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.
The exchange's Singapore arm is letting customers spend USDC, USDT, and USDG directly at Visa merchants worldwide — with fiat settlement handled by StraitsX.
Kevin Warsh's financial disclosures ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing reveal stakes in at least 20 crypto-linked firms, including Dapper Labs, Solana, Optimism, and dYdX, through a series of excepted investment funds.
The world's largest stablecoin issuer is moving directly into the consumer wallet market, launching a self-custodial app that lets users send USDT, tokenized gold, and bitcoin without gas tokens or complex addresses.
The CFTC-regulated exchange is building a network of Introducing Brokers to distribute event contracts — and has recruited an online casino operator with existing compliance infrastructure and customer-facing platform.
