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XRP is holding near $2.63 after adding a little over $10 billion in market value this week, but the real story is under the hood.  Derivatives positioning has gone through a full wash–rinse cycle in October: XRP ledger open interest (OI) across exchanges peaked near $3 billion on October 6, collapsed to roughly $1.08 billion by October 17 a collapse of 63%, according to data analyzed by Finbold from  CryptoQuant . XRP ledger open interest 1-month chart. Source: CryptoQuant XRP open interest recovered to about $1.39 billion as of October 26, the token’s price also bounced while leverage did not, which tells you spot demand steadied first and spec came back second. XRP ledger open interest 1-week chart. Source: CryptoQuant XRP ledger open interest hits May 2025 lows Binance did much of the deleveraging. Its XRP OI slipped back to the same neighborhood as the May 2025 trough, the point that preceded the run from $0.70 to $3.50. In May, perp funding compres...

The cryptocurrency market faced a brutal sell-off on October 21, with over $110 billion in market value wiped out in a matter of hours. The total market cap plunged from around $3.75 trillion to $3.64 trillion, as panic selling swept across both Bitcoin (BTC) and major altcoins. Crypto market cap price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Bitcoin slid 3.07% in 24 hours to trade at $107,580, underperforming the broader crypto market’s decline of 2.96%. Despite holding the key $107,000 support level, the benchmark crypto has now logged a 30-day drop of 6.74%. Bitcoin 1-day price chart. Source: Finbold Altcoins were hit even harder. Ethereum (ETH) tumbled 4.67% to $3,860, BNB (BNB) shed 5.13% to $1,067, while Solana (SOL) slumped nearly 5% to $184. XRP fell 2.71% to $2.40, extending losses after recent ETF speculation cooled. Why is the crypto market crashing? The sell-off comes against the backdrop of the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, now in its third week, which...

The crypto market crash seems to be deepening. CoinGecko data shows that Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has fallen to the $107,000 price level, and the global market cap has dipped 4.4% in the last 24 hours to $3.72 trillion. BTC is barely holding on to the $107k price point. The original cryptocurrency’s trajectory will determine where the larger market goes. CoinGecko highlights that BTC’s price has fallen 3.9% in the last 24 hours, 11.7% in the last week, 10.9% in the 14-day charts, and 7.9% over the previous month. Let’s discuss if Bitcoin’s (BTC) price faces a threat of falling below the $100,000 price level. Source: CoinGecko Will the Market Crash Pull Bitcoin Below $100,000? The latest market crash has been one of the most significant corrections in crypto history. The dip was likely triggered by trade disputes between the US and China. While there was a slight recovery, the rally did not last. According to CoinGlass data, the crypto market has seen more than...

Ripple’s XRP token started the year with a bang. The asset breached the $3 mark for the first time in seven years in January and went on to hit a new all-time high of $3.65 in July. However, XRP has faced quite a struggle over the last few weeks. According to CoinGecko data, XRP’s price has fallen 3.6% in the last 24 hours, 14.9% in the last week, 18.7% in the 14-day charts, and 19.8% over the last month. Despite the steep price correction, XRP is still up by 344.5% since October 2024. Source: CoinGecko Will An Interest Rate Cut Rescue XRP’s Falling Price? Source: Shutterstock XRP’s lackluster performance over the last few years was due to the ongoing lawsuit between the SEC and Ripple. With the lawsuit out of the way, XRP began to surge to price levels not seen in years. While 2025 has been quite a bullish year for XRP, the general market slump over the last few weeks has led to substantial outflows. The crypto market faced its most significant one-day liquidati...

Litecoin (LTC) is currently one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies in the daily charts. According to CoinGecko data, LTC is trading in the green zone across the board, unlike many major crypto assets. The coin has rallied 10.4% in the daily charts, 10.8% in the weekly charts, 26.7% in the 14-day charts, and 15.8% over the previous month. LTC’s price has also risen by more than 100% since October 2024. This means that your money would have more than doubled in the last year. Let’s discuss why Litecoin’s (LTC) price is experiencing such a big rally right now. Source: CoinGecko What’s Behind Litecoin’s Big Price Rally? Source: tokenmetrics Litecoin’s latest upswing is likely due to high expectations for an ETF approval. Canary recently filed final amendments for its Litecoin spot ETF. The move could signal the coming of an ETF approval. Many experts anticipate an LTC ETF to be approved soon. However, some say that the government shutdown may have de...

The global non-fungible token market has undergone significant changes, shifting from a period of rapid growth and high trading sales volume to a more constant landscape. Even though some NFT collections have maintained relevance and value, many other NFTs have experienced price declines and reduced interest. In this article, we will evaluate in detail the rise of Solana-based NFTs and their sudden fall in recent months. Solana Drops To The 7th Spot In The NFT Market Chart Data compiled by CryptoSlam, one of the leading on-chain crypto market data aggregators and non-fungible token market explorers, shows that Solana, an open-source blockchain network that supports smart contracts, such as non-fungible tokens and a variety of decentralised applications, has plunged in terms of trading sales volume again this month. In the past 30 days, the Solana-based NFT collections have amassed trading sales volume of $30 million. During this time, the Solana NFT sales volume has plunged by 23% fr...