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Bitcoin is stabilizing slightly today after one of its most punishing weeks in years, but the damage across crypto markets has already been done.
The bitcoin price fell below $80,000 over the weekend for the first time since April 2025, briefly plunging to lows near $75,000 amid cascading liquidations and a broader sell-off across global risk assets.
As of early Monday, BTC was trading around $78,400, up about 1% on the day, according to Bitcoin Magazine data, after shedding roughly 12% over the past seven days.
That decline has erased more than $200 billion from bitcoin’s market capitalization, capping a brutal stretch that saw the asset lose roughly $800 billion in…
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Macro investor Raoul Pal sees the recent selloff in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and crypto as a temporary U.S. liquidity squeeze, not a broken market cycle.
Why Bitcoin Is Not Broken
In his latest Global Macro Investor essay, Pal pushed back against claims that Bitcoin and crypto are structurally damaged, arguing the current weakness is driven by macro liquidity dynamics rather than a collapse in fundamentals.
He noted Bitcoin’s decline closely mirrors weakness in tech stocks, pointing to a shared macro driver.
Both asset classes are long-duration and highly sensitive to liquidity conditions, he said, making them vulnerable during periods of tightening.
According to Pal, U.S. liquidity has been…
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Strategy (MSTR) added 855 bitcoin to its balance sheet for approximately $75.3 million last week, paying an average price of $87,974 per BTC, according to a filing published Monday.
The purchase came just days before bitcoin’s sharp sell-off, which briefly pushed prices below $75,000 over the weekend. Despite the timing, the acquisition represents a relatively small addition for the company, which has routinely purchased hundreds of millions — or even billions — of dollars’ worth of bitcoin in recent weeks.
Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, Strategy now holds a total of 713,502 BTC, acquired for roughly $54.26 billion at an average price of $76,052 per… Read more on BitcoinMagazine
The Trump family reportedly received $187 million from an Abu Dhabi royal-backed investment firm four days before Trump’s inauguration and months before the UAE secured access to 500,000 advanced AI chips annually.
Sheikh Tahnoon Invests $500M In WLFI
According to the Wall Street Journal, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser, backed a $500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty Financial (CRYPTO: WLFI) through his firm Aryam Investment 1 on January 16, 2025.
Eric Trump signed the agreement. Trump family entities received $187 million of the first $250 million installment.
Meanwhile, $31 million went to Steve Witkoff’s family entities and another…
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“Anytime crypto markets go bearish, someone frames it as a morality tale about excess crashing into regulation. That’s a tidy argument, but incomplete.”
If you want a permissive channel for betting on uncertainty, crypto hits the spot: All digital, vaguely regulated, truckloads of volatility, and realistic prospects for gains.
Prediction markets are now contesting that role. Their rapid rise has sucked up some of crypto’s speculative energy and made the current bear market worse.
When one trading route narrows, another tends to open. A chunk of crypto’s risk appetite has been diverted elsewhere, down a road with fewer frictions and clearer rules.
Key takeaways
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Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) is set to report earnings for the fourth quarter of 2025 after the market close on Thursday. Here’s what investors need to know before the announcement.
What Analysts Expect
Analysts estimate the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) treasury company to report a loss of $18.64 per share, compared to a loss of $3.20 per share in the same quarter of the previous year.
The firm is expected to report a quarterly revenue of $118.92 million, down from $120.70 million.
The MSTR stock has a consensus price target of $480.53 from 12 analysts, with the highest forecast of $705 set by Benchmark in August last year. Based on the three most recent ratings, the average price target…
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Barry Silbert, CEO of cryptocurrency conglomerate Digital Currency Group, described the latest cryptocurrency crash as a god-sent opportunity poised to trigger significant capital inflows back into the sector.
Why Silbert Sees Opportunity Amid Chaos
In an X post, Silbert referred to the market slump as a “gift from the crypto gods,” suggesting that it is clearing out excess leverage and “crap tokens.”
“A massive capital rotation into crypto is about to begin. Time to pick your fighter,” the cryptocurrency mogul projected.
‘Extreme Fear’ Grips Cryptocurrency Market
Silbert’s forecast follows a sharp market drop over the weekend, pushing Bitcoin and Ethereum to their lowest…
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Renowned investor Ross Gerber slammed BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc.‘s (NYSE:BMNR) strategy on Sunday amid massive unrealized losses on its Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) position.
Will BitMine’s Strategy Backfire?
The CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management said the ETH bet by Tom Lee’s company could well turn out to be the “worst trade ever.”
BitMine’s ETH holdings were valued at approximately $8.98 billion, according to data from DropsTab. Having poured $15.65 billion into these investments, the company is staring down unrealized losses of a massive $6.65 billion as of this writing.
Are Treasury Models The Future Or A Flop?
BitMine didn’t immediately return…
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