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XRP price plummeted 6.5% on Thursday, October 30, losing nearly $11 billion from the tokens market cap, which dropped from roughly $159.2 billion on Wednesday to $148.5 billion at the time of publication. The drop came amid a broader market fallout, with the top 10 cryptocurrencies by total capitalization all suffering major losses. With a price of $2.47, the lowest since the start of this week, XRP was one of the altcoins that got hit the hardest, matched only by Solana (SOL), which was likewise down more than 6%. XRP daily price and market cap. Source: CoinMarketCap In similar news, around 4 million XRP, valued at over $10.5 million, was locked in escrow. The transaction was linked to Flare’s Core Vault, an institutional-scale wallet that holds more than 1.57 billion XRP.  Why is the crypto market crashing? The overall sell-off shaved roughly 4% from total crypto market capitalization, bringing it to around $3.64 trillion. Bitcoin, for instance, slid ...

The Solana price tumbled almost 4% in the last 24 hours to trade at $194 as of 4 a.m. EST on a 19% increase in trading volume to $7.42 billion. This comes as the Bitwise spot Solana ETF (exchange traded fund) debuted yesterday with the highest first-day trading volume of any ETF in 2025. The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) recorded $56 million in trading, outpacing the launches of REX Osprey’s XRP and Solana staking ETFs. Solana is catching the worldwide attention these days… 1️⃣ Solana’s first ETF launched in the U.S., hitting $56M+ trading volume on day one. 2️⃣ $8M traded in just 20 minutes, ranking among the most active crypto ETF debuts ever. 3️⃣ Western Union announced a USD-backed… pic.twitter.com/Kn2igQZRwf — Lucky (@LLuciano_BTC) October 29, 2025 The ETF launch was widely watched, and it marked a major milestone for Solana as it joins a select group of cryptos with spot ETF products. This kin...

The Ethereum price dropped 3% in the last 24 hours to trade at $3,991 as of 12:58 a.m. EST. The ETH price plunge led to a $45.3 million loss for a whale investor after 9,152 ETH in its leveraged long position was liquidated when Ether’s price dropped below $4,000. ETH just dropped below $4,000! The biggest loser, 0xa523, just got WIPED. His entire 9,152 $ETH($36.4M) long position was fully liquidated. His total losses now exceed $45.3M, leaving him with less than $500K in his account.https://t.co/8C3XNE5tMS pic.twitter.com/JplqJl0cPy — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) September 25, 2025 ETH’s decline is part of a broader market downturn triggered by macroeconomic fears, including a possible US government shutdown, which led to widespread liquidations of leveraged crypto positions. Ethereum ETF (exchange-trade fund) inflows are suffering as a result. Net inflows this month are a meager $110 million, down from more than $3.8 billion in August. This comes as on-cha...

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