Bitget has launched its VIP Fast Track program, giving users new upgrade routes across futures, spot and asset holdings, with vouchers and yield boosters tied to VIP progression.
Bitcoin briefly hit $72,865 after a Middle East ceasefire helped trigger a relief rally. The move pushed the total crypto market cap to $2.51 trillion and sparked heavy short liquidations.
Bitget has launched preOPAI on IPO Prime, a Solana-based asset issued by Republic that tracks OpenAI’s post-IPO economic performance, with subscriptions starting at $100.
Bitget launches licensed RWA protocol Reality, issuing tokenized stocks (rTokens) pegged 1:1 to US equities, with dividends paid in USDT and deep integration into its exchange ecosystem.
Bitget unveiled Reality, a regulated platform issuing 1:1 backed tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs as rTokens, with stablecoin dividends and DeFi compatibility; also introduced a SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual contract.
Bitcoin has been in a downcycle since setting an all-time high near $126,000 in October 2025. On July 1, 2026, BTC briefly fell to about $57,800, marking a maximum drawdown of roughly 54%, before recovering to around $62,000 by July 14. As the market searches for a bottom, a range of institutions including Standard Chartered, 10x Research, CryptoQuant, Citigroup, NYDIG, Galaxy Research, Bitfinex and 22V Research have published estimates, support levels, or downside scenarios. The views do not describe the same thing. Some are baseline bottom calls, some identify valuation floors or structural support, and others outline conditional targets under recession, ETF outflows, or technical breakdowns. Broadly, institutional views are clustered in two bands: $50,000-$60,000 and $40,000-$46,000. Calls below $40,000 are mostly tied to deep bear-market assumptions or stress cases rather than central forecasts. The article also reviews treasury activity at Strategy and Metaplanet, which has become an important variable in demand analysis, and surveys a wider range of market commentators from Willy Woo to Arthur Hayes. Taken together, the public record does not support the claim that institutions have reached a unified consensus around a $44,000-$46,000 cycle bottom.
Bitcoin has moved into a bottom-finding phase after falling from its roughly $126,000 all-time high in October 2025 to about $57,800 on July 1, 2026, a drawdown of around 54%, before rebounding to near $62,000 by July 14. A review by WuBlockchain shows that major institutions including Standard Chartered, 10x Research, CryptoQuant, NYDIG, Galaxy Research, Bitfinex and Citi are not making the same type of call. Some are naming a cycle low, some are pointing to structural support, some are outlining bearish valuation cases, and others are giving conditional technical downside targets. That distinction matters. Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick said on June 12 that Bitcoin may already have formed a cycle bottom near $59,000, while 10x Research gradually lowered its downside view from $55,000 to a model range of $46,628 to $50,732. CryptoQuant highlighted realized price near $53,600 as an on-chain valuation floor, and NYDIG put 1x MVRV near $53,700 while also sketching a stress scenario at $37,900. Galaxy Research offered one of the clearest lower base-case ranges at $40,000 to $46,000. Across the market, current public views do not show a unified consensus around one exact bottom, and sub-$40,000 forecasts are mostly tied to deep bear-market or macro stress assumptions.
Bitget has introduced a long-term investor education initiative called "100 Questions About TradFi," a program designed to break traditional finance into 100 core questions and present it in a more structured way for crypto users and broader investors. The company said the series spans six modules: financial basics, asset knowledge, market structure, macroeconomics, risk management, and the evolution of multi-asset trading. Materials will be updated weekly. The program focuses on stocks, commodities, interest rates, and capital flows, with the stated goal of helping traders understand how different asset classes interact and how macro variables can shape market performance. According to Bitget, investors now need to look beyond single-market price moves as crypto assets and traditional financial products become more connected. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said crypto investors should pay attention to rates, inflation, equities, commodities, and global liquidity as links across markets deepen. The company also reiterated details about its business and wallet operations, including service coverage in more than 200 countries and regions, over 120 million users on the exchange side, and more than 80 million users for Bitget Wallet.
