Crypto traders just took another major hit, with roughly $246.8M in long positions liquidated over the past 24 hours.
The largest single liquidation came from ZEC, as the recent weakness triggered forced closures across leveraged positions. Current liquidation trackers also show ZEC among the assets seeing significant long liquidations.
This is what happens when traders are heavily positioned for upside and the market suddenly moves against them. Forced selling can then add even more pressure to the decline.
The people who bought $BTC Bitcoin near the 2025 top are the ones quietly dumping right now.
The 6-12 month cohort is underwater around $89k and the 1-2 year buyers are sitting at roughly $97k, and both groups are moving the most coins per day this year.
Meanwhile the ones who actually bought the decline are just holding. Feels like distribution from the late buyers while the stronger hands stay quiet. $ETH
El Salvador Faces New $BTC Conditions Under Its $1.4B IMF Program
The IMF has completed its latest reviews of El Salvador's $1.4 billion lending program, unlocking an immediate $138 million disbursement while keeping several Bitcoin-related commitments firmly in focus.
The message is simple: the government is expected to keep reducing state involvement in Bitcoin, with no further accumulation beyond documented private donations and less public-sector exposure to the Chivo wallet.
That puts El Salvador's approach in a very different position from $BTC itself. Bitcoin remains decentralized, while the debate here is about how much direct involvement a government should have in holding, operating, and regulating it.
If the reforms continue, the next focus will be transparency around public crypto holdings, stronger oversight of digital-asset providers, and completing the transfer of remaining state exposure away from Chivo.
#BTC Price Analysis# #Bitcoin Price Prediction: What is Bitcoins next move?#
The NEAR $NEAR Intents $3.8M exploiter has RETURNED the full amount.
Less than 24 hours after NEAR publicly identified the alleged attacker and issued a 48-hour deadline, all stolen funds were sent back.
The exploiter also left an on-chain message admitting they were "in the wrong," thanking the team for handling the situation respectfully and urging NEAR to use bug bounties in the future.
With the $3.8M fully recovered, NEAR says the investigation is now being halted. #Macro Insights# #Altcoin Season#
$SOL is becoming much more than just a memecoin playground.
For years, Solana was mainly known for retail trading, memecoins and speculation. But behind that image, something bigger has been developing.
The numbers tell the story.
- Real-world assets have crossed $4.5B. - Tokenized equities exceed $620M. - Stablecoin volume surpassed $5T in 2026. - By August, xStocks had attracted over 190K holders and reached $500M in AUM.
Earlier in 2026, Solana reportedly handled around 97% of cumulative on-chain tokenized equity spot volume.
With major names like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Apollo entering the broader ecosystem, Solana's institutional narrative is evolving.
The market still remembers the old, but the network is building a different future...
Charles Hoskinson Says Crypto Is Entering a New Era of Exponential Growth
Some technologies look slow for years, then suddenly change everything. Charles Hoskinson says crypto may now be entering that phase, while traders continue watching broader market direction and $BTC price action:
- Internet: Hoskinson compared blockchain with the early internet, which completely changed how fast people could communicate and access information around the world.
- Al: He also pointed to artificial intelligence as another exponential technology, where progress can appear gradual before adoption and capabilities accelerate much faster.
- Blockchain: Hoskinson believes crypto could follow the same pattern, with years of infrastructure development eventually leading to much broader real-world use.
Technologies like nuclear energy, the internet and Al all took time before their impact became obvious. Hoskinson's point is simple: blockchain may be approaching that same acceleration phase.
Banking giant #Absa, serving more than 13 million clients, is becoming Africa's first bank to offer $BTC and crypto custody. The move marks a major step toward institutional crypto adoption, bringing digital-asset custody into the traditional banking system and potentially making crypto access more familiar and accessible to millions of customers.
A significant milestone for Africa's evolving digital-asset landscape!
Dana Treasury $100 Miliar Baru Saja Masuk ke Infrastruktur Kripto
Goldman Sachs Asset Management telah menghubungkan sekitar dana GS Treasury Solutions senilai $100 miliar ke infrastruktur tokenized-deposit milik BNY, memungkinkan klien institusional menggunakan jalur blockchain di sekitar saham dari reksa dana pasar uang tradisional. Investasi dasarnya tidak tiba-tiba menjadi kripto; bagian yang menarik adalah bagaimana kepemilikan dan penyelesaian (settlement) sedang ditangani.
