Open interest data suggests that the advance is likely to be short-covering, rather than fresh longs entering the market.
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Long-term owners (LTH) of bitcoin BTC$88,503.37 has switched back to accumulation for the first time since July. LTHs, defined as entities that have held bitcoin for at least 155 days, have accumulated about 33,000 BTC on a 30-day net basis, according to onchain data analysts checkonchain. Selling from LTHs has been one of the two
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Aptos (APT) was also a top performer, up 3.1% from Monday.
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As 2025 draws to a close, investors’ attention is converging on two big questions: how quickly Washington will deliver a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets, and whether advances in quantum computing pose an imminent threat to blockchain security, crypto-asset manager Grayscale said in a Monday report. In Grayscale’s view, one of these debates is
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APT$1.6893 the item rallied in the past 24 hours, rising 1.3% to $1.73. The token maintained close correlation with broader crypto markets throughout the period, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that volume patterns revealed underlying institutional accumulation. Price action accelerated at the end of the period as APT pierced previous
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Unleash Protocol, an intellectual property financing platform built on the Story ecosystem, lost about $3.9 million in a security breach, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield. The attacker converted the stolen assets to Ethereum and deposited 1,337.1 ether ETH$2,975.68 into Tornado Cash, a crypto mixing service commonly used to hide transaction histories, according to PeckShield.
2025 is drawing to a close with few crypto market stories more dramatic than the “flash crash” on October 10, when bitcoin BTC$87,861.51 dropped $12,000, or nearly 10%, in minutes. The meltdown sparked more than $19 billion in liquidations in just 24 hours, followed by a trader-circulated “cascade warning” and a staggering $500 billion wiped
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This year, investors decisively chose precious metals such as gold to hedge against the potential erosion of paper money value, sidelining bitcoin. BTC$87,925.62. Gold is up nearly 70% since January 1st and silver around 150%, far outpacing the largest cryptocurrency, which is down around 6%. Analysts attributed the rally to the so-called “debasement trade.” It
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Bitcoin BTC$87,400.28 and silver are sending starkly different signals to markets as the year closes, with volatility data showing traders actively trading one asset while the other sits in neutral. Over the past month, bitcoin’s annualized 30-day realized volatility has steadily compressed into the mid-40s, reflecting a market that remains range-bound and lacks conviction. At
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Lighter’s LIT token has yet to begin open trading, but the market has already drawn a sharp line around its valuation following Tuesday’s airdrop. Traders are divided over whether the new governance token for the Ethereum-based Layer 2 decentralized exchange (DEX) deserves a fully diluted valuation closer to $2 billion or $3 billion. Fully diluted
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