Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency market has plummeted into the abyss, a 6% freefall that left Bitcoin (BTC) gasping below $100,000. Traders, now clad in bear suits and sipping honey for breakfast, have abandoned hope of a rate cut, as if the Federal Reserve’s hawkish whispers were the final death knell of optimism. 🐻🍯
So, what’s the scoop? BNB has been on a bit of a downward spiral since early November, dropping around 22% from its shiny October high of $1,370.55. Ouch, right? 🙄
BTC couldn’t even keep its pants up above $100K as Asian markets yawned awake. The Fed’s hawkish vibes ruined everyone’s day-traders ditched rate-cut dreams faster than a Brit dumps tea for coffee. The Dow and S&P? Down 2% and 1.66% respectively. Tech stocks? Abandoned like a parking ticket on a Friday night. Santiment shrugged: “ETFs lost $963.7M-buyers are ghosts, honey.”
The esteemed Mr. Kuo Zhang, Alibaba’s top guy, was seen in the CNBC pages, twinkling with the kind of enthusiasm that only a man about to stake his reputation on a new financial dalliance could muster. His plan? To use what he dubs a “deposit token”-fancy talk for a blockchain-backed IOU-aimed at making international transactions smoother than a jazz band on a summer’s eve. Think of it as a direct claim on a bank’s deposit, treated with the kind of respect usually reserved for a duchess at a ball. 💃
Canary Capital’s spot XRP ETF, yes, XRPC, strutted onto Nasdaq like a cocky kid with a new toy, racking up a cool $58 million on its first day – enough to make even the most hardened investor blink twice. Investors poured in a quarter billion dollars-impressive, if you’re into that sort of thing-bringing in fresh inflows like a stream of thirsty travelers looking for Oases in the desert. The fund? It’s holding real, tangible XRP-no illusions here-and it’s tracking the CF XRP-USD Index. Sounds fancy, right? Well, don’t get too comfortable.
Imagine this: a man, perhaps with a penchant for dramatics, declares that the UAE has outlawed the digital gold of the masses, criminalized self-custody wallets, and threatened jail time for mere mortals who dare to hold their own coins. What a farce! 🤡
The drop wasn’t pretty-$700 million in long positions were wiped out, and the month of November is already down by more than 10%. Ouch. But, hey, don’t panic just yet. The drama’s just getting started. 😱
Were the 127,000 Bitcoin seized by U.S. agents criminal proceeds? Or did they actually come from the famous LuBian mining pool? Buckle up, dear reader, we’re about to go down the rabbit hole. 🕵️♂️
On the fateful day of November 13, a sum of $869 million-a mere trifle in the grand scheme of financial theatrics-was withdrawn from the U.S. Bitcoin ETFs, a dramatic shift in the mood of the market, as reported by the ever-watchful Sosovalue. This grand withdrawal, the second largest in the annals of crypto history, reveals the trembling hands of investors as Bitcoin’s price descends below $100,000 for the first time since June, a fall as graceful as a swan dive into a mud puddle. 🦢🐾
This latest kerfuffle marks another chapter in what’s been a rather bruising month for crypto. Leveraged traders are being wiped out like crumbs at a tea party, and institutional flows – once the backbone of Bitcoin’s 2025 rally – are doing a sharp about-turn. 🚀➡️🚫
