Attackers approached Drift contributors while presenting themselves as representatives of a quantitative trading firm.

The platform described the shift as a "key lack of optimism" and said elevated fear is "usually a common ingredient for prices rebounding.

He named gold, silver, and Bitcoin as his preferred response to what he described as mounting inflation, rising debt, and a failing retirement system.

Lyman compared the Bitcoin-dollar relationship to the petrodollar system from the early 1970s.

The move brought its cumulative total to approximately 69,500 Ethereum, less than 500 coins short of the 70,000 target.

Adrian argued that the inefficiencies tokenization aims to remove actually serve as shock absorbers during market stress.

Van de Poppe said he is watching for Bitcoin to break above $71,000. That level has not been tested since March 26.

Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw outflows, with most of that activity concentrated in January.

During the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, Bitcoin gained 21% in the 60 days after the initial shock.

Crypto heavyweights including Binance, Paradigm, and Pump.fun all made fresh moves into prediction markets, where trading activity has surged over the past year.