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Bitcoin’s dip to around $75,500 briefly pushed the price just below Strategy’s (MSTR) average purchase cost of roughly $76,037 per coin.That may sound alarming at first glance, and it technically puts Michael Saylor’s firm underwater on its bitcoin holdings, but it doesn’t fundamentally change the company’s financial position.There is no balance sheet stress and no forced selling risk. What it does is slow down its future bitcoin buying.Strategy currently holds 712,647 bitcoin — all of it unencumbered, meaning none of the holdings are pledged as collateral, so there’s no risk of forced selling just because the price falls below its…

Ethereum trades above $3,000 as analysts compare its current structure to the 2017 rally, with rising open interest, record wallets, and key levels in focus. Ethereum (ETH) has moved above the $3,000 level, drawing attention to its current market structure. Analysts are comparing it to the structure seen in 2017, where ETH moved from $56 to over $1,100 within months. Familiar Structure Draws Attention Analyst Leshka.eth pointed out similarities between Ethereum’s current ETH/BTC chart and its setup during the 2015–2018 period. Back then, ETH moved through a clear cycle of accumulation, a breakout, and then a rally. The same pattern…

Bitcoin BTC$88,231.57 remains under pressure as strong dollar and rising commodities steal spotlight from the crypto market.The premier token slipped below $88,500 on Thursday after briefly trading above $89,000 earlier in the session, extending a choppy week of price action. Ether ETH$2,957.06 fell back toward $2,950, while solana SOL$123.66, XRP XRP$1.8838 and DOGE$0.1221 posted deeper intraday losses, down between 2% and 4%. The pullback came alongside a firmer dollar and fading momentum in broader risk markets, with crypto continuing to lag strength in commodities and equities.Commodities remained the dominant trade. Gold held near record levels after topping $5,500 an ounce…

Aave now controls 51.5% of the DeFi lending market share, the first time any protocol has crossed the 50% threshold since 2020.The milestone arrives not through competitor collapse but through steady accumulation: Aave’s $33.37 billion in total value locked sits atop a $64.83 billion lending category that has consolidated around a single liquidity hub.The concentration raises a question DeFi has avoided for years: when one protocol becomes the ecosystem’s primary margin engine, does efficiency create fragility?The answer depends on the metric used.Aave’s total value locked (TVL) dominance reflects collateral custody, not credit exposure. DeFiLlama excludes borrowed funds from lending TVL…

The Securities and Exchange Comission is pushing back against a growing market for “tokenized stocks” that look like equity, trade like equity, but do not actually confer ownership, releasing new guidance that puts third-party synthetic equity products squarely under traditional securities and derivatives rules.In a joint statement, the SEC’s Divisions of Corporation Finance, Investment Management, and Trading and Markets said tokenized securities fall into two clear categories: those issued or authorized by the underlying company, and those created by third parties without issuer involvement.The latter category, the SEC warned, often amounts to synthetic exposure rather than real equity ownership, a…

Bitcoin price breakouts fail to hold due to insufficient bid-side liquidity. Glassnode analysis identifies the key metrics that are likely to mark the next phase of BTC price expansion.Bitcoin (BTC) bulls managed to prevent a price drop into the $80,700 to $83,400 support zone, and futures market data points to a potential short-term liquidity grab near $93,500. Despite the short-term bullish bias, Glassnode analysts believe a more robust recovery cannot take place until a key market liquidity metric reaches a certain threshold.Key takeaways:Over 22% of the Bitcoin supply is currently held at a loss, increasing sensitivity to support breaks.BTC inflows…

Ethereum price started a recovery wave above the $2,880 zone but it failed near $3,050. ETH is declining and might struggle to stay above $2,920. Ethereum failed to stay above $3,000 and started a fresh decline. The price is trading below $2,990 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $3,000 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $2,880 zone. Ethereum Price Dips Again Ethereum price managed to remain stable above $2,880 and started a…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The long-awaited altcoin season may fail to meet expectations, according to comments shared by well-known market analyst Ted Pillows. In a recent post on X, Pillows pushed back against the popular belief that gains from Bitcoin and traditional safe-haven assets will naturally rotate into alts. This outlook is based on the analyst’s reconciliation with the fact that the structure of today’s crypto market is very different from past cycles. Why Bitcoin Gains Have Not Flowed Into Altcoins Many crypto market participants have been waiting for many months…

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The Ethereum treasury company ETHZilla has purchased two jet engines after selling off some of its crypto stash and increasing its focus on asset tokenization.ETHZilla said in a regulatory filing on Friday that it purchased two aircraft engines through a newly formed subsidiary, ETHZilla Aerospace LLC, for $12.2 million in cash.The engines, which are used in large commercial planes, came with existing lease agreements with a major airline, enabling the firm to begin earning yields from them.The purchase comes after ETHZilla chairman and CEO McAndrew Rudisill said in December that it aims to “build an operating business to bring real-world…