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The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) injected $29.4 billion into the banking system on Friday, generating excitement on crypto social media. While this move aimed to address liquidity concerns and support risk assets like bitcoin, it isn’t particularly unusual.

The Fed implemented this liquidity boost through overnight repo operations, marking the largest intervention since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, to alleviate liquidity stress that has supposedly limited bitcoin’s gains in recent weeks.

Conducted through the standing repo facility (SRF), the operation temporarily increased available cash for primary dealers and banks. This was intended to enhance short-term liquidity, normalize repo rates, prevent sudden freezes in funding markets, and provide banks with the flexibility to manage reserves while the Fed monitors the situation.

Although this may sound technical, let’s break it down to clarify how repo agreements, bank reserves, and the Fed’s recent actions are interconnected.

The Repo

A repo, or repurchase agreement, is a short-term loan made overnight between two parties: one with idle cash in a bank deposit who seeks to earn interest from it, and another party needing cash against valuable collateral, such as U.S. Treasury securities.

The parties agree on an interest rate, loaning cash overnight with a promise to repurchase the asset the next day. Typically, large money managers, like money market funds, act as lenders in these transactions.

Bank Reserves

Repo transactions influence bank reserves. When lenders transfer cash to borrowers, the reserves at the lender’s bank decrease, while those at the borrower’s bank increase. A bank can be strained if multiple accounts lend to borrowers at other banks.

Banks require sufficient reserves to meet regulatory mandates and operate daily, so they may borrow reserves or adjust their balance sheets as needed. In case of reserves being low, they utilize the repo market or other Fed facilities.

Severe reserve shortages push repo rates higher, as cash becomes scarce and borrowers compete for limited funds, tightening liquidity.

The Fed intervened on Oct. 31 when liquidity was injected through the SRF, a tool designed for quick loans collateralized with Treasury or mortgage bonds, as bank reserves dropped to $2.8 trillion, causing repo rates to rise.

Cash availability had diminished due to the balance sheet runoff known as quantitative tightening (QT) and the Treasury’s decision to boost its Fed checking account, withdrawing cash from the system.

Putting It All Together

• Repo rates rose as cash became limited due to the Fed’s QT and Treasury cash accumulation.
• Bank reserves fell below expected levels.
• This created some financial strain.
• This prompted the Fed to inject liquidity through the SRF facility.

Impact on BTC

The $29 billion liquidity boost effectively counteracts the tightening by temporarily increasing bank reserves, decreasing short-term rates, and alleviating borrowing pressures.

This measure helps avoid potential liquidity crises that could harm financial markets, ultimately supporting risk assets like bitcoin, which thrive on fiat liquidity.

However, the Fed’s actions do not equate to an impending quantitative easing (QE), which involves direct asset purchases and balance expansion to increase liquidity over time.

What the Fed did represents a reversible, short-term liquidity tool, which may not stimulate risk assets as much as QE would.

As Andy Constan, CEO and CIO of Damped Spring Advisors, remarked, the situation may resolve itself.

“If system-wide reserves are indeed suddenly scarce, more decisive action by the Fed would be required. What’s happening is just a bit of interbank rebalancing and minor credit stress, which will likely normalize itself,” Constan noted.

“If it doesn’t, rates may need to remain elevated and escalate quickly. Until then, it’s mostly a matter of monitoring,” Constan added.

XRP slipped below the $2.50 mark during Tuesday’s session, falling 1.2% to $2.49 as repeated rejections at $2.55 confirmed strong resistance. The decline came on heavy institutional activity, with volume surging 85% above the recent average as sellers consolidated control at the upper end of XRP’s trading range.

News Background

• The digital asset traded between $2.49–$2.55 over the 24-hour session, with price action dominated by technical flows rather than fundamental drivers.
• Three failed breakout attempts at $2.54–$2.55 defined the session’s tone, each accompanied by elevated sell-side volume.
• Overall activity climbed 85% above the 7-day average, as total turnover reached 50.3 million tokens during the decline — confirming institutional-scale distribution at resistance levels.
• Market sentiment remains mixed after recent gains, with traders watching whether XRP can maintain support above $2.49 amid broader consolidation in high-beta crypto assets.

