A decent down day on Friday couldn’t derail the strong weekly results for the markets! John O’Donnell joins Merlin for a look at interest rates, the Fed, inflation, gold and other factors influencing current market dynamics.
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Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) are trading in the red on Friday after three consecutive days of losses, testing their respective make-or-break support levels.
Bitcoin recovers slightly, trading at $66,000 on Friday after reaching a new yearly low of $58,115 earlier this week, its lowest level since October 2024. Institutional selling intensified as spot ETFs recorded $1.35 billion in net outflows through Thursday.
Ripple trades near the key psychological support level of $1 at the time of writing on Friday after losing more than 8% so far this week. CoinGlass liquidation data shows that over 97% XRP long positions were wiped out over the past 24 hours.
Pi Network price records a mild 3% recovery at press time on Friday, shaping a rebound from a broken descending trendline. The declining trend in trading volume has stabilized around $10 million this week, supporting the possibility of an extended recovery as selling pressure wanes.
