Crypto Web3 Today

🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸 FED CHAIR POWELL IS STILL SCHEDULED TO GIVE A "BIG" SPEECH DESPITE SHUTDOWN TOMORROW

Markets don’t fear the speech, they fear the signal behind it.

Powell speaking during a shutdown means messaging matters more than policy.

Will he calm markets or test their conviction again?

EXPECT HIGH VOLATILITY!

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Someone launched a coin and spent seven hours buying it from… themselves. Waited for others to join, nobody did, then rage-sold it all.

I wonder what that was. A tragic little DeFi drama, or a noble act saving the world from one more shitcoin?

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$NOT
$BONK

🔓 The biggest releases expected this week!

$SUI — $78.90 million
$BEAT — $43.97 million
$ENA — $20.08 million
$EIGEN — $14.44 million
$COCA — $12.99 million
$KMNO — $11.00 million
$OP — $8.85 million

SENTIMENT RESET NOT A BREAKDOWN

Sentiment cooled off, Bitcoin didn’t.
The index moved from high-bull back to neutral historically a reset, not a trend reversal.

Price stayed sideways, not collapsing.
That’s consolidation, not distribution.

Caution ≠ fear.
Trend still intact.

$BTC

🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis: The Fed's "Skinny Accounts" Could End Crypto Banking Exclusion.

Cynthia Lummis said the Federal Reserve's proposal for "skinny accounts" could put an end to the exclusion of crypto companies from banks.

A potential step toward fair and transparent banking access for the digital asset sector 👀📜

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$ONT

Key Events This Week.

1️⃣ Monday: Pending Home Sales Data (November)

2️⃣ Tuesday: Federal Reserve Meeting Minutes

3️⃣ Wednesday: Initial Jobless Claims Data

4️⃣ Thursday:

⬅️ China Imposes Silver Export Restrictions 🇨🇳
🇺🇸 US Stock Market Close — Happy New Year!

5️⃣ Friday: S&P Global Manufacturing PMI for December

⏳ A short week… but packed with catalysts. Liquidity is lower, but the impact could be greater. 👀⚡

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China is taking its digital yuan to a new level.

The People’s Bank of China announced that it will allow banks to pay interest on digital yuan (e-CNY) balances under a new regulatory framework that will take effect on January 1, 2026.

With this move, the digital yuan transitions from being digital cash to functioning as a “digital deposit.”

This significant shift could accelerate the formal adoption of digital currency and change how sovereign digital currencies are used globally.

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Silver prices fell after hitting an all-time high.

Prices dropped by about 5% after reaching $84 per ounce for the first time.

The supply and demand imbalance caused spot delivery to rise by 7%.

China's inventories are at their lowest level since 2015, especially with the US tightening import restrictions.

This means the market is currently sensitive, and a decline is normal after such significant gains.

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$ZBT

That's a really tough question, and it needs a calm and realistic answer, not an emotional one. 👌 Let me think about it with you using market logic, not wishful thinking.

🔍 What's more likely to happen first? 60,000 or 100,000?

In my opinion, 60,000 is more likely to happen first.

And the reason isn't pessimism… it's liquidity management and the logic of the market cycle. 👇

🧠 Why is 60,000 more logical right now?

1️⃣ The market hasn't fully cleared yet.
There are still many latecomers, and there are still buy positions without strong protection.

The market always retests pain points.

2️⃣ 60,000 is an important psychological and technical level.
• Liquidity zone
• Potential accumulation zone
• There's genuine demand from institutions.

3️⃣ Reaching 100,000 requires a solid foundation.
It doesn't happen in one leap.

The need:

• Correction
• Fear
• Liquidation of positions
And then a clean start 🚀

4️⃣ Institutions don't like to chase the price
They wait for it to drop
And buy when people are afraid… not when they're greedy.

📌 The realistic conclusion:

• Will we see 60,000? Very likely
• Then accumulation? Logical
• And then 100,000? Yes… but at the right time

The market doesn't reward the impatient…
It rewards the patient who understands the game.

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$STORJ
$AT

US trade volumes are declining:

Global container volumes grew +2.1% YoY in October, marking the 9th monthly increase this year.

This was driven by rising imports into Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and India.

