Bitcoin rebounded 1.2% to $103,450, stabilizing after the steep liquidation-driven drop below $100,000 earlier in the week.
Ethereum climbed 2.2% to $3,400, while Solana reclaimed $160; total market capitalization rose 2% to $3.46 trillion.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $137 million in outflows, marking the sixth consecutive day of redemptions; Ethereum ETFs saw $119 million in outflows, while Solana ETFs recorded $9.7 million in inflows for a seventh straight day.
Ripple secured a $500 million strategic investment at a $40 billion valuation, signaling renewed venture appetite for digital asset infrastructure. Japan’s Metaplanet launched a $100 million Bitcoin accumulation fund, extending the regional corporate pivot into digital assets.
ADP employment beat expectations, printing +42,000 jobs in October, the strongest gain since July, tempering fears of a deeper U.S. slowdown.
The U.S. government shutdown hit 36 days, delaying crypto legislation and tightening liquidity across funding markets.
The investment migration industry's flagship crypto report leads with Singapore topping its adoption index, but the more revealing numbers are a client base that may have shrunk by a fifth since 2024 and a quiet admission that onchain history alone can't prove where crypto wealth came from.
The group-wide framework scales a model RBI's chief executive first rolled out at a regional Austrian Raiffeisen bank in 2024, though no countries, assets or launch dates have been named.
The deal gives the NYSE's yet-to-launch 24/7 digital trading venue a second major crypto exchange as a distribution partner after OKX, with regulatory approval and a launch date still outstanding.
The altcoin market has crossed a key technical threshold, but weak relative performance against Bitcoin suggests the long-awaited rotation has yet to arrive.