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The spot CVD chart is an order-book analysis of the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows a Volume Heatmap, while the lower panel shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background becomes brighter when the price stays within a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance. - The CVD indicator shows buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line for the corresponding size band moves higher. The yellow line reflects orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line is based on large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

CryptoPotato asked three AI models — ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini — for their fourth-quarter outlook on XRP and Pi Network’s PI, with the models citing XRP’s liquidity and institutional investor base as key strengths while flagging token unlock-driven selling pressure as a major risk for PI. ChatGPT pointed to ETF inflows into XRP and expansion of the Ripple ecosystem as key variables, while saying PI could see heightened price volatility depending on mainnet migration and ecosystem activity. Perplexity said PI’s ongoing token unlocks are adding selling pressure. Gemini highlighted XRP’s listings on global exchanges and institutional partnerships, while assessing PI’s lack of listings on major exchanges and rising token supply as headwinds, according to CryptoPotato.

PitchBook estimates prediction market platform Kalshi is worth $30.4 billion under its base-case scenario and as much as $42.1 billion under an optimistic scenario, while its bearish case values the company at $22.8 billion, Fortune reported. PitchBook projects Kalshi will generate $6.4 billion in revenue and $3.7 billion in adjusted earnings by 2030. However, some financial figures are based on estimates because Kalshi is a private company. The market research firm identified regulatory uncertainty in sports prediction markets as a key variable. Sports-related contracts account for 69.9% of Kalshi’s event fees this year, rising to 82.4% when parlay-style bets are included. Lawsuits over the legality of sports event contracts are currently underway in multiple U.S. states.

Ondo has the largest assets under management among tokenized stock platforms at about $882 million, according to RWA.xyz data. It was followed by bStocks at $754 million, xStocks at $576 million, Securitize at $424 million, and Bitget’s RWA protocol Reality at $162 million. By the number of supported underlying assets, Reality ranked first with 2,160 stocks and ETFs, while xStocks and Dinari supported 1,028 and 692, respectively.

U.S. spot Ether ETFs recorded about $104.64 million in net inflows on Sept. 23, marking a fourth straight trading day of net inflows, according to SoSoValue. - BlackRock ETHA: +$50.8 million - Fidelity FETH: +$41.28 million - Grayscale ETH: -$4.09 million - Grayscale Mini ETHE: +$4.3 million - Morgan Stanley MSSE: +$1.44 million - 21Shares TETH: +$4.01 million - Franklin Templeton EZET: +$3.04 million - VanEck ETHV: +$2.93 million - Invesco QETH: +$930,000

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $346.98 million in net inflows on Sept. 23, marking a fifth straight trading day of net inflows, according to SoSoValue. - BlackRock IBIT: +$166.29 million - Fidelity FBTC: +$143.24 million - ARK Invest ARKB: +$5.04 million - Morgan Stanley MSBT: +$32.41 million

LD Capital founder Jack Yi said BTC is likely to face strong resistance near $86,000 and advised closing long positions around that level to take profit. Yi said he had presented the same view 20 days ago. He added that he still expects a bull market despite a short-term correction and is not considering entering short positions. In a bull market, prices do not rise in a straight line, Yi said, adding that each pullback can present a new buying opportunity and that appropriate stop-loss levels and risk management remain important.

A Bitcoin whale bought another 536.93 BTC worth about $45.28 million six hours ago as prices fell, according to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. The whale address "bc1qdp" has accumulated a total of 2,460 BTC worth about $194.3 million over the past 20 days, with an average purchase price of $78,966.

According to Arkham, one address received 45,000 ETH worth about $119.67 million through Galaxy Digital OTC, with ETH priced at about $2,659 at the time of receipt. The address then moved part of its existing holdings along with the newly received ETH through an intermediary wallet in multiple transfers, consolidating a total of 54,990 ETH into a single wallet. That wallet now holds about 57,260 ETH worth roughly $153.40 million, and no outbound transfers to external wallets have been identified so far.

BTC’s share of crypto exposure at banks in the Americas fell sharply to 44.2% from 75.8%, according to Basel Committee on Banking Supervision data for the second half of 2025 cited by Ledgerinsights. ETH’s share rose to 38.5%, while SOL and XRP accounted for 7.8% and 5.6%, respectively. The report said banks’ overall crypto exposure changed little, but the asset mix shifted.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $84,000. BTC is trading at $83,990 on the Binance USDT market.

An anonymous whale address beginning with 0xd158 closed a 1,425 BTC long position worth about $119.3 million on Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, realizing a $1.5 million profit, according to Lookonchain. Bitcoin was trading at $84,343.64, down 2.49%, according to CoinMarketCap.

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange Variational said on its official X account it has confirmed a fourth-quarter launch for its native token, VAR. The token’s total supply will be allocated as follows: - 32% for a genesis airdrop - 18% for the ecosystem reserve - 50% for the team and investors Variational added that 100% of the airdrop allocation will unlock on the token’s launch day, with distributions made in proportion to users’ point balances. Any airdropped tokens not claimed within the valid period will be burned automatically. The platform also said it plans to send 100% of future operating revenue to the treasury for VAR buybacks and burns.

Fortitude, a ZEC mining company affiliated with Digital Currency Group, said it amended its credit facility with DCG to increase the borrowing limit to $50 million from $26 million. The change leaves Fortitude with about $31 million in available borrowing capacity, including the remaining amount under the existing agreement, and the company plans to receive the full amount in ZEC. Fortitude said it will raise funds by selling the received ZEC in the market, first using about $7 million to pay part of an order for 9,000 ZEC mining machines, with the rest set aside for new mining site construction, data center real estate acquisitions and power infrastructure expansion.

