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Crypto market cap slips as majors edge up ahead of Fed

The 30-second version

  • Total crypto market cap fell 1.69% to $2.72T even as BTC rose 0.95% and ETH gained 1.39%, with sentiment at 48, Neutral.
  • Ripple won final OCC approval for the trust bank behind RLUSD Decrypt, and Robinhood is tapping the stablecoin CoinDesk.
  • Central banks dominate the macro backdrop: the Fed is expected to hold, but Warsh may point to more hikes CNBC.
Bitcoin$80,655+0.95% 24h
Ethereum$2,346+1.39% 24h
Solana$101.06+0.71% 24h
Total market cap$2.72T-1.69% 24h
Fear & Greed48 Neutral-2 pts vs yesterday

Crypto news

Ripple wins final OCC approval for RLUSD trust bank

A federally supervised bank will manage RLUSD's reserves and offer custody, while banking groups fight crypto charters in court. Separately, Robinhood is using RLUSD despite backing rival USDG CoinDesk, a sign of stablecoin distribution widening.

Decrypt · covered by 2 outlets

Biggest movers 24h · top 100

▲ GainersPrice24h
BTW Bitway $1.60+43.07%
M MemeCore $1.07+11.96%
ZEC Zcash $1,299+5.77%
DASH Dash $55.12+4.37%
PEPE Pepe $0.000004490+4.35%
▼ LosersPrice24h
RAIN Rain $0.007202-6.93%
PEARL Pearl $1.72-5.90%
SKY Sky $0.06501-4.98%
CAKE PancakeSwap $2.08-2.39%
FIGR_HELOC Figure Heloc $1.02-2.00%

Top 100 coins by market cap, stablecoins excluded.

Bitway led gainers with a 43.07% jump, followed by MemeCore up 11.96% and privacy coins ZEC and DASH up 5.77% and 4.37%, while Rain fell 6.93%, Pearl 5.90% and Sky 4.98%.

Swelling interest

Most searched
PENGU +2.63%SUI +1.57%XRP +2.25%PEARL -5.57%QNT -1.97%DRV +3.08%BTC +0.88%
News coverage spike
XRP 7 stories vs 0.6/day 7-day averageBTC 17 stories vs 7.4/day 7-day average
Heavy trading (24h volume vs market cap)
Q 48%FET 22%TRUMP 21%

XRP drew 7 news mentions against a 0.6/day 7-day average and ranked 4 in searches amid the Ripple bank and Robinhood news Decrypt CoinDesk, while Quack AI fell 50.07% with 48% of its market cap traded in 24h.

World & politics

Stocks & macro US market open

MarketsLast1 day5 days
S&P 5007,729.17+0.68%-0.36%
Nasdaq26,496.02+1.25%-0.77%
VIX17.52-4.73%+5.04%
US Dollar Index102.29+0.32%+0.67%
US 10-yr yield4.99%+1 bps-15 bps
Gold$4,076+0.94%+0.40%
Crypto stocksLast1 day5 days
Coinbase$160.89+0.81%-9.14%
Strategy$140.74+0.66%-8.30%
Circle$81.03+1.49%-9.68%
iShares Bitcoin ETF$45.65+0.94%-4.59%

Prices as of .

The US session is open as of Oct 27, 19:52 UTC: the S&P 500 rose 0.68% and the Nasdaq 1.25%, the VIX fell 4.73%, the dollar index gained 0.32% and the 10-year yield sat at 4.99%. Crypto stocks bounced modestly on the day but remain down over five days, with Coinbase off 9.14% and Circle off 9.68%.

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