Short positioning against Bitcoin has surged 7x, revealing aggressive bearish buildup in the derivatives market. With short-term momentum leaning downward, the order books show a clear concentration of liquidations and sell walls targeted directly at lower support floors.
The technical chart layout highlights two key levels for this downside momentum:
The $57,000 zone acts as the immediate structural support and line in the sand. Bears are aggressively building momentum on the lower timeframes to break this level, aiming to trigger an automated liquidation cascade from over-leveraged retail longs. If daily candle bodies break convincingly below $57k, it will open a high-velocity slide down the board.
The $55,000 to $54,000 range serves as the ultimate macro demand block. This is where the 7x short surge encounters heavy institutional buy walls. Instead of a structural breakdown into a deeper bear market, an expansion into this lower range will likely act as a major liquidity sweep, clearing out late-joining shorts and setting up a textbook spring-board bounce. $BTC #BTC Price Analysis# #Macro Insights#
$DYDX triggered a strong, high-velocity breakout wave on the 1-hour chart, surging vertically out of its consolidation base.
A critical structural demand shelf has established itself firmly around the $0.1550 – $0.1600 region, serving as the primary support cushion where buyers are expected to intercept the pullback.
The technical roadmap projects a direct corrective downswing to retest this lower support baseline before launching a secondary expansion wave back up to challenge the local peak at $0.2444.
Chasing exposure right in the middle of this sharp downward rotation carries an unfavorable risk profile, making patience for a structured retest near the demand floor the smartest play. #DYDX #Crypto #Altcoin Season#
Omniston Now Powers Cross-Chain Swaps Inside Gram Store
A new launchpad built specifically for Telegram Mini Apps just integrated STONfi infrastructure, and the mechanics behind it are worth understanding.
Gram Store runs Simplified Periodic Uniform-Price Auctions to fund new Telegram Mini App projects, supports cross-chain deposits from Base, Polygon, and BNB Chain to TON, and lets users discover the next wave of apps built on Telegram.
Here is where Omniston and STONfi come in. Users from EVM chains can use Omniston to get USDT on TON, swap it to GRAM, and join an auction — all in one cross-chain flow. Once a project hits its fundraising goal in GRAM and graduates, the raised liquidity gets deposited directly into STONfi, with LP tokens locked for 6 to 12 months to keep the team's incentives aligned with long-term holders.
Every successful token launch on Gram Store lands on STONfi. Fresh on-chain liquidity and a growing pool of swappable tokens flowing into the TON ecosystem with every new project that crosses the finish line.
If you are building a launchpad, wallet, or app on TON and need cross-chain settlement, swap, and liquidity infrastructure, the STON.fi SDK and Omniston docs are the fastest way to get started.
– Explore Gram Store : https://t.me/GramStoreApp_bot
Gram Store is a third-party app integrating STONfi infrastructure. STONfi is not affiliated with or responsible for their actions. Always DYOR before interacting with any third-party product.
$XLM has locked into a horizontal trading range on the 1-hour chart after stabilizing from its previous downtrend, building a clear accumulation base.
A firm local demand zone has established itself around the $0.1730 – $0.1750 region for #XLM , serving as the primary support floor to catch any incoming short-term pullbacks.
The technical roadmap highlights a minor corrective downswing to retest this lower support shelf before triggering a strong secondary expansion wave back up toward the $0.1950 – $0.1970 resistance block.
Chasing positions right in the middle of this local compression range offers an unrewarding risk profile, making a patient wait for a structured retest near the demand floor the smartest play. #Altcoin Season# #Crypto
IN surged into an aggressive vertical breakout wave on the 1-hour chart, invalidating the previous resistance levels with intense buying momentum.
The structure has established two critical demand zones for $IN , locking in primary support floors around the $0.1030 – $0.1065 shelf and a deeper fallback zone near $0.0830 – $0.0865.
The roadmap projects two valid paths: an immediate shallow downswing to retest the upper support block or a deeper corrective drop to the macro floor before launching secondary expansion waves higher.
Chasing exposure directly at the vertical peak presents an unfavorable risk profile, making it much smarter to wait for a structured entry trigger at either of the key demand levels. #INI #Meme Alpha# #Bullish
Ripple has entered a firm local consolidation phase on the 1-hour chart after printing a local market structure bottom, working to establish a stable accumulation floor.
A major overhead distribution ceiling has locked in heavily around the $1.1520 – $1.1650 region for $XRP, marking the key resistance target where heavy supply has previously stepped into the market.
