Category: Cryptocurrency news

Bitfinex Showcases Bitcoin‑Native Infrastructure With Ark’s First Live Implementations

Bitfinex covered Ark in 2023 as an unimplemented proposal; today two operational versions, Arkade and Bark, run on the Bitcoin mainnet. Ark Labs raised $5.2 million in March 2026 with backing from Tether, Ego Death Capital, Epoch VC, and Anchorage Digital. Hodl Hodl, Bitrefill, and Lendasat already integrate Arkade to provide payments, swaps, and escrow, […]

Bitcoin Keeps Hitting a $68,000 Wall—A 3.55 Million BTC Cluster Helps Explain Why

ETF Demand Is Driving Bitcoin, but Price Faces a Supply Wall Bitcoin gained roughly 10% in July, rebounding from lows near $58,000 to around $63,955 by July 24. However, Bitfinex analysts believe 3.55 million $BTC acquired near $68,000 are blocking a sustained move above that level. The analysts framed the market’s recent advance around crypto-native […]

A $5 billion cluster has formed in bitcoin options. It tells a bullish story

Bitcoin’s $BTC$64,953.29 options market on the leading exchange, Deribit, is heavily concentrated around two specific price levels, and the positioning tells a clear bullish story. The $70,000 and $72,000 options have together accumulated a notional open interest of nearly $5 billion, representing roughly 18% of the platform’s total $BTC options open interest of $28 billion. […]