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BTC slipped under 90k after the Fed’s 25bp cut on Wednesday, then bounced right back, but without a clear trigger behind the move. Price has been messy, chopping between 88k and 94k for nearly two weeks. Thirty-day implied vol keeps bleeding lower, now at its weakest since early November, as traders start pricing in a slow grind into year-end. The market feels steadier, but it’s a fragile kind of calm. Liquidity is thin, ETF flows are inconsistent, and there hasn’t been a single day of net inflows above 500 million this past month.
Among alts, HYPE, SUI, and SOL saw solid bumps in open interest over the last 24 hours, suggesting fresh capital rotation. BTC and ETH OI, by contrast, remain flat, showing little conviction in either direction.
Macro correlations are starting to get awkward. The Nasdaq is holding above key averages, which should help BTC sentiment, yet the beta is skewed. Bitcoin drops hard when tech sells off but only half-participates when equities rally. That asymmetry hints that bearish positioning is still lurking underneath.
Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 just printed new all-time highs alongside broad strength across US equities and metals. Bitcoin, still 27% off its top, looks oddly disconnected after years of tracking small-cap risk. If rate cuts start feeding into stronger growth expectations, small-cap momentum could eventually pull crypto higher too.
On the infrastructure front, the DTCC’s tokenization unit secured a no-action letter from the SEC, effectively green-lighting certain tokenized stock offerings for the next three years. The rollout is planned for early 2026, a big step for bringing regulated assets on-chain.
And in stablecoin news, YouTube now lets US creators receive payouts in PayPal’s PYUSD, its first major mainstream integration. PYUSD supply has climbed toward $4 billion this year, with about $2.8 billion on Ethereum and $1.1 billion on Solana, as institutional stablecoins quietly gain traction.
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