Lyn Alden says Bitcoin needs no savior as Strategy sells $216M of BTC

Geopolitical tensions elevate market volatility, impacting oil prices and crypto, while escalating risks strain investor confidence globally. The post Trump threatens to seize Iran’s Kharg Island as oil prices spike and Bitcoin wobbles appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Analyst warns Bitcoin could slide to $56,550 amid Iran reversal appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Following a short-term recovery above $64,000, Bitcoin (BTC) rapidly reversed and plummeted toward $62,000 in the night between July 7 and 8, leading one popular cryptocurrency analyst to warn that $56,550 might be its next target. Specifically, in a Wednesday X post, Ali Martinez explained that BTC was rejected after reaching the top of the channel at $63,600 and that it now faces a potential drop toward $59,700.  The ultimate target of the downside, the on-chain expert added, could be as low as $56,550, considering that the price represents the bottom of the channel. Bitcoin $BTC is getting rejected at the top of its channel. This could trigger a pullback toward $59,700, with $56,550 as the next downside target. pic.twitter.com/GvI9fMFQbD — Ali Charts (@alicharts) July 8, 2026 How a reversal in Iran negotiations triggered a Bitcoin price crash Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s latest down

The post Saylor Says 3.3% BTC Annual Growth Can Fund STRC Dividends Forever appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Saylor says 3.3% annual Bitcoin appreciation can fund Strategy’s dividends indefinitely.  At 0% Bitcoin appreciation, Strategy reserves cover STRC dividends for 31 years. JPMorgan flagged that Strategy BTC sales could produce up to $1.25B in sell pressure. Strategy’s Michael Saylor has put a precise number on what it takes to make the company’s Bitcoin treasury model self-sustaining: a 3.3% annual appreciation rate in Bitcoin, which he is calling the BTC Breakeven ARR. Strategy currently holds 843,775 Bitcoin worth approximately $53.8 billion at current prices. Annual dividend obligations on its STRC preferred shares run at approximately $1.8 billion.  Divide the dividend obligation by the Bitcoin reserve, and you get 3.3%, the minimum Bitcoin appreciation rate at which capital gains from selling a small portion of the stack can cover dividends indefinitely without depleting

This move could accelerate Bitcoin's integration into mainstream finance, potentially boosting institutional trust and influencing its market value. The post New hampshire set to approve world’s first $100 million bitcoin-backed municipal bond appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Bitcoin’s Recovery Must Come From Fundamentals: Lyn Alden appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin is facing its weakest sentiment cycle yet, according to Lyn Alden, a Bitcoin-focused macroeconomist who said the asset must stand on its own as Strategy disclosed a $216 million Bitcoin sale earlier this week. “I don’t think there’s anything coming to save Bitcoin,” Alden said in a Tuesday interview with journalist and Bitcoin educator Natalie Brunell, saying the asset’s long-term success must come from its own fundamentals rather than external catalysts. “The asset just has to survive on its own merits,” Alden said, pointing to Bitcoin’s underlying properties as a liquid, permissionless way to store and send value, instead of relying on a new source of demand. Her comments come as institutional adoption and corporate treasury strategies have become features of Bitcoin’s latest market cycle. On Monday, Strategy’s weekly 8-K filing disclosed that it sold 3,588 BTC. Bitcoin sen

The post Nigerian Naira (NGN) and Vietnamese Dong: Why You Should Not Underrate The Fiat Currencies That Are Becoming Promising Markets for USDT and Bitcoin appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto exchange has long expanded beyond simple dollar and euro trading pairs. In many cases, users need to solve a specific task: buy USDT with local currency, exchange Bitcoin for fiat, receive money from abroad, or quickly convert funds for payments. As a result, local fiat currencies are becoming increasingly important within the exchange market. For these use cases, the exchange route itself becomes the deciding factor. NGN (the Nigerian naira) and VND (the Vietnamese dong) clearly illustrate this shift. Demand in these markets is driven by routine transactions involving local currencies, stablecoins, and Bitcoin. Most often, users are buying USDT, entering Bitcoin positions, or cashing out into local currency through a straightforward and efficient exchange route. If you already know what

The post Bitcoin Hasn’t Fully Capitulated Yet: Analysts Warn of Lower Levels Ahead appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. What does BTC’s latest rejection mean for the asset’s upcoming price moves? There’s a lot that’s not going bitcoin’s way at the moment, but we will delve into that in a moment. For this intro, we will just suggest that BTC might actually be performing better than expected, at least for now. However, the latest rejection at $64,000 could spell more trouble ahead, and here are the new bearish targets set by Ali Martinez and Ted Pillows. No Bottom Yet Just think about it – the war was essentially just restarted today as Iran and the US launched new strikes against each other, Strategy sold more than 3,500 BTC, recent reports suggested a major miner capitulation, AI continues to extract capital out of crypto markets, the BTC ETFs bled over $8 billion in two months, the Fed doesn’t seem inclined to lower the rates soon, and yet, the cryptocurrency still trades above $60,

The post One Bitcoin treasury’s paper loss just made Strategy’s stress everyone’s problem appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin treasury preferred stocks are moving from a simple income story into a credit test on Bitcoin balance sheets. Strategy remains the center of gravity, but Strive, the 7th largest public Bitcoin holder, has now put the spillover in public numbers: another Bitcoin treasury company held a Strategy preferred stock and watched that position become a market signal of stress. In its June 29 update, Strive disclosed that it held the same 505,000 STRC shares on June 18 and June 26, while the fair value of that position fell from $44.738 million to $37.658 million. That $7.08 million change happened without a disclosed change in the STRC share count. On a simple division of the filed fair-value figures, Strive’s implied mark moved from roughly $88.59 per share to $74.57 per share in eight days. The disclosure stops short of proving insolvency, forced selling, or a