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Story: Bitcoin Slides Four Days Straight as DeFi and Smart-Contract Tokens Take the Worst of It

By Sakamoto Nashi

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Smart-Contract and DeFi Tokens Bear the Brunt. The mechanics here are pretty straightforward. DeFi protocols depend on activity flowing through…

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STRC Enters the Picture. There's another layer to the current unease. Market participants are watching STRC — a…

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Where Sentiment Stands Right Now. Cautious. That's the word. Investors are cautious, traders are cautious, and probably the only…

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Bitcoin can't catch a break. Four consecutive days of losses have dragged the broader crypto market lower, and the sectors feeling it hardest are smart-contract platforms and…

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The selloff isn't subtle. Smart-contract tokens, already sensitive to macro swings and liquidity shifts, are down sharply.

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That's basically what's happening now. Investors who were comfortable holding these positions a week ago are reassessing.

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Smart-contract coins have seen notable drops across the board. The losses aren't isolated to one protocol or one chain.

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There's another layer to the current unease. Market participants are watching STRC — a dividend-paying preferred stock from Strategy — and what its performance might mean for…

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The connection between STRC and crypto isn't always obvious to casual observers, but the interrelation between these financial instruments is getting serious scrutiny right now.

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No clear signal has come from STRC's performance yet — or at least nothing that's settled the nerves of market watchers. Unclear whether that changes soon.

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Cautious. That's the word. Investors are cautious, traders are cautious, and probably the only people who aren't cautious are the ones who've already exited their positions.

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The absence of a recovery signal from Bitcoin is doing a lot of damage on its own. Markets can handle bad news.

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Institutional confidence is also taking a hit. It's not just retail investors reassessing their holdings.

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