The bitcoin BTC$88,348.04 market grew much calmer in 2025 as institutions embraced derivatives tied to the leading cryptocurrency to generate extra cash from their idle coin holdings. The calmness is evident in the consistent decline in BTC’s annualized 30-day implied volatility, as measured by Volmex’s BVIV and Deribit’s DVOL indexes. These metrics indicate expectations for…
South Korean retail traders have kept piling into Ether hoarder BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. even after the U.S.-listed stock collapsed more than 80% from its July peak, turning it into one of the year’s most extreme examples of speculative demand surviving a wipeout. BitMine is set to close 2025 as one of the most popular…
2025 was defined by a stark divergence: structural progress collided with stagnant price action. Institutional milestones were reached and TVL increased across most major ecosystems, yet the majority of large-cap Layer-1 tokens finished the year with negative or flat returns. This report analyzes the structural decoupling between network usage and token performance. We examine 10…
XRP slipped to $1.85 after breaking the $1.87 support zone, with heavier exchange inflows pointing to renewed distribution just as bitcoin’s rebound lost momentum and broader risk appetite stayed cautious. News background Institutional interest in XRP remains structurally supportive through ETFs, but near-term flows are telling a different story. On-chain data shows a sharp pickup…
Dogecoin slipped 3% to $0.1226 as year-end selling pressure pushed the token through a key support zone, keeping the meme coin pinned to the lower end of its December downtrend. DOGE broke below $0.1248 during the heaviest trading window of the session, with volume running about 157% above average — a sign the move wasn’t…
Major alternative cryptocurrencies slipped on Tuesday as volumes remained thin and bitcoin BTC$88,587.60 traders continue to eye range play in the leading cryptocurrency. Bitcoin hovered around $87,300, down about 3% over 24 hours, while ether fell near $2,950. XRP traded around $1.86, also down on the day, as most large caps drifted lower with no…
Perpetuals-focused Ethereum-based Layer 2 decentralized exchange (DEX) Lighter has announced the debut of its native cryptocurrency, the Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT), to align traders, builders, and backers as it looks to blend traditional markets with DeFi. The LIT token supply is divided evenly: 50% to the ecosystem, 50% to the team and investors. An immediate…
Metaplanet (3350), a Tokyo-listed investment and operating company focused on bitcoin treasury management, bought another 4,279 bitcoin BTC$88,248.95 in the fourth quarter, spending a total of $451 million, it said in a post on X. The purchase, at an average price of $105,412, took its total to 35,102 BTC, the fourth largest of any publicly…
Long-term holders (LTH) of bitcoin BTC$88,429.55 have shifted back into accumulation for the first time since July. LTHs, defined as entities that have held bitcoin for at least 155 days, have accumulated roughly 33,000 BTC on a 30-day net basis, according to onchain data analysts checkonchain. Selling from LTHs has been one of the two…
2025 is drawing to an end with few crypto market stories more dramatic than the Oct. 10 “flash crash,” when bitcoin BTC$88,304.52 plunged $12,000, or nearly 10%, in minutes. The meltdown triggered more than $19 billion in liquidations in just 24 hours, followed by a trader-circulated “cascade warning” and a staggering $500 billion wiped from…