At the same time, US inbound volume dropped -8.0% YoY, dragging total US container volumes down -1.7%.

This marked the 4th monthly contraction this year.

By comparison, the US recorded +15.2% YoY growth in container imports for the full year 2024.

Tariffs are redefining trade with the US.

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Currently, the market is experiencing a clear liquidity shortage, which has directly impacted altcoins, causing them to fall below expectations.

This phase does not signify the end of the market, but rather a transitional period.

The real turning point will come with the introduction of ETFs into altcoins. As we saw with Bitcoin, the listing of ETFs was a historic turning point, followed by strong interest from financial institutions and a significant increase in liquidity and demand.

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Cryptocurrencies have reached a very advanced level of network development, even surpassing centralized global systems like SWIFT in some aspects, as well as other systems used by central banks for financial transfers, such as RTGS (Real-Time Gross Settlement), TARGET2 in Europe, and FedWire in the United States.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) projects have become easier to use and integrate, even at the level of financial institutions. Stablecoins are no longer merely speculative tools but are now used systematically for financial transfers and settlements.

This current market downturn is not the end, but rather a natural filtering phase for the cryptocurrency market.

Not all of the current cryptocurrencies will remain; what will endure and lead the next phase are projects that offer real value, practical solutions, and tangible applications.

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$CRV

💰 Over the past two weeks, the Federal Reserve has quietly injected $38.1 billion into the financial system!

Meanwhile ⏱️:

📊 Money market funds are holding approximately $7.5 trillion
📌 The highest level in history
⚠️ This isn't stimulus, it's active liquidity management

💡 In short:
Liquidity is there, and in abundance,
but it's not confident enough to act.

❌ Money isn't scarce.
✅ What's scarce now is conviction.

👀 And when conviction returns…
The movement will be swift 🔥📈

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$FLOW

🔥 Important development at @Uniswap Protocol 🔥

Following the approval of the fee burning proposal, Uniswap's treasury burned:

💥 100 million UNI

💰 Worth approximately $591 million

Source: @Arkham

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💡 A crucial point not to be overlooked!

💰 Over $300 billion in stablecoins remains outside the market, waiting on the sidelines.

❌ This isn't panic money.

✅ It's idle liquidity.

⚠️ Its presence doesn't guarantee immediate movement, but it confirms that the liquidity is there.

❓ The real question isn't: Is there liquidity?

It's: What will restore confidence and drive it into the market?

Data @artemis

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🚨 Significant Outflow of Ethereum ETFs.

🔴 ETH ETFs saw a net outflow of $187 million this week.

📉 Details:

• BlackRock sold approximately $69.42 million worth of Ethereum.

• This reflects short-term institutional caution, especially given market volatility.

📌 Note:

Outflows from ETFs are often a temporary price pressure and do not necessarily indicate a long-term trend reversal.

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📉 Most crypto sectors are in the red this year.

🔒 Privacy coins
🏦 Platform coins
were among the few exceptions that held their ground 👀

❓ Will the new year change course?

💡 Typically, the shift doesn't start with everyone, but rather with specific sectors that drive liquidity first, then the momentum gradually expands.

⚡ The real question isn't whether... but who will be the first to benefit when confidence returns? 📈💰

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$FLOW
$NTRN

🚨Ethereum Futures Hits New Record.

According to CryptoQuant data, citing analyst Darkfost, the trading volume of ETH Futures contracts on the Binance platform reached over $6.74 trillion in 2025.

📈 This figure is almost double the 2024 volume and reflects:

• High trading activity

• Increased speculative and institutional interest in Ethereum

• Expectations of strong market movements

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Weekly RSI Heatmap 🔥

Showing little changes across the board. This average is pretty typical for just overall weak indecisive price action, which is what we've seen the past few weeks.

Alts remain weak and that won't change until BTC & ETH leave this current price region.

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Silver just crushed it in 2025!

The top performing metals this year:

Silver: +134%
Platinum: +134%
Gold: +73%
Copper: +36%
Aluminum: +16%

Precious metals dominated amid geopolitical chaos, dollar weakness, rate cuts, and massive industrial demand.
Silver and platinum both doubled in value historic rallies!
Who saw this coming? And what's your bet for 2026?

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