Oil prices did something few traders expected after the stunning U.S. operation to capture Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro: instead of spiking, crude slipped. At the same time, Bitcoin held firm around the low $90,000s and then pushed higher. For crypto… Read More »Why Oil Prices Slipped After the Venezuela Raid — And How It Boosted Bitcoin’s Appeal
On-chain sleuths spent the first days of 2026 dissecting an aggressive series of Bitcoin transfers by Wintermute, one of the crypto market’s largest liquidity providers. The flows, concentrated around New Year’s Eve when order books are thinnest, have fueled accusations… Read More »Wintermute’s New Year Bitcoin Dump: On-Chain Data Hints at Coordinated Market Play
Bitcoin ended 2025 trading in the high-$80,000s, even as U.S. inflation cooled and markets leaned into a Federal Reserve rate‑cut narrative. For a market used to sharp upside on any hint of easier policy, the muted response has been notable.… Read More »Why Bitcoin Is Shrugging Off ‘Good News’: Macro Signals Without the Boom
On Dec. 29, a usually quiet corner of the Federal Reserve’s data release lit up: the overnight repo line item suddenly printed $16 billion after hovering near zero on most days. Shortly after, combined usage around this liquidity backstop climbed… Read More »Why a $26 Billion Fed Liquidity Spike Might Matter More to Bitcoin Than You Think
In a 24-hour span that rattled even seasoned crypto traders, Bitcoin briefly broke above $90,000 on Dec. 29 before surrendering the entire move in a sharp reversal less than half a day later. The price pattern, which some traders likened… Read More »Bitcoin’s Sudden $90K Whipsaw Spurs Accusations of Market Maker Manipulation
In 2025, Strategy — the company formerly known as MicroStrategy — escalated its Bitcoin play to a level that materially altered the supply landscape for the asset. By year-end, the firm had purchased roughly 225,027 BTC, a haul that exceeded… Read More »How Strategy Spent Half Its Market Value to Corner 2025’s New Bitcoin Supply
Bitmain, one of the dominant manufacturers of Bitcoin mining hardware, has cut prices on its rigs in late December in response to falling miner revenue per unit of hashrate in November. The discounts apply even to its current-generation hydro and… Read More »Bitmain’s Mining Rig Discounts Signal a New Era for Bitcoin Miner Economics