BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes argues AI debt issuance consumed all new dollar liquidity since 2022, leaving Bitcoin starved of capital and vulnerable to further downside before any recovery.
Kosta Gushterov
Journalist
Kosta has reported on cryptocurrency markets and blockchain infrastructure since 2020, bringing over six years of hands-on experience in the crypto industry built through daily tracking of markets, trends, and emerging blockchain developments. Specializing in Bitcoin on-chain analysis, institutional ETF flows, and digital asset price action, his work at Coindoo has been cited by other news agencies and consistently covers market developments with a focus on data-driven reporting across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP. Over the years, Kosta has contributed to multiple crypto media outlets in different regions, authoring over 6,000 articles across the sector. His reporting spans cryptocurrency markets and the broader fintech industry, tracking not only price action but also the technological and regulatory forces shaping the ecosystem. To support his analysis, Kosta actively leverages on-chain data and metrics from leading platforms such as Santiment, Glassnode, and CryptoQuant, enabling deeper, evidence-based market insights. He believes in the power of transparency and the data that underpins the blockchain ecosystem. His academic background in Marketing Management from Denmark further complements his analytical approach, adding a strong understanding of communication strategy and content positioning to his work.
Latest articles by Kosta Gushterov
Bitcoin's price swings have compressed to multi-month lows. At the same time, AI and mega-cap tech stocks are breaking records. Two of Wall Street's most-watched faces have mapped out the mechanics behind this split, and why it matters for what comes next.
Market data reveals a significant structural shift in Bitcoin ownership dynamics as old, dormant supply begins to circulate during a broader price correction. Rather than signaling a market exit, a combined analysis of on-chain activity and exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows suggests that large-scale, long-term market participants are actively repositioning across the digital asset landscape.
Coinbase Head of Institutional Strategy John D'Agostino reported that sovereign wealth funds and family offices in the Middle East are actively purchasing Bitcoin at current valuation levels. Key Institutional Trends
The recent sharp drop in XRP looks like it was a derivatives-driven leverage flush, not a structural breakdown. While Bybit experienced a complete open interest reset, elevated risk remains on Binance, signaling a localized divergence in market exposure.
Bitcoin spiked to $64,200 after Donald Trump told Netanyahu to stand down and declared "I call the shots," then retraced to $62,990 after Israel struck Iranian territory anyway - a sequence that reveals how directly crypto is now pricing geopolitical risk in real time.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT issued a community alert warning users of withdrawal problems at JuCoin, a platform he first flagged in March 2025 with multiple red flags still unresolved.
Vietnam's State Securities Commission (SSC) vice chairman has described crypto assets as "a new pillar" of the country's digital economy, as the SSC and Ministry of Finance roll out a five-year pilot framework targeting an official domestic trading platform launch as early as Q3 2026.
The Rich Dad Poor Dad author argued in his latest podcast that institutional adoption of digital assets is already underway and that most retail investors are watching the wrong thing.
When every major Wall Street bank markets the same deals simultaneously, something has to be sold. In the past 14 days, Bitcoin might have been one of those things.
Q1 2026 marked the first sustained price drawdown since US spot Bitcoin ETFs launched and not all institutional categories responded the same way.
ETH is trading below both its Binance-anchored AVWAP and the Realized Price of its largest holders simultaneously, while exchange flow data sends conflicting signals about whether selling or repositioning is the dominant force.
