Escalating Middle East tensions could fuel inflation fears, complicating Fed rate decisions and prompting defensive shifts in investment strategies. Wall Street ends lower as Middle East tensions escalate, dragging Bitcoin to $73K.
Coinbase said a Michigan couple closed on the first-ever conventional, Fannie Mae-backed home mortgage by pledging Bitcoin as collateral.
Bitcoin has rebounded from an intraday low near $61,500 after weaker-than-expected U.S. labor market data strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve could still lower interest rates later this year. According to data from crypto.
Bitcoin drops 14% in seven days as ETF outflows and strategy sales weigh, while Standard Chartered says market bottom is close.
Crypto markets saw a wave of forced liquidations over the past 24 hours, underscoring a renewed bout of 'high-volatility' trading as leverage was unwound across major venues. The selloff in leveraged positions was dominated by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), but some of the sharpest short-term shocks hit altcoins such as Solana (SOL) and Sui (SUI), reflecting crowded positioning and rapid intraday reversals.
Bitcoin faces selling pressure as 54,000 BTC hits exchanges, driving prices down. What's next for the crypto giant?
Bitcoin has been in freefall since June 2, 2026. What started as a midday flash crash that knocked the price from about $71,765 to $67,895 has turned into a three-day slide.
Bitcoin's relationship with the S&P 500 has stopped behaving like a simple correlation trade at exactly the wrong time for bulls. For much of 2026, the logic was clean enough.
Investors eye Bitcoin's potential rebound as market nears a bottom amid growing institutional interest. Matt Hougan: The crypto market may be nearing a bottom, institutional adoption of Bitcoin is growing, and smaller protocols are gaining traction | The Wolf Of All Streets.
MicroStrategy's unrealized loss is at an all-time high following Bitcoin's plunge below sixty-two thousand dollars, sending the company's treasury investment into the red big time. The loss is sitting near $10.8 billion, putting Strategy down about 17% on its Bitcoin position after six years of buying.
Galaxy Research said that Polymarket resolved Strategy's recent Bitcoin-sale markets in opposite directions, with May ending “No” and June ending “Yes.” The BetMoar/UMA market page shows the May 31 contract tied to whether MicroStrategy sold any Bitcoin by that date, making the timing of disclosure the center of the dispute.
Strategy chairman Michael Saylor publicly commented on the prolonged decline in the crypto market, which has caused the price of Bitcoin and the company's stock, MSTR, to lose more than 10% since the beginning of June 2026.