The cryptocurrency market experienced significant volatility over the past week, with Bitcoin rebounding from a brief dip below $75,000 to briefly surpass $82,800 before retreating. Major headlines included a counter-lawsuit from the Trump-backed WLFI project against Justin Sun, who called the action “meritless.” Other key developments saw Morgan Stanley preparing to offer crypto trading, Strategy reporting a massive quarterly loss, and Coinbase announcing substantial job cuts.
Bitcoin demonstrated resilience following a brief decline after the latest FOMC meeting, quickly recovering and embarking on a rally. The asset surpassed $80,000 before geopolitical uncertainty caused a temporary setback.
Bitcoin ultimately reached a weekly peak of $82,800, its highest price since late January. The subsequent days saw a reversal, with the cryptocurrency losing the $80,000 support level by Friday’s close.
Altcoins like ZEC and WLFI posted substantial weekly gains of over 60% and 32%, respectively. This performance fueled immediate speculation about a potential altseason, though the narrative weakened later in the week.
In corporate news, Morgan Stanley is reportedly set to introduce digital asset trading on its E*Trade platform. The bank plans to compete on lower costs for trading BTC, ETH, and SOL.
Strategy posted a net loss of over $12.5 billion for the first quarter. The loss was largely attributed to a $14.5 billion unrealized loss stemming from poor Bitcoin prices.
Coinbase reduced its workforce by approximately 14% in a move to become “lean, fast, AI-native.” This follows similar staff layoffs announced by other major crypto exchanges recently.
The legal dispute between Justin Sun and the World Liberty Financial project escalated with a counter-lawsuit from the DeFi protocol. Sun responded by calling the lawsuit from the Trump-backed project “meritless.”
Separately, crypto exchange Bullish struck a deal to acquire global transfer agent Equiniti for $4.2 billion. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization was reported at $2.73 trillion with Bitcoin dominance at 58.4%.
