Market Recaps
Daily crypto market breakdowns. Get the full story behind the numbers and understand why prices move.
Recap: Thursday, January 8, 2026Market Recap: Thursday, January 8, 2026
Zcash faces an existential crisis as its core dev team resigns, sending the privacy coin tumbling while Solana hits record stablecoin liquidity. Beneath the retail chop, BlackRock is aggressively buying the dip, scooping up over $1 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Recap: Wednesday, January 7, 2026Market Recap: Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Bitcoin surrendered the $91,000 level as $200M in miner selling and the first ETF outflows of 2026 overpowered bullish institutional filings. While Morgan Stanley and BlackRock aggressively position for the long term, immediate liquidity constraints are forcing a sharp intraday correction.
Recap: Tuesday, January 6, 2026Market Recap: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Bitcoin is chopping between $92k and $94k, liquidating over-leveraged longs while Morgan Stanley files for new crypto trusts. Despite flat price action (-0.36%), the institutional bid is quietly absorbing government sell-side pressure.
Recap: Monday, January 5, 2026Market Recap: Monday, January 5, 2026
Geopolitical chaos in Venezuela and a massive $77B liquidity injection forced Bitcoin back above $93,000, dragging the total crypto market cap up by nearly $95B overnight. While the DOJ clumsily sells seized assets against executive orders, institutional heavyweights like Bank of America are finally telling clients to allocate 4% to crypto.
Recap: Sunday, January 4, 2026Market Recap: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Bitcoin smashed through $91,000, triggered by $60M in short liquidations and a resurgence of institutional flows into ETH ETFs. While the king consolidates, capital is aggressively rotating into high-beta memes like BONK and PIPPIN.
Recap: Saturday, January 3, 2026Market Recap: Saturday, January 3, 2026
Bitcoin reclaims $90k as combined ETF inflows top $638M, signaling a decisive return of institutional capital for the new year. Risk appetite is rotating aggressively into high-beta sectors, with XRP flipping BNB and AI tokens like Render surging.
Recap: Friday, January 2, 2026Market Recap: Friday, January 2, 2026
Crypto markets shrugged off recent "extreme fear," with Ethereum and Solana leading a broad recovery that sent meme coin PEPE soaring 22%. While Bitcoin faces headwinds from corporate treasury shifts, record on-chain activity in the L1 sector is driving a fresh risk-on rotation.
Recap: Thursday, January 1, 2026Market Recap: Thursday, January 1, 2026
Institutional giants defended the yearly open as Tether and Metaplanet aggressively accumulated nearly 13,000 BTC combined, triggering a short squeeze recovery despite bearish 'broken cycle' narratives. While Bitcoin stabilizes, capital is rotating rapidly into high-beta plays, with meme coins and specific DeFi assets like $LIT seeing massive idiosyncratic flows.
Recap: Wednesday, December 31, 2025Market Recap: Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Year-end liquidity has evaporated, pinning Bitcoin near $88k, yet institutional plumbing is being aggressively laid for 2026. Bitwise filed for 11 new crypto ETFs and Circle minted $1B USDC, confirming that while retail sleeps, smart money is positioning for a massive Q1 expansion.
Recap: Tuesday, December 30, 2025Market Recap: Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Bitcoin reclaimed the $89,000 level as on-chain data confirms long-term holder selling has exhausted, coinciding with Metaplanet's massive 4,279 BTC corporate treasury acquisition. Simultaneously, Grayscale ignited the AI sector by filing for a Bittensor (TAO) ETF, signaling that institutional appetite is rapidly expanding beyond the majors.
Recap: Monday, December 29, 2025Market Recap: Monday, December 29, 2025
Institutional giants are locked in a year-end stalemate, with MicroStrategy buying the dip while BlackRock clients reportedly de-risk. Despite the price chop, Ethereum fundamentals flashed a major long-term buy signal as staking deposits outpaced withdrawals for the first time in six months.
Recap: Saturday, December 27, 2025Market Recap: Saturday, December 27, 2025
Whale wallets are accumulating Bitcoin at the fastest rate since 2012, aggressively absorbing a massive $589M in ETF outflows. While institutional hands steady the ship, XRP and Solana are catching bids on renewed utility narratives and Japanese stablecoin clarity.
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