Brief Summary
Bitcoin is trading around $73K this morning after yesterday’s geopolitical and ETF-driven selloff.
Ethereum is hovering near $2,000 after recently breaking below that level for the first time since late March.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have now posted nine straight days of outflows, the longest withdrawal streak since launching in January 2024.
Roughly $2.8 billion has left spot Bitcoin ETFs during the nine-session streak, including about $1.3 billion this week.
A large Bitcoin and Ethereum options expiry today is keeping short-term volatility risk elevated.
Paxos Securities Settlement Company received SEC approval to register as a clearing agency, making it the first blockchain-native firm approved for that role in the U.S.
The Block’s morning feed highlights more regulated infrastructure moves, including Aave Labs securing U.K. licenses and Base launching Azul on mainnet.
Stablecoin regulation remains a major global fault line, with Europe warning about crypto-bank shocks and the ECB pushing back against euro stablecoin expansion.
Tether’s planned Georgian lari stablecoin remains part of the broader move toward private stablecoin issuers partnering with governments.
Standard Chartered remains bullish on Ethereum long term, pointing to stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets as potential drivers.
DeFi security remains a concern after major 2026 exploits, including the Kelp DAO incident.
The market is stabilizing, but bulls still need ETF inflows, stronger spot demand, or a clean reclaim of the $75K-$80K zone.