On Thin Ice: Crypto Daybook Americas

BTC-USD +2.11% XRP-USD +1.40% DOGE-USD +3.34%

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)

The crypto market mood remains somber, with bearish analyst projections circulating amid price weakness. Bitcoin’s (BTC) bounce from Monday's dip below $84,000 stalled near $87,000, while major altcoins including XRP, ETH, SOL and DOGE continue to press near their Monday lows.

The CoinDesk 20 and CoinDesk 80 Indices have added less than 1% in the past 24 hours.

“This is a dangerous lull following downward momentum, with the risk of reverting to a sell-off at any moment," said Alex Kuptsikevich, the chief market analyst at FXPro, who noted that the market cap is just below $3 trillion. "All attention is now focused on whether the bulls in the crypto market will be able to defend the late November lows near $2.83 trillion,” he said in an email to CoinDesk.

One bright spot: The ETF dumping has paused. The 11 U.S.-listed spot ETFs saw inflows of $8.48 million on Monday, extending a three-day streak, according to SoSoValue. However, the combined four-day figure of $229 million is still a far cry from the billions in outflows since early October and will need to grow significantly to lift valuations.

Meanwhile, some observers called for reassessment of panic over prospects of higher interest rates in Japan and their destabilizing impact on cryptocurrencies and the wider financial market.

“If the Japanese government allows interest costs as a percentage of GDP to rise, widening the budget deficit while potential GDP growth is near zero, it will be forced to give up on the welfare state," Blokland Smart Multi-Asset Fund founder Jeroen Blokland said on X. "In a society that is among the oldest in the world. That just isn’t going to happen. Yield Curve Control will become part of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy again.”

In other key news, KAS, the native token of the layer-1, proof-of-work Kaspa blockchain, which employs the blockDAG structure and GHOSTDAG protocol to achieve high throughput, showed weakness.

The token rose 8% last month, bucking the broader market weakness, as investors cheered verified programmability (vProgs), which brings native, lightweight programmability directly on Kaspa’s layer 1 without compromising speed, security or decentralization.

In traditional markets, Treasury yields remain elevated, putting a floor under the dollar index. Stay alert!

Read more: For analysis of today's activity in altcoins and derivatives, see Crypto Markets Today

What to Watch

For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk's "Crypto Week Ahead."

• Crypto

  • Dec. 2: Grayscale Chainlink Trust ETF (GLNK) is expected to begin trading on NYSE Arca, converting the existing chainlink (LINK) trust into a spot chainlink ETF.

  • Dec. 2, 12 p.m.: MultiversX (EGLD) "Staking V5" mainnet upgrade activates at epoch 1,951.

  • Dec. 2: VeChain (VET) Hayabusa hard fork upgrade activates on mainnet at block 23,414,400.

• Macro

  • Dec. 2, 10 a.m.: Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman speech. Watch live.

  • Dec. 2, 10 a.m.: U.S. SEC Chair Paul Atkins delivers a speech titled “Revitalizing America’s Markets at 250” at the New York Stock Exchange after ringing the opening bell at 9:15 a.m.

• Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)

  • Dec. 2: Forward Industries (FWDI), post-market, N/A.

Token Events

For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk's "Crypto Week Ahead."

• Governance votes and calls

  • Decentraland DAO is voting on a proposal to commission an independent audit of Regenesis Labs by community member Maryana to address concerns over fund usage and transparency. Voting ends Dec. 2.

• Unlocks

  • Ethena (ENA) to unlock $50.4 million worth of tokens, representing 2.8% of supply.

• Token Launches

  • Dec. 2: Aster's S4 buybacks begin.

Conferences

For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk's "Crypto Week Ahead."

• Day 2 of 7: Solana Economic Zone (Dubai, UAE)

• Dec. 2: Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum 2025

• Dec. 2: Digital Finance Summit 2025 (Brussels)

• Day 1 of 2: Blockchain for Europe (Brussels)

• Day 1 of 2: India Blockchain Week 2025 (Bangalore)

• Day 1 of 2: FinTech Connect 2025 (London)

• Day 1 of 2: MENA FinTech and Insurtech Festival (Doha, Qatar)

• Day 1 of 2: Modern Investor Summit 2025 (Virtual)

• Day 1 of 2: TOKENIZE:LDN (London)

• Day 1 of 3: FT's Global Banking Summit (London)

Market Movements

• BTC is up 0.4% from 4 p.m. ET Monday at $86,801.55 (24hrs: +0.27%)

• ETH is up 0.27% at $2,799.42 (24hrs: -1.27%)

• CoinDesk 20 is up 0.15% at 2,727.64 (24hrs: -0.47%)

