Bitcoin beneath $95k! Majors nosedive 8-12%! JPMorgan bullish on Circle!
Crypto majors fell 7–12% in one of many yr’s greatest selloffs, with Bitcoin down 8% to $95,200, Ethereum down 11% to $3,100, BNB down 7% to $895, and Solana down 12% to $137. A number of belongings bucked the pattern, with ZEC up 3% and LEO up 1% amongst prime movers. Bitcoin miners and crypto-related equities have been hit as effectively, together with declines in MicroStrategy (-7%), Coinbase (-7%), and Robinhood (-9%). Market sentiment remained deeply damaging, with the Crypto Worry & Greed Index holding in Excessive Worry at 16. In additional constructive information, JPMorgan analysts turned bullish on Circle, upgrading the inventory to Obese and elevating their value goal on expectations of sooner USDC and stablecoin progress; Cathie Wooden’s ARK added $30 million in shares. Jack Dorsey’s Money App introduced that stablecoin funds on Solana and different networks are deliberate for early 2026. Individually, reviews surfaced that China state-backed hackers allegedly used Anthropic’s Claude Code to help in a serious cyberattack affecting roughly 30 firms. Further disclosures revealed Epstein property emails referencing Bitcoin discussions between Brock Pierce and Larry Summers at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse. In the meantime, Emory College doubled its Bitcoin holdings in Grayscale’s BTC Belief, bringing its complete to $52 million.