Kami sudah bertahun-tahun membahas tokenisasi seolah-olah setiap aset pada akhirnya perlu token baru yang mengilap. Versi ini lebih tidak dramatis: pertahankan reksa dana yang familiar, lalu tingkatkan sebagian infrastruktur yang ada di bawahnya.
Itu mungkin cara yang lebih dekat dengan bagaimana banyak pihak di Wall Street akhirnya menggunakan blockchain. Bukan "segalanya pindah ke $ETH besok." Lebih seperti seseorang di bagian operasional menyadari sebuah proses bisa terselesaikan lebih cepat pada pukul 23.00 dan bertanya mengapa mereka masih menunggu hingga Selasa pagi.
XRP Eyes $31- Could It Really Outperform Bitcoin And Ethereum?
$XRP is forming a long-term ascending triangle on the monthly chart, according to analyst Ali Martinez. The key resistance sits near $3.66, while the projected breakout target reaches as high as $31.87.
The Setup: A monthly close above $3.66 would confirm the breakout structure. From the roughly $1.53 level shown on the chart, that target would represent close to a 2,000% move, though $BTC market direction could still affect the broader setup.
The Levels: $3.66 remains the main barrier XRP needs to clear first. Martinez also compared the setup with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana, suggesting XRP could deliver the larger percentage move if its long-term structure plays out. Of course, this remains a technical projection rather than a guaranteed target.
Does XRP finally break $3.66 and open the road toward $31, or does resistance hold again?
#XRP #BTC Price Analysis# #Bitcoin Price Prediction: What is Bitcoins next move?#
CEO Ripple Menjelaskan Kenapa Ia “Sangat Bullish” pada $XRP
Brad Garlinghouse mengatakan logikanya cukup sederhana: XRP memiliki pasokan tetap, jadi pertanyaan jangka panjangnya adalah apakah permintaan nyata bisa terus bertumbuh di sekitarnya. Gagasan dasar penawaran dan permintaan yang sama juga berlaku untuk $BTC.
Bagi Garlinghouse, tiga hal paling penting: kepercayaan, utilitas, dan kecepatan (velocity). Dengan kata lain, orang perlu mempercayai aset tersebut, benar-benar menggunakannya, dan memiliki likuiditas yang cukup untuk masuk-keluar dengan mudah.
Ripple berupaya membangun permintaan itu melalui institusi keuangan menggunakan XRP Ledger. Garlinghouse mengatakan bertambahnya jumlah institusi dan perusahaan lain yang membangun di sekitar XRP adalah alasan yang membuatnya yakin.
Ia juga menyinggung kembali sejarah XRP. Sebelum gugatan SEC terhadap Ripple, XRP pernah mencapai posisi No. 2 di antara mata uang kripto berdasarkan kapitalisasi pasar.
Jadi, dasar bullish-nya bukan sekadar spekulasi harga. Intinya adalah apakah Ripple dan ekosistem yang lebih luas bisa terus memperluas likuiditas, penggunaan institusional, dan permintaan transaksi nyata di sekitar pasokan yang tetap.
#Analisis Harga #BTC# #XRP #Prediksi Harga Bitcoin: Apa langkah berikutnya Bitcoin?#
Pembeli Bitcoin telah membersihkan dinding jual besar senilai $85K setelah hampir sepekan percobaan berulang, menurut Glassnode.
Perlawanan tersebut terkonsentrasi di kisaran $85K hingga $85,5K di Binance, dengan order jual yang meningkat secara signifikan sebelum para pembeli akhirnya menyerap dinding tersebut.
Kini, Glassnode melaporkan bahwa sebagian besar likuiditas jual yang tersisa di atas Bitcoin juga telah menghilang.
Ini memberi $BTC struktur order-book yang lebih bersih di atas $85K, artinya akan ada lebih sedikit order jual yang terlihat bagi pembeli untuk diserap jika permintaan terus berlanjut.
