BTC range trading between $100,000–$105,000, currently $103,409.
ETF divergence: Bitcoin spot ETFs added $524 million, while Ethereum spot ETFs lost $107 million. Solana streak continued with a $7.98 million inflow for 11 consecutive inflow days.
De-risking backdrop: since early October many ETF trading days have seen heavy net outflows (up to $700 million).
Derivatives muted: futures open interest remains low; leverage rebuild is limited.
ETH supply: Binance ETH balances at lowest since May which is typically an accumulation signal.
Macro divergence: since Aug 11, Gold +21%, S&P 500 +7%, Bitcoin −15, pointing to non-uniformity in capital allocation.
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
A supply chain attack via third-party AI tool Context.ai gave hackers access to internal Vercel systems and non-sensitive environment variables, with a threat actor claiming to sell stolen data for $2 million
With funding rates negative across Binance perpetuals and Fear & Greed deep in fear territory at 29, Bitcoin is struggling to reclaim the $76,000 level it touched just 24 hours earlier.
Crypto promised to democratise finance in Southeast Asia. The results were mixed. AI agents could be a second chance, but only if the infrastructure is built for everyone, not just those who can already afford a seat at the table, argues Morph CEO Colin Goltra.
