Kitco data show ETH (~$2,920), XRP (~$1.87), and SOL (~$126) all down roughly 4%–6% over 24 hours and 6%–10% over the week, echoing Monday’s Bloomberg report that Ether, Dogecoin, and XRP fell about 5% as crypto equities sold off. Analysts tie the weakness to broad de‑risking in global equities and hawkish signals from the Bank of Japan, with leverage unwinds in majors spilling over into the wider altcoin complex.
Crypto-equity complex sees heavy damage, with miners hit hardest but selective dip-buying emerging
Yahoo Finance highlights steep losses in bitcoin miners like Hut 8, while CoinDesk notes a 47% slide in IREN that B. Riley now frames as a buying opportunity, citing strong funding and GPU ramp optionality. Separately, ARK Invest has been adding to Coinbase and other listed crypto names into this drawdown, suggesting some institutional investors view the equity selloff as overextended relative to underlying network activity.
Macro backdrop favors hard assets like gold and copper over digital risk assets for now
TradingEconomics reports gold near $4,300/oz, up ~6% on the month and over 60% year‑on‑year, as multiple Fed cuts, expectations of further easing, and safe‑haven demand drive ETF inflows and central-bank buying. Copper has also climbed to around $5.3/lb, near a 19‑week high on short covering and the longer‑term energy‑transition story, underscoring how capital is rotating toward real‑asset inflation hedges while crypto trades more like a high‑beta risk asset in the current risk‑off tape.
Bitcoin hovers in high-$80Ks as liquidity thins and sentiment slips back to ‘extreme fear’
Coindesk and Investing.com report BTC drifting around $88K–$90K with low leverage and fading post-Fed demand, even as corporate treasuries quietly resume accumulation. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has slid back into extreme fear, and ETF outflows plus thin year-end liquidity are amplifying each downward move.
Crypto majors extend post-Fed pullback as macro risk keeps pressure on risk assets
Bitcoin (~$85.9K, -2.5%) and Ethereum (~$2.95K, -3.6%) are falling for a fourth straight session, continuing the retreat that began after last week’s Fed rate cut and amid renewed anxiety over 2026 policy paths. Reuters and Yahoo Finance note that traders are de-risking ahead of a ‘data dump’ of delayed U.S. jobs, retail sales and inflation figures that could shift rate-cut expectations.
Risk-off tone and central bank week pressure Eth and majors
ETH is around $2,940, off about 4%, with CoinDesk noting fading post-Fed demand and low leverage as traders de-risk into a packed week of U.S. releases plus BoJ, BoE and ECB decisions that could tighten global liquidity, a key driver for crypto valuations.
Altcoins underperform as fear grips market, XRP and Solana lag
XRP near $1.89 (-4%–5%) has repeatedly failed to clear the $2 level per CoinDesk, while SOL around $126 (-2%–3%) extends double-digit monthly losses; fear-and-greed gauges are back in ‘extreme fear,’ and crypto-related equities tied to these tokens have dropped more sharply than the coins themselves.