David Hoffman, co-founder and host of crypto podcast platform Bankless, said on X that Zcash (ZEC) is showing a pattern this year similar to what Ethereum (ETH) saw in 2021. Hoffman said capital rotation by Bitcoin holders into assets other than BTC is rare, but ZEC has emerged this year as a Schelling point, or a focal point where market participants collectively direct capital. Hoffman added that ZEC’s market capitalization could expand significantly even if only a very small share of BTC holders comes to view it as a play on privacy, quantum resistance, or a hedge against BTC exposure. Hoffman also said a similar pattern is appearing in NEAR, which Hoffman described as emerging as a new Schelling point in smart contracts for 2026.

A whale address believed to be tied to an institution sold 42,000 ETH, equal to about 80% of its holdings, around seven hours ago, on-chain analyst EmberCN said. The wallet had added 15,000 ETH at an average purchase price of $2,751 yesterday, worth about $41.26 million. According to EmberCN, the whale transferred the tokens to a Galaxy Digital OTC address around seven hours ago. Such transfers are typically interpreted as intended for selling. If the deposited ETH was sold, the whale realized about $21.12 million in profit. EmberCN said the whale had accumulated about 52,000 ETH over roughly two months at an average purchase price of $2,161. CoinMarketCap data showed ETH trading at $2,679.21, down 3%.

Bitcoin fell below $85,000 as U.S. Treasury yields resumed climbing after S&P Global reported a stronger-than-expected preliminary U.S. composite purchasing managers index for September, CryptoSlate said. The outlet said S&P Global’s preliminary September U.S. composite PMI came in at 58.4, the highest reading since July 2021. As the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield moved back above 5%, expectations grew that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates higher for longer. In the hour after the PMI release, about $135.8 million in crypto positions were liquidated, including $125.9 million in longs, with BTC and ETH accounting for $47.4 million and $23.9 million, respectively. CryptoSlate added that the short-squeeze effect that had recently supported BTC’s gains has largely run its course, suggesting Bitcoin will need fresh spot buying to reclaim $85,000.

CoinMarketCap’s in-house crypto fear and greed index came in at 74, down four points from yesterday, indicating a slight pullback in market sentiment while remaining in the greed zone. The index signals extreme fear as it approaches zero and extreme optimism as it nears 100. CoinMarketCap calculates the gauge based on price moves among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivatives-market indicators including the put-to-call ratio, the stablecoin supply ratio, or SSR, and CoinMarketCap’s own search data.

The spot CVD chart is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows a volume heatmap, while the lower panel shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap in the upper panel tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance levels. - The cumulative volume delta indicator in the lower panel reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the corresponding colored line moves higher. The yellow line is based on orders worth $100 to $1,000, while the brown line is based on large orders worth $1 million to $10 million, among others.

About 11.7 million XRP, worth roughly $20 million, was stolen from thousands of users’ wallets in a hacking attack targeting the D'CENT Wallet self-custody app, BeInCrypto reported, citing on-chain forensic analysis by XRPL.to. The analysis said the attacks took place in six rounds between Sept. 15 and 20. The attacker used compromised private keys to withdraw XRP from 6,678 wallets and delete 5,001 accounts to also capture their account reserve balances. Of the stolen XRP, about 5.6 million XRP was moved into Ethereum (ETH) through THORChain (RUNE), while funds were also dispersed through exchanges including Binance and other services. D'CENT said on Sept. 16 that abnormal fund transfers had occurred in its app wallet and had urged users to move their assets immediately.

The United States and China have agreed to extend their trade truce by two months, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, according to Money Today.

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange Aster said on X it has launched Grid 2.0 and a marketplace. Aster said Grid 2.0 lets users run grid strategies and standard perpetual futures trades at the same time, while isolated margin allows up to 50 independent grid strategies per account on the same trading pair. In the Grid marketplace, users can view grids already running on Aster by market and compare data including PnL, ROI, operating duration, and trading activity. Users can also copy existing grid strategies or invert the long-short direction and adjust parameters to build new grids.

Bitcoin fell below $86,000 overnight amid a short-term pullback, slipping under what is estimated to be the average purchase price for recent investors in U.S. spot ETFs, The Defiant analyzed. Citing analysis from U.S.-based crypto exchange Bitfinex, the outlet said the average cost basis for investors in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs is estimated at about $86,000. With BTC dropping below that level, capital that recently flowed in through the ETFs has also moved into unrealized losses. U.S. spot BTC ETFs saw net inflows of $999 million on Monday and $714.7 million on Tuesday, and BTC has since fallen below the prices at which those funds entered. The report said the key question for whether Bitcoin’s uptrend can continue is whether sustained net buying persists at prices above ETF investors’ average cost basis. According to CoinMarketCap, BTC was trading at $84,575.72, down 1.97%, at the time of writing.

Wallets holding 100 to 1,000 BTC have accumulated about 113,950 BTC since July 15, according to on-chain analytics platform Santiment. Over the same period, the group’s Bitcoin holdings rose 2.22% to about 5.24 million BTC. Santiment said accumulation by this wallet cohort has historically shown a strong correlation with the direction of the crypto market and has often appeared before or during periods of strong directional moves. The firm added the recent rise in Bitcoin suggests the uptrend has not relied solely on retail buying, but has also been supported by purchases from whales with substantial capital.

The U.S. government is considering ways to support broader use of dollar-based stablecoins in overseas markets, Bloomberg reported. Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting legal and trustworthy dollar-based stablecoins worldwide after the passage of the GENIUS Act, a U.S. stablecoin regulatory bill, according to the report.