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CryptoQuant warns 92% of short-term Bitcoin holders are at a loss, creating sell pressure as BTC struggles to break past $72K resistance Bitcoin is flashing warning signs, according to on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant.  The leading cryptocurrency hovers around $70,000.  Yet beneath the surface, the market structure looks increasingly fragile.  Data shows most recent buyers are sitting at a loss. That dynamic is creating a layer of selling pressure on every price bounce. Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Are Mostly Underwater CryptoQuant highlighted a striking breakdown of short-term holder (STH) positions. This group currently holds roughly 5.7 million BTC.  Of that, only about…

Network NewsETHEREUM FACES KEY MOMENT WITH QUANTUM, AI CHANGES AHEAD: The first couple of months of 2026 have forced the Ethereum community into a kind of introspection—one that goes beyond price, beyond technical upgrades, and into the question of what the network is actually trying to be. Even before this year, there has been a sense among builders and executives that Ethereum was on the verge of another growth phase—this time driven not by crypto-native users but by institutions and technology. Neobanks, as some argued, would quietly onboard millions by abstracting away the complexity of wallets and gas fees. Ethereum,…

Bitcoin remains locked in a tight range, leaving traders uncertain about its next major move. With strong resistance overhead and key support still holding below, the market is approaching a decisive moment. Whether BTC breaks out into a new rally or slips into another leg down will largely depend on how it reacts around these critical levels. A Slips Below Key Zone: Downside Pressure Builds According to Kamile Uray, Bitcoin is currently trading below the key blue box zone, suggesting that downside pressure may persist in the near term. Despite this, the 4-hour chart is beginning to show early signs…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto pundit Archie has explained why SWIFT’s new global payments infrastructure is bullish for XRP holders. This came as the pundit highlighted how SWIFT’s major partners use Ripple’s RippleNet, which involves the altcoin.  Why SWIFT’s Payments Framework Is Bullish For XRP Holders In an X post, Archie stated that SWIFT just gave XRP holders the ultimate bull signal. He noted that every bank named in their new retail payments framework is a Ripple partner. Over 50 banks are said to have committed to SWIFT’s global payments framework,…

Bitget Wallet connects stablecoins to global merchants, pushing real-world crypto payments and cross-border use cases. Bitget Wallet rolled out its Onchain Payments Matrix on Wednesday, aiming to connect stablecoins with both card rails and blockchain networks. The company said the live infrastructure links users to Ripple, Mastercard, Visa, Tether, Circle, and MoonPay. It also targets payments across traditional and crypto liquidity paths. Latest Move Pushes Stablecoins Into Everyday Payments With Global Merchant Reach Bitget Wallet’s statement to The Block described the network as an infrastructure layer that connects issuers, banks, card networks, liquidity providers, and merchants. The goal is to…

Obex, the Framework Ventures-backed incubator, began deploying $1 billion on Wednesday to link the Sky ecosystem’s USDS stablecoin with income from tangible assets like AI data centers, housing and energy, boosting real-world strategies beyond crypto-native sources of yield.The first group of assets includes products from Maple, USD.ai, Daylight, Centrifuge, Securitize, River, TVL Capital and Better. Each aims to bridge crypto markets with parts of the real economy, including lending, housing finance, energy and AI infrastructure, often by turning those assets into blockchain-based instruments via tokenization.The firms will work with Obex to add new tokenized products designed to generate yield and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple has joined BLOOM, a new initiative from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, and is partnering with trade finance technology firm Unloq on a pilot that uses RLUSD and the XRP Ledger to test programmable settlement in cross-border trade. For crypto markets, the move adds another real-world institutional use case around stablecoin-based settlement infrastructure, this time inside a central bank-led framework. Announced Wednesday, the pilot sits within MAS’s BLOOM initiative, short for Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency. The program is designed to…

Morgan Stanley’s ETF move signals deeper institutional entry as strong inflows persist despite Bitcoin’s 40% decline. Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF appears ready for its next step toward trading, according to Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas. He flagged that the New York Stock Exchange has officially announced the listing of the bank’s BTC-based fund, which often signals that launch timing is close. The filing trail also shows the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission process moving forward with an amended S-1. Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley Set to Join Bitcoin ETF Race with MSBT Balchunas disclosed on X that the…

Coinbase is walking a tightrope in the negotiation over the Clarity Act, telling the staffs of U.S. senators that the company is not happy with where the lawmakers landed in their latest compromise, according to people familiar with the situation, but it hasn’t openly declared its opposition.The proposed agreement was shown to stakeholders in the crypto industry on Monday and the banking industry on Tuesday. From the crypto industry side, it received mixed reactions, according to people familiar with the meeting on Monday. Some stakeholders were dissatisfied — most notably Coinbase — but others were “pleasantly surprised,” one of the…

A crypto analyst has issued a bold long-term forecast for Bitcoin, predicting that a capital rotation out of gold and into Bitcoin will drive the asset to $800,000. This prediction is coming at a time when gold’s recent decline has caught many financial investors off guard.  Biggest Gold To Bitcoin Rotation Is Coming Bitcoin has never lacked bold long-term projections, and over the years, some of the most optimistic forecasts have placed its future price well into six-figure territory and beyond. At different points in the cycle, these expectations have stretched as far as $1.5 million, especially during periods of…