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Bitcoin’s sharp rallies mask a deeper bear market that could end in a brutal crash, as speculative optimism fades, corporate exposure grows riskier, and digital gold narratives unravel, according to longtime crypto critic Peter Schiff. Bitcoin Rallies Are Traps, Peter Schiff Says, ‘Sell the Rip’ Before Bear Market Crash Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff […]

Retail investors are scrutinizing the crypto market for signs that it may have bottomed out to gauge when to buy more crypto assets, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment.“Retail traders are trying to meta-analyze the market, looking for signs of others quitting to time their own entries, which often happens near bottoms,” Santiment said in a report on Saturday.Santiment has linked this to the word “capitulation,” which has become a top-trending crypto term on social media, according to the platform’s data. Source: CryptoQuantThe term describes investors selling their holdings out of fear that the market won’t recover, a scenario that…

BlackRock’s spot bitcoin BTC$70,316.45 exchange-traded fund has been a massive hit since launch, pulling in billions from investors seeking exposure to the cryptocurrency without the hassle of crypto wallets or exchanges. Traders and analysts religiously track inflows into the fund to gauge how institutions are positioning in the market.Now they might have to do the same with options tied to the ETF, as activity exploded during Thursday’s crash. According to one observer, the record activity stemmed from a hedge fund blowup, while others disagreed, citing routine market chaos as a catalyst.What really stood outOn Friday, as the ETF tanked 13%…

Bitcoin’s next major catalyst may come from the common assumption being flipped on its head that interest rates are bullish for Bitcoin only when they fall, according to a crypto analyst.“I think we should expect that having more accommodative policies may in fact actually not be the catalyst to help us go into a bull market,” ProCap Financial chief investment officer Jeff Park said during an interview with Anthony Pompliano on Thursday.“We have to accept that reality and possibility,” Park said. Accomodative policies, such as lowering interest rates, are employed by the US Federal Reserve to stimulate economic growth, reduce…

In brief Pop music icon Justin Bieber paid $1.3 million worth of ETH for a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT in 2022. The NFT now is worth less than 6 ETH, or around $12,000, as NFTs and Ethereum have fallen in value. Even common Bored Apes at were trading for as much as $429,000 in 2022 before collapsing. Pop music icon Justin Bieber became one of the most famous members of the Bored Ape Yacht Club when he spent 500 ETH—or around $1.3 million—in January 2022 for Ethereum-based NFT, Bored Ape #3001. Bieber’s ape, among the most common in the collection…

After several consecutive all-time lows, where is PI’s bottom and how deep can it plunge? It has been just under a year since the controversial project’s native token began trading on several exchanges. The journey so far has been quite underwhelming for investors, who saw the PI token rocket to an all-time high of $2.99 in late February 2025 and then experienced what can only be described as a massive cataclysmic nosedive. PI dumped by more than 95% in less than a year. The past few weeks have been particularly painful as the token crashed to consecutive all-time lows, with…

Zach Anderson Feb 06, 2026 13:31 Circle’s response to Swiss stablecoin consultation calls for equivalence pathway for regulated foreign stablecoins, warning current draft risks isolating Switzerland from $300B market. Circle submitted its formal response to Switzerland’s Federal Council consultation on stablecoin regulation on February 6, warning that the proposed framework could effectively shut out foreign-issued stablecoins from the Swiss market—including Circle’s own USDC.The USDC issuer’s central objection: Switzerland’s draft rules would treat all non-Swiss stablecoins the same as unbacked crypto assets, regardless of whether they’re fully reserved and regulated elsewhere. With the global stablecoin market now exceeding $300 billion, Circle…

Bitcoin has regained some of its footing after briefly touching $60,000 on Thursday.The crash was prompted by a plethora of factors.Market watchers say Bitcoin’s selloff over the past three months is unprecedented.Bitcoin jumped back above the $70,000 mark on Friday as investors piled back into the asset class following a volatile week for the cryptocurrency market at large. The $1.3 trillion digital asset is up over 6% today after plunging to nearly $60,000 earlier on Thursday. Ether has jumped more than 7% to above $2,000 while XRP trades at $1.46, up nearly 20%. Market watchers say the worst is over.…

APIA, Samoa, Feb. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, announced the launch of Phemex TradFi, a new futures trading offering that allows users to access traditional financial assets, including stocks and precious metals, on a 24/7 basis. Futures linked to commodities, foreign exchange, and global indices will be introduced in subsequent phases. The launch marks Phemex’s entry into multi-market derivatives, enabling traders to manage exposure to both crypto and traditional assets within a single, USDT-settled futures framework. To support early adoption, Phemex is introducing a 0-Fee TradFi Futures Carnival, offering three months of zero trading fees, starting…

Vitalik Buterin warns copy-paste Layer 2s and generic EVM chains are stalling Ethereum’s long-term scaling vision. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has said that many new Layer 2 (L2) networks are repeating shallow design patterns, and warned that generic EVM chains with optimistic bridges are holding back meaningful progress. His comments extend the public debate over whether today’s L2 ecosystem still aligns with Ethereum’s original scaling goals. No More “Copypasta” EVM Chains In a February 5 post on X, Buterin argued that comfort and familiarity, not technical necessity, are driving many L2 launches, leading to copy-paste designs that add little beyond…