“DISCOUNT SEASON” IS HERE: ON-CHAIN DATA REVEALS WHAT WHALES ARE QUIETLY BUYING
#DeFi Blue Chips: #UNI and #AAVE Targeted by Whales
· UNI: Over the past week, whales added ~800,000 tokens (~$5M). After a fee switch vote, the top 100 addresses now hold 8.98M UNI, showing strong accumulation momentum while supply continues to decrease.
· AAVE: Whales increased holdings by 50,000+ tokens in the past 30 days, reaching an all-time high of 3.98M tokens.
Whales are buying more as prices go down. They focus on long-term income from fees rather than short-term price moves. Total value locked in these platforms is rising, showing growing confidence.
🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES’ FASTEST-GROWING #DIGITAL BANK ROLLS OUT #CRYPTO
#GoTyme, one of the Philippines’ fastest-growing digital banks with 6.5M+ users, has launched crypto services following a partnership with U.S. fintech Alpaca.
Users can now buy and hold 11 crypto #assets directly in the GoTyme app : including BTC, #ETH, #SOL, and #DOT with automatic PHP-to-USD conversion.
#Crypto adoption in the Philippines keeps accelerating.
VITALIK JUST DROPPED A BIG IDEA FOR FIXING ETH GAS FEES
Vitalik is proposing a futures-style gas market for #Ethereum. Users and developers could lock in gas prices ahead of time instead of rolling the dice every time the network gets busy.
Right now, gas volatility is one of Ethereum’s biggest pain points. It’s unpredictable, hard to budget for, and a nightmare for apps running at scale. A futures-style market would turn gas from chaos into something plannable.
If this works, it does a few important things: ✅ Developers can budget with confidence. ✅ Apps become more reliable. ✅ $ETH looks a lot more like real infrastructure and less like an experiment.
This isn’t about traders. It’s about making Ethereum usable when activity actually spikes, which is exactly when it tends to break down today.
It’s early, just a proposal, but it’s the kind of idea that signals Ethereum is still focused on fixing the hard, unglamorous problems needed for long-term adoption. #BinanceBlockchainWeek #USJobsData #CryptoRally
JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou project Bitcoin could reach ~$170,000 within 6-12 months, per Bloomberg based on a gold valuation comparison.
The call comes after one of the most violent shakeouts in Bitcoin’s history.
Weak hands get flushed. Conviction gets rewarded. Every cycle.
WALL STREET POWER PLAYER DOUBLES DOWN ON 40% CRYPTO
Ric Edelman -- one of the most influential voices in wealth management, tied to hundreds of billions in assets -- isn’t backing off his stance. He still believes portfolios should hold 10% to as much as 40% in crypto, with Bitcoin front and center.
What’s interesting is why he’s saying this now. After the recent pullback, Edelman argues this isn’t a signal to run -- it’s a reminder of volatility in an asset that’s still early in its adoption curve. If Bitcoin made sense at higher prices, he says it arguably makes more sense on dips. 💎
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) says governments should track all public spending on the# blockchain to ensure full transparency.
CZ:“All governments should track all their spending on the blockchain - an immutable public ledger. It’s called public spending for a reason.”
Since abandoning the gold standard in 1971, unchecked fiscal and monetary policy has driven U.S. debt past $36T, steadily eroding purchasing power.
Fixed-supply assets like Bitcoin offer transparency and accountability, with ideas ranging from onchain public spending to a #BTC strategic reserve to address long-term debt. #BTC #blockchain #BTCVSGOLD
The on-chain liveliness indicator ; tracking coin activity ; hits a new peak, signaling strong demand and a potential bull cycle continuation.
Analysts note this cycle dwarfs 2017, with dormant coins moving in billions, not thousands.
BTC consolidates around $89K. MN Fund founder Michaël van de Poppe says: “I don’t think we’re far off bottoming for Bitcoin, and that should result in a strong rally at the end of the year, going into Q1.” #BTC #BTCVolatility #bitcoin
All eyes are on the Fed decision. Coinbase Institutional shows rate-cut odds at 90% and improving liquidity - key catalysts for a December bounce.
Risk remains: any hawkish Powell comments could cap upside.
A Dec 10 rate cut + end of QT could unlock a Santa rally and shape momentum into 2026. Added tailwind: speculation Kevin Hassett could lead the Fed in 2026, signaling a more dovish shift.
THIS METRIC TELLS YOU IF A BITCOIN MOVE IS REAL OR JUST NOISE
Most people look at price first. That’s normal, but price alone doesn’t tell you why the move happened.
Open Interest does.
When $BTC sells off and Open Interest drops with it, like we’re seeing here, it usually means futures positions are being closed. Leverage is coming out of the system. Traders are getting wiped or stepping aside. Spot holders aren’t rushing for the exits.
That’s an important distinction.
Real selling looks different. You see price fall while Open Interest stays elevated or even rises. That’s distribution.
The fragile moves are the rallies where price goes up and Open Interest surges. That’s leverage chasing momentum. It looks bullish on the surface, but it rarely holds without a reset.
Open Interest isn’t a crystal ball, it’s a truth detector.
It tells you whether the market is being pushed around by derivatives, or actually moving because real money is changing hands.
The “Grayscale Sui Trust,” is a spot-style ETF designed to provide direct exposure to the $SUI token.
Grayscale's goal is to mirror SUI’s market performance, minus fees, giving long-term investors a regulated, hassle-free way to hold SUI without managing the asset directly.
The move comes right after 21Shares launched its SUI-based ETF on Nasdaq. The race for SUI's investment products is on.
Binance Senior Leadership Visits Pakistan as Government Signals Strong Commitment to Digital Asset Regulation
Senior leadership from Binance, including Global CEO Richard Teng, visited Islamabad for high-level engagements with Pakistan’s top leadership.
The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and the Chief of Defence Forces & Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.
Chairman PVARA, Minister @BilalBinSaqib briefed participants on the mandate and progress of PVARA, underscoring Pakistan’s intent to build a robust, forward-looking digital asset regulatory framework.
Coinbase is basically saying: stop watching the noise and watch liquidity.
That blue line is global M2 money supply starting to curl higher. And every time that’s happened in the past, crypto didn’t move right away but it always followed.
This is how it usually plays out: Central banks ease up -> Money slowly comes back into the system -> Risk appetite returns.
And crypto, sitting at the far end of the risk spectrum, reacts last but moves the most.
With Fed rate-cut odds climbing, the backdrop is quietly getting friendlier. No euphoria yet, no fireworks -- just the early setup that tends to show up before a real recovery starts.
This is what the beginning usually looks like, and nobody believes it until price does.