This projects a localized consolidation bounce followed by a minor corrective dip to solidify support before triggering an aggressive secondary expansion wave directly up to challenge the resistance ceiling.
Entering directly before a confirmed higher-low pivot carries unnecessary micro risk, so waiting for a clean structural entry trigger remains the smartest play. #XRP #Ripple #Altcoin Season#
VanEck Takes on BlackRock With Zero-Fee Bitcoin ETF.
VanEck has temporarily waived management fees on its spot Bitcoin ETF, giving investors access to Bitcoin with zero sponsor fees until July 31, 2026, or until the fund reaches a specified asset threshold.
The move ramps up competition with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, which currently charges a 0.25% annual expense ratio. While lower fees can improve long-term returns, especially for retail investors, institutional participants often prioritize liquidity, trading volume, and execution quality, areas where BlackRock continues to lead due to its larger asset base.
The fee war reflects the growing maturity of the spot Bitcoin ETF market, with providers competing through pricing, custody solutions, and product offerings to attract both retail and institutional capital. As competition intensifies, investors stand to benefit from lower costs and broader access to regulated Bitcoin investment products.
🇸🇻 El Salvador Adds 8 More BTC to National Treasury
El Salvador expanded its Bitcoin reserves by adding 8 $BTC over the past week, continuing its steady accumulation strategy despite ongoing market volatility.
The country's holdings have now grown to 7,696.37 BTC, valued at over $461 million at current prices.
The move reinforces El Salvador's long-term commitment to Bitcoin, with the government consistently increasing its reserves through regular purchases rather than attempting to time market movements. This dollar-cost averaging approach continues regardless of short-term price fluctuations, highlighting the country's conviction in Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset. $RAVE #Macro Insights# #Crypto #BTC Price Analysis#
Bitcoin is facing conflicting signals as institutional demand weakens while large holders continue accumulating.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have now recorded seven consecutive days of net outflows, with roughly $4.06 billion leaving Bitcoin ETFs this month. That decline has reduced a major source of steady buying pressure that previously helped absorb market selling during corrections.
Despite the outflows, on-chain data shows whales are stepping in. Transactions worth over $100,000 and $1 million surged after $BTC briefly dipped below $60,000, suggesting large investors viewed the pullback as a buying opportunity rather than a reason to exit.
At the same time, long-term holders are beginning to capitulate. The Long-Term Holder SOPR has fallen further below 1, indicating some seasoned investors are now selling at a loss. While this reflects weakening conviction, it also means much of the profitable supply has already been distributed, which could gradually reduce selling pressure over time.
Whale accumulation is helping cushion Bitcoin's downside, but it is unlikely to fully replace the buying power lost from ETF outflows. A stronger and more sustainable recovery will likely require renewed institutional inflows alongside broader spot market demand. #BTC #BTC Price Analysis# #MacroInsights
TON Users Can Now Access Polymarket | And Omniston Makes It Seamless
Prediction markets just got a lot more accessible for TON users, and Omniston is the piece making it work quietly in the background.
Polymarket, the world's largest prediction market, lives entirely in an EVM environment. Before this, TON users holding USDT on TON who wanted to open a position usually had to set up an EVM-compatible wallet, bridge their assets manually, and fund the account before doing anything. Multiple steps, multiple chains, plenty of friction.
Predict with Polymarket changes that by bringing prediction markets directly into Telegram, with Omniston handling the cross-chain execution underneath.
Here is how it actually works. Users connect their TON wallet inside the Predict mini-app, choose an amount in USDT on TON, and open a position. Omniston creates a cross-chain order and coordinates execution so the funds land exactly where they need to be for the prediction market, in the right environment and format. No manual bridging. No second wallet to manage. And when users want to move assets back to TON, Omniston handles that as a gasless flow too.
This is one visible example of Omniston becoming the execution layer that lets TON users reach apps beyond TON entirely.
Read How Omniston Works Behind Predict : https://blog.ston.fi/predict-with-polymarket-omnistons-role-in-connecting-ton-users-to-prediction-markets/
PAIN: Ethereum is on track for its worst three-quarter performance in history.
ETH has posted losses for two consecutive quarters and is now on pace for a third, marking its weakest sustained stretch since launch. The prolonged decline reflects persistent selling pressure, weaker investor sentiment, and a challenging macro environment despite continued institutional accumulation and ongoing network development.
If current trends continue through quarter-end, 2026 will mark Ethereum's worst three-quarter run on record.
