[TOKEN WATCH] “Bitcoin should no longer be a sleeping asset” — Merlin Chain targets Bitcoin financialization with BTCfi infrastructure

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"[TOKEN WATCH] “Bitcoin should no longer be a sleeping asset” — Merlin Chain targets Bitcoin financialization with BTCfi infrastructure" — BullBear's AI rates this story as a bullish (positive) signal for markets, with a market-impact score of 75 out of 100. Merlin Chain, a next-generation Bitcoin Layer 2, aims to redefine Bitcoin's role in DeFi and smart contracts by increasing its utilization. That score reflects how strongly the story is likely to move Bitcoin, US equities, the dollar, and gold, and near-duplicate coverage of the same event is clustered so only the representative article is scored. BullBear analyzes hundreds of market stories a day this way, turning each into a structured bullish, bearish, or mixed read rather than a raw headline, so the signal can be compared across sources and over time. Reported by TokenPost on June 18, 2026. The bullish and bearish evidence behind this assessment, plus a 24-hour price-move check that verifies the call against what actually happened, are all tracked publicly on BullBear.news.