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Bitcoin Risks Slide to $55,000 as Debasement Trade Unwinds and Liquidity Tightens

Bitcoin Risks Slide to $55,000 as Debasement Trade Unwinds and Liquidity Tightens

| JUAN MENDE |
Bitcoin trades near $61,500, marking an approximately 50% correction from its October 2025 peak near $126,000. Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, forecasts Bitcoin could fall to $55,000 before a cycle low forms between late August and October 2026. Gold has dropped below $4,000 per ounce (down 28% from its January 2025 peak of $5,600) and silver below $59 per ounce (more than 50% from records), ending the 2025 debasement trade…
Synthetix governance has approved SIP-423, a proposal to fully decommission and deprecate its native sUSD stablecoin across Ethereum and Optimism networks. Holders will receive four locked SNX tokens for eac…
Bitcoin trades near $61,500, marking an approximately 50% correction from its October 2025 peak near $126,000. Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, forecasts Bitcoin could fall to $55,000 before a…
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June 22, 2026
Secret Network’s cross-chain bridge was hit for $4.7 million following an exploit tied to a critical infinite mint smart contract vulnerability. Three high-profile board members of Sonic Labs, including DeFi pioneer Andre Cronje, have resigned amidst a broader governance restructuring. The native S token dropped another 5% on the news, continuing a steep decline that has wiped out roughly 97% of its value from its all-time high. The decentralize…

June 22, 2026
On-chain settlement volume hit $7.5 trillion in March 2026, marking the first month it surpassed the total volume cleared by the traditional United States Automated Clearing House (ACH) network. The aggregate stablecoin supply surged to $323 billion, representing a substantial 56% year-over-year increase from the same period last year. Institutional adoption and cross-border commercial transactions continue to fuel tokenized dollar velocity, t…

June 22, 2026
Algorand has announced a structured technical roadmap targeting broad quantum resilience across its network layer by the end of 2027. The phased rollout begins in Q3 2026 with the integration of native Falcon-1024 post-quantum accounts directly supported by software development kits and user wallets. The strategy encompasses upgrades to user infrastructure and consensus mechanisms, positioning the blockchain ahead of the cryptographic timelines…

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