Bollinger Bands creator eyes Bitcoin bear-market end, 'W'-shaped reversal

Bitcoin (BTC) is completing a “perfectly fractal” reversal pattern that a well-known analyst hopes could end the bear market.  Key points:Bitcoin is on the final leg of what could become a major “W”-shaped reversal pattern.John Bollinger suggests that its success could “break” the downtrend in place since October 2025.Institutional interest slowly returns as newly reclaimed $60,000 holds.  John Bollinger hints BTC price “W” reversal could break bears  In X posts on Friday, John Bollinger, creator of the Bollinger Bands volatility indicator, eyed a “W”-shaped double bottom on BTC/USD.  “$BTC has seen a series of bullish patterns broken, evidence of the power of the downtrend,” he commented.  “Will this W be the one that breaks the trend?”  “W”-shaped reversals involve two swing lows with a rejected rebound in between, with price ultimately breaking through that rejection level to form a new uptrend.  Bollinger uploaded a chart showing how neatly the current setup aligns with the lower band of the Bollinger Bands indicator on daily time frames.  “Note that it is perfectly fractal. The are small ws at the nadirs and a small m at the apex,” he added, also pointing to a “W” on the weekly chart.BTC/USD one-day chart with Bollinger Bands. Source: John Bollinger/X  Bollinger has been bullish on

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UK's bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trading, but huge compliance hurdles still threaten the rollout

The U.K.s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unveiled its cryptocurrency regulatory framework this week, winning early praise for taking an internationally connected approach, but industry participants said significant questions remain before Britain can establish itself as a global crypto hub.  The FCAs package of rules creates a framework that preserves access to global liquidity through overseas trading venues and allows non-U.K.-issued stablecoins to circulate, various industry participants have highlighted.  “The publication of the FCAs final crypto rules is a major milestone for regulatory clarity and a strong outcome for the U.K.s competitiveness in digital asset innovation,” Katie Harries, Coinbases head of policy for Europe, said in a Telegram message.  Also, FCAs new measures around global liquidity and non-domestic stablecoins contrast with what many industry participants view as the more protectionist approach set out by the European Unions (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which effectively encouraged firms to ring-fence European operations and liquidity.  Particularly, FCAs new Qualifying Cryptoasset Trading Platform (QCATP) model should allow overseas exchanges to serve U.K. customers through locally authorized branches connected to existing global trading infrastructure, according to Christopher Collins, a financial markets and regulation partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman.  “The benefit of such an approach is allowing access for U.K. customers

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Binance and Coinbase Ready for Huge Cardano Upgrade

According to recent ecosystem data, the layer-1 blockchain is approaching full readiness for the V11 hard fork, which has been officially dubbed “van Rossem.”  Major cryptocurrency exchanges, including industry giants Binance and Coinbase, have already signaled their operational readiness.  The much-anticipated upgrade is essentially ready to go, but it still needs to receive the final sign-off from the Constitutional Committee (CC).  The “van Rossem” hard fork?  The upgrade has been named after the late Max van Rossem, and it is meant to honor his substantial contributions to building the Cardano community and developing its governance structure.  Technically, V11 is categorized as an “intra-era” hard fork. This means developers can introduce new features and optimize the protocol without moving to a new blockchain era (this makes it possible to minimize protocol disruptions).  According to Cardano ecosystem contributors, the hard fork will introduce cheaper smart contracts, ZK-ready cryptography, as well as some new built-in functions.  The van Rossem hard fork is supposed to act as a bridge to Cardanos next Dijkstra era.  Full readiness  The van Rossem hard fork requires the decentralized approval of multiple independent actors.  The network has already successfully executed the hard fork on its Preview and Preprod testnets to make sure that it is stable enough for a

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Crypto.com Hires Former Barclays and LSEG Executive to Lead Institutional Expansion

Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has appointed Iskandar Vanblarcum, a former executive at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Barclays, as its new managing director. The move signals the exchanges intensified push to attract institutional investors and expand into emerging sectors such as prediction markets and tokenized real-world assets (RWA).  A Strategic Hire for Institutional Growth  Vanblarcum‘s background spans traditional finance and capital markets infrastructure. At LSEG, he held roles focused on market structure and institutional client relationships, while at Barclays, he worked within the investment bank’s electronic trading and markets divisions. His experience is expected to help Crypto.com bridge the gap between traditional finance and the digital asset ecosystem.  The exchange has been actively building out its institutional offerings, including custody solutions, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and prime brokerage services. This hire aligns with a broader industry trend of crypto platforms recruiting seasoned professionals from legacy financial institutions to enhance credibility and operational sophistication.  Focus on Prediction Markets and Tokenized Assets  According to a report from The Block, Vanblarcum will be specifically tasked with driving Crypto.coms future businesses in prediction markets and tokenized real-world assets. Prediction markets allow users to trade on the outcome of future events, such as elections or economic indicators, and have gained

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What is Robinhood's New L2 Blockchain?

Robinhood Chain is Robinhoods (@RobinhoodApp) own Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, and its public mainnet went live on July 1, 2026. It is built to move tokenized stocks, DeFi products and AI-driven trading onto a network that connects straight into Robinhoods app and self-custody wallet. The company switched it on at a London keynote called “The World is Flat,” and HOOD stock climbed more than 8% after the event.  The more interesting part is what is not new here. Under the branding, Robinhood Chain is a fairly standard Layer 2. The story is less about the technology and more about who is pushing millions of users toward it.  What is Robinhood Chain built on?  Robinhood Chainruns on Arbitrums Orbit technology, the same stack behind many custom Layer 2 networks. It settles transactions on Ethereum as an optimistic rollup and uses ETH to pay for gas. There is no separate Robinhood chain token for governance or fees, at least none that the company has announced.  That design gives it Ethereums security while keeping costs lower than the base layer. Robinhood claims block times of roughly 100 milliseconds, which is fast for a Layer 2 and aimed at trading. The network is fully compatible with Ethereum tooling,

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SOL rallies as Solana memecoins, prediction market activity surge: Are bulls back?

Key takeaways:Solanas tokenized assets and memecoin revival drove SOL to a 30-day high at $83.Bullish leveraged appetite cooled sharply, suggesting traders are hesitant to bet on further gains to $90.  Solanas SOL token jumped to its highest mark in over 30 days on Friday at $83, marking a decoupling from the altcoin market. SOLs rally gained steam from a surge in tokenized trading volume on Solana, inflows of stablecoin liquidity, and an unexpected comeback in memecoin activity. Can SOL reclaim the $90 level?  Total altcoin market capitalization, USD (left) vs. SOL/USD (right). Source: TradingView  SOL‘s bullish momentum ignited on June 23, coinciding with cumulative tokenized stock transfers on Solana surpassing $10 billion. The launch of SpaceX shares trading by Backpack propelled Solana’s decentralized finance (DeFi) utilization. In contrast, the broader altcoin market extended its downtrend, hitting the lowest level since December 2023.30-day tokenized assets net flows ex-stablecoins, USD. Source: RWA.xyz  Tokenized assets on the Solana network surged to a record-high $3.5 billion on Wednesday, up from $2.7 billion one month prior. The recent boost came from corporate credit tokens and stock market indexes, such as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100. According to RWA.xyz data, Solana leads with 294,274 active addresses in the tokenized

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Bitcoin, Ether extend relief rallies as extreme fear meets renewed ETF buying

Bitcoin (BTC) rallied, $50 short of $63,000, on July 3, and Ether (ETH) outperformed the wider market, pushing to $1,775. The end-of-week rally comes a few days after BTC fell to a 21-month low and ETH sank to fresh year-to-date lows. Highlighting the negative sentiment, the Crypto Fear & Greed index registered “Extreme Fear” at 11 out of 100.Crypto Fear & Greed Index.   That gap between the “Extreme Fear” reading and Fridays bullish market activity is worth noting. On July 2, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took in a net $221.7 million, their largest single-day inflow since early May and a break from 10 consecutive days of outflows.Spot Bitcoin ETF netflows.   Futures markets fuel Bitcoin and Ether gains  The leverage side of the crypto market looks more one-sided than the spot buying data alone would suggest. “Funding,” the periodic payment traders holding bets on higher prices make to traders betting on lower prices when the market leans bullish, has stayed positive for the past eight days and has been climbing throughout this period.Bitcoin open interest, funding rate.   The total amount of outstanding leveraged Bitcoin positions is also near its highest level in the past several days, even though the price

