Bitcoin Price (BTC) News: Quiet Selloff on Tuesday Afternoon

October 28, 2025

Bitcoin Price (BTC) News: Quiet Selloff on Tuesday Afternoon

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Nvidia closed in on a $4 trillion market cap amid CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote speech at a tech conference, seemingly sucking capital out of crypto on Tuesday afternoon.

By Krisztian Sandor|Edited by Stephen Alpher

Updated Oct 28, 2025, 8:37 p.m. Published Oct 28, 2025, 8:29 p.m.

Cryptos reverse course
  • A quiet decline sped up late in the U.S. session Tuesday, leaving crypto prices sharply lower as U.S. stocks set new record highs.
  • The drop occurred alongside a 5% rally in tech and AI bellwether Nvidia as its CEO Jensen Huang addressed the GPU Technology Conference.

Bitcoin’s BTC$114,183.19 rally attempt stalled again on Tuesday, with prices once more failing to hold above $116,000.

Sellers stepped in during the U.S. afternoon hours, dragging BTC back below $113,000, nearly identical to Monday’s reversal. The largest crypto changed hands at $112,700, down just shy of 2% over the past 24 hours.

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Ether ETH$4,121.73 fell 4%, dropping back below the $4,000 level. The broader crypto market saw mostly red, with little reaction to three new spot ETF listings in the U.S. Solana SOL$193.18 and LTC$103.12 each fell nearly 4%, while Hedera (HBAR) gave back half of its initial ETF-related gains.

The crypto action is all the more lackluster as U.S. stocks climbed higher, with the S&P hitting 6,900 for the first time ever and the Nasdaq also clinching a new record high. Leading was tech giant Nvidia, gaining 5% to a new record and just shy of a $4 trillion market cap as its CEO Jensen Huang addressed the GPU Technology Conference.

Mostly in the green early in the session, crypto-related stocks also faded sharply into the red by the day’s end. Miners turned AI infrastructure bets Bitfarms (BITF), CleanSpark (CLSK), HIVE$0.1366 and IREN closed the session 4%-5% lower, while Galaxy (GLXY) fell 8% amid a $1.15 billion capital raise.. Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate BTC owner, sank 3.7%.

Bitcoin managed to rebound from the trough of the October 11 crash, but the correction may not be over, Bitfinex analysts warned in a fresh report.

For that, BTC needs to hold above the short-term holder cost basis at $113,600, which is “now pivotal for confirming a constructive shift,” they said.

“Trading above this level has historically marked the transition from corrective to accumulation phases,” the report said.

Meanwhile, failing to sustain above that level poses risk of a deeper retracement to near $97,500, the likely lower bound of the current consolidation range, the analysts added.

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Volume spiked 180% over average as nearly 2.7M tokens traded in a single minute.

What to know:

  • SUI dropped 3.4% Tuesday, breaking below key $2.60 support as volume surged on likely institutional selling.
  • Price fell sharply after 14:00 ET, with nearly 2.7M tokens traded in one minute during a late-day selloff.
  • The CoinDesk CD5 Index slid 1.67%, closing under $2,000 as broader crypto markets lost earlier momentum.


 

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Bitcoin Price (BTC) News: Quiet Selloff on Tuesday Afternoon

October 28, 2025

Bitcoin Price (BTC) News: Quiet Selloff on Tuesday Afternoon

Markets

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Nvidia closed in on a $4 trillion market cap amid CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote speech at a tech conference, seemingly sucking capital out of crypto on Tuesday afternoon.

By Krisztian Sandor|Edited by Stephen Alpher

Updated Oct 28, 2025, 8:37 p.m. Published Oct 28, 2025, 8:29 p.m.

Cryptos reverse course
  • A quiet decline sped up late in the U.S. session Tuesday, leaving crypto prices sharply lower as U.S. stocks set new record highs.
  • The drop occurred alongside a 5% rally in tech and AI bellwether Nvidia as its CEO Jensen Huang addressed the GPU Technology Conference.

Bitcoin’s BTC$114,183.19 rally attempt stalled again on Tuesday, with prices once more failing to hold above $116,000.

Sellers stepped in during the U.S. afternoon hours, dragging BTC back below $113,000, nearly identical to Monday’s reversal. The largest crypto changed hands at $112,700, down just shy of 2% over the past 24 hours.

STORY CONTINUES BELOW

Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today.See all newslettersBy signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to ourterms of useandprivacy policy.

Ether ETH$4,121.73 fell 4%, dropping back below the $4,000 level. The broader crypto market saw mostly red, with little reaction to three new spot ETF listings in the U.S. Solana SOL$193.18 and LTC$103.12 each fell nearly 4%, while Hedera (HBAR) gave back half of its initial ETF-related gains.

The crypto action is all the more lackluster as U.S. stocks climbed higher, with the S&P hitting 6,900 for the first time ever and the Nasdaq also clinching a new record high. Leading was tech giant Nvidia, gaining 5% to a new record and just shy of a $4 trillion market cap as its CEO Jensen Huang addressed the GPU Technology Conference.

Mostly in the green early in the session, crypto-related stocks also faded sharply into the red by the day’s end. Miners turned AI infrastructure bets Bitfarms (BITF), CleanSpark (CLSK), HIVE$0.1366 and IREN closed the session 4%-5% lower, while Galaxy (GLXY) fell 8% amid a $1.15 billion capital raise.. Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate BTC owner, sank 3.7%.

Bitcoin managed to rebound from the trough of the October 11 crash, but the correction may not be over, Bitfinex analysts warned in a fresh report.

For that, BTC needs to hold above the short-term holder cost basis at $113,600, which is “now pivotal for confirming a constructive shift,” they said.

“Trading above this level has historically marked the transition from corrective to accumulation phases,” the report said.

Meanwhile, failing to sustain above that level poses risk of a deeper retracement to near $97,500, the likely lower bound of the current consolidation range, the analysts added.

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Oct 16, 2025

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Stablecoin payment volumes have grown to $19.4B year-to-date in 2025. OwlTing aims to capture this market by developing payment infrastructure that processes transactions in seconds for fractions of a cent.

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By CD Analytics, Helene Braun|Edited by Nikhilesh De

28 minutes ago

(CoinDesk Analytics)

Volume spiked 180% over average as nearly 2.7M tokens traded in a single minute.

What to know:

  • SUI dropped 3.4% Tuesday, breaking below key $2.60 support as volume surged on likely institutional selling.
  • Price fell sharply after 14:00 ET, with nearly 2.7M tokens traded in one minute during a late-day selloff.
  • The CoinDesk CD5 Index slid 1.67%, closing under $2,000 as broader crypto markets lost earlier momentum.


 

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