The FOMC delivered a 25 basis point rate cut but at the same time, Fed Chair Powell's comment on “December not guaranteed” triggered a sell-off with Bitcoin sliding below $110,000 and currently stabilizing near $108,500.
Spot ETF flows flipped negative: Oct. 29 saw Bitcoin ETFs net outflows of $471 million and Ethereum ETFs net outflows of $81 million. Bitwise’s Solana ETF debuted with inflows of $69.45 million, the highest daily inflow for any ETF in 2025.
Technical battleground: immediate support is $107,000–$109,000; while heavy supply sits at $117,000 and continues to cap rallies.
Tactical posture: reduce risk, keep cash available, and prefer staggered re-entry on confirmed demand; avoid momentum chasing into headline noise.
Three data points from the same week – SpaceX's IPO filing, Harvard's ETH exit, and the unravelling of Bankless – sketch out an institutional verdict the market is already pricing in.
MoonPay Trade, built on the Decent.xyz acquisition, offers a single API for 200+ blockchains and puts former acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham at the helm of the institutional business.
The company, last valued at $7 billion in a 2023 funding round, has processed more than $1.1 trillion in crypto transactions and claims to have been profitable on an adjusted basis for three consecutive years.
The approval, granted to Kraken parent Payward, will let UAE clients trade via a locally regulated entity with dirham funding – once the preliminary licence converts to a full one.