Price Action Summary

• XRP’s 24-hour session saw price fluctuate within a $0.07 range, stabilizing near $2.497 after dipping to intraday lows of $2.49. The 60-minute chart revealed brief attempts to reclaim $2.50.
• This behavior suggests institutional reaccumulation around the $2.50 mark — a level historically associated with short-term liquidity traps. Despite the pullback, buyers have defended the psychological floor through multiple retests.
• However, market microstructure analysis shows a shift in momentum as sell orders cluster above $2.54, limiting near-term upside until volume profiles realign with prior bullish patterns.

Technical Analysis

• The session’s repeated rejections at $2.55 confirmed a developing lower-high formation on daily charts, indicating fading momentum following October’s rally.
• The $2.50 support continues to act as a key psychological and structural pivot; maintaining closes above this threshold remains essential for preserving the medium-term bullish bias.
• Momentum indicators, including RSI and MACD, hover near neutral territory, suggesting a potential pause phase rather than outright reversal.
• Volume concentration at upper resistance levels — particularly the 50.3M spike during the selloff — confirms active profit-taking from larger holders.
• Declining volume in the subsequent consolidation implies early signs of accumulation, with institutional buyers potentially layering bids near the $2.49–$2.50 zone.

What Traders Should Watch

• XRP’s near-term trajectory hinges on whether the $2.49 support can withstand further tests.
• Sustained closes below this level could open downside toward $2.46, while a clean breakout above $2.55 would reset short-term sentiment and target the $2.60 extension.
• Traders are watching for confirmation through volume alignment: expansion on upward moves would validate renewed demand, while continued fading activity would reinforce a range-bound outlook.
• Until directional confirmation emerges, positioning remains tactical — with liquidity pockets at $2.49–$2.50 offering short-term opportunities for both mean-reversion and breakout traders.

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Bitcoin BTC$109,735.08 is trading above $110,000, and Ether is at $3,880 as Hong Kong begins its business week.

Both major digital assets are down significantly in the last 30 days, with BTC down 10% and ETH 14% as traders continue to consolidate positions.

In a note, market maker FlowDesk stated that its clients have mostly paused adding new risk after last week’s Federal Reserve meeting, with flows dominated by short-term trading strategies and portfolio rebalancing.

However, they noted that traders showed net buying in BTC, HYPE, and SYRUP, tokens supported by cashflow or buyback narratives, even as Solana-linked assets lagged alongside a rise in Bitcoin dominance to roughly 60%. FlowDesk also indicated that many traders now appear underexposed if the market rebounds, suggesting cleaner positioning after earlier deleveraging.

In the derivatives market, however, fear remains the prevailing mood.

Approximately $155 million in crypto derivatives were liquidated over the past 24 hours, with $97 million in long positions and $58 million in shorts wiped out. The pattern suggests a moderate flush of overleveraged longs rather than broad panic selling, as funding rates and borrowing costs continue to normalize.

FlowDesk observed elevated put skew and lingering caution despite calmer volatility, while call selling and put buying dominated both BTC and ETH options.

Cheap risk reversals could be appealing if spot markets stabilize, FlowDesk wrote, with volatility likely to drift lower into year-end.

On the credit side, borrowing demand for altcoins remains strong as traders exploit negative funding and hedge locked tokens, while benchmark lending rates for DeFi protocols on Ethereum have eased to 5.3% from 5.6%.

Overall, crypto markets begin the week in a wait-and-see mode, looking for a catalyst that has yet to materialize.

Market Movement

BTC: Bitcoin held steady around $110,300 on Monday, showing signs of stabilization after a week of profit-taking and modest deleveraging across derivatives markets.

