Ah, Canada. A land of politeness, hockey, and now… a fully compliant stablecoin. It appears the regulators have finally deigned to allow a digital representation of our humble Canadian dollar. One almost feels a twinge of excitement, quickly followed by the realization that this is, after all, just another financial instrument.
The aggregated open interest chart is about as reassuring as a Vogon reading poetry. 📉 OI has been trending downward with the determination of a man who’s just realized he left the stove on. Even when the price tried to bounce back, OI was like, “Nah, I’m good.” 🤚 This suggests traders are closing positions faster than a restaurant on a Monday in a small town. 🏃♂️💨
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Now, let’s break this down. On the 4-hour chart, Dogecoin is trying its best to break free from a falling wedge-a pattern that, when confirmed, can signal bullish momentum. Will it break free, or will it just keep falling deeper into the abyss? Here are the technicals:
One might say that the report from CoinShares is but a melancholic echo of human folly-Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana hemorrhaging their gold, while XRP’s coffers swell with a mere pittance. The cumulative outflows of four weeks, totaling nearly five billion dollars-$4.92 billion, to be exact-mark their third largest departure since the cursed year of 2018. How quaint! Amidst such despair, the general crypto herd groans, with total inflows this year spiraling to the dizzying heights of $44.4 billion, as if desperation alone sustains this fragile realm. And yet, the comedy of errors persists, for the funds as a whole continue to sway like a ship tossed in a storm, drifting toward some illusory shore. 🌊
Picture this: wallets are delegating their precious ADA to a pool, not knowing that their trusted (or maybe suspiciously inactive) delegate, Homer J., had already hung up his digital boots. This Homer J., the amateur magician of blockchain mishaps, once caused a temporary fork-yes, a real network split-like a bad soap opera plot twist. Now, his pool is retired, but ironically, it still holds over seven million ADA, akin to a ghost town casino where no one’s winning because no one’s playing. And yet, holders cling on, perhaps hoping that Homer J. might magically resurrect-spoiler, he won’t. Plug your ADA elsewhere, folks, before your rewards turn into myth. 🦄
Tether, the undisputed king of stablecoins, has decided it’s not enough to just run the world’s largest crypto-backed currency. No, no. Now, they’re making moves in the gold market, too. Jefferies analysts Fahad Tariq and Andrew Moss-whose opinions, unlike ours, actually matter-are here to tell us that Tether has evolved into one of the most influential gold buyers out there. Forget about central banks; Tether’s in the game now, pushing gold prices around like it’s no big deal.
News, whispers, rumors-oh! the frenzy! It appears that Kevin Hassett, with all the seriousness of a city official marking his place in the town square, leads the pack of hopefuls vying for the mighty helm of the Fed. Considered a favorite by none other than the mighty Donald himself-who, in his infinite wisdom, prefers rates to plummet faster than a meteor-Hassett wobbles on the gossip-stage amid rivals like Kevin Warsh and the enigmatic Rick Rieder. They say he would slash rates “right now,” a notion daring enough to turn the markets into dancing jesters. The odds? About 55%. Half the town believes, half doubts-such is politics in the land of dollar and dreams. 🎩
Officials, with the seriousness of men who have seen too many Western flicks, confirmed the transaction on November 20. The goal? To eventually, hopefully, hold Bitcoin directly, once their infrastructure is built-a process apparently as simple as herding cats or convincing a stubborn mule. 🙄 Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Congress (because what else is a Blockchain President supposed to do?), told us the $10 million fund is more like a “Hey, we might do this,” rather than an all-in poker move. The ETF? Just the warm-up act, a sort of digital dress rehearsal before diving headfirst into the crypto mud. 🎭
Crypto wallets, once the dullards of the Web3 circus, have become the battlegrounds of the digital age. A far cry from the days when one merely sought a place to park one’s coins, like a brougham in a garage.