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Solana started a fresh decline below the $135 zone. SOL price is now consolidating losses below $130 and might decline further below $125.

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Follow up to the hour updates on what is happening in crypto today, December 02. Market movements, crypto news, and more!

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MSCI is considering removing Strategy Inc. from its major equity indices due to the company's large bitcoin holdings, which some traders say could scare smaller players.

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Bitcoin's blistering 2025 run is being tested, with the world's largest cryptocurrency falling sharply through last month and into the first week of December. After setting an all-time high above US$126,000 in October, bitcoin slid below US$85,000 on Monday — its steepest decline since the first quarter of the year and a reversal that has spilled across the broader digital-assets market.

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Bitcoin hovered near $86,000 in Asia after a sharp crypto selloff and global bond slump kept traders cautious and risk appetite weak.

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In a turbulent market marked by falling prices, Bitcoin (BTC) has once again dipped below the $85,000 threshold, driven by growing speculation that Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, may be on the verge of selling some of its Bitcoin holdings. This intensified after a recent interview on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, during which Strategy CEO Phong Le was directly asked whether the company would consider parting with any of its BTC holdings.

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A hedge fund believes that Strategy will likely not rush to sell its Bitcoin stash.

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A break above $2.05–$2.07 is needed to shift momentum, while a fall below $2.00 could lead to further declines.

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Analysts see Bitcoin range-bound near $90K into year-end before a potential 2026 rally to $135K, contingent on Fed policy.

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Vanguard will be opening its platform to a variety of crypto ETF products. The firm shared it would support trading for BTC, ETH, XRP, and SOL from December 2.

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Fears tend to mount whenever an OG crypto whale starts shifting funds, but this one used it to double down on the blockchain network.

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BitMine now holds over $10 billion in Ether, doubling down on its strategy to accumulate 5% of the supply despite being underwater on its total position.

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Crypto prices today have slid further as pressure from Japan's bond market flowed into digital assets. The total crypto market cap slipped by 5.3% to just above $3 trillion, adding to the weak momentum that has carried into December.

 

XRP price started a fresh decline below $2.10. The price is now struggling and faces resistance near the $2.050 pivot level.

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Ethereum open interest jumped $653M after a price dip. Traders return as ETH holds support, with indicators pointing to potential upside.

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European authorities toppled Cryptomixer and seized millions in bitcoin, exposing a sprawling laundering pipeline that pushed more than a billion euros through the platform and intensifying a broader clash over privacy in digital finance.

 

Global markets were hit with sudden volatility today after Japan's bond market spiked to levels not seen since 2008. The yield on Japan's 2-year government bond surged above 1% for the first time in almost two decades.

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Renowned investor and media personality Kevin O'Leary said Monday that altcoins are no longer bouncing back after market corrections, as investor attention is now solely on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH). O'Leary Says Altcoins Have No Use Cases O'Leary said in an X post that investors have realized owning only the two coins is enough to capture 97.5% of all the cryptocurrency market's “alpha.

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A Solidity engineer proposed a protocol earlier this year using zero-knowledge proofs and transaction relayers to enable a Secret Santa-like feature on Ethereum.

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A crypto crash is happening this month, erasing billions of dollars in market capitalization from top coins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu. This plunge is a continuation of what happened in November when Bitcoin and most altcoins fell.

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Market positioning implies a meaningful probability of sub-$80K BTC to start 2026, Derive's Forster said.

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Data shows the Ethereum Open Interest has shot up by more than 4% following the sharp move down in the cryptocurrency's price. Ethereum Has Seen A Pullback Over The Past Day The cryptocurrency sector as a whole has witnessed a plunge to kick off the new month, with Bitcoin and Ethereum both being down by more than 5% over the last 24 hours.

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Bitcoin bulls' hopes for rate cuts to lower bond yields and the dollar are challenged by signals from the Treasury and the FX market.

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Cantor disclosed its first position in a newly listed Solana ETF, adding momentum to TradFi's shift toward regulated crypto exposure.

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A fast climb to more than $336 million in assets since launch propelled Canary's XRP fund to the top of the U.S. market, signaling intensifying institutional interest in regulated access to blockchain-based exposure. XRPC Ignites a New Era for XRP Exposure Canary Capital Group LLC announced on Nov.