Although Bitcoin (B T C) price has been rejected at above $82,000 several times over the past few days, crypto market expert Michaël van de Poppe has defended the near-term bullish outlook.
The Clarity Act passed the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday leading to a rapid and strong rally for the Bitcoin price. Can this rally save the day for Bitcoin, or was the resulting lower high an omen of a possible crash to come?
Bitcoin staking without bridging is proving viable as Babylon's protocol attracts billions in TVL.
Glassnode has pointed out how this Bitcoin bear market has so far seen a peak Unrealized Loss significantly lower than previous cycles. Bitcoin Relative Unrealized Loss Has Dropped To Just 8% In its latest report, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has discussed the latest trend in the Relative Unrealized Loss of Bitcoin.
Crypto prices traded mixed on Friday, with Bitcoin (BTC) extending modest gains while Ethereum (ETH) slipped—an increasingly familiar split that underscores investors' preference for large-cap liquidity amid an active derivatives backdrop. As of 07:05 ET on May 15, market data from TokenPost Market showed Bitcoin up 0.97% over the past 24 hours at $80,573.28.
Bitcoin bounced to $81,000 after the CLARITY Act cleared committee, but 12-month-high Treasury yields and a stubborn 200-day moving average keep the macro picture uncertain.
Heavy trading volume ahead of the ex-dividend date pushed STRC to its busiest session on record.
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe says Bitcoin could rally to a four-month high in the coming weeks as momentum continues to build across the crypto market.
Strategys Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) achieved a new milestone on Thursday after recording an all-time high daily trading volume of $1.53 billion. The surge surpassed the companys previous record of $1.1 billion set on April 13, signaling growing investor interest in the Bitcoin-focused financial product.
BitGo will support Moon's Bitcoin card products in Asia, starting with prepaid gift cards in Hong Kong stores and online this month in 2026.
Bit Digital has reported lower first-quarter revenue and another steep quarterly loss as the Nasdaq-listed company continues redirecting capital from bitcoin mining into Ethereum staking and treasury operations.
Public Bitcoin miners spent years racing to add more hashrate to the network. In the first quarter of 2026, many of them did the opposite. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag.