Just noticed Bitcoin's holding up better than I expected despite all the panic in the market right now. Fear index is sitting at 17, which is basically extreme fear territory, and most traders seem convinced October's peak was the real deal. But BTC is still trading around 73k, keeping above some key support levels during Asia hours. The crypto sector's looking pretty weak overall though - equities and metals are rallying while we're struggling.



What's wild is HYPE just popped off like 18% this week while the rest of the market's getting crushed. Privacy coins are getting hammered though - Monero down 7% in a week, but Zcash somehow up 58%. POL and LIT bounced back a bit, but MORPHO's still sliding. Looks like that weekend selloff pushed a bunch of alts into oversold territory, so we're seeing some recovery trades.

Derivatives are telling an interesting story too - over 300 million in futures got liquidated in 24 hours, but open interest is stabilizing around 110 billion. Funding rates are still slightly positive, meaning there's still some bullish positioning left. The real question is whether that 60k floor holds or if we're heading lower. Definitely watching this space closely.
BTC1.15%
HYPE2.95%
ZEC-1.4%
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