The modest 25 basis point US Fed rate cut on Sept 18 did not soothe the nerves but unfastened them, triggering a seven-day sell-off that pressed BTC below 110,000 on Friday, Sept 25-the first such breach in 20 days. Since then, Bitcoin has struggled to reclaim the 110k threshold, while a 33% collapse in trading volumes on Sunday signaled feebleness of conviction for the week to come. 💨
Telegram initially yanked posts that were so obviously against the rules, even my cat could spot them. But when France and Moldova started sending lists of channels that were “problematic” only because they disagreed with the content, Durov threw up his hands and said, “Sorry, folks, but I don’t censor based on political preferences. Not even for a free croissant.” 🥐
The oil-rich Venezuela, with the unyielding embrace of U.S. sanctions, gracefully pivots like a prima donna to stablecoins to stay afloat. Asdrúbal Oliveros of Ecoanalítica speaks thus of the pivot, with a touch of hysteria, given the dire paucity of dollars eagerly awaiting some semblance of engagement.
Clinging to the $12 level is the hinge on which the door of fortune might swing; fail there and we drift into the dreary republic of $9-$12, even with volume that would make a banker blush and accumulation that would make a saint suspicious. 😏
Ethereum, alas, has fallen from its lofty perch, dropping below four thousand pieces of silver (or dollars, as the common folk call them). A lamentable 14% decline, you say! Yet, fear not, for our whales perceive this not as ruin, but as an opportunity! A chance to sate their appetites! More than 406,000 ETH – a sum exceeding 1.6 billion – has been scooped up by these discerning investors in recent days. Truly, a gluttonous display!.
Ah, a week that ETF investors would love to erase from their minds. Bitcoin and ether funds closed the week of September 26, 2025, staring into the abyss of financial despair. Bitcoin ETFs bled out a monstrous $418.25 million – a loss so large it could fund a small country’s desire for luxury yachts.
Strive Asset Management (ASST) has acquired Semler Scientific (SMLR) in an all-stock deal. It’s not exactly a fairy tale; more like a corporate version of a garage sale where the lemon of a company is traded for a bouquet of Bitcoin stickers. While this merger is historic-two Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) joining forces-it also shines a spotlight on what some investors might call a sketchy art project called valuing crypto treasuries.
Remember when ETH flexed its muscles above $3,876 and cozied up to $4,200? Good times. 😢 Since then, it’s been stuck in consolidation purgatory. Bulls tried to keep it chic between $4,750 and $4,270, but those pesky bears dragged it down to $4,000. 😾 Market vibes? Neutral to bearish-basically, traders are eyeing that liquidity like it’s the last pair of shoes on sale. 👠 Is ETH heading to the ‘buy zone’? Or is it just flirting with disaster? 🤷♀️
A fresh wave of Solana ETF amendments has entered the spotlight, as if the SEC’s inbox needed more chaos. Franklin, Fidelity, CoinShares, Bitwise, Grayscale, VanEck, and Canary-names that once whispered like incantations in finance-filed updated S-1 forms. These amendments include staking provisions, a nod to Solana’s proof-of-stake mechanism, as though blockchain’s alchemy of yield could be bottled and sold to the masses. ETF Store CEO Nate Geraci, with the optimism of a man who’s never met a bear market, claims approvals might arrive within two weeks. The revisions? A testament to institutional greed and the SEC’s newfound love for buzzwords like “innovation.”
