Bitcoin opened the week weaker, sliding to $108,000 after weekend range-trading and ETF outflows; short-term support sits around the $107k cost-basis band.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net weekly outflows near $799 million last week; Ethereum ETFs were roughly flat for the week. Solana’s debut ETFs drew $199 million and remain a tactical destination for flows.
Large-holder balance remains concentrated: wallets holding 10–10k BTC control 13.68 million BTC (≈68.62% supply); these cohorts added ~110,010 BTC in October and sold ~23,200 BTC since.
Onchain and derivatives signals are mixed: realized profitability compressed, funding muted, and options skew modestly put-biased; participation has cooled and leverage is lower.
Action bias: maintain defensive sizing, prefer staggered entries into dips; watch whether spot ETF flows reaccelerate and whether BTC can reclaim and hold above $110k on sustained volume.
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.
