{"id":410681,"date":"2025-11-09T12:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T06:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/btc-holds-out-above-102000-as-markets-trade-flat-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T12:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T07:19:25","slug":"btc-holds-out-above-102000-as-markets-trade-flat-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/btc-holds-out-above-102000-as-markets-trade-flat-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"BTC Holds Out Above $102,000 as Markets Trade Flat &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Crypto markets are mostly flat today with a total market cap around $3.48 trillion while Bitcoin chops between $102K and $103K.\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Crypto markets are mostly flat today, with Bitcoin holding above $103,000 and top altcoins by market capitalization trading mixed.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/bitcoin\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">BTC<\/a>) is down about 1% on the day, holding out above $100,000 after reclaiming as high as $104,200 in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">BTC 7-day price chart. Source: CoinGecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ethereum (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/ethereum\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">ETH<\/a>) is flat today, trading around $3,300, with weekly losses at 12%. Among the other large-cap crypto assets, most are flat or slightly in the red today, with Dogecoin (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/tron\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">DOGE<\/a>) and Cardano (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/cardano\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">ADA<\/a>) losing the most, down 3%. <\/p>\n<p>Glassnode explained in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/glassnode\/status\/1986137759828857255\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">an X post today<\/a> that Bitcoin has stabilized near $100,000 after losing \u201ckey cost-basis levels, with fading demand and long-term holder selling.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img alt=\"the-defiant\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"mx-auto\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1600 900'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/jpeg;base64,\/9j\/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGBQYHBwYIChAKCgkJChQODwwQFxQYGBcUFhYaHSUfGhsjHBYWICwgIyYnKSopGR8tMC0oMCUoKSj\/2wBDAQcHBwoIChMKChMoGhYaKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCj\/wAARCAAGAAoDASIAAhEBAxEB\/8QAFgABAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQI\/8QAHBAAAgIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgMAAQQFESFh\/8QAFAEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABf\/EABkRAQEAAwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAECAAMRkf\/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8A0Fsj2RuIcR6khXy+ysGZNANE7pc9uIhetXZXV9cQsCJ4Z\/\/Z'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\")\" srcset=\"\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1762442353753-png-2a4cc369-40c3-4a63-954f-e6831718d4f2.png&#038;w=1920&#038;q=100 1x, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1762442353753-png-2a4cc369-40c3-4a63-954f-e6831718d4f2.png&#038;w=3840&#038;q=100 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1762442353753-png-2a4cc369-40c3-4a63-954f-e6831718d4f2.png&#038;w=3840&#038;q=100\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">Bitcoin total supply held by long-term holders. Source: glassnode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a Nov. 5 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/insights.glassnode.com\/the-week-onchain-week-44-2025\/\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">market overview<\/a>, glassnode added that with crypto exchange-traded products seeing outflows, and options traders \u201cstill defensive,\u201d the market is now positioned in a \u201cprecarious spot, cautious, oversold, but not yet deeply capitulated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, analysts at Coinbase Institutional suggested its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/en-de\/institutional\/research-insights\/research\/monthly-outlook\/monthly-outlook-oct-2025\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">monthly outlook<\/a>, published on Nov. 4, that October\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/newsletter\/defi-daily\/the-ultimate-10-10-crash-autopsy\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">$20 billion liquidation event<\/a> is more likely to be a \u201cprelude to medium to long term strength, not weakness, with a clean slate for Q4 upside.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img alt=\"the-defiant\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"mx-auto\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 900 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/jpeg;base64,\/9j\/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGBQYHBwYIChAKCgkJChQODwwQFxQYGBcUFhYaHSUfGhsjHBYWICwgIyYnKSopGR8tMC0oMCUoKSj\/2wBDAQcHBwoIChMKChMoGhYaKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCj\/wAARCAAGAAoDASIAAhEBAxEB\/8QAFgABAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEI\/8QAHBAAAgICAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAECIQMEEhNR\/8QAFAEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP\/EABQRAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD\/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA\/ANLPZyRSjXheqbvkrAA\/\/9k='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\")\" srcset=\"\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1762442356520-png-9facdd28-d3c0-4954-bfbd-d08cd1401f87.png&#038;w=1080&#038;q=100 1x, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1762442356520-png-9facdd28-d3c0-4954-bfbd-d08cd1401f87.png&#038;w=1920&#038;q=100 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1762442356520-png-9facdd28-d3c0-4954-bfbd-d08cd1401f87.png&#038;w=1920&#038;q=100\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">Total crypto liquidations since January 2024. Source: Coinbase Institutional<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yet, they admitted that full market stabilization \u201cwill likely take a few months, and for now it\u2019s more likely we\u2019ll see a gradual grind up rather than a surge to new all-time highs in the medium term.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Big Movers and Liquidations<\/h2>\n<p>Among the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/crypto-gainers-losers?top=100\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">top-100 assets<\/a>, Internet Computer (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/internet-computer\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">ICP<\/a>) and Zcash (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/zcash\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">ZEC<\/a>) are again today\u2019s biggest gainers, up 32% and 12%, respectively, followed by another major privacy coin, DASH, up 11%.<\/p>\n<p>On the downside, pumpfun\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/pump-fun\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">PUMP<\/a>, Mantle (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/mantle\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">MNT<\/a>), and Hyperliquid\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/hyperliquid\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">HYPE<\/a> are the biggest losers in the top-100, down between 5-7%.<\/p>\n<p>Data from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/LiquidationData\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">Coinglass<\/a> shows that over the past 24 hours, $327 million in leveraged positions were liquidated, including $144 million in longs and $183 million in shorts. Ethereum led with $92.9 million in liquidations, followed by Bitcoin with $65.5 million, and altcoins with $20.6 million.<\/p>\n<h2>ETFs and Macro Conditions<\/h2>\n<p>Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $118.6 million in net outflows on Wednesday, Nov. 5, bringing total net assets to $22.74 billion, per data from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-eth-spot\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">SoSoValue<\/a>. Spot Bitcoin ETFs also saw continued withdrawals, with $137 million in net outflows, reducing total net assets to $139.15 billion. <\/p>\n<p>On the macroeconomic front, U.S. services activity hit an eight-month high in October as new orders rose, Reuters <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-private-payrolls-rebound-october-adp-says-2025-11-05\/\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">reported<\/a> today, citing data from the Institute for Supply Management. The ISM non-manufacturing index climbed to 52.4 from 50.0 in September, beating expectations of 50.8.<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Budget Office said the record-long government shutdown could cut 1-2 percentage points from Q4 GDP. Meanwhile, nearly half of Polymarket bettors <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/when-will-the-government-shutdown-end-545?tid=1762437231388\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">think<\/a> the shutdown will end after Nov. 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto markets are mostly flat today with a total market cap around $3.48 trillion while Bitcoin chops between $102K and $103K. Crypto markets are mostly flat today, with Bitcoin holding above $103,000 and top altcoins by market capitalization trading mixed. Bitcoin (BTC) is down about 1% on the day, holding out above $100,000 after reclaiming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-410681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410684,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410681\/revisions\/410684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}