šŸ” 🟔😐 Market Analysis: 29-12-18

In the final hours of trading on December 29th, gold surged to an unprecedented all-time high, crossing $4,560 per troy ounce, while the crypto market faced a sobering test of sentiment. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has languished at 'extreme fear' levels for two weeks straight, a malaise not se... ... Read full 🟔😐 Market Analysis: 29-12-18

Russia’s First Crypto-Backed Loan Brings Bitcoin Into Formal Banking

Russia’s First Crypto-Backed Loan Brings Bitcoin Into Formal Banking

Sberbank has extended Russia’s first crypto-backed loan to Intelion Data, one of the country’s largest Bitcoin miners. The pilot deal uses Bitcoin mined by Intelion as collateral, positioning digital assets as working capital rather than passive holdings on a balance sheet.Using Rutoken to Secure Di…

Chainlink Is Stuck Around $12 as Selling Pressure Fades: Here’s What Next for LINK Price Rally

Chainlink Is Stuck Around $12 as Selling Pressure Fades: Here’s What Next for LINK Price Rally

The crypto markets are bracing for one of the calmest yet most interesting year-ends, much more diverse than the previous one. The top two tokens are consolidating just below their respective psychological barriers; Chainlink also seems to be following the trend. In times when liquidity has stayed s…

Can XRP Price Reach $10,000? Expert Says It’s Different Math, Different League

Can XRP Price Reach $10,000? Expert Says It’s Different Math, Different League

A crypto expert has addressed the arguments suggesting that the XRP price could never reach $10,000. He explained that XRP is in a different league from most cryptocurrencies, making traditional valuation methods less effective. The expert also asserts that XRP is designed to handle large-scale inst…

Ripple’s Business Playbook Is Why XRP Could Reclaim Its All-Time High, Says Expert

Ripple’s Business Playbook Is Why XRP Could Reclaim Its All-Time High, Says Expert

XRP is once again in focus after crypto analyst Santiago R Santos shared a bullish long-term view on Ripple and its native token. In a recent discussion, Santos said he believes XRP has a higher probability of returning to its all-time high than Ethereum, especially if markets face another broad dow…

90% Down and Left for Dead — Are Altcoins About to Surprise Everyone?

90% Down and Left for Dead — Are Altcoins About to Surprise Everyone?

For many crypto investors, the past year has been painful. Altcoins have struggled badly, with many tokens falling nearly 90% from their highs. In fact, some analysts like Michael Van De Poppe say this has been worse than the 2022 bear market. This has sparked a big question across crypto markets: a…

Uniswap’s Fee Switch Is Live—But Early Data Is Already Tearing Analysts Apart

Uniswap’s Fee Switch Is Live—But Early Data Is Already Tearing Analysts Apart

Uniswap’s long-anticipated fee switch has gone live. However, it has failed to deliver immediate clarity on UNI’s long-term value capture.Early on-chain data has sparked a sharp debate over whether the market is drawing conclusions far too soon or uncovering structural limitations in the protocol’s …

BlackRock's BUIDL hits $100M in payouts, showing tokenized finance at scale

BlackRock's BUIDL hits $100M in payouts, showing tokenized finance at scale

BlackRock’s first tokenized money market fund has paid out $100 million in cumulative dividends since its launch, highlighting the growing real-world use of tokenized securities amid rising institutional adoption.The milestone for the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) was an…

Silver Falls 13% in One Day as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Face New Macro Test

Silver Falls 13% in One Day as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Face New Macro Test

Silver prices saw a sudden and sharp sell-off, falling nearly 13% in a single day from around $83 to $73 per ounce. The drop erased an estimated $550 billion from silver’s total market value and marked one of the most dramatic moves in the metal this year.The decline followed a powerful rally earlie…

Why Luke Gromen is fading Bitcoin while staying bullish on debasement

Why Luke Gromen is fading Bitcoin while staying bullish on debasement

Key takeawaysLuke Gromen still believes governments will rely on inflation and weaker currencies to manage heavy debt.He is more cautious on Bitcoin in the short term and sees a possible move toward the $40,000 range in 2026.His main red flags are Bitcoin lagging gold, trend damage on key moving ave…

XRP funds up despite crypto ETPs posting $446 million in weekly outflows: CoinShares

XRP funds up despite crypto ETPs posting $446 million in weekly outflows: CoinShares

Short of XRP exchange-traded funds racking up $70 million in capital inflows, the crypto fund market took a bearish turn for the second week in a row, with overall crypto ETPs registering $446 million in outflows, according to CoinShares.Principally led by investors selling out of Bitcoin and Ethere…

Novogratz Predicts 2026 Will Be Great for Crypto

Novogratz Predicts 2026 Will Be Great for Crypto

Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz has predicted that 2026 could potentially be a great year for crypto.Ā Still, he acknowledges the technical reality that the asset is "stalled."Ā Novogratz claims that Bitcoin would need to reclaim $100,000 in order to start gaining momentum.Ā "I need to see it start gaining m…

Strategy’s latest 2025 Bitcoin purchase caps active year of accumulation

Strategy’s latest 2025 Bitcoin purchase caps active year of accumulation

Strategy announced its latest Bitcoin purchase of 2025, adding 1,229 BTC after a year of accelerated accumulation that saw the company disclose more acquisitions than in the previous two years combined.According to a Form 8-K filed on Monday, the coins were acquired Dec. 22-28 for an aggregate purch…