Bitcoin Fragile at $62K as Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz, US Inflation Hits 3-Year High
Middle East tensions are escalating again as military strikes continue and Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, further pressuring already fragile crypto markets.
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Tim Draper argued bitcoin faces less quantum risk than banks, comparing its security to Fort Knox. His comments shifted attention from blockchain vulnerabilities to legacy financial systems, as debate grows over quantum computing’s threat to modern cryptography. Tim Draper Revives Bitcoin Security Thesis as Quantum Fears Shift Toward Banks Venture capitalist and longtime bitcoin investor […]
Read full articleMiddle East tensions are escalating again as military strikes continue and Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, further pressuring already fragile crypto markets.
The UAE-based investment group ASK Group and U.S. blockchain company Keeta have partnered to launch a public exchange where physical assets will be traded as fractional digital tokens. Gulf Commodities to Go Digital A United Arab Emirates investment group and Keeta, a U.S. blockchain company backed by tech billionaire Eric Schmidt, have launched a joint […]
Bitcoin is showing renewed signs of on-chain capitulation, according to Axel Adler Jr.’s latest Adler AM Bitcoin Morning Brief, as realized capitalization contracts and loss-taking sales dominate market activity. The setup matters because two independent measures: Realized Cap Net Position 30D Change and adjusted SOPR are now pointing to the same stress regime. In the June 10 brief, Adler said Bitcoin’s Realized Cap has declined by roughly $12 billion from its mid-May peak, falling from about $1.087 trillion to $1.075 trillion. The 30-day percentage change in Realized Cap has dropped to -1.1%, marking the first time since mid-March that capital outflows have reached that level. “Capital is leaving the Bitcoin network, and participant behavior confirms a capitulation regime – sales are being made at a loss,” Adler wrote. “This brief examines how close the current stress is to the March extremes and what needs to happen for the regime to change.” Bitcoin Realized Cap Outflows Accelerate
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says advisors now favor stablecoins and tokenization over Bitcoin after talks with more than 40 advisors this week.
“We continue to view the current macro environment as a headwind for Bitcoin,” 10x Research’s Markus Thielen said.
DBS Bank's move into tokenized gold democratizes access to precious metals, potentially reshaping retail investment and blockchain adoption. The post DBS Bank to launch tokenized physical gold through its digibank app appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Bitcoin is struggling below $62,000 as selling pressure and fear continue to define the market environment. The uncertainty is real — but top analyst Woominkyu has published an on-chain analysis that reveals what was actually happening during the most intense phase of the decline. And the picture it paints looks considerably different from the panic narrative that dominated market commentary at the time. Related Reading: XRP Leverage Flush Hits Bybit While Binance Holds The Line – Analyst Explains Rare Setup The on-chain data tells a story in two distinct acts. The first act was the trigger. On June 2 and 3, older dormant wallets moved massive supply to exchanges — the Inflow Coin Days Destroyed metric peaked at 2.16 million, reflecting coins that had been held for extended periods suddenly being moved toward the sell side simultaneously. That supply shock forced the price down from $71,000, creating the conditions for the breakdown that followed. The second act is where the data becom
BTC has transitioned out of the accumulation phase that drove its rally earlier this year and entered a distribution regime driven by ETF outflows and macroeconomic conditions.