Flash Crashes, DeFi Exploits & Market Conviction

The crypto market faced one of its most chaotic weeks of 2025. A $1.27 billion long-squeeze sent Bitcoin below $100 K and plunged sentiment into Extreme Fear, while the Balancer DeFi hack drained over $110 million and forced an emergency halt on Berachain.

Yet, innovation pressed forward. Monad confirmed its mainnet launch for November 24 backed by $240 million, and MegaETH’s oversubscribed sale revealed a controversial “conviction round” model favoring long-term lockers. Meanwhile, CZ’s $2 million ASTER buy ignited a 30 % rally, and Ripple deployed $500 million to expand Prime brokerage and stablecoin settlement rails.

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