• Ether CESR Composite Staking Rate is up 7 bps at 2.87%

• BTC funding rate is at 0.0069% (7.5829% annualized) on Binance

• DXY is unchanged at 99.49

• Gold futures are down 1.29% at $4,219.70

• Silver futures are down 2.89% at $57.44

• Nikkei 225 closed unchanged at 49,303.45

• Hang Seng closed up 0.24% at 26,095.05

• FTSE is unchanged at 9,709.62

• Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.5% at 5,695.65

• DJIA closed on Monday down 0.9% at 47,289.33

• S&P 500 closed down 0.53% at 6,812.63

• Nasdaq Composite closed down 0.38% at 23,275.92

• S&P/TSX Composite closed down 0.9% at 31,101.78

• S&P 40 Latin America closed down 0.27% at 3,163.56

• U.S. 10-Year Treasury rate is unchanged at 4.09%

• E-mini S&P 500 futures are unchanged at 6,831.75

• E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures are up 0.14% at 25,428.00

• E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index futures are unchanged at 47,366.00

Bitcoin Stats

• BTC Dominance: 59.55% (+0.24%)

• Ether-bitcoin ratio: 0.03228 (-0.5%)

• Hashrate (seven-day moving average): 1,075 EH/s

• Hashprice (spot): $36.95

• Total fees: 4.1 BTC / $352,115

• CME Futures Open Interest: 121,220 BTC

• BTC priced in gold: 20.7 oz.

• BTC vs gold market cap: 5.81%

Technical Analysis

• The number of long positions in the Bitfinex-listed BTC/USD pair has risen to 71,809, the highest since February 2024.

• It's a sign that traders are increasingly taking bullish exposure.

• Historical data shows that a sharp increase in the number of bullish bets typically occurs during a downtrend.

Crypto Equities

• Coinbase Global (COIN): closed on Monday at $259.84 (-4.76%), +0.83% at $261.99

• Circle Internet (CRCL): closed at $75.94 (-4.99%), +1.41% at $77.01

• Galaxy Digital (GLXY): closed at $24.8 (-6.73%), unchanged in pre-market

• Bullish (BLSH): closed at $41.03 (-5.94%), +1.1% at $41.48

• MARA Holdings (MARA): closed at $11.52 (-2.46%), +0.78% at $11.61

• Riot Platforms (RIOT): closed at $15.48 (-4.03%), +1.1% at $15.65

• Core Scientific (CORZ): closed at $16.59 (-1.78%), +0.12% at $16.61

• CleanSpark (CLSK): closed at $14.08 (-6.76%), +1.56% at $14.30

• CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI): closed at $47.26 (-2.42%)

• Exodus Movement (EXOD): closed at $14.8 (-10.41%)

Crypto Treasury Companies

• Strategy (MSTR): closed at $171.42 (-3.25%), +0.62% at $172.48

• Semler Scientific (SMLR): closed at $19.75 (-9.07%)

• SharpLink Gaming (SBET): closed at $9.6 (-9.6%), +1.56% at $9.75

• Upexi (UPXI): closed at $2.65 (-5.18%)

• Lite Strategy (LITS): closed at $1.71 (-9.52%)

ETF Flows

Spot BTC ETFs

• Daily net flows: $8.5 million

• Cumulative net flows: $57.7 billion

• Total BTC holdings ~1.31 million

Spot ETH ETFs

• Daily net flows: -$79 million

• Cumulative net flows: $12.88 billion

• Total ETH holdings ~6.27 million

Source: Farside Investors

While You Were Sleeping

• Bitcoin Traders Bet on Sub-$80K New Year: Derive (CoinDesk): Derive’s Nick Forster says short-dated bitcoin puts at $84K and $80K are stacking up ahead of year-end, signaling rising fears of a drop below $80K in early 2026.

• Attention Bitcoin Bulls: The U.S. 10-Year Yield Isn't Budging Despite Fed Rate Cut Hopes (CoinDesk): Persistently high 10-year yields reflect fears over rising U.S. debt and Treasury oversupply, muting bitcoin’s typical boost from rate-cut bets and signaling a shift in risk sentiment.

• XRP, Bitcoin on the Edge; Will Santa Abandon Nasdaq? (CoinDesk): XRP is clinging to $2 while bitcoin tests support near $87,000, with a bearish pattern in Nasdaq’s monthly chart casting doubt on the chances of a year-end rebound.

• Anthropic Research Shows AI Agents Are Closing In on Real DeFi Attack Capability (CoinDesk): Recent research suggests frontier AI models are now capable of discovering and exploiting zero-day flaws in smart contracts, signaling a shift toward automated DeFi attacks once limited to skilled human hackers.

• Why Kevin Hassett Is Winning the Fed Chair Race Before It Has Ended (The Wall Street Journal): Hassett’s long-standing ties to Trump, credibility with conservatives and the dovish market reaction to his candidacy have vaulted him ahead of rivals even before final interviews begin this week.