher bond yields. The latest rejection came...

Bitcoin mining profit plummets to $500 per BTC as costs surge past $70k as Wall St funds miners’ AI escape hatch

Wall Street is pouring billions into public Bitcoin mining companies, but the investment thesis has little to do with the emerging industry’s future. Instead, the financial institutions are treating these crypto firms as critical power-and-permitting...