Hyperliquid Strategies Stays Profitable: Strategy And Bitmine Record Losses Above $10 Billion
by Ronaldo Marquez on June 5, 2026 at 9:04 pm
Crypto markets endured further pressure this week as the sell-off spread to some of the industry’s largest digital asset treasuries (DATs). As of Friday, Bitcoin (BTC) had slipped back below $60,000 for the first time since 2024, Ethereum (ETH) was trading around $1,550, and Hyperliquid (HYPE) was near $57. While the declines weighed on the broader market, the impact has been most visible in the large treasury companies associated with BTC and ETH—specifically Strategy (MSTR) and Bitmine (BMNR). Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR), however, has continued to post gains on an unrealized basis, highlighting how its performance still outpaces the market’s major benchmarks. Hyperliquid Strategies Avoids The Worst With $1.2B Gains According to Artemis data, Strategy and Bitmine are carrying significant unrealized losses of about $12.8 billion and $10.3 billion, respectively. In contrast, Hyperliquid Strategies is positioned differently. Artemis data further indicates that Hyperliquid Strategies is the only major digital asset treasury company in the industry so far still in positive territory, with approximately $1.2 billion in unrealized gains, as seen in the chart below. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Pressure As Investors Rotate Capital Into AI Buildout: Saylor In practical terms, that means the stress seen across most crypto-linked balance sheets has not hit Hyperliquid in the same way, even as prices pulled back sharply elsewhere. The weakness has also reached other large public holders beyond the two biggest names. Lookonchain data shows the recent retrace has extended further, with SharpLink down $1.59 billion on ETH, and Metaplanet down $1.38 billion on BTC. The pattern is consistent: as BTC and ETH retrace, companies concentrated in those assets tend to reflect the decline in their mark-to-market or unrealized reporting. Weekly BTC, ETH Pullback Hits MSTR, BMNR Stocks Bitcoin’s move has been particularly notable on the weekly chart. The asset recorded a major 20% retrace on the weekly time frame, and that broader drop has filtered down to equities and crypto proxies as well. Strategy’s stock, MSTR, fell 14% on Friday alone, trading around $115 per share. Bitmine’s stock, BMNR, also logged double-digit losses on Friday, down 12% to roughly $15.76 per share, adding to pressure on investors. Related Reading: Coinbase Reveals First Mortgage With Bitcoin Collateral Under Fannie Mae Coverage Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, saw its own sharp decline during the same period, dropping 14%. Even with that pullback, Hyperliquid Strategies’ PURR price showed comparatively limited movement, with only a 1.2% retrace to $8.3 for the current trading session. Together, these snapshots underline a clear divergence: While Strategy and Bitmine reflect the drawdown of BTC and ETH in a straightforward way through large unrealized losses, Hyperliquid Strategies remains comparatively resilient, maintaining positive unrealized performance even as the market sells off. Featured image created with OpenArt; chart from TradingView.com
Institutions Are Loading Up On XRP, But Liquidity Tells A Different Story
by Sandra White on June 5, 2026 at 9:00 pm
XRP is attracting institutional capital at a time when liquidity across the market is moving in the opposite direction. Fresh ETF inflows and growing accumulation among long-term holders continue to support the bullish case, but recent data suggest a different challenge is emerging beneath the surface. While demand appears healthy, the amount of liquidity available to absorb buying and selling activity has fallen sharply. XRP Continues To Attract Institutional Interest XRP has increasingly distinguished itself from the broader digital asset market. While several major crypto investment products struggled to attract capital in recent months, XRP-focused funds racked in $131.94 million in May 2026. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Bear Market Is Over: Here’s Where We Are In The Cycle This trend has remained largely consistent. Apart from a brief slowdown in March, XRP investment products have continued to attract capital, with fresh inflows extending into early June. Institutional capital inflow is particularly noteworthy because it comes at a time when investor sentiment has deteriorated across many digital assets. Rather than pulling back, institutions appear to be viewing XRP as a strategic opportunity. On-chain data reinforces that view. As prices declined toward the start of June, long-term holders increased their positions. Recent holder net position data shows a sharp rise in accumulation, suggesting that experienced investors were buying during the selloff rather than exiting the market. Liquidity Dries Up As XRP Tests Major Support According to @CryptoQuant_com on X, XRP’s Binance 30-day Liquidity Index has fallen to its lowest level since early 2020. The indicator has dropped close to zero even though XRP continues to trade above $1.20. Historically, higher liquidity levels have accompanied some of XRP’s strongest rallies, making the current decline particularly noteworthy. For newer investors, liquidity refers to how easily an asset can be bought or sold without causing major price swings. When liquidity falls, fewer orders are available to absorb trades, making the market more vulnerable to sudden volatility. Under these conditions, even modest buying or selling pressure can trigger outsized price moves. Related Reading: Analyst Reveals Why Bitcoin Price Must Crash To $42,000 