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Leading cryptocurrencies rose slightly on Tuesday as investors weighed renewed tensions in the Middle East and the Federal Reserve's upcoming decision on interest rates. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m.
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Bitcoin traded near $64,000 on Tuesday, recovering from earlier losses as investors prepared for one of the most uncertain U.S. Federal Reserve meetings in years. While AI-driven technology stocks extended their recent decline, the leading cryptocurrency remained relatively stable, reinforcing expectations that Bitcoin may be less sensitive to the upcoming interest rate decision than traditional risk assets.
Audiera soared 21.33% to $3.48, topping the gainers list. MemeCore fell 5.69% to $1.12, leading the losers.
Near Protocol (NEAR) has lost the technical structure that supported its recovery over the past two months, raising concerns that the cryptocurrency could face additional downside. After weeks of consolidating above major moving averages, NEAR has broken below critical support, signaling a shift in momentum from buyers to sellers.
Ethereum (ETH) remains on a steady recovery path despite a minor pullback, with the second-largest cryptocurrency trading just below the $1,900 mark as investors watch for another attempt to break above the key $2,000 resistance level. The recent price action suggests buyers continue to control the trend, even as ETH struggles to overcome a significant technical barrier.
XRP is approaching one of its most important psychological support levels as bearish momentum continues to dominate the market. After failing to sustain its latest recovery, the cryptocurrency has broken below a tightening symmetrical triangle pattern and is now trading near $1.06, placing the key $1.00 support level in focus.
Large blockchain networks including Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and Avalanche (AVAX) have recorded notable increases in on-chain activity and reductions in transaction costs over the past year, even as the prices of their native tokens experienced substantial declines.
A sweeping wave of forced liquidations ripped through crypto derivatives markets over the past 24 hours, with Bitcoin (BTC) alone seeing roughly $15.44 billion in positions wiped out—an event that traders framed less as a simple price dip and more as a rapid unwinding of overcrowded 'leveraged long' bets. The liquidation shock was not confined to BTC.
Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), the Bitcoin-focused firm formerly known as MicroStrategy and led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, has prolonged its break from acquiring the cryptocurrency for a fifth consecutive week.
TD Cowen has significantly revised downward its price objective for Nakamoto Inc., the bitcoin-focused treasury firm associated with David Bailey, in response to an updated assessment of the cryptocurrency's trajectory.
Lido, a liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, has commenced a significant infrastructure update that involves consolidating more than 8 million ETH—valued at approximately $16 billion to $16.5 billion—into larger validators.
The current circulating supply of the Hyperliquid protocol is approximately 270 million HYPE tokens. Core project contributors release nearly 550,000 units monthly through their allocation schedule. The Aligned Quote Asset version 2 integration establishes Coinbase as the official issuer for the USDC treasury on the network.
Zcash researchers published more than 2,700 machine-checked theorems designed to rule out undetectable counterfeiting bugs in Ironwood.
Audiera breached the $3 support to a low of $2.4 amid intense selling pressure.
The crypto derivatives market was hit by a fresh wave of forced liquidations over the past 24 hours, with leverage being unwound across major tokens and exchanges—an event that typically reflects either a sudden price shock or a rapid volatility spike that overwhelms crowded positioning. According to CoinGlass data, approximately $15.44 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) positions and about $10.15 billion in Ethereum (ETH) positions were liquidated during the period.
Bitcoin sat at ,800 when Meta's AI model dropped a pretty bold call: the coin could run to somewhere between ,000 and ,000 within the next 60 days.
Solana (SOL) slipped on Tuesday as macro headwinds pressured risk assets, even as the network rolled out significant infrastructure upgrades that developers and institutions say could strengthen its long-term fundamentals. As of 4:41 p.m.
Bitcoin and Ether opened June lower, with macro tensions and U.S.-Iran conflict souring crypto sentiment despite risk-friendly equity futures.
Every month, social media and news aggregators sound the same alarm: Ripple unlocks 1 billion XRP from escrow. The retail investor's immediate reaction is usually to sell, anticipating a supply shock. The data shows this response lacks solid technical footing.
The implementation of the Dencun upgrade in March 2024, which activated EIP-4844 (Proto-Danksharding), has modified the cost structure of second-layer networks. Transaction fees on major rollups have decreased between 90% and 95%, establishing a new pricing paradigm. This structural shift, however, introduces a set of economic and technical that determine its future viability.
