The selloff has triggered demand for protective options plays, pushing the fear gauge higher.
Lenders are particularly interested in blockchain’s back-office applications, but security failures are blocking wider adoption.
The American Bankers Association, which lobbies against the crypto sector over the Clarity Act’s stablecoin section, unveiled its new polling.
Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton’s CEO, said blockchain and crypto threaten a huge number of business models that exist today in traditional finance.
Evin McMullen’s view on AI agents disrupting Google’s and Facebook’s business model was previously shared by Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson and Cloudflare CSO Stephanie Cohen.
Markets now imply a 66% chance bitcoin falls below $55,000 and a coin-flip chance of sub-$50,000 prices before year-end.
The jump signals return of fear after two months of calm market sentiment.
XRP lost another major support level on heavy selling, with traders now focused on whether buyers can defend the $1.20 area after a 15-week low.
The single biggest unwind was a $59.67 million BTC-USDT long on HTX.
MGUSD, issued by Stripe’s Bridge, will power services across MoneyGram’s global network as stablecoins gain traction in cross-border payments.
U.S. spot bitcoin funds bled cash for 11 straight sessions through Monday, the longest redemption streak since their 2024 launch, as risk dollars rotated toward an AI-led equities rally.
XRP hit fresh 15-week lows after losing a key support zone, with exchange outflows failing to offset persistent selling pressure.