Implied and realized volatility indexes hit the highest levels since August’s yen carry trade unwind.

Wednesday’s soft U.S. core CPI has opened doors for traders to focus on Trump’s swearing in and the possibility of first-day pro-crypto announcement.

XRP’s price rise is accompanied by record perpetual futures open interest and surge in trading volumes.

BTC’s latest price action seems to contrast sharply with the uptrend exhaustion observed at record highs above $108K in mid-December.

BTC neared $95,000 in European morning hours Friday after a slump in U.S. hours sent it to near $90,000 late Thursday, down 10% from a weekly high above $120,000.

Glassnode veri shows that the perpetual funding rate went negative for the first time in 2025.

The market depth shows dominance of buy orders at levels away from the going market rate.

A “descending triangle” pattern in technical analysis points to bigger gains for the top-performing major token.

Mining stocks including WULF, BTDR, IREN and HUT dropped over 5%, while BTC holder medical devices firm Semler Scientific plunged 10%.

BTC’s latest price drop might be setting the stage for a major bearish reversal pattern.