A December rate hike by the Bank of Japan could stabilize the yen and address inflation, impacting global markets and economic policies.
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According to Versan Aljarrah, founder of Black Swan Capitalist, fear has crept back into the XRP market as the token trades under pressure. Prices slipped below the $2 mark and recently hit about $1.83 before a small rebound. Volatility has been sharp, and many traders are being pushed into quick exits. Related Reading: Bitcoin Creator Somehow Becomes ‘Poor’ By Losing $41 Billion Without Saying A Word Volatility Tests Investors Based on reports, XRP’s slide accelerated after a broad market crash in early October tied to tariff tensions between the US and China. That turmoil forced billions of dollars of liquidations across exchanges. Different platforms briefly showed very different lows — Kraken recorded $1.40 while Binance charts on TradingView showed a flash low at $0.76. Fear is back, and it always hits those who don’t understand what it means to hold XRP. Most won’t survive the engineered volatility ahead. The system shakes out the weak long before real valuation even begins. — Black Swan Capitalist (@VersanAljarrah) November 23, 2025 Those swings left behind gaps in liquidity, including a zone around $1.98 to $1.99 that traders are watching closely. Price action has been messy but not one-directional. XRP was trading around $2.22, up about 1.8% in the last 24 hours, and in another snapshot it was reported changing hands close to $2.24 amid a rebound. Over the most recent 72 hours, the token posted a rally of more than 18%, showing how fast sentiment can flip. According to Aljarrah, fear has returned, and “it always hits those who don’t understand what it means to hold XRP.” The analyst pointed out that a good number of people will fall before they could even make it and “survive the engineered volatility ahead.” The system, he said, “shakes out the weak” long before actual market valuation takes its course. History And Psychology At Work Analysts and market observers point to XRP’s stop-and-go history as part of the problem. In 2017, the coin lingered for months before surging roughly 70,000% and then dropping by as much as 95% at certain stretches. In 2024, it traded quietly for much of the year before jumping over 600% near year end. That pattern makes holding the token psychologically hard for many. People sell too soon, often right before big moves. Support levels are being watched closely. Reports list key buffers at $1.95, $1.75, and $1.60. On the upside, some analysts are projecting a rebound to $4 by 2026, with longer-range targets of $13 and $27. Those are forecasts, not promises, and they assume steady market conditions and continued interest. While $XRP jumped 17% in the last 72 hours, whales used the move to lock in profits, selling more than 180 million tokens. pic.twitter.com/t9aKQqTwQN — Ali (@ali_charts) November 25, 2025 Whales Take Profit Amid Rally And ETF Flows Meanwhile, analyst Ali Martinez said larger holders have been taking profits during the rebound. Whales holding between 1 million and 10 million XRP reportedly sold over 180 million tokens, trimming their balances to about 4.74 billion XRP. That kind of selling can add pressure even while the price is trying to recover. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Sudden Volatility Jump Signals Options Could Be Calling The Shots—Analyst Institutional flows appear to be a counterweight. Based on reports, the Franklin Templeton and Grayscale XRP ETFs launched in the US yesterday and drew combined positive flows of $130 million on their first day. Net inflows into US XRP ETFs on Monday were placed at $164 million, a figure that helped absorb some of the selling and supported a more than 7% gain over 24 hours in some trading windows. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
Dogecoin (DOGE) is back in the spotlight after a week of explosive developments that have shifted market sentiment firmly into bullish territory. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s November Crash To Continue If This Level Isn’t Reclaimed, Analyst Warns The launch of Grayscale’s Dogecoin ETF, along with rising on-chain activity and renewed retail enthusiasm, has combined to push DOGE into a breakout zone that analysts say could define its next major trend. As the broader crypto market remains volatile, Dogecoin is proving once again that its unique blend of cultural appeal and market structure can create outsized momentum. DOGE's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: DOGEUSD on Tradingview Grayscale’s GDOG ETF Ignites Fresh Institutional Demand The biggest catalyst of the week is the debut of Grayscale’s GDOG, the first U.S. spot Dogecoin ETF, an unprecedented milestone for any memecoin. Listed on NYSE Arca with a temporary 0% fee for the first $1 billion in assets, GDOG offers regulated exposure to DOGE without the need for wallets or direct custody. Early inflows have already surpassed expectations, signaling significant institutional interest ahead of fierce competition from Bitwise, which is launching its own Dogecoin ETF, BWOW, later in the week. The ETF arrival comes as Dogecoin maintains its position among the top 10 cryptos, boasting billions in daily trading volume and a market capitalization rivaling that of established traditional companies. Analysts note that ETF access could unlock new capital from retirement