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 stablecoin issuer has taken an 8.2% stake in Bitcoin mining lender Antalpha and led an $8 million round into Abu Dhabi-based on-chain fund distributor Kaio, as it continues to deploy capital across the digital asset infrastructure stack
The GOLDX token, issued on Ethereum and Solana, gives institutional and accredited investors on-chain exposure to a gold fund that has already attracted over $525 million in assets
Despite the pullback below $74,000, steady ETF inflows and buyer demand near $72,000 suggest the move remains a reaction to headline risk rather than a structural reversal.
LayerZero has linked the April 18 attack to North Korea's Lazarus Group, blaming Kelp's single-verifier bridge configuration for a $292 million drain that cascaded across nine DeFi protocols and wiped $6.6 billion from Aave's TVL
