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📈 Gold or stocks: which is more profitable over 25 years

If you had invested $10,000 in the S&P 500 in 2000, you would now have $77,495.

But if you had invested the same $10,000 in gold, your capital would have grown to $126,596.

Despite crises, inflation, and wars, it is gold that preserved and multiplied capital more than 12 times.

#BTC #GOLD

🫠 1 Bitcoin fee

Someone wanted to transfer 1 BTC to the Kraken exchange, but ended up with 0.0001 BTC ($10) because the fee was 0.99 BTC ($105k).

Consider that you locked in a profit, just not the way you wanted 😁

#BTC #bitcoin #USGovShutdownEnd? #StrategyBTCPurchase

⚡️ Ripple CEO: XRP ETF Wind Just Beginning, 2026 Will Be a Big Year

Following the huge success of XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the first weeks after their launch in the US, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reiterated an idea that insiders already knew.

Garlinghouse recently appeared on Binance Blockchain Week, countering claims that interest in XRP ETFs has waned. He confirmed that 2026 will be a bullish year for cryptocurrencies, especially XRP. Specifically, XRP ETFs have seen approximately $900 million in inflows, signaling a significant increase in activity for the token.

According to Garlinghouse, one factor contributing to this rise is the regulatory clarity Ripple has recently achieved in the United States. He explained that the last few years haven't been particularly favorable for XRP, as many potential institutional investors have shied away from it due to regulatory issues and risk concerns. However, this has since faded as these enthusiasts have entered the market and purchased XRP ETFs to alleviate the stress of their own custody.

Expressing optimism about the massive growth expected from XRP and other crypto ETFs in 2026, Garlinghouse said, “Only 1-2% of the total ETF market is crypto. I'd bet anyone here that a year from now, it will be more than 1-2%, and the inflows will continue.”

Moreover, the wave of institutional XRP adoption has also attracted Vanguard, which has made a sharp shift in stance after years of dismissing the crypto. The asset manager now lists XRP spot ETFs for trading on its platform.

Analysts predict that these inflows will significantly impact the price of XRP.

#XRP #Ripple

💥 $NEAR Protocol achieves 1 million transactions per second in major scalability milestone

NEAR Protocol, a sharded layer 1 blockchain designed for high scalability, has achieved one million transactions per second in a major scalability milestone that demonstrates its capacity for massive throughput in benchmark testing.

The achievement validates NEAR’s sharded architecture and its potential for horizontal scaling without compromising decentralization. Recent engineering enhancements in NEAR’s execution and consensus layers have improved throughput for realistic workloads on cost-effective hardware.

The milestone was enabled by Nightshade 2.0, an upgrade to NEAR Protocol’s sharding system that introduces stateless validation to enhance efficiency and distribute workload across multiple shards. The upgrade has contributed to improvements in block times and finality, supporting the protocol’s ability to handle increased transaction demands.

This positions NEAR to support high-volume applications in cross-chain DeFi and onchain AI, fostering growth in the multi-chain ecosystem. NEAR supports decentralized applications through features such as intents and chain signatures for cross-chain interactions.

#NEAR #NearProtocol

🟣 Solana Foundation chief steps in as Kamino–Jupiter lending feud escalates

Lily Liu, the president of the Solana Foundation, has entered the growing feud between Kamino Finance, an established player in Solana’s lending market, and Jupiter Lend, a more recent entrant into the lending space.

Jupiter launched Jupiter Lend in August, and it has already grown to $1 billion in TVL. The Solana lending market is currently valued at around $5 billion, a number that is significantly dwarfed by Ethereum’s $50 billion and the trillions in TradFi collateral markets.

🔸 Solana Foundation’s president does not mind the competition

Lily Liu, president of the Solana Foundation, referenced the current valuation of Solana’s lending market in her post.

That gap is what is fueling the competitive landscape in Solana’s lending sector. While it has led to rapid innovation, tensions have been rising between protocols vying for dominance.

“Hey @kamino @jup_lend, Love you both,” she wrote. “…We can snipe at one another (one click lending position conversion; dunking on sloppy remarks; etc) or we can focus on capturing market share from all of crypto and then Tradfi beyond that.”

As the Solana Foundation executive is concerned, competition has always been healthy for the space, but it is crucial not to lose sight of the main goal, which is capturing more market share from Ethereum and TradFi.

🔸 Why are Kamino Finance and Jupiter Lend feuding?

Jupiter Lend had had to contend with accusations that the protocol misled users about the platform’s risk isolation and rehypothecation practices, with critics (mostly founders from rival protocols like Kamino and Fluid) claiming that Jupiter Lend falsely advertised its vaults as completely isolated, an act that could potentially expose the broader DeFi space to contagion during market stress.

While Kash Dhanda, Jupiter Lend’s co-founder, admitted that the initial “zero contagion” assertion was not 100% accurate.

#SOL #Solana #Jupiter

🐂 Time to Buy Alts?

Cryptoquant reports that now is the time to buy altcoins.

↗️ Since trading volumes have fallen below the annual average, altcoins have once again entered a historical accumulation zone.

⚡️Do you think now is the best time to buy alts?

