XRP is showing one of the clearest splits in crypto this quarter between what people say and what they do with their money. Social data tracking bullish and bearish commentary indicates that the mood around the asset has entered a new Fear zone, even as the XRP Ledger (XRPL) logs its most active stretch of […]
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Bitcoin price erased recent gains, shedding nearly 5% to below $87,000 in early Asian trading hours on Dec. 1. This came as a surge in Japanese government bond yields triggered a broad risk-off sentiment, shattering a fragile, low-volume market structure. According to CryptoSlate data, BTC fell from a consolidation range near $91,000, wiping out approximately […]
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The crypto markets staged a convincing comeback on Nov. 27, snapping a prolonged period of stagnation as a critical shift in the United States’ liquidity forced capital back into risk assets. While the headline price action saw Bitcoin surge 5% to reclaim the psychologically vital $90,000 threshold and Ethereum clear $3,000 for the first time […]
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Are crypto IPOs the most accurate top signal, or just a tell investors keep retesting because it feels true during late-cycle heat? The tape offers a clean cluster to examine. Coinbase’s direct listing arrived on April 14, 2021, the precise day Bitcoin set a then record near $64,000. Stronghold Digital Mining priced its IPO on […]
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As the BTC price tumbles below $100,000, Glassnode would like to share a depressing stat. If you’ve been stacking sats anytime since late spring, it’s fair to say the honeymoon is officially on pause. With Bitcoin trading at $96,000, a whopping 99% of investors who bought in the past 155 days are in the red. […]
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Between October 28 and November 10, US spot Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) absorbed $343 million in net inflows across ten consecutive trading days. During that same stretch, SOL dropped from roughly $195 to touch the $145 zone. It currently sits around $159, as of press time. The divergence isn’t a bug, but the entire story. […]
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Bitcoin is back at $106,400, a pivot point that has been critical to this cycle’s rallies and pullbacks. As we outlined in “Today’s $106k retest decided Bitcoin’s fate,” acceptance above this band has tended to unlock the next level. At the same time, rejection has forced a rebuild below a fair-value axis that acts as […]
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Bitcoin’s sustained price above $100,000 was supposed to signal its arrival as a mature institutional asset. Instead, its sudden reversal below that threshold has unsettled traders and revived fears of another crypto winter. On Nov. 4, Bitcoin briefly dipped to its lowest level since May at $99,075, before recovering to approximately $102,437 as of press […]
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Bitcoin traded at $100,640.15 as of press time, down 5.6% in the past 24 hours, after briefly losing the $100,000 price threshold on Binance futures for the first time since June 23. The sell-off wiped billions from the broader crypto market as traders confronted a three-month high in the dollar, equity weakness, and a four-day […]
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Bitcoin has treated $106,400 as a pivot across the current cycle, acting as both resistance and support. Price has repeatedly clustered near the level, cleared it on retests, and expanded toward the next channel bands, while breaks below the level often required a repair phase before any advance. My charts below show price channels that […]
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Bitcoin fell over 4 percent to near $111,000 on Wednesday as U.S. equities set new highs ahead of the Federal Reserve decision, a divergence driven more by crypto’s positioning and flows than a broad macro risk-off. Nvidia crossed $5 trillion in market value, concentrating stock gains in a handful of AI leaders even as crypto […]
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Zcash (ZEC) was little more than a historical footnote for most of the past years. The digital asset was seen as a relic of crypto’s cypherpunk age, forgotten amid the rise of AI tokens, restaking narratives, and layer-2 rollups. Yet, it has become 2025’s most surprising comeback story almost overnight. CryptoSlate data shows Zcash surged […]
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Crypto markets started this new week with a surge powered by a rare alignment of favorable macroeconomic shifts. According to CryptoSlate data, Bitcoin climbed to a fresh intraday high above $116,000 before stabilizing near $115,587 as of press time. Notably, this is its highest price level in weeks and shows that it is within sight […]
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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded past the $112,000 resistance level over the weekend, trading at $113,724 at the time of writing, according to CryptoSlate data. Bitcoin’s price breached the $113,000 mark for the second time this week—on Oct. 21, BTC was trading at $113,678. The latest price movement has helped Bitcoin’s value recover nearly […]
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The Bitcoin options market has quietly become one of the most revealing arenas for gauging trader sentiment. And right now, it’s flashing mixed but telling signals. While Bitcoin has clawed its way back from the early-October washout that vaporized tens of billions in leveraged bets, the options data suggests investors are still hedging their excitement […]
