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Following the launch of the spot XRP ETF, many people thought the XRP price would break its ATH. But that didn't happen. Instead, the price has been dropping drastically, now trading around $2.10.

 

Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of BitMEX, says Bitcoin is likely to fall in the short term before bouncing back toward the end of the year. His latest market note warns that the crypto rally has lost key support as dollar liquidity tightens across the financial system.

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Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, pushed back against concerns that Wall Street's growing presence in Bitcoin has amplified the asset's volatility.

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El Salvador has significantly increased its Bitcoin reserves by purchasing over 1,000 BTC, boosting its total holdings to approximately 7,500 BTC. This acquisition, valued at around $100 million, occurred during a sharp downturn in the cryptocurrency market when Bitcoin's price dipped below $90,000.

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21Shares will launch its Solana ETF following a final filing with the SEC. It would be the sixth such SOL fund to hit the market after a recent spate of launches by other asset managers.

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BTC price prediction suggests recovery to $104,000 within 4-6 weeks as oversold RSI at 28.63 indicates potential bounce from current $91,061 levels.

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Bloomberg's Mike McGlone has predicted that the price of Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, could collapse to zero.

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Large Bitcoin holders are steadily increasing their positions even as retail participation drops to yearly lows, signaling a familiar market dynamic during downturns. New data shows that wallets holding at least 1,000 BTC have climbed to a four-month high of 1,384, up 2.2% from 1,354 just three weeks earlier.

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RippleX Head of Engineering J. Ayo Akinyele has sparked renewed interest in the future of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) after releasing an in-depth analysis questioning whether the network could one day support native staking.

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Bitcoin is once again at the center of market conversations, and this time, analysts say the charts are pointing toward a potential Rally to $50,000.

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US banks gain new authority to hold crypto for gas fees after OCC update

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Ripple-affiliated XRP could be headed for more losses if bulls fail to mount a sustainable recovery in the near term.

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Bitcoins options market has taken a dramatic turn as traders move away from last years ultra-bullish outlook and increasingly position for potential downside. After months of enthusiasm around high-strike call optionsparticularly the previously dominant $140,000 call, which once held over $2 billion in open interestsentiment has sharply reversed.

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The crypto market is wobbling. Bitcoin lost more than 10% in a few days and struggles to regain momentum.

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Bitcoin BTC$90,319.47 options have flipped the script with a full 180-degree shift from last year's uber bullish bets to a sharply bearish stance.

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Pi Coin is facing a difficult trading environment despite growing accumulation from investors. Inflows into the asset have now touched a five-week high, confirming that capital is returning to the network and that buyers remain confident in Pi's long-term potential.

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Bitcoin's slide into the low-$90,000 range has triggered one of the fastest sentiment reversals of the year, with prediction markets rapidly shifting from bullish expectations to sharply bearish pricing. Asia traders began the new session facing a dramatically changed landscape, where both professional desks and retail bettors were caught off guard by the speed and depth of Bitcoin's decline.

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On-chain data shows Bitcoin short-term holders have transferred a large amount of BTC at a loss to exchanges, a sign of another capitulation wave on the network. Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Are Depositing To Exchanges At Loss As explained by CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn in a new post on X, short-term holders (STHs) have just made another wave of underwater exchange deposits.

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Macro analysts believe that the liquidity squeeze dragging BTC could clear by year-end.

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Algorand and Noah partnership expands regulated payments access across the ecosystem

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Ripple CTO David Schwartz and RippleX researcher J. Ayo Akinyele have shared new updates on how the XRP Ledger (XRPL) could evolve in the coming years. Their comments show that developers are now focusing on long-term changes to the network, especially as DeFi usage grows and programmability moves closer to becoming a built-in feature.

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Strategy's Michael Saylor says Bitcoin has been “getting a lot less” volatile despite its recent price plunge, contradicting the outlook of many crypto analysts.

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XRPL's ecosystem is maturing. Apart from payments, XRP is starting to support tokenized assets, ETFs, and other financial instruments, which potentially opens the door to additional decentralized finance (DeFi) capabilities.

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Analysts warn that the US may fall behind others preparing to accumulate BTC for national reserves.

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Bitcoin experienced significant competition between bulls and bears during the previous trading day, preventing an extended pullback to $86,000 or lower. In the short term, the Bitcoin bulls appear to have gained strength as they defended an important support zone.