BTC continued to trade between the $100,000–$105,000 range, opening the day at the lower band of $101,900.
Renewed ETF outflows saw Bitcoin lose –$278 million, while Ethereum lost –$184 million. Solana continues to outperform with an addition of +$18.06 million.
Futures positioning: open interest slipped by –3.58% to $66.14 billion with liquidations worth $186.47 million, majority of them, long liquidations.
Whales accumulation continues with over 45,000 BTC added this week, the second-largest accumulation of 2025.
Macro tailwinds: U.S. government officially reopens after House passes spending bill with China–U.S. trade tone continuing to soften; aiding global liquidity.
The Solana-based yield protocol has $500 million in liquidity and a delta-neutral strategy with four and a half years of trading history – but its CEO's bigger argument is about what most DeFi investors still fail to check before they deposit.
With $7 billion in stablecoin settlement already flowing through its network and new tools for AI agent authentication, Visa is positioning itself as the trust layer for an increasingly autonomous commerce landscape — without requiring banks or merchants to replace their existing systems.
The funding round — at a $2 billion valuation — is one of the largest institutional blockchain bets in years, and the participant list reads like a consensus view that Canton has won the privacy-preserving infrastructure race for regulated markets.
