The Bitcoin hash rate fell by 10% after a winter storm knocked U.S. miners offline.
The Bitcoin hash rate dropped by approximately 10% after a severe winter storm in the U.S. forced miners to reduce energy consumption. The capacity of Foundry USA, the largest Bitcoin mining pool, plummeted by nearly 60%.
Grayscale has just submitted a new amendment for the XRP Trust to the SEC, moving closer to a possible spot ETF for $XRP. A significant step for its adoption, but regulatory approval is still pending.
Benefits for $XRP: ✅ A possible spot ETF could boost demand ✅ Greater widespread adoption ✅ Positive sentiment from investors
BitMine acquired another 40,302 ETH, bringing its total holdings to 4.24 million ETH, worth over 12 billion dollars, and the Ethereum treasury company now controls 3.52% of the circulating supply.
La capitalización de mercado de las monedas estables cae $2,24 mil millones en 10 días a medida que el capital rota hacia el oro y la plata, según Santiment.
UK BANKS BLOCK 40% OF PAYMENTS WITH CRYPTOCURRENCIES, REJECT TRANSACTIONS WORTH 1000 MILLION POUNDS
An industry survey of exchange platforms shows that UK banks are blocking around 40% of payments with cryptocurrencies, and 80% of platforms report a significant increase in payment disruptions for customers over the past year.
SILVER EXCEEDS $115, SURPASSING BITCOIN GAINS SINCE 2017
Silver reached new historical highs above $115 $ per ounce, extending a rise of more than 500% since 2017, surpassing Bitcoin gains during the same period, while precious metals continue to outperform risky assets.
THE MARKET IS CLEARING THE TABLE AND THE MAIN DISH WAS THE FEAR OF THE IMPATIENT
#Bitcoin: $4.500M in REALIZED LOSSES. The 2nd LARGEST AMOUNT IN HISTORY
What usually happens when so many sales with losses accumulate?
🔻The indicator shows the difference between the purchase price and the sale price of each BTC moved 🔻When there are green spikes, they sell at a profit 🔻When there are red spikes, they sell at heavy losses: panic, capitulation, exit of weak hands
Today, the realized losses total more than $4.500 MILLION ▪️It is the second largest capitulation event since #Bitcoin exists ▪️Only surpassed by the peaks of the BEAR MARKET OF 2022
Why does this matter and give us a clue?
Because historically, these HUGE red spikes tend to mark BOTTOMS
▪️2018: Super-negative realized losses, marked the bottom of the cycle at $3.200 after the fall from $20K ▪️March 2020 (COVID crash): massive red spike, the price fell from $9K to $4K… and that’s when the most explosive bull market began ▪️June 2022: sales with losses after the collapse of Luna, Celsius, etc., marked the bottom at $17K
🔸If history rhymes, this level of REALIZED LOSSES suggests that we could be close to a significant reversal. 🔸Panic does not last forever. But it leaves clues.
The market capitalization of stablecoins is falling, a bearish sign as some investors exit cryptocurrencies during the correction while precious metals rise, according to the CryptoQuant analyst.
WALL STREET IS NOT INVERTED, IT IS ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO BREAK IF THE WIND CHANGES
The debt with which investors buy shares on credit rose by +$11,300M in December and reached $1.23 TRILLION
It is the HIGHEST LEVEL IN HISTORY
🔹8 consecutive months of increase in this LEVERAGE 🔹+44% since April 2023 🔹Debt is growing +20 points faster than the SP500 (largest gap since the meme euphoria of 2021) 🔹Except for 2021, something like this hasn't been seen since 2007, before the collapse
What does this mean?
▪️It is a CLASSIC sign of euphoria and complacency ▪️It happens when investors are so sure… that they go into debt like never before ▪️It happened in 2000 (dot-com bubble), in 2007 (before the crash), and in 2021 (before the bear market of 2022)
It does not mean that "everything ends tomorrow." But any shock (Fed, geopolitics, earnings) could trigger a LONG SQUEEZE (forced sales, cascading liquidations, and a violent drop) A long squeeze is a rapid and unexpected drop in the price of an asset that forces investors with leveraged long positions to sell hastily to limit losses, causing a further drop
Gold has just reached HISTORIC HIGHS against ALL major FIAT currencies:
▪️Dollar (USD) → new ATH ▪️Euro (EUR) → new ATH ▪️Japanese Yen (JPY) → new ATH ▪️British Pound (GBP) → new ATH
It’s not just a rally against the weak dollar. It’s a GLOBAL rejection of uncontrollably printed money.
Why is gold screaming “DANGER!” louder than ever?
-Because the fundamentals are a ticking time bomb.
The United States is the epicenter of the problem ▪️Federal debt: $38.8 TRILLION (increasing by $9,000M per day) ▪️Annual deficit (the difference between spending and income): $2 TRILLION ▪️Debt interest: absorbs 18–20% of ALL taxes ▪️In 1–2 years, interest would exceed what is spent on Medicare or Social Security ▪️Congress doesn’t even pretend to want to stop: they approve trillions without discussion
Europe and Japan ▪️Debt/GDP at unpayable levels (Italy, France, and Japan exceed 250%) ▪️Central banks trapped: if they raise rates, they collapse the economy ▪️QE to stimulate the economy and deficits → destruction of purchasing power ▪️Confidence in the euro and yen disintegrates quarter by quarter
The real factor (which almost nobody mentions)
🔸For the first time since 1996, the value of gold in the possession of central banks ($4.6T) exceeds the value of U.S. Treasury bonds they hold ($3.9T) 🔸Central banks (especially in Asia and emerging countries) are buying gold at RECORD PACE 🔸Institutional investors are fleeing from Treasury bonds at the rate of 2011 🔸Gold is returning to what it has always been:
LAST RESORT money when trust in fiat collapses It’s no coincidence. It’s a GLOBAL MONETARY REORDERING in real-time from which #Bitcoin and #crypto are expected to benefit Especially considering that $BTC HAS ALWAYS risen when GOLD found its ceiling
Donald J. Trump said that the United States will increase tariffs on South Korea from 15% to 25% after the Seoul legislature did not approve a previously agreed trade deal.