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Bitcoin price tags $62.3K nine-day high after global stocks hit historic record

Bitcoin (BTC) saw new July highs on Friday as bulls kept pushing over the US holiday period.  Key points:Bitcoin sustains upside momentum as BTC price action nears its 200-week moving average.That trend line now forms the centerpoint of a “strong resistance area.”Global equities hit record levels as Fed rate-hike odds simmer on weaker jobs data.  Bitcoin buyers “chasing” as BTC price eyes key trend line  Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $62,295 on Bitstamp, its highest since June 24.BTC/USD four-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView  US markets were closed for the Independence Day holiday, with the Dow Jones closing at record highs the day prior. As noted by trading resource The Kobeissi Letter, the global stock market cap also hit new all-time highs.  “Global equities are in the midst of one of the most powerful rallies in history,” it wrote in a post on X.Source: The Kobeissi Letter/X  Commenting on the latest BTC price action, X commentator Exitpump eyed “controlled slow buying” on exchanges.  “Looks good for continuation higher, although keeping in mind 62K - 62.5K as a strong resistance area,” they told X followers.BTC/USD order-book data. Source: Exitpump/X  Trader Daan Crypto Trades focused on the 200-week simple moving average (SMA), currently at $62,652, for the weekly candle close.  “It is

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Bitcoin supply metric prints first 'buy' signal since late 2022 as bear market continues

Bitcoin (BTC) has added another bear-market bottom signal this month as analysis draws comparisons to November 2022.  Key points:Bitcoin adds to its list of bear-market bottom signals with a key supply ratio “buy” trigger.A bear-market floor could still be some time off, analysis says, with supply held at a loss still relatively low.Demand is the missing piece of the puzzle to shore up a bullish rebound.  Bitcoin profit metric echoes 2022 bear-market bottom zone  In a blog post on Friday, crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr., a contributor to onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant, confirmed the return of a key Bitcoin buy signal.  Advanced Net UTXO Supply Ratio, which measures the proportion of the BTC supply which last moved in profit or loss, is back in negative territory for the first time in nearly four years.  “The ratio dropped into deeply negative territory and then crossed back above the signal threshold on the rebound, which caused the model to print BUY on several sessions in late June and early July,” Adler wrote.  “This is the first buy trigger since November 2022, which was the bottom of the previous bear cycle.”Bitcoin Advanced Net UTXO Supply Ratio. Source: CryptoQuant  UTXO Supply Ratio cues do not imply that a macro bottom has

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Belgian police arrest suspected phishing gang leader tied to $572K theft

Belgian authorities arrested a 19-year-old suspected of being a key figure in a European phishing and money-laundering network that stole more than 500,000 euros ($572,000) using fake government emails and phone calls to trick victims into installing remote-access software.  Authorities detained the suspect in an Airbnb in Antwerp, where a second suspect was also found. The Federal Judicial Police launched the investigation in March 2026, when phishing attacks became a priority in the region, according to a Thursday police report.  The main suspect was brought before an investigating judge, who issued an arrest warrant. The gang used money mules and cash carriers and laundered the proceeds through cryptocurrencies.  The investigation shows that crypto can play multiple roles in phishing operations, including as a means of laundering illicit proceeds.  Phishing dominates crypto security losses  Phishing is also a major threat to cryptocurrency investors, accounting for the majority of the $482 million lost in the first quarter of 2026. Phishing and social engineering attacks accounted for $306 million of those losses, according to Hacken.  Phishing attacks and social engineering scams are a long-standing hurdle for the crypto industry, as attackers exploit human behavior rather than the code of a protocol.  On May 25, onchain analyst “b-block” warned that scammers

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