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.

Ethereum

Lekker Capital's Quinn Thompson advocates avoiding crypto for the summer and return in late Q3, citing record IPO supply, waning liquidity, and unresolved problems at Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Bitmine (NASDAQ:BMNR). Three Headwinds Making Summer Crypto Dangerous Right Now Thompson's bearish case rests on three overlapping pressures hitting simultaneously.

'Avoid Crypto For The Summer': This Analyst Says Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Are No Good For Now

The fraudster took in nearly $100 million from victims before laundering funds via Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins.

Seattle-Area Man Gets Prison for Laundering Foreign Fraud Funds With Bitcoin, Ethereum

The Stellar Development Foundation unveiled a three-step roadmap to prepare the XLM network for the coming quantum computing threat.

A Quantum Clock Is Ticking for Bitcoin and Crypto—Here's How Stellar Is Preparing

With bitcoin mired in a months-long downturn, Strategy's sharp sell-off is the clearest signal yet of how the bitcoin treasury model could fare under sustained pressure.

Strategy's sell-off signals the first real stress test for the bitcoin treasury trade

Amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, bitcoin briefly dropped below $61,000 before rebounding to trade around $61,700—marking a 2.9% daily loss and wiping roughly $30 billion off its market capitalization.

Bitcoin Reverses 24-Hour Rally as Glassnode Flags 8M BTC at a Loss

Circle has launched cirBTC on Ethereum, allowing institutions and BTC holders to deploy bitcoin as collateral in decentralized finance ( DeFi) markets without selling their underlying position. What cirBTC Is Every cirBTC token is backed 1:1 by native bitcoin.

Circle Deploys cirBTC on Ethereum, Letting BTC Holders Tap DeFi Without Selling

Dogecoin

Bitcoin fell below $62,000 amid a macro-driven risk-off move that pushed market sentiment deeper into extreme fear on Tuesday.

Bitcoin Drops Below $62,000 As Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Plunge 2.5% Ahead Of Key U.S. CPI Report

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds shed $91.37 million on June 8 even as their ether counterparts attracted $82.37 million, a one-day divergence that hints at capital rotating between the two largest crypto assets.

Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $91 Million as Ether ETFs Pull in $82 Million in Single-Day Rotation

TradFi institutions are shedding their skepticism toward crypto, and the shift is accelerating in 2026.

Traditional Finance is Rushing Into Crypto as Institutions Buy Bitcoin's Dip: Axios

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) is facing renewed criticism after economist Peter Schiff argued the company's latest Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) purchase destroyed shareholder value. “Owning MSTR Is The Worst Way“ In an X post on June 9, Schiff sparked a debate over leverage, dilution and the sustainability of Michael Saylor's Bitcoin accumulation strategy.

Peter Schiff: Owning MSTR Is 'The Worst Way' To Play Bitcoin

Wall Street collapsed and bitcoin tumbled Tuesday after Iran shot down a U.S. military helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, torching an earlier ceasefire rally and sending markets into a sharp risk-off spiral. Markets Get Crushed The Nasdaq Composite shed 844 points, falling to 25,085, its steepest single-session drop since last week's brutal selloff.

Wall Street Slides Hard and Bitcoin Tanks After Iran Shoots Down US Military Helicopter

A new upcoming documentary, Bitcoin Season, explores how Bitcoin is gaining traction in professional basketball.

New Documentary ‘Bitcoin Season' Charts Bitcoin's Push Into the NBA

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) may spend the remainder of 2026 trading below its long-term fair value trend, according to crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen, who nevertheless remains optimistic about the industry's long-term growth trajectory. BTC Below “Fair Value” Trendline In a podcast on June 8, Cowen revisited one of his longest-running valuation models and suggested an update could be coming later this year.

Relax, Bitcoin Is Just Doing What It Always Does In Midterm Years, Analyst Stresses

Onchain analyst James Check says the conditions building across artificial intelligence (AI) stocks and upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) are creating a setup where bitcoin ends up the most underowned and least-forced-sale asset in the market when the cycle turns.

Checkonchain Analyst Says AI Rotation Creates Bitcoin's Next Major Entry Point for Holders

Five years ago yesterday, El Salvador's Congress voted 62-to-22 to pass the world's first Bitcoin Law, making the small Central American nation the first country on earth to grant bitcoin legal tender status. The date was June 8, 2021.

Five Years On, El Salvador Is Still Buying Bitcoin

Arthur Hayes on Tuesday laid out the case why Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) cannot rally until the AI bubble pops, arguing that the latter absorbed liquidity that could have gone to cryptocurrencies. AI Borrowed Every Dollar That Was Created Since 2022 Hayes laid out the core math in his essay, saying that US M2 rose by $1.5 trillion between November 2022 and today.

'Bitcoin Never Had A Chance' Against The AI Bubble, Arthur Hayes Argues

Bernstein said bitcoin's increasingly diversified ownership base supports its long-term store-of-value thesis.

Bitcoin inflows slow sharply in 2026 as investors chase AI, Bernstein says

Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) current downturn resembles previous mid-cycle bear markets, but failure to recover by the end of 2026 could signal something more serious. “Classic Mid-Cycle” For Bitcoin's Bear Market Speaking in a CNBC Market Alert interview on June 8, Lucy Gazmararian, Founder and Managing Partner of Token Bay Capital, said Bitcoin's weakness remains consistent with historical market cycles despite growing concerns surrounding Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and broader crypto market sentiment.

Bitcoin Consolidates At $62,000: Watch Q4 For The Bear Market Bottom, Top Exec Says

Second has officially launched Bark — its implementation of the Ark protocol — on the Bitcoin mainnet.

Second Launches Bark on Bitcoin Mainnet, Targeting Self-Custody UX Gap

Crypto prices rose on Monday following last week's crash, but the bears still appear to be in control.

Live updates: bitcoin drifts back to $62,500, putting damper on hope for two straight up days

SpaceX and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk could be about to trigger bitcoin's next price boom

Bitcoin Is Suddenly Hurtling Toward A Surprise $1.75 Trillion Elon Musk Price Shock

SBI Shinsei Bank will let depositors earn bitcoin, ether, or XRP vouchers worth 20% of their interest payments starting June 10, 2026, in what the Nikkei reports as one of the more direct integrations of crypto rewards into a traditional Japanese bank deposit product.

SBI Shinsei Bank Plans to Let Customers Stack BTC, ETH, or XRP on Top of Deposit Interest

Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen below its previous low of $60,000.

Coinidol.com: Bitcoin Halts Its Slide Above $60,000

Bitcoin is down 50% from its all-time high in the shallowest bear market to date—but analysts caution that the bottom isn't in yet.

This is Bitcoin's Shallowest Bear Market—But is the Bottom In?

Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee on Monday pushed back against growing concerns over market weakness, arguing that cryptocurrencies remain in healthy long-term uptrends despite recent volatility. Why Crypto Is Underperforming Speaking on CNBC's Power Lunch, Lee acknowledged that cryptocurrency investors have been disappointed this year as digital assets largely failed to participate in the enthusiasm surrounding AI-related stocks.

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