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Crypto markets extended their weekend slide with losses widening across major tokens and high-beta altcoins as futures liquidations piled up following weakness in bitcoin. Ether bore the brunt of the damage. The second-largest cryptocurrency saw about $385 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, the largest of any asset, as its price fell sharply

XRP sold off sharply as broader crypto weakness triggered a wave of long liquidations, forcing the price below a key support level before buyers tentatively stepped in near $1.74. News background XRP coincided with a broader crypto selloff, with bitcoin-led weakness squeezing high-beta tokens. The move was driven by positioning rather than token-specific news, as

Bitcoin fell below the $81,000 level on Saturday, extending a long weekend of weakness as traders remained defensive amid geopolitical headlines, political uncertainty in the US and ongoing turmoil across crypto markets. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell as much as 2.2% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data. Trading volume fell into the

Nearly four months after crypto’s record Oct. 10 flash crash wiped out leveraged positions across the market, the industry is still arguing over what actually broke. That argument turned into a public row on Saturday after OKX founder and CEO Star Xu claimed the crash was neither complicated nor accidental, but the result of irresponsible

Nearly four months after crypto’s record Oct. 10 flash crash wiped out leveraged positions across the market, the industry is still arguing over what actually broke. That argument turned into a public row on Saturday after OKX founder and CEO Star Xu claimed the crash was neither complicated nor accidental, but the result of irresponsible

Binance blamed the Oct. 10 flash crash on a macro shock that collided with heavy leverage and evaporating liquidity, rather than any breakdown in its trading systems, following speculative chatter on social media. In a report released on Saturday, the exchange said global markets were already under pressure following trade war headlines as crypto markets

Tokenized silver futures recorded the biggest liquidations across the crypto market over the past 24 hours, overtaking bitcoin and ether in a rare reversal of the usual risk hierarchy as a rebound in precious metals spilled into commodity-based crypto futures. According to CoinGlass data, 129,117 traders were liquidated over the last day, with total losses