#Alts #altcoins #Altcoin

🤔 Bitcoin Price Prediction: Can BTC Break Out of the $89K Range This Week?

Bitcoin stayed close to $89,000 on Sunday, holding inside a narrow trading range as the broader crypto market continued to drop. The global crypto market cap slipped to $3.01 trillion.

Compared to earlier in the month, trading volumes have slowed. Recent price swings have been small, and the market has yet to show a clear direction. This lack of energy has kept BTC stuck below important resistance levels and prevented any strong recovery attempts.

🔸 Resistance Blocks Breakouts

Bitcoin has repeatedly struggled to break past the $92,000–$93,000 resistance band. Each time the price has attempted an upward push, sellers have stepped in and pushed it back down, showing that the market is still facing pressure from profit-taking and derivative unwinding. Until this resistance zone is convincingly cleared, analysts say upside momentum will likely remain limited.

On the downside, support between $86,000 and $88,000 continues to act as the main cushion for the price. Experts are watching this area closely because a clear break below it could trigger fresh selling and possibly send Bitcoin toward the lower $80,000 range. For now, buyers are managing to defend this zone, keeping the market in a sideways phase.

🔸 Broader Market Moves in Sync

Major altcoins such as Ethereum, BNB, Solana, and XRP also cooled off, showing Bitcoin’s quiet trading pattern. The average market RSI hovering around 39 suggests mild oversold pressure but not enough to confirm a reversal. The market appears to be waiting for new economic cues or strong inflows that could shift momentum.

🔸 What Comes Next?

Until a breakout from this tight range occurs, Bitcoin is expected to continue moving sideways. A move above $92,000 would be the first sign of strength, while a drop under $86,000 may confirm further weakness.

#BTC #Bitcoin $BTC

🤔 Sideways trend until the end of the year?

As we can see, Bitcoin spends an average of 170 days a year in the negative zone.

In 2025, Bitcoin has already been in the negative zone for 171 days.

This suggests that there will be no serious drops until the end of the year, and the market will move sideways.

$BTC #BTC #Bitcoin

🪙 Bitcoin has hit a ceiling again

Since 2019, Bitcoin has never risen above the middle of the long-term channel without the launch of a QE (quantitative easing) program, which floods the market with liquidity and pushes risky assets up.

QE has always been the fuel that accelerated the trend. And right now, that driver simply isn't there; the market is standing still, waiting for a real bullish catalyst.

❗️Until liquidity returns, $BTC will continue to move cautiously and there will be no aggressive growth.

#BTC #bitcoin

🥹 The altseason ice has started to move

On X, the topic of altseason is actively being raised and parallels are being drawn with previous cycles.

🕯 The same pattern is forming now as before previous altseasons.

#Altseason #altcoins

💵 Visually: the difference in assets between the rich and the poor

People with capital from $10k to $100k mostly own illiquid assets (personal apartment and car). Beyond that, the focus shifts to savings, business, and investments.

Those who have crossed the $1 million threshold hold about 50% in liquid assets, while billionaires invest over 70% of their funds in business and stocks.

#Rich $BTC

📉 Here’s why the crypto market is going down today

The crypto market is going down today, with Bitcoin falling by 1.25% in the last 24 hours, and XRP, Solana, Dogecoin, and Hyperliquid (HYPE) falling by over 3%. The market capitalization of all tokens dropped by 1.36% to $3.15 trillion. Here are some of the reasons why the crypto market crash is happening today.

🔸 Crypto market is going down as investors sell the news 

One key reason why the crypto market is going down is that there was some important news that pushed it higher. Wl

The most important news was that Vanguard, a top company with over 11 trillion in assets and 50 million customers, will start off offering crypto ETFs, a major change for the company. It has already started offering some of these funds.

The other notable news was that Donald Trump hinted that he would nominate Kevin Hassett to be the next Federal Reserve Chair, replacing Jerome Powell. 

Hassett is viewed positively by crypto traders because he used to serve as a advisor. He also favors low interest rates and is more aligned with Donald Trump on key issues.

Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the spot Chainlink ETF, which has attracted millions of dollars in inflows in the past few days.

Additionally, Charles Schwab announced that it would start offering crypto trading services on its platform in January, a notable thing for a company with over $12 trillion in assets. 

All these news events helped to push crypto prices higher this week. Whenever this happens, traders often sell the news as they wait for an additional catalyst.

🔸 Futures activity is falling 

The other main reason why the crypto market is going down is that activity in the futures market has started to deteriorate in the past few days.

One way to look at this is the futures open interest, which is an important metric that looks at open positions in the futures market. These positions can be with call or put options.

Data shows that the futures open interest has dropped by 1.87% to $132 billion.

#Crypto #market

🔥 Here's How Much #Bitcoin , #XRP , #Ether , #Solana May Move on Friday's Inflation Report

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge, core PCE, likely rose in September—moving in the wrong direction. Yet volatility indices show no signs of major turbulence.

The core PCE likely rose 2.9% year-on-year in September, heading in the wrong direction from the Fed's goal of a 2% annual rate, according to FactSet. If the actual figure matches estimates, it would mark 55 straight months of inflation above the Fed's 2% target. The sticky inflation would strengthen the Fed hawks, who are in favor of slower rate cuts.

