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The latest Bitcoin (BTC) price crash has brought renewed focus to alarming forecasts, including one from pseudonymous crypto market expert Symbiote. After exiting his BTC positions at $102,000, the analyst is now predicting a potential crash to $40,000. His bearish outlook comes as the leading cryptocurrency continues to weaken, recently falling below $85,000. 

A $40,000 Bitcoin Crash And A Massive Altcoin Season

After making headlines for selling his BTC at $102,000 in December 2024, Symbiote is now projecting a sharp market downturn, with Bitcoin potentially retracing to $40,000. Currently, the cryptocurrency is trading above $82,000, meaning a decline to this bearish level would eliminate more than 50% of its value. 

Symbiote predicts that the next significant buying opportunity could emerge near $40,000, highlighting a disciplined strategy of profit-taking over chasing the market top. He emphasized that selling his BTC at $102,000 may have seemed early to some, considering its price reached an ATH above $126,000 in October this year. However, exiting at that level allowed him to avoid risking a large portion of gains for an extra 20% profit—a mistake that often traps new investors. 

According to the analyst, new traders tend to enter the market with rigid targets, expecting Bitcoin or Ethereum to sell at extreme highs. This strategy often results in losses, as the market rarely follows perfectly predictable patterns. Rather than waiting for the top, Symbiote advises traders to take profits as prices gradually rise, helping them secure gains while reducing exposure to sudden downturns. 

Looking forward, the analyst expects two major trends to define the crypto market in the near term. Firstly, Bitcoin’s potential crash to $40,000, which the analyst initially forecasted in 2024. Secondly, Symbiote predicts the biggest altcoin season could trigger widespread rallies even as Bitcoin faces significant downward pressure. 

BTC Remains Under Pressure As Support Breaks

Bitcoin has broken its previous support level around $85,000 and is now trading more than 34% below its all-time high of over $126,000. Crypto analyst Ted Pillows highlights that over the past few weeks, Bitcoin has pierced major support zones with little consolidation, exposing deeper pockets of liquidity between $81,000 and $88,000.

He has identified $81,000 as the next critical support, warning that Bitcoin must reclaim $88,000 soon to prevent a continuation of its downtrend toward April lows. His chart outlines potential recovery paths from each red support band and shows the downside risk if the price fails to bounce. 

The lowest support band lies between $78,400 and $79,800, suggesting a potential correction area if the price continues to fall. On the bright side, if Bitcoin can recover and breach $98,000, the next upside target is around $101,972.

Even with the ongoing waning action in the price of Ethereum, interest and demand for the leading altcoin do not seem to be slowing down. Several investors are currently exhibiting heightened willingness to stake a portion of their ETH holdings, reaching one of its highest periods ever.

Record Ethereum Still Locked In Staking Contracts

Over the past month, Ethereum’s price has experienced significant volatility, resulting in a sharp decline. Despite the prolonged bearish movement, one thing is certain: there has been a steady increase in the amount of ETH being staked. 

Leon Waidmann, the head of research at On-Chain Foundation, has delved into the network’s performance over time, revealing a sustained willingness among investors to stake part of their ETH holdings. According to the market expert, ETH staking activity is showcasing strength, reaching a new all-time high. 

After hitting a new all-time high, Ethereum’s staking ecosystem has remained steadfast at the levels in the face of price swings, liquidity shifts, and shifting investor sentiment. Data shared by the expert shows that over 35 million is currently locked in validators, and the chart has barely experienced a decrease in the past few months.

In addition to remaining robust, staking participation is now emerging as one of the most powerful structural pillars bolstering Ethereum’s economic base. This large amount of ETH locked in staking contracts indicates that long-term holders, institutional validators, and infrastructure providers continue to exhibit confidence in the network’s security and reward model. 

ETH staking is not the only area witnessing heightened adoption and participation. There has also been a rise in accumulation among big or institutional investors. Large corporate firms such as Bitmine Digital continue to purchase the top altcoin at a significant rate and scale.

As of Wednesday, a wallet address linked to the treasury company was detected scooping up thousands of ETH. Executed in a single transaction, Bitmine Digital acquired more than 24,827 ETH valued at approximately $72.5 million. This massive acquisition, believed to be a strategic repositioning, suggests growing conviction in the altcoin’s long-term potential.

ETH Is Making Its Entry Into The Institutional Era

Given the heightened interest from corporate firms, Ethereum appears to be transitioning into a new era. Joseph Chalom, the Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-CEO) of SharpLink Gaming, has commented on the current outlook of the asset, declaring that ETH is entering its institutional super cycle.

Chalom’s bold statement hinges on the fact that ETH is highly productive, yield-bearing, and increasingly becoming the backbone of finance. In the meantime, Chalom and the publicly traded company are actively working on this narrative by helping to push the transition forward.

According to the CEO, this institutional supercycle does not refer to the price, but rather to the adoption curve. One of the ways this super cycle is playing out is the tokenization of fiat currency into stablecoins, as evidenced by the substantial growth in Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC.

