Cryptocurrency

Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined

Binance moved 42.8% of total spot volume over the past week but absorbed 79.7% of net selling pressure across five major exchanges, according to data from Traderview. The imbalance raises the question of whether a venue needs to handle “most of the market” to set prices for the whole market. The answer is no. A […]
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5 Feb 2026

XRP defiant amid Bitcoin collapse as a massive institutional migration quietly shifts billions into Ripple

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP have all retreated to deep cycle lows, dragging the broader crypto market back to valuation levels not seen since late 2024, according to CryptoSlate's data. While price action across the board appears uniformly grim, with BTC heading below $70,000 and XRP recently trading around $1.35, sentiment toward the Ripple-linked token is […]
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5 Feb 2026

Markets plunge as Bitcoin and silver just triggered a global margin call after inflation warnings made a recovery look impossible

Bitcoin is plummeting toward a dangerous $56,100 price floor as massive ETF outflows signal a demand crisis At some point every cycle has the same moment, the one where the story stops being about charts and starts being about cash. You can see it in the way traders talk, the jokes dry up, the group […]
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5 Feb 2026

Bitcoin faces a brutal irony as the Treasury refuses to save BTC from its own political success

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congress he has no authority to bail out Bitcoin. The exchange came during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, when Senator Brad Sherman asked whether the Treasury could intervene to support cryptocurrency prices. Bessent's answer was direct: he cannot use taxpayer dollars to buy Bitcoin, and the question falls outside his […]
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5 Feb 2026

Bitcoin in critical warning zone threatening a 42% drop before the new bull run can start

Bitcoin is back in that familiar place where the chart looks ugly, the timeline feels loud, and everyone is trying to guess whether the next move is the one that finally breaks the mood. Today, Bitcoin fell below $70,000 for the first time in well over a year. Historically, that price still looks strong, especially […]
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5 Feb 2026