Bitcoin held near $74,600 on Friday, trading within a tight band as mixed ETF flows and unresolved macro uncertainty capped momentum. Ethereum was positioned around $2,300, while altcoins showed selective rather than broad-based participation, signaling a market without a clear directional catalyst. Institutional demand has not disappeared, but inflows remain inconsistent, preventing the kind of sustained buying pressure needed to clear key resistance near $75,000. Analysts characterize current conditions as consolidation-driven, meaning price discovery is stalling at a technically significant ceiling rather than breaking through on volume. For Bitcoin to extend gains, ETF flows would need to stabilize and macro headwinds, likely rate and risk-sentiment related, would need to ease. The $75,000 level is the immediate threshold to watch; failure to breach it under current conditions keeps the range-bound structure intact and may extend sideways trading across major tokens.
Indian startups raised $5.2 billion across 501 deals in H1 2026, down 9% in value but up 7% in deal count year-on-year, per the Inc42 Indian Tech Startup Funding Report. The drop is driven by fewer mega-rounds, while AI funding surged 317% and growth-stage deal activity hit a multi-year high.
The BSE Sensex fell 893 points and the Nifty 50 shed 279 points on June 30, 2026, wiping out roughly Rs 6 lakh crore in investor wealth in a single session. Both indices dropped 1.16%, closing at 76,200.68 and 23,824.10 respectively.
Kotak Mahindra Bank shares fell nearly 3% to Rs 397.6 after CEO Ashok Vaswani announced plans to exit the bank. Investor concern now centres on succession timing and whether the bank's ongoing digital and deposit-growth strategy will stay on track.
South Korea's Kospi dropped 3% at Monday's open while Japan's Nikkei fell 1%, as escalating US-Iran conflict triggered a broad risk-off move across Asian markets. South Korea's heavy reliance on Middle East oil imports makes it especially vulnerable to geopolitical shocks of this kind.