Strategy Inc., the company long associated with Michael Saylor’s big Bitcoin bets, is facing the real risk of being dropped from major stock indexes — a move that could force billions of dollars of forced selling and change how investors get exposure to Bitcoin.

Reports show index providers are weighing new rules that would push firms with huge crypto treasuries out of traditional benchmarks.

Index Threat Looms

According to disclosures this week, JPMorgan warned that if Strategy is excluded from MSCI’s investable indexes and the Nasdaq 100, passive funds that track those benchmarks could dump close to $3 billion of the stock — and the total at risk could rise into the billions more if other index providers act.

MSCI is consulting on a proposal to exclude companies whose digital-asset holdings make up 50% or more of total assets, a threshold that would put Strategy squarely in the crosshairs of the review.

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— Michael Saylor (@saylor) November 19, 2025

Strategy Has Been Buying Aggressively

Strategy’s balance sheet is heavy with Bitcoin. Reports show the company owned about 649,870 Bitcoin as of Nov. 16, 2025, and that it bought another 8,178 BTC recently for roughly $836 million at an average price near $102,171 per coin. Those moves have kept the company tied tightly to Bitcoin’s swings.

Stock Pain And Funding Moves

The company’s stock has fallen sharply from its highs. Market coverage this week notes the company is down by roughly 68% from its record peak reached about a year ago, a drop that has tightened the link between Bitcoin price moves and Strategy’s market value. That weakness, combined with heavy crypto holdings, is what brought index providers’ scrutiny.

Capital Choices Raise New Questions

Strategy recently changed terms around equity issuance, giving itself wider leeway to sell stock even when its market valuation is weak. That can help fund more Bitcoin buys. It also raises concerns about dilution for existing shareholders and adds pressure if index-tracking funds must sell shares.

Possible Market Impact

If MSCI and others move to remove Strategy, the forced sales by index funds could push the stock lower and make it harder for the company to raise money without hurting existing holders.

JPMorgan’s analysis highlights a near-term date to watch: the index review process points to decisions expected by Jan. 15, 2026, which could mark a turning point for how public markets treat companies that sit mostly in crypto.

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Crypto pundit Jake Claver recently drew XRP investors‘ attention to important tax information he believes could help them protect their wealth. Claver also offered a solution, which he indicated could help these investors even as they watch XRP potentially appreciate to as high as $100. 

Crypto Pundit Draws XRP Investors’ Attention To Important Tax Information

In an X post, Claver alluded to tax information from his company, Digital Ascension Group (DAG), which he said would become very important for XRP holders to understand. DAG explained how the IRS’s classification of crypto as property in 2014 changed everything for crypto wealth. 

The company stated that most people holding six or seven figures in XRP do not understand the implications. DAG noted that, because crypto is classified as property, every wallet is vulnerable to court orders, and that any incident relating to one’s personal life can warrant a judge ordering holders to hand over the keys to their wallets. 

 However, on the other hand, DAG stated that crypto’s classification as property also unlocked every wealth strategy that real estate families have used for centuries. This creates a step-up basis at death, allowing the heirs of XRP holders to inherit the crypto at its current market value with no capital gains owed. The company stated that this way, investors can buy XRP at $0.50, die when it hits $100, and their heirs get it at $100, with the entire capital gains eliminated. 

Meanwhile, DAG revealed that XRP holders can borrow against their holdings without selling their XRP. The company explained that these holders can take a loan at a reasonable interest rate and keep the asset while they avoid the tax bill and still have liquidity. The firm added that this was how Elon Musk bought Twitter with $40 billion borrowed against Tesla. As such, this will be the same playbook, though it is for crypto this time. 

Other Ways To Protect One’s XRP Holdings

DAG also proposed the transfer of one’s XRP holdings into a Wyoming LLC as a way to protect their crypto wealth. Investors transfer their coins into an LLC and then gain charging order protection, which means that creditors can’t touch their assets. The company explained that these creditors would have to get in line for distributions that investors never have to make, as the corporate veil protects these investors. 

Furthermore, DAG stated that investors could gift up to $13.6 million to family members without a gift tax by filing Form 709. These investors can also move their wealth out of the taxable estate while they are alive. Couples can transfer up to $27.2 million while avoiding the gift tax. 

The company also explained that investors would have to put the LLC into a revocable living trust, in which one’s spouse becomes trustee upon death and can skip the headache of probate. This eliminates the 6 to 24 months court delay and the 3% to 7% probate fees, while there won’t be public records showing what crypto assets were owned. 

DAG declared that retail investors are still treating crypto like lottery tickets while high-net-worth families are treating it exactly like commercial real estate. They are said to structure it, shield it, borrow against it, and never sell appreciating assets. The company added that property classification is the foundation for generational wealth if one actually understands what it unlocks. 

At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.98, down over 7% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Конгрессмен-республиканец Палаты представителей штата Огайо Уоррен Дэвидсон (Warren Davidson) предложил законопроект под названием Bitcoin For America Act, который разрешил бы американцам платить налоги биткоинами.