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According to CompaniesMarketCap, Bitcoin has fallen to the world’s 12th largest asset by market capitalization, trailing Tesla in the rankings. The digital asset’s price fell to $81,000 earlier today and continued to fall as trading progressed. At the time of writing, BTC was down 8% in the past 24 hours and hovering around $77,300, according to TradingView data. The recent decline has brought Bitcoin’s market cap down to around $1.5 trillion, allowing Tesla, currently valued at $1.6 trillion, to rise to 11th place. Earlier this week, Bitcoin fell out of the top 10 global assets, falling behind Metaplatforms and Taiwan…

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BTC is down more than 30% from its October ATH, and one analyst predicts further losses. Over the past week or so, the bearish trend in Bitcoin that began in early October has only intensified, with the asset falling to $81,000, its lowest level since December. Despite reports that whales have re-entered the Bitcoin ecosystem following the largest buying spree in the past two years, one popular analyst believes the cryptocurrency faces further downside risk. As such, he outlined the goal of a plan to “sell everything” and go all-in on BTC. And, according to Ali Martinez, the target is…

important notesAmboss debuts RailsX on PlanB forums to perform atomic swaps entirely over Lightning Network channels without storage risk. Bitcoin DeFi soared 2000% in 2024, reaching $6.5 billion in TVL, with Babylon driving over 80% of the ecosystem growth. Lightning infrastructure expands as Taproot assets enable multi-asset support and Tether commits $8 million to stablecoin payments. Amboss Technologies launched RailsX, a Lightning-native peer-to-peer (P2P) decentralized exchange, on January 30, 2026 at the PlanB Forum in El Salvador. Unlike other exchanges that build separate protocol layers, RailsX executes trades entirely over the Lightning Network. Transactions function as circular self-payments. Funds are…

Bitcoin dipped below $83,000 on Thursday as market focus shifted to how liquidity was built up on exchanges. According to the report, traders are feeling trapped due to a mix of large orders and narrow ranges. Some analysts warn that a break below a key level could trigger a sharp selloff, while others say concentrated buying orders could cushion the decline. Related books Order book pressure and liquidity According to trading room data, one group or cluster of large accounts appears to be shaping short-term moves by placing large bids and offers in the order book. This can cause prices…

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Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet plans to raise up to 21 billion yen ($137 million) through the issuance of new shares and stock options as it doubles down on its strategy of accumulating Bitcoin while reducing leverage. The company announced that it will raise funds through a third-party allotment of new common stock and stock acquisition rights issued directly from specific investors, rather than through a public offering. Under this plan, Metaplanet will issue 24.53 million new shares of common stock at 499 yen per share, approximately 5% higher than the previous closing price, and receive an advance payment of…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorials. The crypto boom is undergoing its first true stress test. After a year of frenzy, shares of several crypto treasury vehicles are now trading below the value of their respective holdings. summary The buy-and-hold DAT model is collapsing. Declining mNAV indicates that the market is no longer rewarding passive accumulation and hype-driven financial strategies. To survive, you need productive capital, not idle assets. A successful crypto government must acquire equity, operate infrastructure, provide liquidity, and turn its…

Sony Group Inc. deepened its involvement in the Soneium blockchain with an additional investment in Startale Group approximately one year after the network’s mainnet launch.In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph on Thursday, Startail revealed an additional $13 million investment from the Sony Innovation Fund. This funding round comes after Soneium moved from testnet experiments to actual production, allowing Sony to observe how the network performs under real-world conditions. Data from Soneium’s public block explorer shows that the network has processed approximately 524 million transactions since its mainnet launch in January 2025. During the same period, Nansen data shows Avalanche and…

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