Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume reached a record $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa Onchain Analytics, up 63% from May's $1.10 trillion and 125% higher than a year earlier. Across the same four weeks, the total pool of stablecoins in circulation shrank by $7.7 billion, the largest monthly dollar decline since the TerraUSD collapse in […]
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Bitcoin Tests $59,000 as Traders Look For A Cleaner Rebound After Supply Pressure is the kind of crypto story that looks simple at headline level but becomes more useful once you place it inside the wider market backdrop. Bitcoin’s rebound
The Federal Reserve publishes the minutes of its June 16–17 meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET, and the release will either validate Bitcoin's week-long recovery or pull out its foundation. Traders bought the rebound on a single macro assumption: a weakening US labor market limits how long the central bank can stay hawkish. The […]
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When DeFi gets noisy, the conversation usually drifts back to token performance. Aave’s latest V4 proposal is a useful reminder that the more meaningful story often sits under the hood. The protocol is still trying to im
Centralized exchanges reportedly saw notable 24-hour withdrawals led by USDC and Bitcoin as traders moved funds off platforms.
Bitcoin Tests $60,000 As Futures Volume Thins And Liquidity Tightens: what the validated data shows, why it matters for crypto markets, and the caveat.
All 32 of America's largest banks made it through the Federal Reserve's annual stress test on June 24. This year's scenario was unusually brutal: the Fed asked them to imagine unemployment climbing to 10%, commercial real estate prices falling 39%, home prices dropping 30%, and roughly $708 billion in losses landing across the group all […]
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Sui DeFi Receives Boost as SUI Group Lends Additional 4M SUI to Bluefin: a fresh look at SUI Bluefin liquidity loan, market context, key risks, and what t
Bitcoin’s drop to $58,000 lines up with the power-law model’s cycle lows, even though futures market data points to deeper lows for BTC price.
XRP’s chance of a daily close below $1 are rising, but whale accumulation and shrinking exchange supply may be a sign that traders are buying.
Spark deployed approximately $150 million across two Uniswap v4 pools on Ethereum, while its DualPool hook and Shared Liquidity Layer are planned for later phases.
HYPE price drops near a key support zone where fading selling pressure collides with shrinking futures market activity. Will the altcoin resume its uptrend above $60?
Bitcoin’s realized losses fell by 46% as increasing bid-side liquidity points to easing sell pressure. Can bulls push BTC price back above $70,000?
Bitcoin’s Sharpe ratio and a 125,000 BTC increase in BTC accumulator demand mark the start of a new demand phase. Will prices follow?
Whales pulled more than 720 million XRP from exchanges, as various data points converge to predict a potential 50% rally.
Bitcoin traders have spent the past week bracing for the wrong kind of surprise, watching rate-cut bets evaporate as a run of firm labor data pushed the odds of a Federal Reserve hike by year-end toward 85% and dragged the 10-year Treasury yield up near 4.5%. Understandably, it dominates the screens, given how much of […]
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The US Treasury market is the foundation of the global financial system. It determines mortgage rates, government borrowing costs, corporate lending, and the price of money across the world. For decades, investors treated it as the safest and most stable market on Earth. But after years of exploding government debt, repeated liquidity scares, and increasingly […]
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Traders watching Stellar’s 40% weekly surge are now turning their attention to XRP, asking whether the older and larger token could be next. The two assets share a long history of moving in tandem, and some analysts say the setup is starting to look familiar. Related Reading: Unknown Wallet Destroys $8.5 Million In Bitcoin In Shocking Burn XRP And XLM: A Recurring Pattern Analyst Kevin Cage pointed out that while XLM broke out after months of sideways trading, XRP has remained range-bound. Reports indicate that if momentum picks up, some traders are projecting a move toward the $1.76 to $2 range for XRP sometime in June. XRP itself posted a 2.50% gain in the past 24 hours, though it remains down 2.50% over the last seven days and about 5% over the past month. The price was last seen hovering near the $1.23 to $1.30 liquidity zone on Coinbase‘s spot market. $XRP orderbook on Coinbase is still heavily skewed towards bids (nearly 7x on the large bands) Now this doesn’t automatically mean “price go up” But it does mean it’s much easier to move price meaningfully up then down The book is simply intentions. Early 2025 I used the large… pic.twitter.com/VCdbjp7MLT — Dom (@traderview2) May 28, 2026 What The Order Book Is Showing That liquidity zone is exactly where analyst Dom’s findings get interesting. According to Dom, a heatmap of Coinbase’s XRP order book shows buy orders stacked heavily below the current price, with sell orders above appearing far smaller by comparison. He put the difference at roughly seven times — meaning buy-side depth dwarfs whatever selling pressure currently sits above. Dom was clear that order books reflect trader intentions and not guaranteed price outcomes, but he said the data still carries weight. He pointed to a 2025 Bitcoin call where similar order book readings supported his bearish view before BTC fell around 30%. The implication is that when the data lines up, it tends to mean something. Adding to the discussion, reports note that new wallets on Hyperliquid have been opening large XRP long positions using 20x leverage, with some bets running into the millions of dollars. That kind of activity has fueled further chatter about a potential move higher. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s 4-Year Rhythm Is Still Playing Out, Says Crypto CEO Watching For A Breakout XRP’s market structure, according to Dom, suggests the path of least resistance leans upward under current conditions. Less buying pressure would be needed to push the price higher than it would take selling pressure to drag it sharply lower. Whether that plays out depends on whether broader market sentiment shifts. For now, traders are watching both the Coinbase order book and XLM’s momentum for clues on what XRP does next. Featured image from Westend61/Getty Images, chart from TradingView