As Bitcoin tests the lower bounds of its current consolidation range, the order books reveal a clear battle lines drawn between two major liquidity zones.
Here is the exact structural breakdown for both levels:
The $57,000 zone serves as the primary psychological and structural support line. This level is highly visible as the immediate target for short-term sellers following recent rejections from higher distribution ranges. If $57,000 breaks on the daily chart, it will likely trigger a rapid cascade of stop-losses and automated liquidations, flushing out weak-handed leverage.
The $54,000 block represents the ultimate macro demand shelf on the weekly timeframe. Unlike the fragile sentiment at $57k, this deeper zone marks a highly historic, institutional accumulation floor where heavy spot buyers are packed to intercept downside momentum. A sweep into this region is designed to absorb the final capitulation wave, making it a high-probability area for a sharp, structural spring-board bounce.
– Treat $57,000 as the trigger line for a leverage wipeout, and $54,000 as the definitive structural bottom where long-term buyers wait to absorb the supply.
Omniston Is Now the Swap Engine Behind TractionEye
Another Telegram-native DeFi product just plugged into Omniston, and this one is building something genuinely different in social trading.
TractionEye lets users participate directly in trader-managed strategy pools instead of copying trades after they already happened. Every participant gets the same market entry and exit conditions — no lag, no advantage for whoever clicks first.
Behind every position opened or closed on the platform sits efficient token execution, and that is exactly where Omniston comes in. It routes swaps across TON liquidity sources to deliver competitive rates and sufficient depth for everyone in the pool, not just the trader leading it.
If you are building a wallet, app, or any other DeFi product on TON, the STONfi SDK and Omniston docs are the starting point for integrating swaps and liquidity with minimal effort.
Note : TractionEye is a third-party app integrating STONfi infrastructure. STONfi is not affiliated with or responsible for their actions. Always DYOR before interacting with any third-party product.
Polymarket to Fully Refund Users After $3M Frontend Supply Chain Attack.
Prediction market platform Polymarket has confirmed it will fully reimburse users affected by a $3 million frontend attack after hackers compromised a third-party vendor and injected malicious code into the platform.
The attack was not caused by a vulnerability in Polymarket's smart contracts. Instead, security researchers identified it as a supply chain attack, where attackers exploited an external dependency to display malicious code to a small group of users.
According to on-chain investigators, fewer than 15 wallets were affected, with approximately $3 million in PUSD stolen. The attacker reportedly bridged the funds from Polygon to Ethereum before converting them into 1,893 ETH.
Polymarket said it quickly identified the compromised dependency, removed the malicious script, and contained the incident. The platform also confirmed it has begun contacting affected users and will refund all losses in full.
Security firms including PeckShield, GoPlus Security, and Bubblemaps classified the exploit as a frontend compromise rather than a protocol-level failure, highlighting that the platform's core contracts remained secure throughout the incident.
The attack serves as another reminder that even when blockchain protocols remain secure, third-party infrastructure and frontend services can still become critical attack vectors for cybercriminals.
$MYRO triggered an aggressive vertical breakout wave on the 1-hour chart, breaking cleanly out of its multi-day accumulation floor.
A major overhead resistance ceiling has established itself firmly around the $0.004500 – $0.004600 region for #MYRO , marking a heavy supply block where sellers are expected to react.
The technical roadmap highlights a localized consolidation pump to test this overhead supply ceiling before a deep, complete corrective rotation back down to the lower demand shelf near $0.002000.
Buying heavily right into this volatile mid-range carries a poor risk-to-reward ratio, making patience for the projected structural retest the safest approach. #Meme Alpha# #Bullish
Last year, STON.fi added BOMBIE, the token behind one of the top-paying mini app games on Telegram and TON at the time.
Bombie put players in a post-apocalyptic world battling zombies in a "Shooting to Earn" mode, earning BOMBIE tokens through gameplay. It was also the first shooting game to fairly launch its token across both Telegram and LINE, bringing gaming rewards to a cross-platform audience.
What made it stand out at the time was the combination of a genuinely engaging game loop with real token utility behind it, plus availability across two major platforms rather than just one.
NB: As with any newer token, BOMBIE carried the usual risks that come with early-stage gaming tokens. Always DYOR and assess volatility before getting involved with any token, regardless of the hype around it.
Bitcoin Trades Far Below $72K Ahead of $10B Options Expiry.
Bitcoin has fallen below $60,000 ahead of Friday's massive $10 billion quarterly options expiry, challenging the widely followed "max pain" theory that often predicts prices will gravitate toward the level where options buyers suffer the greatest losses.