Tahap berikutnya akan bergantung pada apakah volume perdagangan dan permintaan baru meningkat, mengingat Glassnode sebelumnya mencatat bahwa volume Bitcoin secara keseluruhan masih relatif rendah dan arus masuk ETF melambat dibanding level kuat yang terlihat pada akhir September.
Kenaikan di atas $85K menghilangkan penghalang besar jangka pendek, tetapi tidak menjamin pergerakan naik yang berkelanjutan.
#Prediksi Harga Bitcoin: Apa langkah selanjutnya Bitcoin?#
This is one of those stories where the transaction not happening is the news. $NEAR Intents says it blocked roughly $50 million linked to the Bitget hacker from being swapped through its infrastructure.
According to the project, its system identified the funds through real-time risk screening and rejected the transactions before they could be processed.
That creates a slightly uncomfortable question for crypto infrastructure. We usually judge bridges and cross-chain systems by how smoothly they move assets. But once stolen funds enter the picture, being able to say "no" can suddenly be just as important as speed.
And yeah, there's an obvious debate on the other side: the more filtering infrastructure can do, the more people will ask who controls the filter. I don't think there's a neat answer here. But stopping $50M is a pretty good way to make that debate much less theoretical.
Di mana kripto sebenarnya paling banyak digunakan? Chainalysis baru saja merilis peringkat 2026
Chainalysis merilis Indeks Adopsi Kripto Global 2026, dan bukan sekadar menghitung siapa yang memegang kripto terbanyak $BTC. Mereka melihat bagaimana orang benar-benar memakainya: bursa, transfer peer-to-peer, pembayaran lintas negara, dan saldo on-chain.
Berikut 10 teratas 🇧🇷 Brasil 🇺🇸 AS 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇯🇵 Jepang 🇰🇷 Korea Selatan 🇮🇳 India 🇺🇦 Ukraina 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇿🇦 Afrika Selatan 🇨🇦 Kanada
Beberapa hal yang menonjol menurut saya:
🇧🇷 Brasil meraih º1 dengan ekonomi kripto sebesar $252,5 miliar, dan masuk peringkat 4 besar di setiap kategori.
🇺🇸 AS memiliki yang terbanyak tetapi memakainya paling sedikit. Mereka º1 untuk saldo kripto, tetapi hanya Nº20 untuk transfer peer-to-peer. Bagi orang Amerika, kripto sebagian besar adalah investasi.
🇳🇬 Nigeria justru kebalikannya. Mereka Nº1 di dunia untuk P2P dan transfer lintas negara, jadi kripto berfungsi seperti uang sehari-hari.
🇺🇦 Dan Ukraina ada di Nº7, mengungguli Kanada, Jerman, dan Inggris
Bagian paling menarik? Meski pasar turun sekitar 50% tahun ini, aktivitas on-chain hanya turun 1,6%. Orang tidak berhenti menggunakan kripto, mereka hanya berhenti panik
Apakah negara Anda masuk 20 besar? Dan posisi mana yang paling mengejutkan Anda?
Ripple mengunci kembali 700 juta $XRP ke dalam escrow.
Whale Alert menangkap kembalinya dana tersebut pada 1 Oktober, beberapa jam setelah jadwal pembukaan 1 miliar. Re-lock dilakukan dalam dua transfer: 400 juta dan 300 juta, senilai lebih dari $1,05 miliar. Itu adalah 70% dari jumlah yang keluar.
Sementara itu, 300 juta lainnya tetap bersama Ripple. Ini adalah pembagian yang biasa. Perusahaan menetapkan escrow pada 2017 agar hingga 1 miliar dapat dibuka pada tanggal pertama setiap bulan, lalu sebagian besar kembali ke akhir antrean. Pasokan bersih yang bisa mencapai pasar lebih dekat ke 200-300 juta, bukan angka miliaran besar di judul.
Sekitar 31 miliar XRP masih terkunci. $XRP melemah sekitar 2,5% di sekitar waktu transfer, yang merupakan respons yang biasa terhadap pergerakan yang memang sudah diperkirakan pasar.
1 miliar adalah jumlah yang dibuka. 700 juta adalah yang kembali. 300 juta adalah angka yang paling penting.