NES surges 174.1% on OKX as Bitcoin briefly dips below $59,000

Major CEX-traded tokens remained under pressure in a broader risk-off move, with Bitcoin briefly falling below $59,000 and at one point touching $58,000 as Asian equities also weakened, suggesting a macro-driven pullback rather than a clearly identified crypto-specific catalyst. Earlier market data showed broad 24-hour losses across large digital assets, including BTC down 2.87%, ETH down 2.75%, SOL down 2.63% and XRP down 3.11%, while NES stood out by surging 174.1% on OKX. Separate updates highlighted sharp weakness in Strategy-related securities, with MSTR falling to about $82, down more than 84% from its November 2024 peak and below $90, while its variable-rate perpetual preferred STRC hit record lows near $74-$75 versus a $100 par value as Michael Saylor reiterated the company’s Bitcoin focus. The roundup also noted SBI’s 46.7 billion yen ($289 million) acquisition of Bitbank, a Wall Street Journal report involving CoinEx that CoinEx denied, and multiple financing announcements across the crypto and AI sectors.