The average XRP trader active over the past 30 days is currently sitting on a loss of roughly 47%, according to blockchain analytics firm Santiment. That figure comes from XRP’s 30-day Market Value to Realized Value ratio, which has now fallen to its lowest point since December 2020. Related Reading: Bitcoin Has Outpaced XRP Since 2017, According To Analyst Santiment says readings like this typically move back toward 0% over time, placing the current level in what analysts describe as an extreme undervalued zone. Similar conditions in past market cycles have appeared ahead of strong price rebounds, though the firm cautioned that a weak MVRV reading alone does not guarantee an immediate turnaround. ???? The average XRP trader that has been active in the past 30 days is down a whopping -47% with many selling at the bottom. Historically, MVRV’s (average trading returns) will always average out to 0%, making this current time an extreme undervalued zone for $XRP. The chart shows… pic.twitter.com/a0s4ObRpQu — Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) May 26, 2026 Deeper Drop In Market Depth The trader loss data arrives alongside a separate finding on market liquidity. CryptoQuant analyst Arab Chain reported that XRP’s 30-day liquidity index on Binance has dropped to approximately 0.043 — the weakest reading since January 2020. XRP Liquidity on Binance Falls to Its Lowest Level Since January 2020 “Liquidity at these low levels could make the market more sensitive to sudden price movements, as large orders may have a greater impact on price.” – By @ArabxChain Link ⤵️https://t.co/ugoh9111zo pic.twitter.com/oMYPDDzvtV — CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) May 26, 2026 For context, that same index climbed above three during periods of stronger trading between 2022 and 2024, at times crossing four. The collapse in that figure points to a market that has thinned out considerably, with far fewer orders available to absorb large trades. Arab Chain said the decline suggests speculative interest in XRP has faded and that fresh money has slowed. What Low Liquidity Means For Price A thinner market can cut both ways. When fewer orders sit in the book, a large buy or sell can push the price sharply in either direction without much resistance. Arab Chain made clear, though, that low liquidity does not point to a bullish or bearish outcome on its own — it simply means the market is more sensitive to sudden moves. XRP was trading near $1.34 at the time of the analysis, having pulled back from a recent high of $1.54. Crypto analyst CasiTrades flagged that XRP has spent four months struggling to clear the $1.65 resistance level, and the longer it stays below that mark, the greater the risk of one final drop before any recovery takes hold. Related Reading: Crypto Market Sees $1.46B Fund Exodus As Traders Turn Cautious Key Levels To Watch CasiTrades pointed to $1.10 and $0.87 as the two key support zones that could come into play if selling pressure continues. A reclaim of the $1.65 level, and a hold above it, would be the first clear sign of a stronger recovery, the analyst said. XRP whale transactions worth over $1 million have also dropped 57% over a nine-day stretch, based on separate reports, adding to the picture of slowing activity in the market. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
The Federal Reserve's April meeting minutes, released Wednesday, failed to bring the good news Bitcoin traders had been hoping for most of the year. The majority of policymakers said some degree of policy tightening would likely become appropriate if inflation stayed persistently above the central bank's 2% target, the opposite of the rate cuts markets […]
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for the Fed to hold off on rate cuts reflects a problem that reaches far beyond Washington: war-driven inflation is keeping the door to cheaper money shut. Reuters reported that Bessent urged caution because the Iran conflict is lifting fuel costs and complicating the inflation outlook. The Fed's own March […]
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Bitcoin might trade around the clock, but its liquidity doesn't anymore. The asset that was supposed to become more resilient after absorbing billions in institutional capital through ETFs has instead developed a split personality, one that looks deep and orderly during New York trading hours and considerably more fragile once Wall Street's desks go dark. […]
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Bitcoin floats just above $66,000 as geopolitical risks, macro uncertainty, and low liquidity keep price action range-bound ahead of Q2.
FTX will begin its fourth creditor distribution on March 31, with about $2.2 billion set to reach eligible customers through BitGo, Kraken, and Payoneer within 1 to 3 business days. On paper, this might look like just another routine bankruptcy milestone. But in practice, this could be a fresh liquidity test arriving as Bitcoin trades […]
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Analysts flag a resistance zone above $72,000 as bitcoin holds key support amid geopolitical tensions and macro headwinds.
Bitcoin trades above $70,000 ahead of the FOMC decision, with analysts pointing to heavy macro influence and a key liquidity inflection.
Washington is getting ready to potentially make life easier for the biggest US banks. That can sound pretty abstract if you don't strip it down to the mechanics. Regulators decide how much capital banks must keep to absorb losses and how much liquidity they need if funding starts to disappear. More capital and more liquidity […]
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Bitcoin sometimes sells off hard on days with no crypto headlines. A recurring driver sits outside crypto: a yen-funded carry unwind that forces cross-asset deleveraging, then transmits into BTC through thinner liquidity, wider spreads, and fast position reduction in derivatives. Here's the core mechanism in one line: if USD/JPY moves fast enough to trigger margin […]
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In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Leo Mindyuk of ML Tech writes that while crypto markets look liquid on paper, executable liquidity at scale is more fragmented and more fragile than most institutions assume.
Bitcoin’s slide through $65,000 and toward $60,000 felt like a stress test the market had been postponing. The move was sharp enough to force a reset in positioning, and broad enough to pull the conversation away from single-catalyst explanations. Even mainstream media described the week as Bitcoin’s worst weekly performance since late 2022, with price briefly […]
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