Crypto Market Fear Subsides Significantly, Today's Fear and Greed Index at 45

Tron recorded 4.366M active accounts yesterday, up 12.06% from the previous day, while new accounts reached 177.5K, up 18.93%.

Tron recorded 4.366M active accounts yesterday, up 12.06% from the previous day, while new accounts reached 177.5K, up 18.93%.

Decentralized AI inference open market Antseed has announced the launch of its Antseed Points program. Users earn points by paying for AI usage on the network, and can directly claim their proportional share of ANTS airdrops every Thursday. Service providers receive multiplier boosts based on the amount of ANTS they stake and their lockup period; users who choose providers with higher multipliers will earn more points. Staking grants users additional staking rewards and increases their chosen provider’s multiplier. Weekly rewards are distributed based on points, with a single buyer capped at 5% of the pool, and the weekly release amount halves roughly every two years. Users can also re-stake the ANTS they receive to support service providers.

Beating AI News Flash: Microsoft announced it is offering voluntary severance to around 60,000 employees across parts of the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and India, accounting for 27% of its total global workforce. The affected teams include Xbox, Windows, finance, human resources, as well as Copilot and AI experience groups, while some data center roles, sales, and marketing departments are excluded. There are no age or tenure thresholds for applications, with some vice president-level staff also eligible. Compensation follows standard severance packages, and employees must decide by early December to leave by the end of the year. This marks Microsoft’s second voluntary separation program this year. In spring, it offered early retirement to around 8,750 employees meeting age and tenure criteria, with roughly 30% accepting. Microsoft expects a significantly lower acceptance rate for this round, though it did not disclose a target number of departures. Between fiscal 2022 and 2026, Microsoft’s revenue grew about 67% from $198.3 billion to $331.8 billion, while its full-time headcount only increased slightly from 221,000 to 223,000. Meanwhile, Microsoft projects its 2026 calendar year capital expenditure will reach around $175 billion. Continued heavy investment in AI infrastructure has led even AI product teams to be included in the workforce reduction efforts.

According to TradingBeats monitoring, the address 0x7fda...17d1, tagged as belonging to Fasanara Capital, currently holds around $125 million in contract positions, with account equity of approximately $32.89 million and unrealized floating profit of roughly $6.49 million. Of the total positions, there are 28 short positions totaling ~$123 million, accounting for about 98.4% of the portfolio, with the address maintaining an overall strategy of shorting a basket of crypto assets. The address’s largest position is a short ETH trade: it holds ~26,327 ETH worth $60.82 million, uses 25x leverage, has an average entry price of ~$2,458.43, and current floating profit of ~$3.91 million, accounting for over 60% of the address’s total floating profit. This ETH short uses cross-margin mode, with a liquidation price of ~$3,353.71. Beyond ETH, the address also holds short positions of ~$19.17 million in ZEC, $8.98 million in XMR, $6.10 million in BTC, and $3.14 million in SOL; LIT, PUMP, HYPE, NEAR, kPEPE, WLD, ONDO, and others are also part of its short portfolio. Among these, short positions in LIT, ONDO, PUMP, and NEAR generate floating profits of ~$742,000, $551,000, $311,000, and $263,000 respectively; short positions in ZRO, ENA, and WLD incur floating losses of ~$369,000, $221,000, and $128,000 respectively.

Santiment stated that wallets holding at least 10 million XRP currently hold around 46.87 billion XRP, accounting for approximately 68.5% of XRP’s total supply, marking the highest level since November 2022. The on-chain analytics firm noted that despite XRP facing price pressure around $1.29, large holders continue to accumulate the token. If small traders keep selling off while whales maintain their accumulation trend, this could indicate that bullish momentum is still building in the market. $1.30 is a key short-term price level for XRP, while $1.50 serves as a more critical confirmation level; if the price stays above $1.20 and whale holdings remain elevated, the accumulation thesis could still hold. If XRP rebounds back above $1.50 and whale holdings continue to grow, this will further strengthen expectations for its price rally.