accounts, advisory firms, and institutions that have been previously restricted from buying the asset directly, potentially reshaping DOGE’s liquidity profile. Dogecoin Price Momentum Builds as On-Chain Activity Surges DOGE’s price climbed over 2% to trade around $0.15, breaking short-term resistance as volumes exceeded $1.5 billion. On-chain data shows more than 1.5 million daily transactions, reflecting heightened network usage driven by low fees and rapid confirmation speeds. Technical indicators also reinforce the bullish turn, as the RSI has rebounded from oversold territory, while support at the $0.13 zone remains intact. Market watchers say a move toward $0.18 is possible if ETF inflows remain strong. The long-monitored $0.17–$0.16 support cluster remains the key downside zone that bulls must defend to maintain control. Memecoin Era Strengthens as DOGE Enters Regulated Finance Dogecoin’s ETF debut is more than a market event. It’s a cultural benchmark that cements the evolution of memecoins from online jokes to regulated financial instruments. With Grayscale securing first-mover advantage and Bitwise close behind, Wall Street has formally opened the door to a new class of assets powered by community identity rather than traditional fundamentals. Related Reading: Is Bitcoin Yet To Top In This Cycle? What aSOPR Suggests As ecosystem upgrades continue, ranging from payment integrations to emerging DeFi utilities, Dogecoin’s breakout moment suggests that the memecoin market is entering a new chapter. With on-chain strength rising and institutional access expanding, DOGE may be preparing for a major run once again. Cover image from ChatGPT, DOGEUSD chart from Tradingview
A high-conviction Bitcoin whale placed a $2 billion wager that the worst is over and the market bottom might be in after a brutal leverage washout stripped speculative froth from the crypto market. On Nov. 24, Deribit, the Coinbase-owned crypto options trading platform, reported a 20,000 BTC notional block trade, which appears to signal that institutional […]
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The sharp TVL contraction appears largely driven by the unwinding of leveraged looping strategies that proliferated across DeFi protocols.
CEO Vladimir Novakovski explains the infrastructure powering the perp DEX, and why Lighter opted for a zero-fee structure for retail users.
Bitcoin is struggling to reclaim the $90,000 level as selling pressure continues to dominate across the crypto market. The sharp decline from the all-time high has fueled growing speculation that the current cycle may have already peaked, with many analysts now calling for the beginning of a bear market. Sentiment has shifted rapidly, and fear is spreading as traders question whether the bullish structure has been permanently broken. Related Reading: Bitmine Scoops Up Another 28,625 Ethereum ($82.1M) as Market Bleeds – Details However, not everyone agrees with the bearish outlook. A segment of market participants still expects a rebound, arguing that the correction is part of a broader continuation pattern rather than the end of the cycle. These optimistic observers believe that higher prices could still unfold once selling exhaustion sets in. According to top analyst Darkfost, the recent price action reflects a notable behavioral shift in traders. He explains that investors who attempted to long the market throughout the correction have finally been squeezed out. Funding rates, which had remained elevated during the decline, have now cooled and even turned negative — a strong signal that sentiment has flipped. Darkfost notes that traders waited for Bitcoin to correct more than 30% before shifting aggressively into short positions, highlighting a delayed reaction that often appears near market inflection points. Funding Rates Flip Negative as Short Dominance Takes Over Darkfost explains that the latest shift in funding rates is more meaningful than it appears on the surface. He notes that traders often assume the neutral funding level is 0%, but that is not the case. Most exchanges — including Binance — embed an interest component of roughly 0.01% into the funding calculation. This means that when funding drops below 0.01%, it already reflects short-side dominance. Therefore, when funding turns negative, it signals an even stronger tilt toward aggressive short positioning. According to Darkfost, this marks a clear behavioral change among derivatives traders, suggesting that the market has transitioned from forced long unwinds to conviction-based short exposure. Historically, these shifts tend to occur only once a correction is already deep into its progression. Darkfost highlights that such funding transitions often reflect trader capitulation — where participants who fought the downtrend finally flip and attempt to follow momentum, but only after most of the move has already unfolded. This phenomenon has appeared in previous cycle retracements and has frequently coincided with late-stage bottoms. He adds that Bitcoin may now be entering a disbelief phase, where price begins climbing while shorts continue to pile in. If this dynamic persists, it could act as fuel for an upside reversal, especially if spot demand wakes up and liquidations pressure the short side instead. Related Reading: 63K Bitcoin Exits Long-Term Wallets: A Surge of Speculative Short-Term Buying BTC Price Testing Short-Term Supply Bitcoin is attempting to stabilize after a sharp decline, with the chart showing