Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a new electronic payment system that removes the need for third party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and minimizing the potential for fraud. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.

Bitcoin’s concept was first introduced in 2008 when a person going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto shared a white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” In January 2009, the Bitcoin blockchain was launched. 

A new electronic payment system called Bitcoin removes the need for third-party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and fraud-risk. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.   

Bitcoin has a finite supply of 21 million, which is expected to be reached by the year 2140. Currently, 18.8 million are circulating in the market. Note that Bitcoin represents the concept of the network, while bitcoin (lower-case ‘b’) represents the currency.

Bitcoin is one of the most well-known cryptos as it was the first decentralized currency. 

Currently, BTC’s dominance is above 40%. Bitcoin Dominance is a measure of how much of the total market cap of crypto is made up of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s influence in the crypto ecosystem could be vulnerable to competition as alternative coins grow in popularity and utility.

The tightening correlation undermines STRC's appeal as a relatively steadier income vehicle.

Strategy's yield-generating STRC stock is more correlated with BTC than ever

For the past year, Strategy has been issuing and tapping preferred securities like STRC to raise capital for additional bitcoin purchases.

Bitcoin rout leads Strategy's STRC to slide 26% below par as MSTR shares hits 16-month low

Mike McCluskey argues that bitcoin's slide is due to its high-beta relationship with tech equities rather than broken crypto-native fundamentals. The Seoul-to-Nasdaq Contagion On Tuesday, June 23, the South Korean index, Kospi, plunged by more than 8%, triggering a Level 1 circuit breaker.

Former Fidelity Executive Says South Korean Index's 10% Crash Pulled BTC Below $60,000

Ethereum

Bitcoin touched its lowest price in 21 months early Thursday—and prediction market users don't see the crypto carnage ceasing imminently.

Traders Predict More Pain for Bitcoin and Ethereum After Monthly Drops Above 20%

The price of bitcoin reached a consequential low on Thursday, falling to its weakest level of 2026 when it touched $58,035 on Bitstamp at 9:55 a.m. Eastern time. Over the past 24 hours, $40 billion has vanished from the total crypto market capitalization, leaving it precariously close to slipping beneath the $2 trillion threshold.

Bitcoin Crashes to $58,035, Wiping $40 Billion From Crypto Ecosystem in 24 Hours

Bitplanet signed an MOU with Antalpha to enter the Bitcoin mining space.

Bitplanet Signs Agreement with Antalpha to Launch Bitcoin Mining Operations

Hyperion Decimus' Chris Sullivan said four historically reliable indicators have aligned, leaving bitcoin one move away from confirming a major turning point.

Quant fund says bitcoin is near a major inflection point as rare onchain signals align

Derivatives markets signal that betting on further slide in prices is getting overcrowded, setting up for a potential snapback.

Bitcoin plunges to new multi-year low of $58,000, but a short-squeeze setup emerges

Your bitcoin isn't just an asset; it's a future. Ensure your loved ones can access it with a solid inheritance plan for when you're no longer here.

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin: planning for inheritance

An early miner says Strategy's stock mNAV has fallen to 0.72, near the level that marked the last cycle's turn, and that bitcoin historically bottoms about six months after that signal.

Bitcoin likely to fall another 30% to $44,000 by year-end, prominent BTC miner says

DMND mining pool and GoMining mined the first known Bitcoin block using Stratum V2's Job Declaration feature, allowing a miner—not the pool—to select transactions and build its own block template, a milestone for decentralizing transaction control in Bitcoin mining.

Bitcoin Mining Pool DMND Mines First Known Stratum V2 Block; GoMining Constructs Its Own Template

Bitcoin price plunged from $61,000 to $58,000 in a sharp sell-off this morning.

Bitcoin Price Flash Crashes from $61,000 to $58,000 as Market Waits For Support

The price of Bitcoin rapidly fell to nearly $58,000 after Strategy's STRC preferred shares notched a new low and MSTR fell alongside.

Bitcoin Plummets Lower as Strategy's STRC Dives Further From $100 Mark

The CEO of digital assets analytics platform CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju, says Michael Saylor's Strategy may be hampering a Bitcoin (BTC) recovery.

CryptoQuant CEO Says Michael Saylor's Strategy May Be Preventing Stronger Bitcoin Recovery Through Continuous Buying – Here's How

Hawkish Fed signals, miner selling, weak ETF flows, and treasury pressure are weighing on BTC price, suggesting the bottom may not be in just yet.

How Low Can Bitcoin Price Go in 2026? Why $50K Looks More Likely

Bitcoin fell to the low $60,000s ahead of a $10.6B June 26 quarterly expiry as $469M in ETF outflows and negative gamma weigh on sentiment.

‘Waiting for buyers': Bitcoin holds fragile $60K floor ahead of $10.6B quarterly expiry

The bitcoin BTC$61,217.76 market appears to be in a panic, with derivatives investors paying an outsized premium for protection against declines. Such conditions often set the stage for a snap bullish readjustment if driven by the right trigger.

Bitcoin derivatives signal panic. A weak core PCE reading could trigger snapback.

Almost 11 million bitcoin are now held at a loss, while long-term holders control a record 14.8 million coins.

Bitcoin supply in loss reaches record high 10.83 million BTC

The popular max pain theory isn't working out as bitcoin trades far from the $72K level a day ahead of a $10 billion quarterly options settlement.

Forget max pain. Bitcoin is well below the $72,000 magnet ahead of $10 billion options expiry

A liquidation flush took bitcoin to its lowest since early June before Micron's blowout earnings and SK Hynix's U.S. listing plans steadied the AI trade that crypto had been sliding alongside.

Live markets: Bitcoin, ether lead $1 billion liquidation losses as AI trade keeps going

The market has found a new support level and it could be tested following Thursday's U.S. inflation data.

Bitcoin has a new line in the sand. Thursday's core PCE could stress test it.

Solana

The token fell to about $59,000 before buyers stepped in, but the week's losses are steep across the board. A blowout Micron forecast lifted stocks and oil kept sliding, yet crypto did not follow.

Bitcoin back above $60,000, ETH, SOL recoup losses as AI stocks stage rebound

Peter Schiff pushed back against claims that bitcoin is undervalued following recent declines, arguing that the asset lacks conventional valuation benchmarks as Strategy-linked securities faced steep losses.

Peter Schiff Questions Bitcoin ‘Cheap' Narrative as Strategy Shares Tumble

The price of bitcoin is down 40% over the last year and has spent the past week trading between $62,171 and $65,994. In one of our periodic AI prediction experiments, we asked leading artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to scan the market, weigh the pressure points and forecast where bitcoin could be headed next.

14 AI Models Including Claude, ChatGPT and Grok Predict Bitcoin's Price Outlook

An estimated 20% of miners are now unprofitable at current prices, and the stress shows up at the network level, too.

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