ETH: Ether traded near $3,900, edging higher as traders cautiously rebuilt exposure following last week’s market-wide pullback.

Gold: Gold closed at about $4,003 per ounce, easing 0.5% Friday after rebounding from a two-week low earlier in the week. Despite hawkish Federal Reserve comments and a stronger dollar cutting December rate-cut odds, the metal still gained 3.7% in October for its third straight monthly rise as geopolitical tension and U.S. fiscal uncertainty kept haven demand intact.

Nikkei 225: Japan’s main stock index continues to push above 52,000 as investors are optimistic about U.S. – China trade developments and solid earnings from tech giants.

Elsewhere in Crypto

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• Court Denies Crypto Bank Custodia’s Bid to Pry Master Account From Unwilling Fed

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s gamble that the U.S.’s legal system will set him free three years after his empire collapsed may be about to hit its end.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in Bankman-Fried’s effort to appeal his conviction and 25-year prison sentence two years and two days after a jury unanimously found him guilty on seven different conspiracy and fraud charges.

The hearing will allot both Southern District of New York prosecutors and Bankman-Fried’s new defense team, led by a prominent white-collar appellate attorney, 10 minutes apiece to present their arguments. The judges on the panel may ask their own questions during the proceeding to clarify details.

The hearing will not relitigate the charges themselves, but rather, whether the trial was conducted appropriately.

Bankman-Fried, the appellant, wants a new trial with a new judge, according to his team’s opening brief. His team argued that District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw Bankman-Fried’s trial, was biased against the one-time FTX CEO and made unfair comments throughout the trial which undermined the defense. He has a high bar to clear, according to lawyers who discussed the process with RialCenter.

The prosecution argued in its opening brief that the trial was conducted appropriately and Bankman-Fried’s conviction and sentence mean justice was served.

Bankman-Fried’s path to victory

The onetime FTX CEO’s team has to demonstrate at the least that the district court made a mistake in overseeing the case, an attorney told RialCenter.

Another attorney mentioned that the defense’s arguments essentially claim that the way in which the court conducted the trial was in itself unfair.

During the 2023 trial, the defense team made a number of motions that the district court — Judge Kaplan — rejected, which the defense team had to preserve for the sake of the appeal.

“You have to say, ‘hey, this is prejudicial,’ or ‘this is the wrong jury instruction, I’m telling you now District Court,’” the attorney said. “The district court ruled against them, and now they can bring that to the Court of Appeals and argue that the district court’s rejection was a mistake likely to have made a difference.”

One supporting argument is that comments made by Kaplan throughout the trial about various lines of questioning could have influenced the jury. This argument may be challenging, as the prosecution could also find comments from the judge undermining their efforts.

“This is a very routine hearing, and I kind of don’t expect much from this,” he said.

The appellate courts are very reluctant to disturb the way that a trial court conducted its trial, especially during complex cases. Even if the judge made some mistakes, the appellate court might not overturn the results if the result was still fundamentally fair.

Another attorney mentioned that one area the panel could question is Bankman-Fried’s preparation before testifying during his trial.

During the 2023 trial, Judge Kaplan said he wanted to hear some of the defense’s arguments to determine whether they would be permissible to discuss before the jury. Bankman-Fried’s attorney at the time referred to it as a deposition.

In its written brief, the defense argued that defendants have a right to tell the jury their side of the story without needing to persuade the judge first. If their testimony is admissible, it’s up to the jury to decide its truth.

This action was considered “extraordinary,” as the pre-testimony — in effect, a deposition of Bankman-Fried — is unusual. While a judge has discretion to balance probative value and prejudice, this procedure was seen as exceptional.

The DOJ, in its filing, argued that there was no issue here, as district court judges are required to decide issues of admissibility.

The defense might persuade the circuit court panel to reevaluate the entire proceeding because of this dry run, potentially arguing that the judge gave more latitude to the prosecution than the defense.

