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From the chronicle of price charts, Ethereum continues to compose a stubborn scene, trying to settle after a melodrama of sharp losses. Buyers defend the recent troughs with the stubbornness of a shopkeeper guarding his last sausages, but every upward whisper seems to collide with a battalion of vengeful sellers. Trading volumes have thinned as if the city has gone on holiday, yet the long-suffering investors keep adding a little here and there, as if tucking coins into a sleeping grandma’s purse.

This latest escapade occurs while Ethereum’s charm seems to be waning, with prices down around 62% from the glitzy heights of 2025. Yet, amidst this plunge, BitMine’s Chairman, the ever-optimistic Tom Lee, is all aflutter about a possible V-shaped recovery for Ethereum. One can only hope his optimism is not misplaced.

The concept of ‘freedom money’ often collides with the sobering reality of centralized custody. And if you need an example, look no further than the recent metrics surrounding USD1. It’s the financial equivalent of serving a gluten-free cake at a birthday party-nobody is happy, but everyone pretends to be.

one side has fewer lockers and more drama, and somehow still ends up lifting more.

According to Lyn Alden’s research note, hot off the digital press this Sunday, the Fed’s retreat from long-term balance sheet shrinkage is less about saving the economy and more akin to unclogging a very large financial toilet. Alden elaborates that liquidity shortages in the overnight financing markets have compelled the Fed to jump back into reserve management like it’s diving into a kiddie pool on a hot summer day.

Such an influx arises amidst a tumultuous sea of price fluctuations and the beleaguered sentiments of investors, adding to the immediate pressures of selling, even as the titans of wealth, those large holders, have dared to chart a different course, moving in the opposite direction with the audacity of a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

Could this fervent surge in trading activity, combined with the hoarding tendencies of the elite AXS whales, ensure that our dear AXS maintains its bullish ascent? Or are we merely witnessing the crypto equivalent of a sugar rush?

One Michael Kantrowitz, a chief strategist over at this investment bank, appeared on CNBC-as if that were the only channel in existence-to proclaim that the stock market is finally breaking out of its shell after four long years of sulking in the corner.

Glad to see the message is (finally, even more) clear!

XRP family has and always will be top of mind for Ripple.

Arkham, that vigilant chronicler of digital deeds, notes no fewer than eight IBIT-linked transfers, executed with the precision of a choreographer’s baton. And what of the backdrop? Bitcoin, once soaring in the mid-$80,000s, now finds itself in a more modest realm, flirting with the high-$60,000s before a tentative curtsy toward $70,000. Ah, the fickleness of fortune!