Crypto Tanks After Fed Cut: Santiment Breaks Down The Trap

Crypto markets lurched lower after the Federal Reserve delivered exactly what everyone said they wanted: the third straight 25bps cut to close out 2025. Santiment’s latest deep dive makes a simple, slightly uncomfortable point: retail treated it as a green light, whales treated it as exit liquidity. Bitcoin shortly rallied to $94,044, Ether surged to…

Crypto Crash Triggered By Binance Margin Exploit, Uphold Research Chief Claims

The Oct. 10–11 sell-off that erased an estimated ~$19–20 billion across crypto within 24 hours has ignited a fierce post-mortem over whether market structure—or malice—turned a macro shock into cascading liquidations. Crypto Crash Not Random? On X, Uphold’s head of research Dr. Martin Hiesboeck alleged the crash “is suspected to be a targeted attack that…

December 2024 Crypto Crash Signal Returns As Altcoins Go Wild

Crypto analyst Maartunn (@JA_Maartun) warned on September 14 that a familiar—and historically unfriendly—market pattern has reappeared: speculative leverage pouring into altcoins while Bitcoin’s derivatives positioning stays conspicuously muted. “History doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes, and right now a major warning signal is flashing,” he said, stressing that his message is not to incite panic…

Bitwise CIO: Crypto Looks Like July 2024—Here’s What Happened Next

In a memo released on February 25, 2025, Matt Hougan—Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Bitwise Asset Management—drew striking parallels between today’s crypto market and what he observed in July 2024. Titled “Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain (Redux),” Hougan’s latest analysis suggests that, despite the current pullback, the industry’s underlying fundamentals remain as compelling as ever. Crypto…

Is The Crypto Bull Run Over? Top Exec Discusses The Market Crash

The broader crypto market experienced a pronounced downturn following yesterday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, held on December 18. After the US Federal Reserve delivered a 25-basis-point rate cut as anticipated, it also signaled fewer cuts in 2025 than previously expected. In response, the Bitcoin price fell by more than 5%, dropping below the…