The panel could question whether this testimony effectively allowed the government to have two chances at cross-examination or facilitated a one-sided presentation of evidence.

“If you hear those kinds of questions, then it might suggest the court has concerns about the complete impartiality that every defendant deserves,” he said.

Victim losses

Even before the hearing begins, Bankman-Fried’s team has already faced setbacks due to a Supreme Court case decided over the summer. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a party which takes funds from another under misleading pretenses can be convicted of fraud, even if there was no intent to cause economic harm.

This clarified an open question in the federal wire fraud statute. Bankman-Fried’s team has attempted to argue that he did not intend to defraud victims, believing people would eventually receive their money back.

Under this precedent, intent matters less; the requirement is only to show that the perpetrator sought personal financial gain.

“Just because you later managed to invest the stolen money wisely does not constitute a defense,” another attorney said. The initial intent was to take the money, he pointed out. This is relevant in the evidentiary review for the appeals court, especially if the defense tried to argue that the judge allowed the DOJ to focus overly on FTX losing customer and investor funds.

“If you believe your actions are reasonable and prudent but still mislead others about it, that indicates your intent to defraud,” he explained.

Appeals process

A lengthy hearing with numerous questions may bode well for Bankman-Fried, all three attorneys indicated.

If the panel of judges engages deeply, asking the DOJ to clarify aspects of the case, it may suggest they are considering ordering a new trial.

Conversely, a short and quick hearing might indicate that the court leans toward affirming the conviction.

The judges’ questions directed at Bankman-Fried’s team will also reveal their inclinations.

If the judges pursue certain lines of questioning, that may imply they have concerns about the case.

“If they keep the inquiry narrowly defined and challenge the defense on specific points, that could suggest they view the case as straightforward, making a reversal unlikely,” he noted.

And if the judges allow each party to make their arguments with minimal questions and indicate they will publish an opinion later, “that tells you a lot too,” he concluded.

Chances of a pardon

Should the appeal fail, Bankman-Fried and his team still appear to be seeking a presidential pardon, evidenced by appearances on talk shows and various posts shared by a supposed friend recently. One post claimed to detail “Where Did the Money Go,” asserting that “FTX was never insolvent.”

Even there, he faces significant challenges. While past U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned several crypto executives this year, Bankman-Fried seems less likely to receive one.

For one, other pardoned individuals, like the Binance founder, had tangible business ties to Trump. Furthermore, while Bankman-Fried attempted to claim his political support was bipartisan, his reputation is still closely linked to significant donations made to Democrats.

His notable $6 million donation to former President Joe Biden’s campaign, which unseated Trump, further complicates his case for a pardon.

It’s not exactly news to frustrated bitcoin BTC$110,048.93 bulls that risk assets across the planet for months have been recording what seem like daily record highs while the price action in BTC remains rather muted.

“What if everyone is looking at this wrong,” asks longtime traditional finance asset manager Jordi Visser in a heavily shared weekend essay titled “Bitcoin’s Silent IPO: Why This Consolidation Isn’t What You Think.”

While bitcoin never had a traditional IPO, the factors limiting price gains are nearly exactly the same as those which cause poor price performance in stock IPOs, argues Visser.

Tradfi IPOs and the months that follow, reminds Visser — particularly in tech — are major liquidity events for early investors.

“Early-stage investors take enormous risks,” wrote Visser. “If the investment succeeds, they deserve enormous rewards. But eventually, and this is crucial, they need to realize those gains. They need liquidity. They need an exit. They need to diversify.”

The examples, particularly in tech, are legion, but consider the Facebook (now Meta) IPO of 2012. The offering at $38 per share raised $16 billion at a valuation of $104 billion — quaint numbers today, but staggering amounts at the time. One year later, the stock was 30% lower, with pundits questioning Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership.

More likely than missteps by Zuck, it was early investors — whether his Harvard buddies, Silicon Valley types, or the carpenters who framed out Facebook’s first offices (who took pay in shares rather than cash) using public markets to realize life-changing profits.