First The technical picture reflects this growing tension. Following a steep 53% correction earlier this year, XRP entered a broad ascending channel and has spent several months consolidating within that range. Recent selling pressure has pushed the asset back toward the lower boundary of the channel near $1.19-$1.20, an area that also aligns with a major Fibonacci support level around $1.20. If buyers regain control, resistance levels sit near $1.29, $1.36, $1.45, and $1.51, while a move toward $1.60 would bring the upper boundary of the channel back into focus. However, a decisive break below the $1.19 support zone could expose XRP to further downside toward $1.11 and potentially the psychological $1 level. For now, XRP remains at the intersection of two opposing forces. Institutional demand continues to strengthen, but liquidity has fallen to multi-year lows. Until one side gains the upper hand, XRP’s next major move may depend less on investor interest and more on whether the market has enough liquidity to absorb it. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
Bitcoin Critic Peter Schiff Predicts USDT Will Eclipse BTC
by Christian Encila on June 5, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Bitcoin dropped to around $61,500 in recent days, its weakest level in roughly four months, and Peter Schiff wasted no time connecting that slide to a broader argument he has been making about stablecoins. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Pressure As Investors Rotate Capital Into AI Buildout: Saylor A Stablecoin On The Move Tether’s USDT has already climbed to a market capitalization of nearly $188 billion, according to data from DeFiLlama, closing the gap with Ethereum to just under $26 billion. Schiff, the economist and longtime Bitcoin critic, says the numbers point to an inevitable outcome. “The market cap of Tether will soon surpass the market cap of Ethereum,” Schiff wrote on X. “It will eventually surpass the market cap of Bitcoin, too. The only question is how long it will take.” USDT has become a dominant tool for moving money across crypto markets, and its reach now extends into payments, remittances, and digital dollar transfers — a trend he says supports his case. USDT holds a one-dollar peg, setting it apart from Bitcoin and Ethereum, and that stability makes it the go-to choice for users who want to move money without taking on price risk. The market cap of Tether will soon surpass the market cap of Ethereum. It will eventually surpass the market cap of Bitcoin too. The only question is how long it will take. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) June 4, 2026 Not His First Warning Schiff has been sounding alarms about Bitcoin for years. His latest comments include a prediction that BTC could eventually fall below $20,000, which would represent a drop of roughly 80% from its October 2025 peak near $126,200. He has also pointed to weakness in tech stocks as a pressure point for Bitcoin, noting that the crypto asset has relied on the broader tech rally for support. “It looks like the correction in tech stocks has finally begun,” Schiff said. “As tech stocks sell off, Bitcoin should crash. Gold will likely head in the opposite direction.” Bitcoin recently suffered a sharp hourly decline of more than $2,000, briefly touching $61,460, as selling pressure spread across the market and triggered over $1 billion in leveraged liquidations. USDT’s Growing Reach Reports indicate Ethereum’s position as the second-largest crypto asset is now under pressure from a stablecoin rather than another blockchain competitor. At current figures, USDT would need to grow by roughly 15% to pull ahead of Ethereum, while matching Bitcoin’s $1.28 trillion market cap would require a far larger expansion of nearly seven times its present size. Related Reading: Bitmine Seeks $300M Raise To Accelerate Ethereum Accumulation Strategy Schiff’s prediction has drawn attention not just for its boldness but for its timing, arriving as stablecoin adoption continues rising and crypto markets face renewed turbulence. Whether the prediction holds up remains an open question, though the narrowing gap between USDT and Ethereum suggests the first part of his forecast may not be far off. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
Are Institutions Crashing The Bitcoin Price On Purpose? Here’s What People Are Saying
by Scott Matherson on June 5, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Crypto pundit Ash Crypto has drawn attention to speculations about how institutions could be crashing the Bitcoin price on purpose. This comes as the Bitcoin ETFs continue to record massive outflows, which have caused this latest decline for the leading crypto. Pundit Highlights Speculations Of Institutions Purposely Crashing Bitcoin Price In an X post, Ash Crypto claimed there were rumors that institutions are purposely crashing the Bitcoin price so they can buy at lower prices before the Clarity Act is signed into law. The pundit noted that a similar pattern had played out in August 2022, when BlackRock filed for a private Bitcoin trust, and BTC later dropped about 36% before forming a bottom. Related Reading: What To Expect For The Bitcoin Price By EOY 2026 Following that, BlackRock then filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF, and the Bitcoin price later surged by 95%. Ash Crypto noted that BTC hit a new high in January 2024, when spot ETFs were approved. He added that insider institutions are repeating the same strategy with the Clarity Act narrative. The Bitcoin ETFs have largely contributed to the decline in the Bitcoin price, with these funds recording outflows in 13 out of the last 14 trading days. During this period, their total net assets have dropped from around $104 billion to $82 billion. Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor also cited these outflows in his comments on the BTC crash. In an X post, Saylor said that the capital markets are funding the AI buildout at a historic scale, with $400 billion deployed over six months, while BTC ETFs have seen $4 billion in outflows since May 14, pressuring the Bitcoin price. He declared that this is a capital rotation, not a BTC impairment, while adding that volatility creates opportunity. BTC Simply Following The Four-Year Cycle Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen has reiterated that the Bitcoin price is simply following the four-year cycle. He also mentioned that the bull case for BTC is that if the economy is still doing well after the four-cycle low is put in, then it should have no problem starting its next bull market. Based on historical trends, the bear cycle low could happen by the fourth quarter of this year. Related Reading: Has The Bitcoin Crash Ended After Falling Below $70,000? Meanwhile, Cowen noted that midterm years always feel really bad for crypto, and that this one is even worse, since the Bitcoin price topped on apathy. He opined that Bitcoin will survive, although many crypto assets may die out. Crypto analyst Ali Martinez warned that BTC is not looking good at the moment and that the leading crypto could drop to the next major area of support between $54,000 and $50,000. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $63,100, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Pngtree, chart from Tradingview.com
Bitcoin Whales Return To Binance As Selloff Echoes February Panic
by Jake Simmons on June 5, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Bitcoin’s June correction is now being accompanied by a sharp rise in whale deposits to Binance, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, reviving a pattern last seen during the market’s February stress event. The data suggests that large holders are moving more BTC back onto the exchange as the selloff deepens, potentially adding near-term supply pressure. Darkfost said Bitcoin is down 14% in June, with the decline accelerating over the past several days. That move has pushed some investors into a more defensive posture, particularly large entities moving sizable amounts of BTC. In the analyst’s framework, whales are defined as entities executing transactions above 100 BTC, or more than $6 million at current prices. The most visible change has occurred on Binance. According to the post, whale inflows to the exchange reached approximately 8,200 BTC on June 2, followed by more than 6,400 BTC on June 4. More importantly, the trend has also shifted on a monthly basis: average whale inflows on Binance have risen from roughly 1,200 BTC since mid-April to more than 2,800 BTC today, meaning the figure has more than doubled in a matter of weeks. “On Binance, BTC inflows from whales have accelerated sharply,” Darkfost wrote, pointing to the June 2 and June 4 peaks. “On a longer-term basis, the monthly average of whale inflows on Binance has moved from approximately 1,200 BTC since mid-April to over 2,800 BTC today, more than doubling within a matter of weeks.” Bitcoin Whale Deposits Point To Rising Sell-Side Risk Exchange inflows do not mechanically prove that coins have already been sold. However, large transfers to trading venues are commonly watched as a proxy for potential sell-side intent, especially when they occur during a fast correction rather than during a period of accumulation or sideways consolidation. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Most Important Metric Flashes Warning As Bulls Fight To Hold $60K Darkfost framed the current increase in that context. “This dynamic suggests that the ongoing correction is pushing some whales to move their BTC back onto the exchange, presumably with the intention of selling,” the analyst wrote. “This behavior looks more like emotional risk management than a deliberate strategic decision.” That distinction matters for market interpretation. A strategic rebalance usually implies pre-planned execution, portfolio rotation, or a controlled reduction in exposure. Panic-driven exchange inflows, by contrast, tend to appear after price damage has already forced large holders to reassess risk. They may worsen near-term pressure, but they can also emerge late in a corrective sequence. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Great Wealth Transfer May Fuel Next Rally, Says CryptoQuant CEO Bitcoin was trading near $62,533 at the time of writing, after an intraday low of $61,407 and high of $64,380. That puts the market close to the levels referenced in Darkfost’s comparison with February, when whale inflow activity on Binance last reached a similar intensity during Bitcoin’s drop to $60,000. February Comparison Raises The Key Question The February reference is the central point of the analysis. Darkfost noted that the last comparable surge in Binance whale inflows came as Bitcoin fell below $60,000 earlier this year. In that case, the elevated inflows reflected stress after a sharp drawdown rather than an early warning signal ahead of the full move. “For reference, the last time whale inflow activity on Binance reached such levels was during Bitcoin’s drop below $60,000 in early February,” the analyst wrote. “This development introduces additional selling pressure in the short term. That said, panic-driven moves of this kind tend to arrive well after the fact, as was the case in February.” At press time, BTC traded at $62,332. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com