Bitcoin Buckles Under Pressure: Post-Selloff Defense Mode Ushers in Potential 2022-Style Monthly Meltdown

Posted on November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Bitcoin started the week on the defensive after a protracted selloff that put the token on track for its worst month since 2022. The original cryptocurrency dropped as much as 2.3 percent over the weekend, briefly falling below $86,000 on Monday morning before taming losses.

From Turmoil to Rebound: Bitcoin Holds Firm Above $110,000 — Even though it is significantly higher than the Friday lows of $80,553, traders don’t see much reason to rejoice.

The broader cryptocurrency market is in a severe decline despite growing institutional adoption and several policy victories pushed for by US President Donald Trump, who has embraced the sector

US equity-index futures increased on Monday as hope for interest rate cuts grew. If nothing changes, November will be the worst month for Bitcoin since a series of corporate failures shook the cryptocurrency market in 2022, culminating in the demise of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange. Traders are keeping an eye on $85,200 as a crucial support level.

These liquidation flurries often precede bounces if no new shocks hit, technicals and macro headwinds dominate over fundamentals.

Caroline Mauron, co-founder of Orbit Markets, stated, “Early trading is showing slight weakness today, but the moves are fairly small and within normal variations.”. As the market searches for hints regarding the Federal Reserve’s impending rate decision, Bitcoin is expected to trade in the $80,000 to $90,000 range during the week, she continued.

XRP’s Epic Win: SWIFT’s 90% ISO 20022 Pivot Crowns Ripple

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

SWIFT anticipates that by the beginning of 2026, 90% of all transactions will transition to ISO 20022.

The organisation responsible for overseeing ISO 20022 compliance is the Registration Management Group (RMG), which includes a range of members or parent companies associated with well-known Layer 1 blockchains. Notable members include Algorand (ALGO), Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR), Stellar Lumens (XLM), and Ripple (XRP), the latter two of which joined in 2020.

Stellar’s participation has provided both original altcoins with an opportunity to improve interoperability with SWIFT and other major financial institutions.

Financial giants like BlackRock and JP Morgan are actively accumulating coins that comply with ISO 20022. Stellar (XLM) boasts significant partnerships with companies like MoneyGram and IBM World Wire; however, its trading volumes fall short compared to those of XRP. Ripple has established active partnerships with over 300 banks and financial payment solutions, including Santander and SEB, and is in the process of integrating its own RLUSD stablecoin.

Ripple’s (XRP) spot market volume consistently exceeds $2 billion, making it reasonable for the altcoin to grow with relatively low transaction fees. However, this $2 billion in spot trading is quadrupled by its futures market volume. XRP’s demand in perpetual contracts has reached $8 billion in a single day, indicating a new trend among traders seeking potentially larger gains.

Stellar Lumens (XLM) typically maintains a daily trading volume ranging from $100 million to $200 million, although both Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) chains process a block in an average of five seconds. XRP’s ledger handles an average of 40 million transactions daily, far surpassing Stellar’s 7 million average daily transactions.

Ripple Price Prediction: Growing ETFs, $2 Support and Swift Dominance Suggest Strong XRP Rebound

Posted on November 23, 2025November 25, 2025 by Skerdian Meta

As ETF approvals, increased liquidity, and increased institutional involvement support the case for a fresh upward trend, XRP has gained significant ground after a temporary dip below $2 during a wider market crisis.
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XRP Reigns Supreme: Tops 2025 ISO 20022 Crypto List Amid Fedwire Shift!

Posted on November 23, 2025November 30, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

XRP was the leading altcoin in the ISO 20022 category. The update coincided with the global shift to ISO 20022.

Many market participants are curious about the possible connection between digital assets and this transition.XRP is leading the pack, according to recent analyses and platform classifications.

CoinMarketCap introduced an official ISO 20022 category, with XRP via its native compliance through RippleNet. The following is a summary of the top ISO 20022-compliant cryptocurrencies based on market capitalisation, utility, and adoption metrics

ISO 20022 is a modern standard for financial transactions, including payments. Banks and payment providers are replacing older MT messages with new MX messages, which contain more structured data. This helps create clear formats for instructions, account details, and reporting, increasing payment accuracy.

SWIFT set a deadline for this transition on November 22. It’s expected that this shift will continue across the financial industry. To avoid failed messages, banks need to adopt the new format.

Many experts now see this transition as XRP’s entry into the global monetary system. The standard does not alter a blockchain’s core functions; it only affects the payment messages that institutions send and receive. Ripple developed its technology to comply with ISO 20022 standards. The system is ready for banks that migrate, as RippleNet can send messages in the new format. However, XRP itself is not ISO 20022 compatible.

The system is prepared since RippleNet can send messages in the new format once banks finish their migration. Yet, XRP does not comply with ISO 20022. No cryptocurrencies currently fully comply.

