The crypto market remains cautious despite last week\u2019s rate cut, with analysts noting growing impatience and bearish sentiment among retail investors.<\/p>\n
Data from The Defiant\u2019s price page shows that Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) is still trading in the $112,000 to $113,000 range, nearly flat on the day. Ethereum (ETH<\/a>) is down 0.3% at $4,182.<\/p>\n Other top 10 altcoins by market capitalization are also showing mixed results. XRP<\/a> is up 0.6% to $2.88, and BNB<\/a> has gained 1.1%, trading at around $1,016. However, Solana (SOL<\/a>) declined 3% to $212, losing over 9% on the week, the largest drop within that timeframe among the group.<\/p>\n The biggest gainer in the Top 100 over the last 24 hours is Flare (FLR), up 19% to a market capitalization of $2 billion, while the biggest loser turned out to be Mantle (MNT), which is down 7% over the same timeframe, per CoinGecko data.<\/p>\n Analysts at QCP Capital suggested<\/a> in a Wednesday research note that with the first cut now priced in and Europe and Japan no longer clear outperformers, the \u201crisk of a bottoming move is real.\u201d<\/p>\n They added they still see the dollar \u201csofter into year-end on divergence and further easing, but last week\u2019s post-FOMC rebound is a reminder that the path is likely to stay choppy.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Santiment pointed out<\/a> in a Tuesday note that there\u2019s a high amount of \u201cimpatience and bearishness emerging from the retail crowd\u201d on social media, describing it, however, as a \u201cstrong sign if you’ve been patiently awaiting a breakout as other small traders drop out.\u201d<\/p>\n Leveraged positions came under pressure, with about $288 million in liquidations recorded over the past 24 hours, data from CoinGlass<\/a> shows. ETH led with $68.5 million liquidated, followed by BTC with more than $52 million, SOL with over $31 million, and other altcoins totaling more than $28 million.<\/p>\n Upstart DEX Aster\u2019s native token ASTER also ranked in the top five for liquidations, with over $16 million wiped out as its price briefly touched an all-time high at $2.40 before pulling back to $2.29, per CoinGecko.<\/p>\n Outflows from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended into a second day, with SoSoValue data showing $103.6 million leaving spot Bitcoin ETFs on Sept. 23, while spot Ethereum ETFs recorded over $140 million in redemptions, almost double Monday\u2019s $76 million.<\/p>\n As analysts at Glassnode noted in a Wednesday post<\/a>, although overall accumulation remains intact, the slowdown in ETFs \u201csuggests a pause in institutional demand.\u201d<\/p>\n Macro conditions are also weighing on sentiment as Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday at an economics event in Warwick, Rhode Island, that policymakers face the dual challenge of \u201cpotentially higher inflation and a slowing labor market,\u201d calling it a \u201cchallenging situation,\u201d per CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Fed chief added that it\u2019s a \u201creasonable base case\u201d to see tariff inflation as a one-time thing, but added that \u201cuncertainty around the path of inflation remains high\u201d and officials need to \u201cmake sure that this one-time increase in prices does not become an ongoing inflation problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bitcoin is holding steady around $113,000, while Ethereum trades around $4,200. 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