price currently trading around $87,000 following a rebound from the recent plunge near $80,000. The downtrend remains clearly defined, as BTC continues to trade below the 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day moving averages, signaling persistent bearish momentum. The slope of these moving averages has turned downward, reinforcing the shift in trend structure. Despite the bounce, the recovery lacks strong volume support, which suggests that buyers have not yet returned with conviction. Related Reading: STH Panic Emerges as Bitcoin Crashes To $81K: Realized P/L Turns Negative For The First Time This Cycle The chart shows that previous support levels around $95,000 and $100,000 have now become resistance areas, making them key levels to watch for any attempted recovery. A failure to reclaim these zones could trigger renewed selling pressure and a retest of the recent lows. However, the wick below $80,000 indicates aggressive buying at the lows, which could signal that a short-term bottom is forming if buyers continue to defend higher lows in the coming days. Market sentiment remains fragile, yet the stabilization above $85,000 hints at a potential consolidation phase rather than immediate continuation of the decline. A sustained move above the 100-day moving average would be the first meaningful signal of regained bullish momentum. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
Multiple technical failures during MegaETH’s pre-deposit phase pushed the raise beyond its limitations and forced the team to halt the sale.
A $10M budget allocation for BTC was approved with the reported $5M trade representing the first step toward deploying those funds.
XRP is leading the race for altcoin supremacy in the US crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) market with its record performance since last month. In less than 10 trading days, the new crop of US spot XRP ETFs has registered cumulative inflows of roughly $587 million, compared with approximately $568 million for their Solana counterparts. This […]
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Solana (SOL) is staging an impressive comeback as renewed institutional demand supports the network’s key support levels. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Less Than 50% Chance Of Hitting $100,000 By December 31, Says AI Model The latest surge in investor interest, led by a record-breaking inflow into Bitwise’s Solana ETF, has helped the asset stabilize after weeks of market turbulence, offering fresh optimism for a potential trend reversal. SOL's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: SOLUSD on Tradingview Record Solana ETF Inflows Signal Renewed Institutional Confidence Bitwise Asset Management recorded a historic $39.5 million single-day inflow into its Solana ETF, the largest since the product launched. The milestone reflects a clear shift in institutional portfolios toward high-utility blockchain assets, with Solana increasingly emerging as a preferred choice beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. The network’s reputation for speed, scalability, and active ecosystem continues to anchor demand, with institutional investors prioritizing blockchains that demonstrate real-world functionality. This surge in ETF interest comes despite broader market volatility. Recent weeks saw nearly $1.94 billion in total outflows across crypto investment products, one of the largest downturns since 2018. Yet, Solana ETF performance shows institutions are not withdrawing from the market entirely, they are reallocating capital toward networks with measurable usage and long-term growth potential. Solana Price Rebounds as Key Supports Hold Firm After dropping to $121.50 on Friday, Solana rebounded sharply to reclaim the $135–$140 range, marking a 14% recovery. Despite a 30% decline over the last month, SOL has shown notable resilience. The asset continues to hold above the crucial $125–$130 support band, a zone analysts describe as the foundation of Solana’s current market structure. Derivatives markets, however, still reflect caution. Negative funding rates and declining open interest indicate traders remain defensive, with sentiment yet to fully align with the positive ETF inflows. Even so, on-chain activity paints a more optimistic picture. Solana leads all major networks in active addresses and daily transactions, with user activity increasing 13% over the past month, even as Ethereum’s activity declined 15%. ETF Strength and On-Chain Utility Shape Solana’s Next Move The junction of strong ETF demand and robust network fundamentals suggests Solana could be positioned for a broader recovery, provided it maintains the $125 support level. Analysts point to $163, $170, and eventually $195–$243 as potential upside targets if buyers continue to absorb selling pressure. Related Reading: Bitcoin To $40,000? Signal Behind Past 60% Crashes Is Back While macro uncertainty and recent market outflows still pose risks, Solana’s ability to withstand significant volatility, while attracting record institutional capital, signals enduring confidence in its long-term value. If current momentum holds, Solana may soon challenge higher resistance zones, backing its position as one of the most resilient high-utility blockchains in 2025. Cover image from ChatGPT, SOLUSD chart from Tradingview
Bitwise's Dogecoin ETF, BWOW, was certified by NYSE Arca, signaling investors will soon be able to start trading the meme coin fund.
