Digital Assets Decoded: Your Daily Crypto Guide podcast.
What a week in crypto, folks—Crypto Willy here with your Digital Assets Decoded, where I break down the drama, the data, and the play-by-play action in the wild world of decentralized money.
The headline? **Bitcoin** took a punch below the $115,000 line, sparking a new round of market jitters. Ethereum followed, slipping under $4,200, and that move shook loose over $400 million in liquidations in just 24 hours. According to 99Bitcoins, some traders are bracing for a possible drop down to $112,000 for Bitcoin, while others are using this dip to scoop up altcoins at discount rates. Chainlink is getting the spotlight after Whale 0x4EBD withdrew another 249,808 LINK, stacking up $31.15 million in withdrawals this week—that's bullish accumulation if I’ve ever seen it.
Mixed signals are everywhere. Ethereum had a solid run recently, vaulting over 13% in the past week and up more than 35% over the month, CoinCentral says. But after wild rises come wild falls, and the recent $800 million in liquidations made the market tense. If Ether blows past the $4,870 zone, lookout for a short squeeze that could send prices sky-high.
Altcoins are having their moments, too. **XRP** managed to scrap its way back above the $3 barrier, holding its own better than most majors. And there’s fresh hype around Layer Brett—a project marrying meme culture with real blockchain utility. It’s built on Ethereum Layer 2, delivering blazing-fast payments for pennies. The $LBRETT presale is popping at $0.0042 per token and early stakers are seeing APYs north of 11,000%. No joke—community and utility in one tight package.
Zooming out, ETF flows show caution: Ethereum spot ETFs posted $197 million in outflows, the second-biggest in history, and Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $122 million out—Bitwise’s BITB was the lone winner, pulling inflows when everyone else was in the red. Hedera took center stage with its mainnet upgrade to version 0.64 this week, causing a brief network outage, while Viction (formerly TomoChain) finalized its Atlas hard fork—node operators, hope you upgraded!
On the regulatory beat, the U.S. Fed ended its probe of banks involved in crypto, signaling a possible shift in oversight, as Caleb & Brown note. Across the pond, Eric Trump fired up headlines by going full “bitcoin maxi” and calling for BTC at $175,000 this year, says CoinDesk. Meanwhile, Hut 8 miners surged 10% on massive 1.5GW expansion plans, and 1inch unlocked Solana cross-chain swaps for next-level chain-hopping.
Finally, big moves in real-world asset trading: JuCoin and Connexa launched a $500 million joint venture to nail down the aiRWA Exchange, eyeing new ways to trade real-world assets securely on-chain.
Thanks for tuning in, crypto fans! Stay sharp for next week—massive volatility means massive opportunity, and I’ll be here cutting through the noise. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out QuietPlease Dot AI. Catch you next week!
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