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Ethereum price was stuck below the psychological point at $3,000 as exchange-traded fund inflows slowed and transaction fees in the network plunged. Summary Ethereum price has formed several bearish patterns on the daily chart. The network fees have slumped by 57% in the last 30 days. The ETH ETF inflows have also slumped in the past two months. Ethereum (ETH) was trading at $2,945, down by 40% from its highest point this year. It has also formed a risky pattern, pointing to more downside in the near term. SoSoValue data shows that demand for Ethereum ETFs has largely waned in…

Scion Asset Management, a hedge fund founded by famed ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry, disclosed a new regulatory 13F filing on November 3, revealing several changes to its portfolio. Most notably, Burry purchased five million put options on Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) and one million put options on Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), the former position being valued at around $912 million and the latter at roughly $186 million. In total, 80% of the manager’s $1.38 billion portfolio is now allocated to the two positions. Scion also made several notable long-side adjustments. Namely, it added 50,000 shares of Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU) and initiated…

The Trump administration’s crypto-friendly approach has resulted in reduced oversight of the crypto industry, leading to criticism from advocates and lawmakers. The SEC has changed its policies from strict enforcement of regulations to a business-friendly model in President Trump’s regime, and contrary to critics, the reduced oversight has not been unreasonably reserved for crypto firms. The crypto regulatory environment under Trump’s administration Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped or paused approximately 60% of the enforcement cases it had against crypto companies, according to reports from The New York Times. On…

Investors are closely tracking the latest binance listings as Binance Spot prepares to expand its roster of tradable pairs later this month. New trading pairs coming to Binance Spot Fee incentives and regional restrictions Price reaction of newly supported tokens The contrasting effect of delistings New trading pairs coming to Binance Spot On December 24, crypto exchange Binance will introduce five new spot trading pairs on its main platform. The exchange confirmed that it will open trading for ADA/USD1, ASTER/USD1, LUNA/USDC, LUNC/USDC, and ZEC/USD1 on Binance Spot on that date. Moreover, the platform will activate Trading Bots services for all…

There is now a split in Ethereum. While the rest of the market looks on, the big-money players have quietly gone on a $350 million spending spree since December 26. The money flow index You can see this pretty clearly in the data. The Money Flow Index, which tracks how money moves in and out, shows that smaller investors aren’t really putting real cash behind these price moves. In other words, when Ethereum goes up, they’re not rushing in to buy. From December 18 through 24, Ethereum’s price went up, but the Money Flow Index went down. That’s backwards from…

Michael Burry and Warren Buffett, two icons of market caution, are flashing red signals for November. Burry is once again betting against Wall Street, while Buffett’s favorite valuation gauge just hit its highest level in history. Together, their moves are sending a powerful warning that financial markets may be entering dangerous territory, with crypto already feeling the pain. Michael Burry’s “Wildest” 13F Yet The Short Bear, a pseudonymous trader and analyst, has described Michael Burry’s latest 13F filing as his wildest yet. The filing, submitted more than a week earlier than usual, shows Burry executing aggressive short positions reminiscent of…

A US‑listed crypto company backed by the Trump family appointed an audit company whose license to practice had already expired earlier this year, according to the Financial Times. The appointment puts Alt5 Sigma under sharper scrutiny as the company remains late on required financial filings and faces the risk of being removed from Nasdaq in 2025, the year Donald Trump is serving as president of the United States. Alt5 Sigma, which is based in Las Vegas, has moved through several business identities before landing in crypto. The company began as an appliance recycling operation, later shifted into biotech, and now…

The majority of tokens launched on centralized exchanges (CEXs) in 2025 have failed to hold onto their listing price levels, in a year that looks like it will end in a bear market spell. According to research from market aggregator Cryptorank, 83% of newly listed tokens are currently trading below their initial values, and none of the top centralized exchanges had coins with a positive return-on-investment rate exceeding 20%. Tokens trading above the listing price chart. Source: Cryptorank. Cayman Islands-based Gate.io is in “pole position” in terms of relative token performance for the year, with 18% of tokens trading above…

Ethereum’s staking queue has flipped the exit line for the first time in six months, with almost twice as much ETH now lined up to be staked as ETH trying to leave the network. The entry queue for validators has roughly 745,619 Ether (ETH) with a nearly 13-day wait, while the exit line has around 360,518 ETH and an eight-day wait, according to the blockchain explorer Ethereum Validator Queue. The flippening happened on December 27 when both queues were around 460,000, but the entry queue has gone vertical since while some argue the exit queue is trending towards zero. Abdul,…

Two Chinese artificial intelligence chatbots outperformed some of the world’s most advanced models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, in an autonomous cryptocurrency trading competition that ended Tuesday. Budget AI models QWEN3 MAX and DeepSeek finished first and second in the trading challenge, outpacing higher-profile and more expensive competitors. QWEN3 was the only AI chatbot to generate positive returns, making a total profit of $751 at a 7.5% return rate, while all other AI bots ended the competition in the red, according to data aggregator CoinGlass. AI models, crypto trading competition. Source: CoinGlass OpenAI’s ChatGPT brought up the rear with a 57% loss,…