Pascal Gauthier

Behind every wild Bitcoin candle in 2025 is a quiet shift in collateral, basis, and ETF flows. Funding rates, margin haircuts, and spot ETF hedging now have as much impact on the price as any macroeconomic headline. Collateral settings across futures and lending venues influence the Bitcoin spot price through forced hedging and liquidations. The […] The post At $2.1T market cap, what causes Bitcoin price to move up or down in 2025? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin’s four-year cycle used to offer a simple script: halving rewards meant scarcity, and scarcity meant higher prices. This pattern held for over a decade. Every four years, the network’s reward to miners was halved, thereby tightening the supply, followed by a speculative frenzy that resulted in a new all-time high. However, as Bitcoin hovers […] The post Is Bitcoin’s 4-year cycle dead or are market makers in denial? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tharimmune, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company traditionally focused on developing therapies for rare immune, inflammatory, and oncologic diseases, has just announced its pivot into digital assets, raising approximately $540 million via a private placement led by proprietary trading firm DRW and crypto-focused venture capital firm Liberty City Ventures. According to Tharimmune, Inc.’s announcement today, it […]

XRP can serve as short-term working capital for currency exchanges, as transactions typically take only a few minutes to complete. Orders move through central exchanges, and if any money needs to be held briefly, companies can hedge that risk using XRP futures. The idea is to use local liquidity at both ends of a transaction […] The post How XRP can provide $5B+ daily ‘working capital’ for currency exchanges appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin ended October lower for the first time since 2018, breaking a seven-year run of gains in a month traders once treated like free profit season, according to data from CoinGecko. The OG crypto closed the month down about 5% as risk appetite weakened, leverage was wiped out, and uncertainty hit global markets. The decline […]

As October comes to a close, Bitcoin (BTC) has disappointed many who had anticipated the month to be a strong one for the cryptocurrency, often referred to as “Uptober” due to its historically positive performance. Instead, Bitcoin finished the month down, creating a gap of approximately 13% from its all-time high.  Historical Trends Suggest Bitcoin Could Rebound Joel Kruger, a market strategist at LMAX Group, noted that while October was a letdown compared to historical trends, it’s...

Every few months, headlines warn of a looming multi-billion-dollar options expiry poised to shake Bitcoin price. This quarter’s figure, roughly $13 billion in notional contracts, sounds dramatic, yet it’s part of a well-worn pattern on Deribit, the exchange that clears nearly 90% of Bitcoin’s options open interest. The real story isn’t the size of the […] The post Why $13B in Bitcoin options expiring this week is a price nothing burger appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Crypto is nothing if not cyclical. Every cycle births icons, wrecks them, and sometimes resurrects them. What was once written off as dead can roar back to life with a vengeance, reshaped by regulation, technology, or sheer market gravity. From courtrooms to codebases, from bankrupt exchanges to blockchains that refused to quit, the industry’s best […] The post The 5 unbelievable crypto comeback stories that changed the world forever appeared first on CryptoSlate.

For nearly five years, XRP was the crypto token that couldn’t shake its courtroom shadow. This resulted in its price stagnating, exchanges delisting it, and institutional desks quietly stepping away as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursued Ripple Labs over allegations of unregistered securities sales. During that time, other assets sprinted ahead. Bitcoin […] The post The XRP era: $1B Nasdaq listing and 1,000% liquidity surge mark a sensational comeback appeared first on...

JPMorgan attributes the recent Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) sell-off to crypto-native leverage rather than institutional exits, noting that spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed minimal forced selling while perpetual futures markets faced sharp deleveraging across both assets. Bitcoin fell 13.1% from $122,316 on Oct. 3 to $106,329 by Oct. 17, while perpetual open interest […] The post JPMorgan: crypto-native leverage drove sell-off; ETFs barely flinched appeared first on CryptoSlate.