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UAE approves Crypto.com for government crypto payments, allowing residents to pay fees using digital assets like Bitcoin. The United Arab Emirates has taken a major step in digital finance. The country has enabled Crypto.com to process government fees with cryptocurrency. This decision will facilitate the use of digital assets by residents for public services. Crypto.com […] The post UAE Grants License to Crypto.com for Government Crypto Payments appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Bitcoin’s funding rate turned positive as the cryptocurrency held the $80,000 level. Will an uptick in spot ETF inflows trigger a rally to $85,000?

Bitcoin price started a downside correction from the $82,000 zone. BTC is consolidating and might aim for a fresh increase if it clears $82,000. Bitcoin failed to stay above $81,500 and extended losses. The price is trading above $80,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a key contracting triangle forming with support at $80,800 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might extend losses if it stays below the $81,800 and $82,000 levels. Bitcoin Price Dips Again Bitcoin price failed to clear the $82,000 resistance zone. BTC started a downside correction below the $81,500 and $81,200 levels to enter a short-term bearish zone. There was a move below the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $80,421 swing low to the $82,100 high. However, the bulls were active above $80,500. There is also a key contracting triangle forming with support at $80,800 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. Bitcoin is now trading above $80,500

The altcoin market is gaining strength as a growing number of assets beyond the major names have begun pushing higher, drawing attention back to the broader ecosystem after months of Bitcoin-dominated price action. GugaOnchain has identified a specific signal in the volume data that suggests the shift may be more structural than it first appears. Related Reading: Ethereum Is Going Up While Shorts Are Piling In: Find Out What Usually Follows A closer examination of the CEX Volume Ratio — which tracks trading volume across all altcoins excluding the top five assets: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Binance Coin — reveals what the analyst describes as an Altcoin Volume Increasing Trend. The signal is generated when the 30-day moving average of altcoin trading volume crosses above its 365-day moving average — a condition that filters out short-term noise and identifies sustained, trend-level increases in altcoin participation rather than isolated spikes driven by a single asset or event

Strategy’s potential BTC sale has sharpened debate over its bitcoin treasury model after a roughly $12.5 billion quarterly net loss. The company holds 818,869 bitcoin, worth about $67 billion, as investors assess dividends, liquidity, and preferred obligations. Strategy’s Potential BTC Sale Changes the Treasury Debate Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) reported first-quarter 2026 results that drew fresh […]

On-chain data shows Bitcoin network conditions have improved recently, but net capital inflows are still of a relatively weak order. Bitcoin Realized Cap Now Rising, But Only In A Slow Manner As pointed out by CryptoQuant author Axel Adler Jr in an X post, Bitcoin has exited from the “panic zone” on the Realized Profit/Loss Ratio. This on-chain indicator tells us, as its name suggests, whether BTC investors are selling their coins at a profit or loss. Related Reading: XRP Pulls Back, But TD Sequential Flashes Buy Signal Below is the chart shared by Adler Jr that shows how the 30-day moving average (MA) value of the metric has changed for Bitcoin over the past decade. As is visible in the graph, the 30-day SMA of the Bitcoin Realized P/L Ratio shot up to significant levels during 2025, suggesting investors were using the bullish momentum to take profits. The trend shifted in the last quarter of the year as the sector as a whole observed a downturn. After the drawdown extended in 2026, t

The latest Bitcoin (BTC) rally is already showing signs of losing momentum, and several analysts warn that a larger correction may be closer.  AlejandroBTC—posting on X (formerly Twitter)—called the current price behavior “a dead cat bounce,” suggesting the recent rebound may be near its end and that Bitcoin could be set up for a much deeper drop. Bear Market Still In Play? In AlejandroBTC’s “most optimistic” framing, the move above $82,000 could have actually marked the top for the cryptocurrency. If that scenario plays out, he warned it could trigger a major downturn. His estimate points to a potential 50% decline toward the $40,000 region.  In his view, that area would not just be another dip, but potentially where a more durable “solid base” could form—effectively implying a market bottom could be built from there rather than continuing to spiral lower. Related Reading: Dogecoin Price Set To Hit $5 Amid New Influx From Smart Money? Another analyst, CryptoCon, offered a different wa