Kamis, 08 Mei 2025

Bitcoin’s Big Payout, ETH’s Big 'Meh'😏


BTC realized profits just hit $1B daily, sparking late-stage bull market talk—while Ethereum's big Pectra upgrade barely made a price ripple.	͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏	View in browser

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💰 BTC's big payout

😭 Coinbase users lose $45M

😓 ETH's Pectra upgrade disappoints

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Bitcoin's Big Payout: Bullish or Burnout?

Bitcoin's on-chain data is throwing off some serious heat.

Realized profits just hit $1 billion daily—yeah, with a B—signaling we might be edging into "late-stage bull market" territory. CryptoQuant is throwing up the caution flag, comparing this spike to the overheated euphoria of late 2024.

Still bullish? Maybe. But profit-taking is back in fashion, and too much of it could pull the plug on momentum.

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Adam Back Talks Satoshi, Paper Bitcoin, and ETF Overload

Blockstream CEO (and maybe-Satoshi?) Adam Back is surprisingly chill about normies scooping up ETF Bitcoin. "It's complicated," he says. But even the legendary cryptographer draws a line: if too much BTC ends up locked in ETFs, we've got a centralization problem.

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Scam Season: Coinbase Users Lose $45M—In One Week

ZackXBT is sounding the alarm: $45 million was drained from Coinbase users—just this week—thanks to sophisticated social engineering scams. And it's not a fluke—according to the onchain sleuth, these attacks are stacking up fast, and Coinbase users appear to be the prime target.

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Bybit Bounces Back

After losing nearly $1.5 billion in February's hack, Bybit just did the unthinkable: full liquidity recovery in 30 days. According to Kaiko data, Bitcoin's 1% depth on the exchange is back at $13M per day. That's a rapid rebound from one of the biggest blows of the year—and puts Bybit right back in the game.

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Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade: All Quiet on the Price Front

Ethereum's latest network overhaul, Pectra, went off without a hitch. But despite the smoother tech, ETH price hasn't budged. Traders were hoping for fireworks—and instead got crickets. With ETH still stuck under $2,200, the question is: when do the fundamentals start showing up on the chart?