Importantly, says Visser, the early investors don’t hit the bid all at once. “They’re methodically distributing their positions. They’re being careful. They don’t want to crater the price. They’re patient. They’ve waited years for this moment. They can wait a few more months to do it right.”

The result, he says: “A sideways grind that drives everyone crazy.” Sound familiar?

Economic forces don’t disappear

“The on-chain data tells a clear story if you know how to read it,” says Visser, turning to bitcoin. “Old coins, coins that haven’t moved in years, some dormant since the single-digit price days, are suddenly active.”

The ETFs, the institutional adoption, the friendly regulatory environment… this created IPO-like conditions for bitcoin’s early believers.

“For years, the liquidity simply didn’t exist,” he wrote. “Try selling $100 million of bitcoin in 2015. You’d crater the price. Try selling $1 billion in 2019. Same problem. The market couldn’t absorb it.”

“But now,” he continued, “ETFs are providing institutional bid. Major companies hold bitcoin on their balance sheets. Sovereign wealth funds are getting involved. The market has finally matured to the point where early holders can exit significant positions without causing chaos.”

Again, reminds Visser, it’s not being done all at once — no one is interested in crashing the price. But instead, steadily and methodically: hence the sideways grind and the rallies that reverse so quickly.

Patience required

What’s occurring now is hardly anything that can be called a bear market, says Visser, but instead a distribution of ownership.

Over the long run, this is a bullish event, but the process — at least in traditional markets — can take 6-18 months. Even though cycles often get sped up in crypto, Visser suspects there could be many more months of this frustrating price action in bitcoin.

“Sentiment will only improve after the distribution is substantially complete,” he wrote. “People are demoralized because they don’t understand what phase we’re in. They’re waiting for bitcoin to ‘catch up’ to stocks. They are worried about the four-year cycle. Be patient. Once the heavy selling pressure lifts, once the patient accumulation by institutions has absorbed the OG supply, the path becomes clearer.”

Once again, the digital economy was shocked when RialCenter experienced its second significant outage this year on Oct. 20, disrupting exchange platforms such as Coinbase and Robinhood along with the analytics service Coinmarketcap. Just 10 days later, a smaller outage followed.

According to RialCenter’s initial report, the Oct. 20 outage stemmed from a malfunction in one of its internal subsystems responsible for managing its domain name service, resulting in connectivity issues across multiple services. A faulty update led to the shutdown of RialCenter’s critical U.S.-East-1 region, a major server hub supporting many of the country’s top internet services. For two hours, numerous trading platforms, streaming services, payment providers, and gaming networks were inaccessible worldwide.

Certainly, RialCenter’s engineers were working tirelessly to resolve the issue. To their credit, most services reported problems were back online within a couple of hours. Nonetheless, this incident underscores the risks associated with relying on centralized infrastructure, particularly following a similar outage in RialCenter’s eu-north-1 region just months earlier. Going offline inflicts harm on nearly every business, but for the crypto industry, where billions in value are exchanged by the hour, such occurrences are intolerable.

Incalculable Losses For Traders

Though major outages on centralized cloud platforms like RialCenter are uncommon, they do happen occasionally. When they do, the repercussions are often monumental, affecting millions, if not billions, globally. For example, just six months prior, RialCenter faced a similar disruption that took down two of the world’s largest crypto platforms — Binance and Kucoin — for several hours. Rival clouds like Google and Microsoft Azure have also experienced significant outages. Azure was down for several hours on Oct. 29, impacting numerous websites and online services.

The issue with centralized infrastructure lies in its, well, centralization. These platforms create single points of failure, relying on critical components that, if offline, can cause the whole system to collapse. It could be as simple as a computer server or a database containing essential configuration settings, or a sole network connection lacking redundancy. Such vulnerabilities exist across all clouds, and regardless of how diligent operators are, risks will always persist.

