Choppy crypto markets punished trend-following funds in 2025, with violent swings that erased months of positioning. This year’s decisive sell-off has offered a reprieve.Digital asset investment firm The gains were driven by a timely move to short positions as crypto markets moved lower in the last week of January, with more than seven percentage points […]
With market volatility pushing Dogecoin (DOGE) to retest its breakout level, some analysts are advising “cautious” optimism for the leading memecoin, arguing that weak bullish momentum could offset recent price action. Related reading ‘Optimism with a seat belt on’ On Thursday, Dogecoin fell to a one-week low of $0.095 before bouncing back above the $0.098 […]
Bitcoin climbed back above $70,000 on Friday after earlier falling to a 16-month low, lifted by a sharp recovery in technology stocks and precious metals after a global rout that hit a wide range of risk assets. The world’s largest cryptocurrency last rose more than 11% to $70,231, rising to $71,464.96 and reversing losses that […]
TLDR: The macro shock led to $1.5 trillion in stock losses and $100 billion+ liquidations of Bitcoin derivatives worldwide. Market makers automatically drained their liquidity during the volatility, leaving most exchanges with zero bids. Ethereum gas fees rose to 100 gwei, slowing arbitrage and widening spreads between trading platforms. Binance compensated affected users $328 million […]