Bitcoin's liquidity squeeze meets shifting sentiment as Iran–U.S. talks reshape market structure.
On Tuesday, bitcoin hit a peak of $76,120, driving its market cap to $1.52 trillion as investors pivoted toward a risk-on sentiment. This rally was sparked by potential diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Iran, which overshadowed the ongoing naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
Wall Street behemoth Goldman Sachs filed an application on Tuesday for a Bitcoin Premium Income exchange-traded fund (ETF).
Strategy's perpetual preferred stock, STRC, played a key role in the company's Bitcoin strategy this week after it saw more than $1.1 billion in daily trading volume. In an X post, Strategy declared April 13 the record date for STRC.
Bitcoin and Ethereum have reclaimed February levels, with rising momentum signaling a potential shift in market structure.
Bitcoin's latest rebound has not done much to settle the argument among crypto analysts over where this cycle really is right now.
Goldman Sachs has filed for the “Bitcoin Premium Income ETF,” a fund that will invest in other ETPs and derivatives instead of purchasing physical Bitcoin. The fund will utilize a covered call strategy, selling call options to generate additional income, with an expected hedge coverage ranging from 40% to 100%.
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investor Simon Dixon says the best time to accumulate is when nobody cares, warning that retail attention has waned while institutions consolidate power through ETFs and treasury companies. The Attention Cycle Dixon has been in Bitcoin since $3 in 2011 and says the pattern never changes.
Michael Saylor no longer just defends bitcoin. He now redefines the rules of the game.
Strategy Inc.'s perpetual preferred stock STRC just posted its busiest day yet, and the real headline is not the ticker tape theater but the simple fact that the company's bitcoin buying machine found another way to run hotter. Key Takeaways: Strategy's STRC hit $1.1B on April 13, 2026, setting a new daily volume record.
Goldman's '40 Act filing reveals a client-driven push into structured Bitcoin income products
Bitcoin mining operations in the US are absorbing a 47 percent increase in deployment costs after Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper stacked on top of an existing 21.