Bitcoin Pauses As ETF Inflows Persist; Litecoin Breaks Higher
After a week of fresh highs, crypto took a breather. Bitcoin steadied around $121,400 Friday morning after slipping toward $120,000 overnight.
Thursday’s session was about letting some air out of the trade—profit-taking and a firmer dollar nudged prices lower—but the bigger current underneath the market still ran in one direction: money continued to flow into spot bitcoin ETFs.
The story: Even on a down day, ETFs added roughly $255 million on Thursday and about $2.2 billion for the week so far, following a midweek single-day surge near $876 million.
That steady demand helps explain why pullbacks have been relatively shallow. It also hints at who’s driving the market now: slower-moving institutional money adding on dips, while fast money trims into strength.
The story behind the story: Trading desks describe a rotation out of crowded AI and momentum equities into perceived hedges—gold and bitcoin—amid policy and macro uncertainty.
That rotation supports the longer trend but can make the day-to-day tape choppy as liquidity shifts between assets and regions.
Majors at a glance:
- BTC −0.5% (24h) around $121.4k with $1.32B in reported 24h turnover.
- ETH −2.1% to $4,357 ($1.20B volume).
- SOL −3.1% at $220.9 ($215M).
- XRP −0.43% at $2.821 ($157M).
- LTC +8.5% to $129.17 ($37.1M), the standout gainer among large caps.
Altcoins split sharply: Big movers up included ZORA (+61.1%), P (+58.1%), ZEN (+32.6%), COAI (+17.1%), and STO (+17.4%).
The laggards were KGEN (−36.6%), ASTER (−17.5%), FORM (−17.4%), 2Z (−16.1%), and XPL (−9.6%)—a reminder that dispersion remains high beneath the mega-caps.
What the charts say: On the 4-hour timeframe, momentum cooled—RSI mid-40s, MACD below signal—suggesting range-bound trade near $118k–$123k.
The daily setup remains constructive: price holds above rising medium and long moving averages, RSI near 60, MACD positive. $125k is the ceiling to beat; $118k–$117k is first support, then $115k.
Bottom line: The rally hasn’t ended; it’s catching its breath. As long as ETF inflows stay positive, dips are likely to find buyers—even if intraday swings test nerves and reward only the most selective altcoin bets.
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| Instrument | Last | Change | YoY | Prev. | High | Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | 65,322 | +0.98% | -44.31% | 64,691 | 65,703 | 63,765 | 31,403,579,392 |
| ETH | 1,904 | +1.71% | -49.36% | 1,872 | 1,913 | 1,846 | 12,316,730,368 |
| SOL | 77.88 | +2.00% | -57.10% | 76.36 | 78.16 | 75.57 | 2,233,190,912 |
| XRP | 1.11 | +1.70% | -67.78% | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 1,255,028,352 |
| BNB | 571.80 | +0.24% | -24.54% | 570.40 | 574.19 | 563.30 | 1,115,380,352 |
| ADA | 0.17 | +2.12% | -80.26% | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 373,183,840 |
| DOGE | 0.07 | -0.35% | -73.60% | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 683,010,496 |
| AVAX | 6.59 | +2.08% | -73.72% | 6.46 | 6.63 | 6.45 | 293,927,808 |
| LINK | 8.56 | +2.30% | -55.65% | 8.37 | 8.63 | 8.30 | 241,884,032 |
| DOT | 0.83 | +1.07% | -81.59% | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 93,183,592 |
| LTC | 47.41 | +0.78% | -59.43% | 47.04 | 47.70 | 46.44 | 320,344,608 |
| BCH | 219.73 | +2.26% | -59.89% | 214.88 | 219.87 | 210.47 | 112,431,760 |
| TRX | 0.33 | -0.10% | +3.98% | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 421,873,152 |
| XLM | 0.19 | +0.19% | -59.34% | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 148,921,040 |
| HBAR | 0.07 | -0.28% | -75.59% | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 39,722,324 |
| NEAR | 1.98 | +3.21% | -33.72% | 1.91 | 1.99 | 1.90 | 195,257,664 |
| ATOM | 1.50 | +1.97% | -70.97% | 1.47 | 1.50 | 1.45 | 28,480,250 |
| AAVE | 89.81 | +0.54% | -72.35% | 89.33 | 91.03 | 88.40 | 183,843,536 |
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