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It's a bloody morning for the crypto board and has got people asking—has the bear market officially begun?

Ethereum drops to $3,130 as it tests the weekly 50 EMA. Analysts track key support, a tight daily range, and rising large-wallet withdrawals.

For months, crypto traders have timed leverage, funding, and liquidity around the monthly U.S. inflation print. This week, those who had hoped the recent vote to reopen the government would bring new macro data were disappointed to find nothing on the tape. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said in October that “No other releases will […] The post US inflation data goes dark: Shutdown wipes out October CPI, leaving Bitcoin hanging appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Experts debate whether Bitcoin’s 20% drop from its peak and recent dip below $95,000 signal the start of a bear market.

Alibaba’s global e-commerce arm is reportedly developing a bank-backed deposit token for cross-border payments as Beijing tightens its crackdown on stablecoins. The cross-border e-commerce arm of Chinese tech behemoth Alibaba is working on a deposit token amid mainland China’s crackdown on stablecoins, according to CNBC. Alibaba president Kuo Zhang told CNBC in a Friday report that the tech giant plans to use stablecoin-like technology to streamline overseas transactions. The model under consideration is a deposit token, which is a blockchain-based instrument that represents a direct claim on commercial bank deposits and is treated as a regulated liability of the issuing bank. Traditional stablecoins, which these tokens closely resemble, are issued by a private entity and backed by assets to maintain their value. The report follows JPMorgan Chase — the world’s biggest bank by market capitalization — reportedly rolling out its deposit token to institutional clients earlier this week. Read more

It seems the company's internal transfer led to some weird speculation online.

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 14, 2025

Here's everything most interesting related to XRP, DOGE, and SHIB.

Bitcoin has done what many bulls dreaded: it plunged below six figures, crashed through $100,000, and even tumbled past $98,000 in a wave of liquidations not seen since May. As reported by CryptoSlate, BTC fell to $98,550, triggering $190 million in long liquidations in one hour and $655 million in 24 hours as spot ETFs […] The post Bitcoin tests the $95k HODL wall after cascade knocks out $655M from bulls appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Canary Capital’s XRP ETF outperformed all 900 ETF launches of 2025, inspiring a bullish rotation among the industry’s most successful traders, who are now betting on XRP’s price increasing. The debut of the Canary Capital XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) is signaling renewed demand for altcoins, after the fund posted the strongest first-day performance of the more than 900 ETFs launched in 2025. Canary Capital’s XRP (XRP) ETF closed its first day with $58 million in trading volume, marking the most successful ETF debut of 2025 among both crypto and traditional ETFs, said Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas in a Thursday X post.  The new fund garnered over $250 million in inflows during its first trading day, surpassing the recent inflows of all other crypto ETFs.  Read more

ETH's price collapse triggered massive whale accumulation, as multiple wallets aggressively bought the altcoin despite market panic.

A sharp liquidity crunch sent bitcoin and altcoins plunging, triggering over a billion dollars in derivatives liquidations as traders brace for a potential trend reversal.

Pig-butchering scams are expanding into a transnational crime model, blending trafficking and crypto laundering on a massive scale. The multibillion-dollar scam known as “pig-butchering,” once treated as a consumer-fraud issue, has crossed a new threshold and is prompting concerns over national security.  In a podcast, Chainalysis head of national security intelligence, Andrew Fierman, and former prosecutor Erin West, founder of cross-sector anti-scam nonprofit Operation Shamrock, discussed how pig butchering is becoming a threat to national security.  “So if anybody is touching money in any way, you’re part of this. So you need to be prepared to understand the threat and the gravity of what’s happening on a national security level,” West said, highlighting the importance of education and awareness in combating crypto scams.  Read more

The cryptocurrency market has undergone a significant correction, erasing a major portion of the year’s earlier gains. Total market capitalization has contracted more than 20% since October, dropping from roughly $4.4 trillion to about $3.32 trillion. Bitcoin’s retreat below $100,000 and Ethereum’s slide into the mid-$3,000 range triggered widespread liquidations as leveraged positions were forced […]

The banking group warned that Sony's stablecoin charter could undermine consumer protections and bypass rules.

Equity screens show a broad red, with the S&P 500 down around 1.8% and the entire crypto market under pressure simultaneously. What appears to be an unexplained wipeout is, in fact, a layered move driven by interest rate expectations, crowded positioning in tech and AI names, and a shift in global risk appetite that is […] The post Why is everything down? Macro shock turns Bitcoin and other risk assets red across the board appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Cathie Wood’s investment company, ARK Invest, is back to buying Circle, making its first purchases since selling 1.7 million shares in June. Cathie Wood’s investment company ARK Invest is back to buying shares of USDC issuer Circle as the stock sinks below $90. ARK bought a total of 542,269 Circle (CRCL) shares over the past two trading days, investing around $46 million, according to the firm’s daily trading disclosures seen by Cointelegraph. The two acquisitions — a $30.4 million purchase on Wednesday and a $15.5 million buy on Thursday — came amid a decline in CRCL shares, which closed at $86 and $82.30, respectively. Read more

Bitcoin ETFs saw $866 million in outflows as the US shutdown ended, pushing BTC to a six-month low and raising concerns over market structure and investor demand. Demand for Bitcoin and crypto-linked investment funds continued to decline Thursday, despite the long-awaited end of the 43-day US government shutdown. US spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $866 million in net outflows on Thursday, marking their second-worst day on record after the $1.14 billion daily outflows on Feb. 25, 2025, according to Farside Investors. This marked the second consecutive day of outflows for the Bitcoin ETFs, as the end of the 43-day US government shutdown failed to reignite investor appetite. Read more

Was the ETF launch a classic sell-the-news event?

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust totaled more than a quarter billion in investments, in the worst day of Bitcoin ETF outflows since February.