Nonetheless, Ripple’s system compatibility enables XRP to progress within standard-compliant financial networks. It also allows potential communication with SWIFT-connected networks that expect ISO 20022 messaging. Although XRP was designed to solve payment problems, Ripple built its tools to help organisations transfer money across borders quickly and cost-effectively.

These tools can use XRP as a bridge asset. By using Ripple’s technology to send ISO 20022-ready messages, banks can stay aligned with international standards. Therefore, XRP might play a role in future payment flows.

XRP’s Triumph: SWIFT’s 90% ISO 20022 Shift Hands Ripple the Cross-Border Crown

Posted on November 22, 2025November 27, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

SWIFT anticipates that by the beginning of 2026, 90% of all transactions will transition to ISO 20022.

Stellar’s participation has provided both original altcoins with an opportunity to improve interoperability with SWIFT and other major financial institutions.

Financial giants like BlackRock and JPMorgan are actively acquiring ISO 20022-compliant coins. Stellar (XLM) has notable partnerships with companies like MoneyGram and IBM World Wire; however, its trading volume is lower than XRP’s. Ripple has established active partnerships with over 300 banks and financial payment solutions, including Santander and SEB, and is working on integrating its own RLUSD stablecoin.

Ripple’s (XRP) spot market volume consistently exceeds $2 billion, making it reasonable for the altcoin to grow with relatively low transaction fees. However, this $2 billion in spot trading is quadrupled by its futures market volume. XRP’s demand in perpetual contracts has hit $8 billion in a single day, highlighting a new trend among traders seeking larger gains.

Stellar Lumens (XLM) generally maintains a daily trading volume between $100 million and $200 million, even though both Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) chains process a block on average every five seconds. XRP’s ledger handles about 40 million transactions daily, significantly surpassing Stellar’s average of 7 million transactions daily

Bitcoin Plunges to $81K in Terrifying Flash Crash!

Posted on November 21, 2025November 22, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Bitcoin (BTC) has undergone a severe flash crash, falling as low as $81.8K in recent hours amid high market volatility. Over $2 billion in leveraged positions throughout the cryptocurrency ecosystem have been wiped out in the last 24 hours alone, representing a roughly 7-8 percent single-day decline from levels around $88,000–$90,000.

The event is similar to the high-stakes deleveraging waves that were observed earlier in November 2025, but it is notable for its size and speed. It mainly targets long (bullish) bets on Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH). Let’s dissect it using the most recent information and background.

BTC experienced its steepest intraday decline since April 2025 lows, falling below $81,000 over the course of two to four hours. As of November 21, 2025 (UTC), it had momentarily tested the $78,000 support level before slightly rising to hover around $81,500–$82,000.

Altcoins like XRP dropped below $2, and ETH followed suit, plummeting to about $2,700. Trump’s tariffs, which imposed a 10 percent charge on all imports and up to 54 percent on Chinese goods, have reignited trade tensions between the US and China, leading to a risk-averse withdrawal from Bitcoin.

The release of strong jobs data and the Federal Reserve’s reluctance to cut interest rates in December dashed hopes for a more lenient monetary policy, turning optimism into fear. In October, open interest in Bitcoin futures reached $94 billion but subsequently fell by 43%. Stop-loss orders were clustered in the $81,000 to $90,000 range as traders took on leverage of 20x to 100x.

Automated selling cascades eroded liquidity, with exchange depth dropping to only 5% of typical levels in response to a 2% decline. This led to a $19 billion wipeout on October 10, reflecting a self-reinforcing cycle where margin calls on long positions triggered additional sell-offs that drove down prices further.

According to CFGI, the “extreme fear” index for cryptocurrency hit cycle lows, with Bitcoin erasing all of its 2025 gains and dropping 30% from its peak of $126,000.

Institutional ETF outflows rose to $278 million on November 12, exacerbating the situation and revealing persistent faith in FTX in contrast to earlier inflows of $524 million.

Forex Signals Nov 20: Earnings Preview – Walmart, Intuit, NetEase, Ross Stores Results Coming

Posted on November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 by Skerdian Meta

The results lineup on Thursday includes a variety of businesses, such as Walmart, Intuit, NetEase, and Ross Stores, all of which offer fresh data on global demand, digital trends, and consumer health. Since markets have reacted significantly to corporate projections this season, any surprises from these names could affect trade direction through the end of the week. Continue reading “Forex Signals Nov 20: Earnings Preview – Walmart, Intuit, NetEase, Ross Stores Results Coming” →

GPU Gold Rush: Nvidia Blowout Lift Bitfarms, TeraWulf, CleanSpark,—Cipher Jumps 13% on AI Hype

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Bitcoin and mining stocks saw an uptick late on Wednesday after Nvidia released its Q3 earnings, and guidance exceeded expectations. Bitfarms, TeraWulf, CleanSpark, and IREN all experienced gains of approximately 10%, while Cipher Mining rose by over 13%. Nvidia helped stabilize the market with a solid quarterly earnings report, even as other markets continued their downward trend.

