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TradingKeyOct 17, 2026 12:35 AM View all comments（0）  • Ethereum declined due to hawkish Federal Reserve policies and higher U.S. Treasury yields. • Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds experienced consecutive net outflows, weakening institutional demand. • Technical indicators like MACD and Williams %R currently suggest a sell condition.

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor and analyst on CoinDesk’s Markets team. He has been covering crypto options and futures, as well as macro and cross-asset activity, since 2019, leveraging his prior experience in directional and non-directional derivative strategies at brokerage firms. His extensive background also encompasses the FX markets, having served as a fundamental…

Bitcoin’s overall price volatility has fallen sharply from past years, but unusually large swings are occurring more often.

There is no clear, UNI-specific fundamental catalyst for the roughly 3.2 percentage-point move in the last ~22 hours. No major Uniswap-only news, hacks, lawsuits, listings, or governance decisions hit in the last 24 hours. UNI mildly underperformed in a mostly flat-to-slightly-up broader market while flows rotated into other altcoins. Short-term technicals and liquidation levels around…

Bitcoin volatility may hinge on how Fed and BOJ decisions affect rate gaps, the yen and carry trades as traders assess possible policy convergence.