For this expiry, the max pain level sits at $72,000—well above Bitcoin's current price near $59,700. Instead of moving toward that level, $BTC has dropped sharply from around $67,000 in recent days, suggesting other market forces are outweighing any potential options-related price influence.
The theory argues that options sellers benefit if prices settle near the max pain level and may hedge their positions in ways that pull the market toward that price. While this appeared to occur during several major expiries in previous cycles, recent settlements have shown little evidence of consistent price pinning.
Market participants also note that the absence of a move toward $72,000 reinforces the view that the max pain level should be treated as a reference point rather than a reliable price target.
Even so, the quarterly expiry remains one of the largest liquidity events of the year. As billions of dollars in contracts expire or are rolled into future maturities, traders should expect elevated volatility as positions are unwound and hedges are adjusted.
With Bitcoin trading well below the expected "magnet" level, the focus now shifts from max pain theory to how the market reacts once the expiry passes and fresh positioning begins. $XPL #BTC Price Analysis# #BTC #Macro Insights#
Last year, STONfi landed on SafePal — one of the world's leading crypto wallets trusted by millions globally.
The integration brought the full TON ecosystem directly into SafePal's DApp Center, accessible from the mobile app or browser extension. Users got instant access to swap, stake, and farm operations without ever leaving their wallet, plus hardware wallet support for added security across all TON activities.
SafePal had been leading the non-custodial wallet space since 2018, backed by names like Animoca Brands and Binance, and supporting 200+ blockchains at the time. STONfi joining their DApp Center put TON in front of SafePal's 4.5 million monthly active DeFi users direct access to TON, Jettons, mintless Jettons, and NFTs through TON Connect.
This was another step in making TON's full potential accessible to a much wider audience.
Kalshi Eyes $40B Valuation as IPO Plans Take Shape.
Prediction market platform Kalshi is reportedly seeking fresh funding at a $40 billion valuation, nearly doubling its previous $22 billion valuation as it prepares for a potential public listing.
The company aims to complete the fundraising round by the end of Q3, with management recently acknowledging that an IPO could arrive as early as 2027, depending on market conditions.
The proposed valuation would place Kalshi well ahead of rival Polymarket, which was last valued at around $15 billion. Both platforms have emerged as leaders in the rapidly growing prediction market industry, where users trade on the outcomes of real-world events ranging from elections and sports to economic data and weather forecasts.
Unlike Polymarket, which relies on blockchain infrastructure and crypto-based settlements, Kalshi operates as a federally regulated exchange in the United States. That regulatory status has become a key differentiator as scrutiny around prediction markets continues to increase.
Competition in the sector is also intensifying, with major players such as Robinhood ($HOOD) and DraftKings ($DKNG) exploring opportunities in event-based trading markets.
The fundraising effort highlights growing investor confidence in prediction markets as a new asset class, with demand continuing to expand despite ongoing regulatory battles across multiple U.S. states. If successful, the raise would cement Kalshi's position as one of the most valuable fintech companies in the emerging prediction market ecosystem.
$XRP Ledger Proposed as Infrastructure for UK Climate Finance Framework.
A new climate finance proposal submitted to the UK Parliament has identified the XRP Ledger (XRPL) as a potential blockchain backbone for managing renewable energy investment products.
The proposal, authored by Dr. Chris Cormack and presented to the Environmental Audit Committee, introduces Climate Contingent Convertible Notes (CloCos), a financing model designed to attract private capital into clean energy projects without relying on direct government subsidies.
Under the proposed framework, XRPL would provide a transparent and tamper-resistant system to record every stage of the investment process, including issuance, monitoring, trigger events, settlement instructions, and capital deployment.
The model outlines a four-stage workflow—issue, monitor, trigger, and deploy—where tokenized ownership records and real-time verification could enhance transparency, accountability, and reporting standards for institutional investors and regulators.
The proposal highlights XRPL's strengths, including low-cost transactions, fast settlement, and immutable record-keeping, positioning the network as a candidate for future institutional-grade financial infrastructure.
While the framework remains a proposal and has not yet entered a pilot phase, its explicit reference to XRPL reflects growing interest in blockchain technology beyond payments. As tokenization gains momentum, initiatives like this continue to showcase how blockchain networks could be used to support real-world assets, capital markets, and large-scale investment products.
If adopted, the project could become one of the most significant examples of blockchain integration within climate finance, further expanding XRPL's role in institutional and tokenized asset ecosystems. #XRP #Ledger #Macro Insights#