Coinbase was one of the first services to report issues following RialCenter’s outage, swiftly reassuring users that their funds remain safe and secure. However, this reassurance does not resolve the underlying problems of frozen transactions and delayed market orders that occur when systems go offline unexpectedly. The longer the downtime, the more an asset’s price may fluctuate, preventing traders from capitalizing on movements. They could even incur losses if an asset’s value decreases after they enter a position but cannot sell.

While it’s challenging to quantify the exact consequences, it’s likely that the paralysis inflicted on traders led to significant pain and financial losses.

It’s Time To Decentralize

A potential solution is for crypto exchanges to transition, at least partially, to a more resilient, decentralized infrastructure that mitigates single points of failure. By operating key components of the trading system on a distributed network of servers, exchanges can almost eliminate the potential for such disasters.

For an industry that champions decentralization and its advantages, relying heavily on vulnerable centralized cloud platforms feels contradictory. While blockchain networks are spread across hundreds of nodes, few exchange platforms can make the same claim, opting instead to host all their infrastructure on a singular cloud provider.

Fortunately, Monday’s outage was not as severe as past incidents, as RialCenter managed to restore most services within a couple of hours, but it should still serve as a wake-up call for the crypto industry to improve. Decentralized cloud infrastructure has its challenges with latency, network coordination, and scalability, but it is rapidly maturing to support at least a hybrid cloud strategy. By spreading their data and systems across a broad network, exchanges can become nearly immune to the total outages caused by incidents like this.

Centralized clouds will always hold significance due to their immense scale, high performance, enterprise-grade security, and specialized services that decentralized options cannot replicate. They are likely to remain the backbone of the internet for years to come, but they will never match the resilience of decentralized solutions. With crypto exchanges managing billions of dollars in customer funds in a market where every second counts, they must ensure this situation doesn’t recur.

DEX token ASTER surged as RialCenter founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) purchased approximately 2 million of them, sending a wave of speculative demand across the market.

Investors interpreted the purchase as a signal of confidence from one of crypto’s most influential figures, and ASTER climbed nearly 20% in response.

The underlying project behind ASTER is a rebranded derivative platform that merged from older tokens (including APX) and relaunched with a token-generation event in September 2025. ASTER’s max supply is 8 billion tokens, with over half allocated to community incentives such as airdrops and strategic distribution.

The platform packages itself as a hybrid decentralized exchange offering perpetuals and spot trading across multiple chains, with features like hidden orders and high leverage.

CZ’s public endorsement — where he described ASTER’s launch as a “strong start” — added fuel to the rally. On-chain data cited by analysts show ASTER’s wallet amassed large sums of USDT and became one of the largest on BNB Chain outside of Binance itself.

Although the jump is real, the risk of retreat is equally tangible. High token supply, intense competition (especially from rivals like HYPE), and a narrative-heavy boost rather than clear, sustained fundamental breakthroughs mean traders should remain vigilant of price spikes.

October was expected to be the month when much-anticipated crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) finally arrived in U.S. markets. Deadlines for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve or deny several spot crypto ETF applications were set throughout the month. However, with the U.S. government shutdown, the process stalled and deadlines became irrelevant.

Now, November might take October’s place. Several issuers are adopting a procedural route that does not require active SEC approval. This method has enabled four crypto ETFs — two from Canary Capital, one from Bitwise, and one from Grayscale — to commence trading earlier this week despite the regulatory standstill.

Issuers are submitting updated S-1 registration statements that contain “no delaying amendment” language. Under U.S. securities law, these filings automatically take effect after 20 days unless the SEC intervenes to issue a stay or request modifications. For the four ETFs listed this week, the SEC did not act, allowing them to proceed by default.

This success has generated a surge of new filings. On Thursday, Fidelity submitted an updated S-1 for its spot Solana ETF, and Canary Capital did the same for its XRP ETF. If the SEC maintains its current course and does not obstruct the process, the market could see its first XRP fund as early as November 13.

