After five consecutive days of outflows across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana ETFs, Monday's session brought a modest but meaningful reversal - the first clean positive reading heading into April.
Two Republican senators have introduced a bill that aims to bring Bitcoin mining back to American soil, reducing dependence on Chinese-made hardware and formalizing the nation's cryptocurrency infrastructure as a strategic national asset.
US-Israel military strike on Iran wiped 6% of Bitcoin's global hashrate overnight - and the miners left standing are quietly selling their Bitcoin to build AI data centers instead.
Bitcoin responded well to Donald Trump's signals that Iran has accepted most of a 15-point US peace framework, climbing back above $67,300 as the Strait of Hormuz reopened to oil tanker transit for the first time in weeks.
Bitcoin miners have collectively sold over 15,000 BTC from their treasuries in recent months, redirected capital into AI data centers, and pushed network hashrate down more than 20% from its October 2025 peak.
Goldman Sachs analyst James Yaro wrote in a client note this week that Bitcoin's decline has "approximately reached the historical peak to trough average" for this cycle.
Wall Street's latest crypto product isn't just an investment vehicle - it's a signal that three competing forces are converging on the same moment.
Crypto markets are showing signs of weakening momentum as institutional outflows accelerate and on-chain activity continues to decline.
Bitcoin is trading at $66,436 after its worst weekly decline in months, with institutional selling at its most aggressive since February, and options markets pricing a 53% chance the price stays below $66,000 through April 24.
GameStop's annual 10-K filing, submitted March 26, put to rest months of speculation: the company had not dumped its Bitcoin holdings. What it actually did was arguably more unusual.
Crypto ETF markets turned sharply negative on March 26, with heavy outflows across Bitcoin and Ethereum signaling a shift toward defensive positioning as derivatives activity and looming options expiries add to short-term uncertainty.
Bitcoin's network has been losing participants since August 2025. The price is only now catching up.