Bitcoin price stalled as traders considered the impact of Friday’s $14 billion options expiry, with data showing some bullish traders positioning for higher prices.
The US CFTC opened nominations for a CEO-led advisory group to help shape policy on crypto, prediction markets and other emerging products.
Kevin Hassett is at the top of the leaderboard to become the next Fed Chair, according to reporting from Bloomberg.
SKALE on Base allows agents to take advantage of the chain's scalable infrastructure and Base’s liquidity, users, onramps, and distribution.
The effort is starting small, but Texas made an opening foray into a state-based crypto reserve — getting closer to the first government stockpile in the U.S.
Bitcoin dominance is currently sitting around the mid-50% range, and although it has not shown any dramatic breakdown yet, some traders are beginning to watch for signs of rotation. Data from platforms that track market share show Bitcoin dominance slowly pushing to the mid-fifties, but projections suggesting a future decline are forming the basis of new discussions in the XRP community. One such projection comes from an XRP enthusiast known as DROP, who shared a chart illustrating a steep fall in Bitcoin dominance that he believes will unlock XRP’s next major rally to double digits. Bitcoin Dominance Projection Shows A Breakdown Zone The chart shared by DROP outlines a scenario where Bitcoin dominance trends sideways for a while before sliding into the low-40% region. This projected decline is highlighted by a wide purple zone extending into 2026. The expectation is that a major rotation into altcoins, most especially XRP, would begin once dominance loses its current structure. Related Reading: Here’s How High The XRP Price Needs To Be To Flip Bitcoin Although Bitcoin’s dominance has fallen quite a bit from its 60% range where it was circulating in October, it has fairly held up even when it fell to as low as $81,000 on November 21. The last time Bitcoin’s dominance was as low as 40% was in early 2023. The idea behind the projection is not that another fall in dominance has already begun, but that the dominance is in a region where it could crash if market conditions change. According to DROP, this is the moment that will cement the beginning of XRP’s strongest move of the cycle. It is from here that the XRP price runs to double digits. Double-Digit XRP Dependent On A Crypto Market Transition XRP has often been one of the few assets that have shown the ability to outperform Bitcoin, especially when traders rotate into large-cap tokens that have lagged behind Bitcoin during the early part of a cycle. Related Reading: XRP Price Has Surged 15% Anytime This Metric Appeared In The Past This pattern was visible in both January and July 2025. The January 2025 move pushed XRP above $3 for the first time since 2018, and the July 2025 move saw the XRP price register a new all-time high. The projection by DROP positions XRP as one of the likely gainers once market share begins to redistribute away from Bitcoin. This has not happened yet, and current dominance readings reflect stability rather than collapse. The projection centers on what could occur when the market enters the next altcoin rotation phase. If dominance eventually drops toward the low-40% range, then the conditions might just be right for XRP to break out above $10. These conditions include retail and institutional participation, deeper liquidity from large investors, and meaningful inflows into XRP ETFs to sustain such an advance to double digits. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
US Bancorp stablecoin testing on Stellar blockchain enables secure, compliant digital asset transactions and advances bank innovation.
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Timechain Index founder Sani reported 87,464 BTC flowing out of institution-tagged wallets between Nov. 21 and Nov. 22, adding that he hadn’t seen such movement in months. The raw data showed over 15,000 BTC leaving tracked cohorts on Nov. 21 alone, the largest single-day outflow since June 26. Yet, as Sani clarified in a note, […]
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Crypto payments firm MoonPay has gained regulatory approval in New York to safeguard customers’ digital assets and facilitate OTC trades.
