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Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP all edged higher to start the week, but the move looked more like a steady grind than a clean breakout. Fresh ETF redemptions, softer spot demand, and mixed technical signals suggest traders are still waiting for stronger conviction. ETF Flows Show a Split in Sentiment United States spot ETF data painted a cautious picture last week. Bitcoin products saw the heaviest pressure, Ethereum slipped out of its recent inflow streak, and XRP continued to attract new money. Asset Weekly flow Longer-term position Bitcoin -$390 million $51.79 billion in cumulative net inflows Ethereum -$2.26 million $11.45 billion…

Bitcoin is sending two different messages at once. Futures participation is building, yet spot demand remains negative, which leaves traders debating whether the market is quietly forming a base or still has more room to fall. What the market is showing now On-chain analyst Ki Young Ju says the recent move in Bitcoin has been driven more by the derivatives side of the market than by direct buying in spot markets. In his view, rising futures open interest points to stronger speculative positioning, but the lack of positive spot demand suggests the rally does not yet have broad support. That…

Large Paper Losses Put the Model Under Pressure Two of the most visible corporate bitcoin holders have taken heavy unrealized losses, drawing fresh attention to the risks of concentrating balance sheets in a single volatile asset. Metaplanet said it had about $1.5 billion in paper losses on 43,000 BTC at the end of June, while Strategy reported an $8.2 billion paper loss in July. Together, those losses approach $10 billion and would be large enough to rank as the 11th biggest crypto asset if they were somehow packaged into a tokenized form. The scale matters because it highlights how quickly…