Short Squeeze Pushes BTC Past $85,000, Crushing $648 Million Shorts
Bitcoin surged past $85,000 as a short squeeze forced $648 million in bearish bets to close, while open interest climbed 7.6% to $156 billion.
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Bitcoin surged past $85,000 as a short squeeze forced $648 million in bearish bets to close, while open interest climbed 7.6% to $156 billion.
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Circle launched cirBTC, a tokenized Bitcoin product for its Arc network, aiming to turn dormant BTC supply into usable stablecoin collateral.
Bitcoin Suisse will cut up to 60 of 120 Swiss jobs and close its Copenhagen site as it shifts technology work to international hubs.
Quantum attack estimate for Bitcoin and Ethereum fell more than 50% after AI agents beat Google’s March benchmark, bringing risks closer.
Tom Lee says Ethereum hits $6,000 by December, but only if Bitcoin reaches $150,000 first, a call tied to Bitmine’s 3.73 million ETH holdings.
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El Salvador halts state Bitcoin purchases and hands $632 million in reserves to a private operator, reversing course under IMF pressure.
Standard Chartered launched institutional bitcoin spot trading in the UAE on Thursday, becoming the first global systemically important bank to offer it.
Bitcoin’s (BTC) jump toward $70,000 began with a shift in the U.S. bond market before ETF inflows and forced short liquidations turned the move into a sharp crypto rally. The first trigger came from the U.S. Treasury’s decision to increase long-end bond buybacks. The department moved to at least double the size of liquidity support…