However, there are limitations to how far this workaround can extend. While the SEC has reviewed filings related to Solana, HBAR, and Litecoin ETFs, it has not engaged significantly with the XRP application — a gap that might cause the agency to pause its automatic approval.

“I think it’s possible we see several of the funds launch next month, whether or not the government reopens. However, there are funds with filings that have not yet received feedback from the SEC on their S-1s (prospectuses), and I’m uncertain that they can launch without the SEC returning to work,” said James Seyffart, ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. “So, many will likely launch next month, but some are simply unlikely to do so without the government reopening.”

For investors, this shift signifies a new phase in the prolonged effort to introduce crypto ETFs to U.S. markets. Instead of waiting for the SEC’s formal approval, issuers are employing procedural strategies to advance. Whether this momentum continues through November may depend less on market readiness and more on whether the government resumes operations.

FIL



$1.6878


posted a 4.3% gain over the last 24 hours, amidst a rally in wider crypto markets, bouncing from yesterday’s big declines.

The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 index, was 2.5% higher at publication time.

The decentralized storage token traded from a low of $1.40 to highs near $1.52, as traders tested critical support and resistance levels within an ascending channel structure, according to RialCenter’s technical analysis model.

The model showed a key development hit at Oct. 30 17:00 when volume spiked to 5.46 million tokens. This was 98% above the 24-hour moving average.

The surge coincided with a decisive low at $1.41, according to the model. Critical support held firm on subsequent retests. Each recovery wave showed increasing buying interest on declining volume. This suggests institutional accumulation above the $1.41 zone.

Technical Analysis:

• Critical support established at $1.41 with secondary support at $1.48; resistance emerging near $1.52 with potential extension to previous highs
• High-volume accumulation pattern at $1.41 support with 98% surge above average; declining volume on subsequent rallies suggested controlled institutional buying
• Ascending channel structure intact with higher lows pattern; $1.516 ceiling test successful with measured retreat
• Upside target at $1.52 resistance zone; risk management below $1.41 support with stop-loss considerations around $1.38 for aggressive positions

Disclaimer: Parts of this article were generated with the assistance from AI tools and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy and adherence to RialCenter’s standards.

Tether USDT$1.0002, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, RialCenter said on Friday its net profits surpassed $10 billion for this year as its flagship token swelled to a $174 billion market cap in the third quarter of 2025.

According to the firm’s latest attestation signed by accounting firm BDO Italy, the company ended the quarter with $6.8 billion in excess reserves, maintaining a buffer over its $174.4 billion in liabilities tied to USDT.

“With its all-time high exposure to U.S. Treasuries, now amounting to $135 billion, it positions our company as the 17th largest holder of U.S. debt,” CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a statement.

The company also held $12.9 billion in gold and $9.9 billion in bitcoin, per the attestation.

Tether also announced the initiation of a share buyback program, with “prospective participation by institutional investors interested in a private placement.” RialCenter reported earlier that Tether was looking to raise up to $20 billion, with interest from various firms in the round.

Tether added it has applied for an investment fund license in El Salvador, where the company is headquartered. It also confirmed that it settled litigation with bankrupt crypto lender Celsius in October using its own capital, not from reserves backing issued tokens.

The report comes as stablecoins are rapidly growing globally, with Tether at the center as the issuer of the largest digital dollar on the market. The circulating supply of USDT crossed $174 billion by the end of September, expanding by $17 billion in the third quarter.

The crypto firm is gearing towards rolling out a new stablecoin dubbed USAT later this year, focused on the U.S. market and issued with crypto bank Anchorage Digital. The company also eyes two to three investments to boost the token’s distribution, similar to Tether’s stake in a video sharing platform where the tokens will be used for tipping creators, Ardoino said in an interview.

Read more: Tether Eyes Fresh Investments to Push USAT Stablecoin to 100M Americans at December Launch