Bitcoin’s on-chain data shows a rise in daily transactions, a small decline in active wallets, and a drop in the total tokens moved on-chain, a pattern consistent with more frequent, smaller transfers concentrated among a narrower set of participants. Data from CryptoQuant showed that, in 2025, mean daily transactions were 394,382, and the last 30…
Bitcoin is trading just above $113,000, with realized cap rising steadily and spending activity led overwhelmingly by coins younger than three months. Profit realization remains positive, short-term holders hover around breakeven, and older supply shows little sign of distribution. Bitcoin closed Aug. 20 at $113,599, marking a 7.9% drop in the past week, a 3.3%…
Regardless of its weekend downturn, Bitcoin is up over 22% year-to-date, however public mining corporations listed on NASDAQ have struggled to maintain tempo. The equal-weighted basket of mining shares has gained simply over 12% between Jan. 1 and Aug. 18. Nevertheless, that underperformance masks a reversal prior to now two months, when miners surged greater…
Bitcoin’s USD spot market posted a coordinated 3.65% gain over the past 24 hours, with trading activity dominated by Coinbase and price moves unfolding in lockstep across the major USD venues. The session analyzed by CryptoSlate, on Aug. 11, 09:40 CEST, provides a clear look at where USD liquidity sits and how it shapes the…
Bitcoin’s ascent to its all-time high unfolded against a very unusual backdrop: steadily compressing volatility. While most markets tend to exhibit rising implied volatility as prices push higher, Bitcoin has done the opposite, especially in recent months. This behavior is perfectly captured by the Bitcoin Volatility Index (BVIV), a metric that tracks the implied volatility…
XRP traded remarkably consistently across Binance and Coinbase throughout July, despite stark differences in where and how liquidity was concentrated. While prices between USD and USDT pairs remained within a few basis points of one another, the two exchanges diverged significantly in their respective trading volumes. Binance captured nearly all activity for USDT-quoted XRP, while…
Bitcoin futures began August with a significant recalibration in positioning. In the first four days of the month, aggregate futures open interest (OI) fell from $83.63 billion to $79 .85 billion, a $3.78 billion drop in notional terms. This followed Bitcoin’s price dropping around 2.8%, indicating that most of the decline stemmed from position closures…
Solana’s DEX ecosystem has had a very active month, fueled by a spike in new token listings, surging volume, and PumpSwap’s growing grip over trading flows. While SOL retreated to just below $180 after peaking above $205, the spike in activity across DEXs suggests that the retail-driven memecoin wave primarily powered the turnover. However, the…
Ethereum ETFs experienced a record inflow streak last week, adding a net $2.31 billion ovst seven trading sessions between July 18 and July 28. Five of those days saw net inflows exceed $230 million, with the largest single-day inflow of $533.8 million recorded on July 22. This surge in inflows has dwarfed previous weeks and…
Bitcoin has entered the final week of July with a visible imbalance in its price structure. The CME Bitcoin futures market reopened on Sunday, July 27, nearly $1,770 above where it had last traded on Friday, July 25, creating an upward gap between $118,295 and $120,065. This is the widest weekend gap since mid-June and…