Still, as of writing, Volmex's annualized one-day bitcoin implied volatility index , BVIV, hovered in familiar ranges around 36%. That equates to a 24-hour expected price swing of 1.88%, which is nothing out of ordinary.

Low volatility expectations likely stem from anticipated Fed rate cuts next week regardless of PCE data. CME's FedWatch tool prices a 25 basis point cut on Dec. 10 as a done deal.

A softer-than-expected report could send the 10-year Treasury yield below 4%, helping BTC break out its two-day trading range of $92,000-$94,000.

"A softer labor read and contained PCE would reinforce the easing narrative supporting crypto’s rebound, while any upside surprise may keep markets range-bound until the Fed clarifies its path," Iliya Kalchev, Nexo Dispatch analyst, said in an email.

Analysts at ING, however, have warned that any decline in the benchmark yield could be short-lived.

The data could have similar impact on alternative cryptocurrencies.

Speaking of ether, it's one-day implied volatility index was 57.23%, implying a 24-hour price swing of 3%, slightly higher than bitcoin. Meanwhile, SOL's volatility index signals a 3.86% price move, with XRP at 4.3%.

🤔 How High Will #Cardano Price Go Ahead of Midnight Launch

Cardano’s ADA is now trading near $0.44 as the network prepares for its biggest update of the year, the Midnight sidechain launch on December 8. With only 3 days left before this major upgrade goes live, traders are once again asking the big question, how high can Cardano rise next?

🔸 Big Week Ahead as Midnight Goes Live 8th Dec

December 8 marks the official launch of Midnight, Cardano’s first zero-knowledge sidechain. The new system aims to bring stronger privacy tools, better scalability, and more flexibility for developers.

Earlier this week, the Midnight Foundation also rolled out NIGHT, the network’s first native token, another step that has added more energy to the Cardano ecosystem.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson believes Midnight will unlock a new era for the network. According to him, this upgrade can help strengthen Cardano’s stablecoin ecosystem and give DeFi builders more freedom to build advanced tools.

With the token distribution, listings, and liquidity support scheduled on the same day.

🔸 #ADA Tries to Recover After a Tough Month

Lately, Cardano’s native token ADA has been moving in a steady downward trend, dropping nearly 20% in just one month before finally finding support near $0.37.

After hitting this level, ADA bounced back, gaining more than 13% as hype around the upcoming Midnight launch started to build.

While $ADA is still weaker than other major tokens like Solana and BNB, some analysts believe that buyers are slowly stepping back in, hinting that momentum may be turning in Cardano’s favor.

🔸 How High Will Cardano Price Go?

Despite weeks of bearish pressure, top chart analyst Ali Martinez noted that Cardano has finally flashed a SuperTrend “buy” signal, its first since the long downtrend began.

On the ADA’s 12-hour chart, Cardano has also cleared a resistance zone it struggled with for weeks. Its move back above the $0.41–$0.43 range shows that buyers are responding faster and defending key levels more strongly than before.

📈 Bitcoin is preparing for a run to $100k

An analyst from CoinDesk highlighted bullish factors indicating continued growth.

▪️ #BTC volatility (BVIV) has dropped to 48, breaking the bullish trend. Panic is fading and the market is stabilizing.

An additional positive factor is the downward trend in the dollar.

🕯 Technical factors:
BTC has settled above $93,104 and the Ichimoku cloud.

▪️ Next target: $98k - $100k.

But there is a risk if we fall below the Ichimoku cloud, which would weaken the momentum.

Key targets for other coins:
🔹 $ETH - $3,500.
🔹 $SOL - $165.
🔹 $XRP - $2.30.

#Bitcoin

🟡 A highly intense and intellectual debate between CZ and Schiff at #BinanceBlockchainWeek !

The dynamic back-and-forth was nothing short of extraordinary, delivering deep insights and engaging banter throughout.

#CZ #ChangpengZhao #BTCVSGOLD

#MicroStrategy 's #Saylor took to main stage at #BinanceBlockchainWeek and spoke about the undeniable case of Bitcoin.

“Bitcoin is the foundation of economic markets — its trading power exceeds Google, Microsoft, and even the Navy’s spending power.”

“This is not rhetorical — you have advocates in the cabinet, even the head of the FBI; a president supporting this asset class, and that’s a big deal.”

A clear message: Bitcoin’s role in the world economy is only just beginning.

#BTC #BTCVSGOLD

☀️ Good morning!

📈 Today the main altcoins are trading in the green.

🟠 BTC is trading around $93,000

🪙 $BTC dominance is 59.24%

⚪️ $ETH is trading around $3,184

The fear and greed index is at 27 points and remains at the "Fear" level.

A selection of important news:

1️⃣ The fair price of Bitcoin is $165k — more details

2️⃣ Binance announced the launch of the Binance Junior app — more details

3️⃣ Solana Mobile announced the release of the SKR token, which will take place in January 2026 — more details

Stay up to date with the latest news with @TopCryptoNews

#BTC #Bitcoin