A low-volume Black Friday session saw modest equity gains despite a CME outage caused by a data-centre cooling failure. Retail stocks outperformed, tech remained under pressure for November, and markets continued to price in a high likelihood of a December Fed rate cut ahead of key economic data. The Stoxx 600 inched higher in quiet trade, with health care leading monthly gains and tech lagging. Standouts included Delivery Hero’s sharp jump on strategic-review pressure, mixed performance in travel and hospitality, and resilience in autos and chemicals. The Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's remarks signaled a possibility of tightening in the December meeting, according to analysts. China's manufacturing activity shrank slightly in November, with the RatingDog manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index falling to 49.9 from 50.6 in October, indicating contraction in the sector.
US Spot ETF Flows
Asset
Daily Inflow
Daily Change
Weekly Inflow
Total Assets
Daily Volume
BTC ETFs
$71.4M
+237.9%
$70.0M
$119.4B
$3.4B
ETH ETFs
$76.5M
+25.9%
$312.6M
$19.2B
$1.1B
SOL ETFs
$5.4M
-166.3%
$108.34M
$888.25M
$180.38M
US Spot ETF Inflows
US BTC Spot ETF Flows
US ETH Spot ETF Flows
Crypto Liquidations Summary
Liquidation Type
Value
% of Total
24h Change
Total Liquidations
$601.41M
-
$+495.29M (+466.75%)
Shorts
$70.16M
11.7%
$+41.16M (+141.88%)
Longs
$531.24M
88.3%
$+454.13M (+588.96%)
BTC
$204.20M
34.0%
$+194.54M (+2013.28%)
ETH
$159.54M
26.5%
$+132.66M (+493.56%)
The UK will require crypto platforms to report domestic user activity starting in 2026 as part of a global crackdown on digital asset tax evasion.
Bitcoin mining is quietly resurges after its 2021 ban in China, as individual and corporate miners exploit cheap electricity and a data center boom in some energy-rich provinces.
Bitcoin plunged nearly 5% to $86,950 on Sunday, triggering $539 million in liquidations after its worst November performance since 2018.
Grayscale's Chainlink ETF is launching on Tuesday, marking the first US spot Link ETF.
Tether halted Bitcoin mining in Uruguay, dismissing 30 staff, amid a $4.8 million debt dispute with state power firm UTE and rising energy costs.
The top 1% richest Ether holders continue accumulating, with the supply of Ether held by them rising to 97.6% on Wednesday, up from 96.1% a year ago, according data from Glassnode.
The world’s largest financial derivatives exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), halted trading for about 10 hours from Thursday into Friday due to a “cooling issue” at the CyrusOne data center in the US state of Illinois, according to an announcement from the CME.