The CFTC's Acting Chair, Caroline Pham, is seeking chief executives to bolster a newly formed CEO Innovation Council.
The bank cited increasing trading volume and the number of users at large exchanges, as well as gaps in South Africa’s regulatory framework on crypto.
The bank's push into stablecoins puts it among many other traditional financial institutions, like Bank of America and Citi.
XRP is under heavy selling pressure as the broader crypto market struggles with uncertainty, risk aversion, and fading bullish momentum. Fear continues to spread across investors, and liquidity conditions are tightening, putting additional weight on assets that previously demonstrated strength. Related Reading: Bitmine Scoops Up Another 28,625 Ethereum ($82.1M) as Market Bleeds – Details One of the clearest signs of stress now comes from Binance data — the largest trading platform by volume — showing that XRP Open Interest has dropped to its lowest level since November 2024. This decline highlights a significant shift in trader positioning, signaling that speculative appetite is drying up and leverage is being unwound across the market. According to the latest derivatives metrics, XRP is entering a critical phase marked by weakening sentiment and a steady loss of momentum. The sharp contraction in Open Interest reflects reduced participation from both long and short traders, suggesting that the market currently lacks conviction to support a sustained directional move. This shift comes at a time when XRP had previously been attempting to stabilize above key psychological levels, but continued selling pressure has prevented a clean rebound. XRP Derivatives Show Liquidity Drain and Bearish Control A CryptoQuant report from Arab Chain reveals a sharp deterioration in XRP derivatives conditions, highlighting growing stress across the market. Open Interest on Binance has fallen dramatically from record highs above $1.7 billion to nearly $504 million, and briefly down to $473 million. This steep contraction reflects a major outflow of liquidity from both long and short positions, signaling that traders no longer have the conviction needed to sustain a clear directional trend. The decline in OI aligns closely with XRP’s price drop to $2, after trading above the $2.5–$3 range in recent weeks. This correlation suggests that traders are not reopening positions after being flushed out, leaving the market driven by short-term flows rather than sustained accumulation. Funding rates reinforce this weakness. Over the past two months, funding has frequently turned negative, showing that short sellers are willing to pay to maintain their positions. Negative funding typically indicates that selling pressure outweighs buying demand, increasing the probability of continued downside unless fresh liquidity enters the market. Taken together — collapsing Open Interest, persistent negative funding, and declining price action — the data paints a picture of deep fragility. There are no visible signs of meaningful accumulation from whales or institutions, and without a reversal in derivatives behavior, XRP remains firmly under seller control. Related Reading: 63K Bitcoin Exits Long-Term Wallets: A Surge of Speculative Short-Term Buying XRP Price Shows Weak Rebound After Breakdown XRP continues to struggle under heavy market pressure, and the chart reflects a clear loss of bullish structure. After failing to hold above the $2.50–$2.70 range, price broke down sharply and recently tagged lows near $1.90 before attempting a modest rebound. The rejection from the 50-day and 100-day moving averages shows that sellers remain firmly in control, with both moving averages now sloping downward — a sign of sustained bearish momentum. Additionally, XRP remains below the 200-day moving average, reinforcing the broader downside bias and signaling that the market has not yet regained long-term support. Related Reading: Anti-CZ Whale Loses Big: $61M in Profit Wiped Out As Ethereum and XRP Longs Collapse Volume spikes during selloffs highlight capitulation-driven moves rather than accumulation, while the weaker volume on recent green candles suggests limited conviction behind the bounce. Each recovery attempt has been met with resistance, forming lower highs and lower lows — a classic bearish continuation pattern. To shift sentiment, XRP would need to reclaim the $2.40 level and consolidate above it; otherwise, the risk of retesting $1.90 or even falling toward $1.70 remains elevated. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
Halving math, shielded growth and NU6.1 governance turned Zcash from a low-profile relic into November’s most-searched crypto.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The addition of Fordefi’s MPC wallet infrastructure broadens Paxos’ regulated capabilities for custody, tokenization and institutional onchain operations.
USDT0 launched in January using LayerZero's Omnichain Fungible Token standard, enabling it to extend to 15 blockchains.
ShapeShift’s Houston Morgan told The Block that JPMorgan Chase abruptly closed his business bank account last Friday.