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It is changing hands to about $ 105,000, trapped in this range due to market uncertainty about whether the Israel-Iran conflict became a broader regional war, according to a recent note of the QCP commercial firm.
QCP wrote in a Friday note published on Telegram that risk reversions have been “decisively turned”, with BTC Front-End, now exposes the premiums of up to 5 volatility points on equivalent calls, a clear indicator of high investors anxiety and greater coverage against the downward risks.
The firm said that despite this defensive change in positioning, BTC has demonstrated a remarkable resistance. Even in the middle of the recent volatility, which saw more than $ 1 billion in long positions liquidated in the main cryptographic assets, the data in the chain shows that the institutional purchase continues to provide significant support.
QCP emphasizes that the markets remain “stuck in a link”, waiting for clarity about geopolitical results and warns that the digital asset complex will probably remain closely linked to the changes of feeling driven by the holder in the predictable future.
However, with all that in mind, Glassnode Data provides some tranquility to investors concerned with longer -term directionality.
Although recent volatility underlines short -term anxiety, the profit of the current Bitcoin cycle of 656%, while less than the previous upward markets, is remarkably impressive given its significantly higher market capitalization today.
The previous cycles returned 1076% (2015–2018) and 1007% (2018–2022), which suggests that the demand for investors is still marking closely with the maturation of BTC, even when the short -term macro reservoirs dominate the feeling of the market.
Galaxy Research says that Op_return’s debate was not so important
Op_return’s debate was less important than what a “noisy but small” group of critics “wanted everyone to think, Alex Thorn from Galaxy Research in a recent note.
Thorn described the reactions of critics as “wild accusations of the ‘death of Bitcoin'” and argued that such hyperbole was out of place administered with a historically low congestion of Mempool.
The data in the chain show that the Mempool is practically empty compared to a year ago, and the notion that a congested block chain is suffocating BTC, as well as the predominant narrative in 2023, now it seems significantly exaggerated.
In the note, Thorn further highlighted the irony of labeling arbitrary data such as “spam”, reminding the observers that Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, included an arbitrary text, the “chancellor on brink in the background rescue”, in the first block of Bitcoin blocks.
Instead, Thorn argued, the attention of the Bitcoin community would focus better on possible updates such as Checktemplingify (CTV), a proposed operation code that allows strict spending conditions (“agreements”).
“We keep believing [CTV] It is a conservative but powerful operation code that would greatly improve the ability to build better and safer custody methods, “he wrote, pointing out that about 20% of Bitcoin’s hashrate already indicated support for update.
Bitcoin updates require wide consensus construction, reflecting its open source spirit, and Thorn emphasized that cautious and deliberate evolution remains critical for the broader adoption and scalability.
Bybit launza byreal, a native decentralized exchange of solana
Bybit is entering the decentralized exchange space with Byreal, a chain commercial platform built in Solana, Ben Zhou, the Bybit CEO announced through X during the weekend.
Announcing byreal, our first dex Ochain incubated by Bybit, will be live by the end of the month. Starting from scratch and now born in Solana. What is special: 1/ CEX + Dex Synergy Byreal is not “just another dex”. It is combining CEX grade liquidity with definitively native transparency … https://t.co/ju60e4zhq4
– Ben Zhou (@Benbybit) June 15, 2025
The Byreal testnet is scheduled to launch on June 30, with the launch of Mainnet that is expected at the end of this year. Zhou said Byreal is designed to combine centralized exchange characteristics, such as high liquidity and rapid execution with the transparency and composability of Defi. The platform will also include a fair launch system and cured yield vaults linked to native solar assets such as BBSOL.
Market movements:
- BTC: Bitcoin remained about $ 105,000 after more than $ 1 billion in leverage positions were settled, led by a length of $ 200 million in Binance, since the increase in Israel-Irus tensions will trigger a strong sale of a sale, a flight from Altcoins and a brief but intense episode of volatility.
- ETH: Ethereum increased 2% to around $ 2,550 after finding strong support to $ 2,510, showing resilience in the middle of Israel-Iran tensions and the wider volatility of the market, with continuous institutional entries that support the upward trend.
- Nikkei 225: Asia-Pacific markets increased on Monday, led by Nikkei 225 from Japan, winning 0.87 percent, since investors weighed Israel-Iran tensions, while oil and gold prices increased the demand for safe shelters.
- Gold: Gold rose to $ 3,447 in early initial trade on Monday, reaching a maximum of a month as the Middle East tensions and the growing expectations of a September Fed fee reduced the data of strong US feelings of consumption.
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