The Bridgewater founder holds a sliver of BTC in his portfolio, yet refuses to grant it the credibility that comes with centuries of monetary history.

Jan van Eck, chief executive of investment management firm VanEck, told CNBC's Power Lunch on Monday that Bitcoin is in the process of bottoming out - though he stopped well short of declaring a full recovery, framing 2026 as the bear phase of a well-worn four-year cycle.

Core Scientific has officially confirmed what the market had been watching unfold for months: the Texas-based company sold roughly 1,900 BTC in January for $175 million, averaging around $92,100 per coin.

Open interest on Binance has fallen sharply as traders scale back exposure in response to mounting macroeconomic and geopolitical stress.

Bitcoin climbed toward $69,700 on Monday afternoon, extending an intraday breakout that followed a period of consolidation near $65,500 earlier in the session.

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and CIO of Maelstrom, is calling for what he describes as an unavoidable pivot in U.S. monetary policy.

Strategy, the enterprise software company turned leveraged Bitcoin proxy, said it purchased 3,015 additional Bitcoin for approximately $204.1 million, deepening one of the largest corporate bets on the digital asset.