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Long-term holders turn net accumulators, easing a major bitcoin headwind

Crypto December 31, 2025

Long-term holders (LTH) of bitcoin BTC $87,858.95 have shifted back into accumulation for the first time since July. LTHs, defined as entities that have held bitcoin for at least 155 days, have ac�...

Metaplanet buys 4,279 bitcoin, lifts total holdings to 35,102 BTC

Crypto December 31, 2025

Metaplanet (3350), a Tokyo-listed investment and operating company focused on bitcoin treasury management, bought another 4,279 bitcoin BTC $87,670.00 in the fourth quarter, spending a total of $451�...

Strategy reloads on bitcoin, acquires a further 1,229 BTC for $109 million

Crypto December 30, 2025

Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin BTC $89,558.82, resumed purchases after boosting its US dollar reserves to $2.2 billion the prior week. The company acquired 1,229 bit�...

Bitcoin whales have been the main accumulators in the $80,000 range

Crypto December 30, 2025

Bitcoin BTC $87,846.33 whales, or holders with at least 1,000 BTC, have been the dominant buyers since the price of the largest cryptocurrency bottomed near $80,000 at the end of November, according�...

Bitcoin’s $70,000 to $80,000 zone highlights gap in historical price support

Crypto December 26, 2025

By checking the past five years of bitcoin BTC $87,612.08 CME futures trading data, it is possible to assess where that crypto has historically spent time consolidating and, by extension, where supp�...

Gold knocks on a door that's been shut for 50 years as bitcoin tests a defining support

Crypto December 25, 2025

Gold is at a critical juncture when measured against U.S. money supply (M2SL), testing a level it last reached in 2011 and not surpassed since the 1970s, when the price more than tripled to a then-re�...

Strategy's increased dollar buffer covers more than 2 years of dividend obligations

Crypto December 24, 2025

Strategy (MSTR), the largest bitcoin BTC $87,497.82 holder among publicly traded companies, increased its dollar reserve to $2.2 billion, giving the company a two-and-a-half-year buffer to meet divi�...

Miner capitulation is a contrarian signal, indicates renewed bitcoin momentum, VanEck says

Crypto December 24, 2025

Declining bitcoin BTC $87,525.91 mining activity is often interpreted as a sign of network stress, reflecting weaker miner profitability, declining hashrate and concerns over the economic sustainabi�...

CME loses top spot to Binance in bitcoin futures open interest as institutional demand wanes

Crypto December 23, 2025

The CME has lost its place as the number one exchange for bitcoin BTC $89,644.51 futures open interest (OI). Binance has now overtaken CME as the largest venue by OI according to CoinGlass data, wit�...

Stock market's Santa tradition offers hope to battered Bitcoin bulls

Crypto December 23, 2025

Bitcoin BTC $90,110.31 has experienced its toughest fourth quarter since 2022, but a time-honored Wall Street pattern could soon bring relief to battered BTC bulls. That pattern is S&P 500's t�...