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11:42 AM
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Strategy raises STRC dividend as the preferred stock's price drifts below par
The dividend increase follows renewed pressure on STRC, which has been trading below its $100 par value.
7:06 AM
Negative
Single trader just lost $220 million as ether plunged 10%
A massive ETH liquidation on Hyperliquid led a leverage-driven wipeout that pushed total crypto liquidations past $2.5 billion in 24 hours.
6:54 AM
Tom Lee’s BitMine sits on $6 billion loss from ether bets
The firm’s recent ETH purchases came just ahead of a sharp market slide, pushing unrealized losses past $6 billion as liquidity thinned and liquidations picked up.
6:38 AM
Negative
Bitcoin drops to $78,000 as Strategy-fueled rally runs out of buyers, traders say
Bitcoin sank to its lowest levels since April as profit-taking by early holders collided with thinning liquidity and a sharp drop-off in fresh capital.
Yesterday
8:30 PM
Negative
Bitcoin hashrate drops 12% in worst drawdown since China mining ban: CryptoQuant
A severe winter storm has forced US miners to curtail operations, dragging bitcoin’s hashrate, output and miner margins to their weakest levels in months.
6:34 PM
Neutral
Retail traders are running for the exit amid bitcoin's selloff, while 'mega-whales' are quietly buying the dip
Glassnode data shows large bitcoin holders accumulating, while retail remains in distribution.
6:22 PM
Negative
Solana DeFi platform step finance hit by $27 million treasury hack as token price craters
The platform's governance token (STEP) plummeted over 80% following the announcement amid a wider crypto market drawdown.
6:14 PM
Negative
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Bitcoin falls out of global top 10 assets by market capitalization, below Elon Musk's Tesla
Ether also declined significantly, dropping to 56th place with a market cap just above $300 billion and losing 14.5% of its value.
5:14 PM
Negative
Bitcoin breaks key support level as Glassnode warns of further price breakdown
Long-term bitcoin holders are selling at the fastest pace since August, while some industry observers suggest the market may be approaching a bear-market bottom.
5:00 PM
Positive
The market for tokenized equities has exploded by almost 3,000% in a single year
Tokenized stocks grew nearly 3,000% in 2025 as new SEC rules and a DTCC pilot pushed the asset class toward the $1 billion milestone, led by Ondo and Securitize.
3:48 PM
Negative
XRP slides 7% as rapid selling breaks major $1.79 support
Traders are watching $1.74 as near-term support, with $1.79–$1.82 now the key resistance zone.
3:41 PM
Negative
ETH, SOL and DOGE slide 7% as $850 million bullish bets end up liquidated
Ether, solana and XRP led losses across crypto as a wave of long liquidations swept futures markets, showing stress spreading beyond bitcoin during weekend trading.
3:30 PM
Bitcoin 'fear' sentiment hits a 2026 high as price downtrends toward $80,000
Social chatter around bitcoin has turned sharply negative after the token slid to its lowest level since Nov. 21, a setup Santiment says often appears near capitulation, even if near term trading stays messy.
2:46 PM
Negative
Bitcoin plunges near $77,000 as geopolitical risks deepens amid U.S-Iran tension
Bitcoin slid under $78,000 on Saturday as thin weekend liquidity magnified selling pressure, with traders pointing to Middle East tensions, U.S. political risk and lingering crypto-specific uncertainty.
1:00 PM
Negative
U.S. imposes sanctions on crypto exchanges tied to Iran for the first time
The exchanges were accused of facilitating transactions for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and are linked to an Iranian businessman convicted of embezzlement.
1:00 PM
Positive
NYSE's 24/7 plan could fix key problem for stock tokens, Ondo's de Bode says
NYSE and Nasdaq introducing 24/7 trading with tokenized stock would be a "godsend," solving thin weekend liquidity, Ondo Finance President Ian de Bode told CoinDesk in an interview.
12:27 PM
Founder of OKX, one of the biggest crypto exchanges, blames bitcoin’s October crash on Binance
Months after Oct. 10’s flash crash and liquidation cascade, a fresh spat has opened between exchange executives and market watchers over whether a leveraged yield loop, thin liquidity, or busted market plumbing did the real damage.
8:50 AM
Neutral
Binance pins crypto's worst-ever liquidation day on macro risks, not exchange failure
Binance says October 10’s crypto flash crash was driven by a macro risk-off shock, cascading liquidations, and thin liquidity, while acknowledging two platform-specific issues that occurred after most losses had already been incurred.
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