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Bitcoin’s weekend nosedive had traders muttering about a “dead cat,” but the market clearly missed the memo. After sliding to $106,189 on Sunday, BTC refused to stay buried. Monday’s tape was cautious, Tuesday started ugly, and then, out of nowhere, buyers charged in and dragged the price to $113,650 by nightfall: a 7% comeback in […]
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Bitcoin and Ethereum staged a strong rebound this week as fresh capital returned to crypto markets following the US–China tariff shock. Bitcoin surged past $110,000 for the first time since early October, reaching roughly $111,000 as of press time, according to CryptoSlate data. The move marks a 4% daily gain and reverses some of the […]
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JPMorgan attributes the recent Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) sell-off to crypto-native leverage rather than institutional exits, noting that spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed minimal forced selling while perpetual futures markets faced sharp deleveraging across both assets. Bitcoin fell 13.1% from $122,316 on Oct. 3 to $106,329 by Oct. 17, while perpetual open interest […]
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JPMorgan attributes the recent Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) sell-off to crypto-native leverage rather than institutional exits, noting that spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed minimal forced selling while perpetual futures markets faced sharp deleveraging across both assets. Bitcoin fell 13.1% from $122,316 on Oct. 3 to $106,329 by Oct. 17, while perpetual open interest […]
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Bitcoin extended its week-long decline, sliding to its lowest level since July as renewed US–China trade tensions and heavy fund outflows forced another wave of liquidations across crypto markets. According to CryptoSlate data, Bitcoin fell over 5% in the past 24 hours to as low as $103,300 after trading near $112,000 earlier in the week. […]
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent correction from its all-time high of $126,100 to current levels around $104,500 may mask a more constructive macro environment that could accelerate the path toward the higher upside. While derivative markets underwent historic deleveraging with $19 billion in futures open interest wiped out, several macro developments are aligning to support crypto’s next […]
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No one has a crystal ball, but if Bitcoin continues to behave according to its past cycles, then we’ve most likely already reached the peak. Bitcoin printed an all-time high on Oct. 6, but it failed to extend the move as the post-halving clock approaches the peak zone seen in prior cycles. The 2024 halving […]
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Bitcoin price traded near $110,000 today as ETF flow streaks and the $107,000 support take focus. Spot ETF demand remains the pivot. BlackRock’s IBIT is approaching $100 billion in assets, roughly 799,000 BTC, as the largest U.S. fund complex continues to concentrate supply. U.S. spot products printed fresh net inflows of $102 million yesterday and […]
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A sudden flash crash rattled crypto markets on Oct. 10, erasing billions in leveraged positions as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major tokens plunged before staging partial recoveries. Bitcoin fell more than 10% at its lowest point, slipping to $101,500 before rebounding to trade near $112,500 as of press time. Ethereum similarly dropped over 10% intraday […]
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Bitcoin (BTC) dropped 3% amid a broader market rout after President Donald Trump announced that the US is considering escalating tariffs against China in response to newly imposed rare-earth export controls. Total liquidations reached $807 million over the past 24 hours, as BTC fell to $116,585 as of press time. On a lengthy statement on Oct. 10 via […]
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Bitcoin climbed 1.75% over the past 24 hours to $123,250 as of press time, driven by sustained spot ETF inflows, gold’s rally to fresh records, and softer Federal Reserve rate guidance. US spot Bitcoin ETFs added $2.1 billion in net inflows between Oct. 6 and Oct. 7, according to Farside Investors. The movement extended a […]
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The crypto market shed 2.3% on Oct. 7, and the 42-day Treasury bill auction released at approximately 13:00 ET appears to have catalyzed the broad risk-off move. The stop-out yield at 4% came in above the median of 3.97%, signaling investors demanded higher compensation to hold short-dated government debt. The uptick in short-end rates tightened […]
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Bitcoin (BTC) breached $126,100 for the first time in history on Oct. 6, climbing 2.5% in 24 hours as record institutional demand and macroeconomic uncertainty converged to push it to new highs. Bitcoin has since retraced to $123,500, sitting around the previous all-time high, which now acts as a support for the uptrend. The rally […]
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Bitcoin has smashed through the $125,000 level, setting a new Bitcoin all-time high in one of the most subdued rallies the market has ever witnessed. Sure, the barrier was broken on a sleepy Sunday, but still, the notable lack of memes, comments, and euphoria was palpable. As Vijay Boyapati, author of The Bullish Case for […]
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Just as Amazon laid the rails for the digital economy, Metaplanet president Simon Gerovich says his company is building the new financial infrastructure. And he argues that the market often misprices companies in periods of structural change, obsessing over price while missing the power beneath the hood. Like Jeff Bezos’ famous remark during Amazon’s dot-com […]
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