Bitcoin is barely holding $110,000 support after falling to about $111,000, down 11.8% from last week’s all-time high.
Short-dated options show heavy put buying. Bulk puts exceeded $1.15 billion and omprised 28% of trade flow while call interest remains concentrated at $115k–$130k.
Whales trimmed exposure (10–10k BTC cohort sold 17,554 BTC), though that cohort has still added 318,610 BTC year-to-date; distribution is selective, not panic.
Ethereum slipped under $4,000 and SOL and BNB both retreated; total crypto market cap fell to about $3.77 trillion and the Fear & Greed index sits at 32.
Macro flashpoints: tariff threats and an ongoing U.S. government shutdown are amplifying headline sensitivity and forcing short-term de-risking.
The Solana-based yield protocol has $500 million in liquidity and a delta-neutral strategy with four and a half years of trading history – but its CEO's bigger argument is about what most DeFi investors still fail to check before they deposit.
With $7 billion in stablecoin settlement already flowing through its network and new tools for AI agent authentication, Visa is positioning itself as the trust layer for an increasingly autonomous commerce landscape — without requiring banks or merchants to replace their existing systems.
The funding round — at a $2 billion valuation — is one of the largest institutional blockchain bets in years, and the participant list reads like a consensus view that Canton has won the privacy-preserving infrastructure race for regulated markets.
