Bitcoin slipped 3.5% to $121,288 after peaking at $126,198, its new all-time high. 99%+ of supply remains in profit, a euphoric zone that typically precedes mild corrections.
Futures open interest dropped 3.75% to $91.9 billion, while $151.3 million in positions were liquidated.
Bitcoin ETFs saw $7.78 billion in trading volume, while Ether ETFs posted $421 million in inflows.
Ethereum traded near $4,445, down 5.3%; SOL at $219; BNB still strong at $1,291 after a record run.
Government shutdown tensions and profit-taking fueled the short-term pullback. Structural demand and ETF flows remain firm, supporting a constructive medium-term outlook.
A misleading 800,000 BTC wallet shuffle is distorting on-chain signals just as Bitcoin struggles below $80,000, leaving traders to parse real demand from accounting noise.
The Georgian government and National Bank are working with Tether to issue a sovereign lari-pegged stablecoin – the first of its kind for any country in the region.
Allman founded Ondo in 2021 and grew it into one of the largest tokenised real-world asset platforms; the company says his successor has been running day-to-day operations for over two years.
Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs classified Polymarket as illegal online gambling after a wager on President Prabowo's political survival drew $46,000 in volume and official scrutiny.
