📊 Bitwise's investment director believes that retail investors have reached the "point of maximum despair" — a signal that often precedes a market bottom.

Matt Hougan thinks the market is going through a "washout" phase before a new rise and expects that by the end of the year BTC could reach $125,000–$150,000.

💸 Long-term Bitcoin holders have sold about 400,000 BTC ($45 billion) in the past month, which has thrown the market out of balance, — Bloomberg.

The price decline is intensifying due to persistent sales in the spot market, where it is precisely the old investors who are now actively taking profits.

💰 The DEX exchange Aster, promoted by CZ, plans to create a public network focused on privacy, with zero gas fees.

🏝 The Council of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands) put up for sale 97 BTC, purchased back in 2012 for €10,000 for blockchain research.

Today this amount is valued at approximately €10 million, which yields a potential profit of about 99,900%.

The sale was delayed for several years due to the need to comply with Spanish legal procedures.

💳 Ripple and Mastercard announced a partnership — in a pilot project, the RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger blockchain will be used for credit card payments.

📊 Buyer demand for BTC has sharply increased again, reaching a new all-time high, with about 350,000 BTC purchased in a month, — CryptoQuant.

Bloomberg, on the other hand, reported that long-term holders sold about 400,000 BTC during the same period.

Glassnode previously explained this as a «redistribution» — older long-term holders selling coins to new market participants.

So, according to experts, the market situation may not be as alarming as some media describe it.

💰 Major projects of the Ethereum ecosystem (Aave Labs, Uniswap Foundation, Lido Labs Foundation, Curve Finance, The Graph Foundation, and others) have created a human rights organization Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance (EPAA).

The initiative aims to defend the interests of DEX protocols and developers, striving for balanced regulation, protection of blockchain neutrality, and preservation of innovative flexibility.

EPAA also intends to act as an intermediary between the community and regulators, cooperating with groups like the DeFi Education Fund and the European Crypto Initiative.

😂 An American convicted of identity theft lost a lawsuit against the US government, in which he demanded the return of a hard drive containing more than 3,400 BTC (about $345 million).

The court dismissed his complaint, noting that Michael Prime had previously denied owning this cryptocurrency and claimed he only had $1,500 in BTC. The judges considered that he claimed his rights to the assets too late and that his story seemed unreliable.

The appellate court upheld the lower court's decision, deeming Prime's claims unfounded.

💰 Today Tether bought an additional 961 BTC ($100 million) — the company now holds 87,296 BTC worth $9 billion.

❤️ Tesla shareholders approved an unprecedented payout package for Elon Musk — nearly $1 trillion.

Under the program's terms, Musk can receive the entire package only if he brings Tesla's market capitalization to $8.5 trillion, launches mass production of robotaxis and humanoid Optimus robots, and works at the company for at least 7.5 years.

📊 The MVRV indicator for Bitcoin has dropped to 1.8 (the lowest since April), which historically signals reaching a local bottom and accumulation zone — analysts point to support around $99,000.

Fundamental indicators remain healthy: exchange reserves are decreasing (coins are being moved to personal wallets), and recent liquidations mostly affected high-leverage speculators, while long-term holders continue to take profits.

The high supply of stablecoins ($183 billion USDT and $75 billion USDC) indicates investors are ready to buy when the market stabilizes.

💰 The President of Ripple stated at a conference in New York that the company has NO plans or timeline for an IPO.

💰 Trust Wallet launched P2P.

Now users can buy crypto directly from each other — without intermediaries and with payment in local currency.

😂 Arthur Hayes launched a giveaway of 10 ZEC (about $6000) on Twitter — participants are invited to come up with the wittiest ending to the phrase “Sam Bankman-Fried, CZ, and Arthur Hayes walk into a…”.

The contest results will be announced on Saturday, and the prize will go to the author of the best entry.

💰 Circle printed about 1,000,000,000 USDC in the last 24 hours.