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Bitcoin Slides Below $106K Amid Broad Crypto Selloff, Triggering Over $1B in Liquidations
Bitcoin drops below $106,000, hitting $105,500 in a 4% daily decline.
Altcoins suffer steeper losses, with Ether down 7% and Solana, BNB, Dogecoin falling 8%-10%.
Liquidations top $1.1 billion, mostly from long positions, amid heightened volatility.
Market sentiment hits ‘extreme fear’ as Fed rate cut uncertainties weigh on investors.
The cryptocurrency market endured a sharp selloff on Monday, with Bitcoin slipping below…
Balancer DeFi Protocol Suffers $128M Exploit in V2 Pools Amid Smart Contract Vulnerability
Quick Take
Balancer’s V2 Composable Stable Pools were exploited for approximately $128 million in assets, including WETH, osETH, and wstETH.
The vulnerability stemmed from a logic flaw in smart contract functions, allowing unauthorized withdrawals despite multiple audits.
Affected chains such as Berachain implemented emergency measures, including network halts and hard forks, to protect users.
Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) prot…

DEX Trading Volume Hits All-Time High of $613.3 Billion in October Amid Market Volatility
Record Volume: DEX trading reached $613.3 billion in October, surpassing the previous high and up from approximately $500 billion in September.
Leading Platforms: Uniswap led with $170.9 billion, followed by PancakeSwap at $101.9 billion.
Key Drivers: Market drop on October 10 spurred volatility, prompting traders to reposition funds amid new narratives like BNB Chain memecoins and ETF flows.
CEX Comparison: Centralized exchanges…
| Cryptocurrencies, DEX, Front page, News, Trading

Solana ETFs Ride the Alt Wave
Remember when Bitcoin was the undisputed king, hoarding all the ETF love while alts scraped for scraps? Yeah, those days feel like ancient history now. Fast-forward to this week, and the capital’s rotating faster than a Solana transaction block. Spot Solana ETFs just notched their fourth consecutive day of inflows, sucking in $44.48 million on Friday alone—pushing cumulative net inflows past $199 million. Meanwhile, Bitcoin and Ether funds? The…
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Bitwise Spot Solana ETF Debuts with $69.5M Inflows Amid SOL Price Volatility
Bitwise’s BSOL ETF recorded $69.5 million in net inflows on its debut, outpacing rival Solana funds and setting a 2025 ETF launch record for trading volume.
SOL price dropped 8% to below $180, erasing 2025 gains, amid pre-FOMC de-risking and large on-chain transfers.
Analysts see potential for SOL to follow Bitcoin’s post-ETF price pattern, with institutional interest signaling mainstream adoption.
Bitwise Asset Management’s…
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