Bitcoin fell early Monday after peaking near $95,000 over the weekend, triggering heavy deleveraging across the crypto market; liquidations stand at $874.01 million over the past 24 hours.   

Bitcoin ETFs saw $394.7 million in net outflows on Friday, while Ethereum ETFs reported $4.64 million in net inflows.

No Clean, Quick, Substantial Moves Though!

PostyXBT said Bitcoin is stalling near the weekly open, noting the earlier downside sweep was expected. As long as BTC holds above $90,000, a push toward $100,000 later this week remains possible. Overall price action, however, remains choppy with no decisive moves—typical for crypto markets.

CyrilXBT said Ethereum is slowly recovering from…

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Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said Saturday that Block’s decentralized messaging app Bitchat could be a useful communication tool in censored environments like Iran.

Can Bitchat Revolutionize Messaging In Iran?

Ackman reacted to an X post about Bitchat, a peer-to-peer messaging application developed by Jack Dorsey’s Block that can deliver messages over Bluetooth.

“Bitchat may be useful in Iran,” The Pershing Square Capital Management CEO 

Iran imposed a nationwide internet shutdown in the wake of massive anti-regime protests that intensified in the opening weeks of 2026. The ban limited reporting on fatalities, leading to conflicting accounts.

Several X users…

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A staggering amount of wealth remains on the blockchain, with some hidden behind anonymous wallet addresses and some traced to prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneurs.

How One Entity Controls 5% Of BTC

Satoshi Nakamoto reigns supreme as the world’s richest cryptocurrency holder, with $101 billion in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) spread across 22,000 addresses, according to on-chain analytics firm Arkham.

It is widely believed that Nakamoto owns roughly 1.1 million BTC, making up 5% of the coin’s circulating supply.

If ranked on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list, they would sit just below Microsoft founder Bill Gates and above Indian corporate titan Mukesh Ambani.

Note that Nakamoto’s real…

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Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao urged his followers on Sunday to learn how to spot misinformation after fake news claiming he was dating actress Sydney Sweeney started doing the rounds.

CZ Hasn’t Even Met Sweeney

CZ dismissed an X post suggesting a romantic relationship between him and Sweeney as “fake news.”

“Poor Sydney Sweeney. Never met her. I don’t socialize much,” the cryptocurrency mogul clarified.

He also expressed concern over the increasing incidents of unverified information getting amplified on social media.

“Figuring out what ‘news’ to not believe in is becoming harder, but you will be richer if you can,” CZ urged traders not to…

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The probability that the U.S. takes control of Greenland this year has spiked on prediction markets as President Donald Trump intensifies push to annex the world’s largest island.

Will Trump’s Greenland Plans Succeed?

Odds in favor of the contract titled “Will Trump acquire Greenland before 2027?” surged to 22% on Polymarket, up from 8% since the year began.

Over $14 million has been wagered on the bet, among the highest on the Polygon (CRYPTO: POL)-based platform currently.

Meanwhile, odds on Kalshi, a federally authorized betting platform, have been broadly unchanged from last week, currently at 46%.

Punters are also betting on Trump’s threats of tariffs against countries resisting…

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A Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) whale, inactive for more than a decade, has returned to the scene, offloading half of its Bitcoin stash and securing a profit of 31,250%.

The Bitcoin wallet, dubbed “5K BTC OG,” started selling its Bitcoin assets, originally purchased in 2012 for a mere $332 per Bitcoin. The wallet, which initially held 5,000 BTC, has sold 2,500 BTC, raking in approximately $265 million at an average exit price of $106,164.

As per the report by Lookonchain, an additional 500 BTC was moved to Binance, with a value of $47.77 million. This signifies the latest in a series of withdrawals from this 12-year-old holder.

The selling pattern seems methodical, with the OG…

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