Nvidia reported third-quarter revenue of $57 billion, which was below the consensus estimate of $61.98 billion, but projected fourth-quarter revenue between $63.7 billion and $66.3 billion. Colette Kress, CFO of Nvidia, mentioned during the earnings call that the useful lives of GPUs are being extended.

This positive announcement caused Nvidia’s stock to rise by 5%, pushing Bitcoin’s price up to about $92,000 after it had dipped below $89,000 earlier in the day.

Several Bitcoin miners have begun shifting portions of their operations to support AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure amid increasing demand for data center capacity alongside the growth of artificial intelligence. For instance, earlier this month, Cipher Mining announced a $5.5 billion AI hosting agreement with Amazon Web Services, while IREN signed a $9.7 billion AI cloud deal with Microsoft. Concerns regarding a potential AI bubble have led miners to sell off assets on two occasions.

IREN is taking on debt to purchase GPUs, and the supply-demand balance for GPUs is directly (and inversely) correlated with loan interest rates. In a post on X, Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, remarked, “Falling BTC + widening spreads = double whammy given the capital expenditure needs.”

Although Bitcoin has remained relatively stable, analysts at JPMorgan mentioned last month that Bitcoin mining stocks have decoupled from the price of BTC, with their market capitalizations rising significantly since July.

BlackRock’s Ethereum Evolution: Launching a Staked Trust ETF

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

BlackRock appears to be planning to launch a new staked Ethereum fund. Daniel Schweiger, a managing director at BlackRock, who filed the asset manager’s initial iShares Ethereum fund in late 2023, has also filed the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF.

One of the first indications that a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) is being developed is the registration of the fund’s name in Delaware.

According to senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, a filing for the new iShares ETH staking fund is “coming soon.”

Nasdaq submitted an amended 19b-4 to include staking in BlackRock’s existing iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA). Competing cryptocurrency asset managers, such as Grayscale and 21 Shares, have also submitted proposals to update their Ethereum funds. As of November, ETHA, with nearly $11.5 billion in total holdings, is the largest Ethereum ETF by assets under management, according to SoSoValue.

Relatively few funds offering staking rewards have been approved despite a more lenient approach by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow additional cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded products to enter the market during the second Trump administration.

Grayscale recently became the first spot-market funds registered under the Securities Act of 1933 to permit staking rewards for holders, receiving approval in October for its U.S. Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHE) and Ethereum Mini Trust ETF (ETH) products.

REX-Osprey introduced a staking Solana ETF using the less common Investment Company Act of 1940. In September, REX-Osprey also launched an ETH staking fund under the 1940 Act ETF structure. Robert Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock, has previously expressed his expectation that the SEC will approve ETH ETF staking as “a next phase.”

Bitwise Ignites Altcoin ETF Boom: Spot XRP Fund Goes Live Today on NYSE

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Bitwise’s spot XRP ETF will begin trading under the ticker XRP. New altcoin ETFs have proliferated in the United States. SEC revised its guidelines to clarify the process for companies looking to launch cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds.

Bitwise Asset Management has announced the launch of its spot XRP exchange-traded fund on the New York Stock Exchange.

The ETF, which has a management fee of 0.34 percent that is waived for the first month on the first $500 million in assets, will begin trading on Thursday under the ticker XRP. “XRP is a really intriguing asset for several reasons,” stated Matt Hougan, CIO at Bitwise.

It processes large volumes of transactions, has a very robust and active community of supporters, and has been operating successfully for a very long time at incredibly low costs. With a market valuation of $127.3 billion, XRP is currently the third-largest non-stablecoin cryptocurrency in the world. Having enabled more than 4 billion transactions, XRP is posing a threat to the cross-border payments industry.

Canary Capital’s XRPC will be the top XRP product, followed by Bitwise’s fund. Since its launch last week, Canary’s fund has amassed net inflows totaling $276.8 million.

The Bitwise Physical XRP ETP (GXRP), which offers investors direct, physically backed exposure to the cryptocurrency, was previously introduced by Bitwise in Europe. After declaring earlier on Wednesday that its GXRP fund would soon launch, Grayscale is expected to be the next. James Seyffart, a Bloomberg analyst, stated on X that Grayscale’s Dogecoin ETF and spot XRP ETP are expected to launch next Monday, marking a first. Additionally, I believe that on Monday, the 24th, Franklin Templeton’s XRP ETF may also launch. Next week will be filled with events,” Seyffart wrote.