Bitcoin Surges to $77,971 as Strategy Buys $2.54B in BTC
The move came alongside a Trump-brokered Iran ceasefire extension and over $289M in 12-hour liquidations, with ETH reclaiming $2,391 and altcoin breadth firmer across the board.
Macro events that move crypto — central bank rate decisions, inflation prints, banking stress, and global risk shifts.
The move came alongside a Trump-brokered Iran ceasefire extension and over $289M in 12-hour liquidations, with ETH reclaiming $2,391 and altcoin breadth firmer across the board.
The first neutral Fear & Greed reading in months lines up with a fresh Nasdaq ATH and a Bitcoin that refuses to break below $78K — risk appetite is thawing across both books.
The flows are the structural story — five straight sessions of net inflows came in even as the Fear & Greed index still reads 33, a divergence that historically resolves with the flows, not the index.
The pullback is shallow relative to last week's move and the index just cleared 21 days of extreme fear, suggesting the bid is thawing even as a fresh geopolitical risk hits crypto.
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American Bitcoin's CSO framed the reversal as institutional surrender — JPMorgan now lets clients borrow against BTC holdings, the same bank that called it a joke 18 months ago.
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The Shark Tank investor told Consensus Miami that 97% of crypto value sits in BTC and ETH while the rest got "slaughtered" — and that Wall Street won't touch the sector until federal law lands.
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