BTC slipped 2.5% Friday as equities surged, closing a July in which the Fed's fifth straight hold and 3.7% PCE inflation shut the door on near-term rate cuts. Uniswap led weekly gainers; Worldcoin sank.

Crypto's relief pop after the Fed's 9-3 hold faded within the hour as the new chair's hawkish press conference dragged risk assets lower.

The Strategy chairman says the anti-spam soft fork would set a censorship precedent worse than the data problem it targets, weeks before an August signaling window.

Bitcoin climbed past $67,000, its highest level in roughly two weeks, after President Trump declared the US-Iran deal "complete" and authorized reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Oil fell about 4% and around $150 million in crypto short positions were liquidated.

Bitcoin climbed above $63,000 Thursday after President Trump announced via Truth Social that he was canceling scheduled U.S. military strikes against Iran and signaling that a multi-nation agreement was close, citing approvals from Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Turkey, and other regional powers.

Bitcoin fell below its 200-week moving average dropping below $61,000 for the first time since the 2022 bear market, triggered by a blowout May payrolls report that repriced Fed rate-cut expectations and exposed a $1.2 billion options wall at $60,000.

Apyx Finance's apxUSD stablecoin slipped to $0.94 after Bitcoin fell to $63K, the first concrete peg break in the chain linking Strategy's BTC treasury to on-chain dollar instruments.

A Monday 8-K filing shows Strategy disposed of 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31 at an average $77,135 a coin, with proceeds earmarked for distributions on its STRC preferred stock — the first disclosed sale since the December 2022 tax-loss harvest.

Solana, Cardano and Hyperliquid led the day's losses as risk appetite cooled across digital assets.

Crypto investment products absorbed $858 million last week, ahead of the upcoming CLARITY Act markup and Fed chair transition.