Bitcoin CRASH Below $70K: XRP Buzz, XDC Trending & Extreme Fear | Daily Crypto Deep Dive

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Welcome back to Crypto News Today. It is Friday, November 13th, and this is our CoinMarketCap Friday Deep Dive, where we separate what everybody is talking about from what the money is actually doing. Today, Bitcoin is back below $70,000. The fear gauge has collapsed into extreme fear, and attention is moving in surprising directions.

XRP is attracting attention while its price struggles.

XDC has unexpectedly climbed to the top of CoinMarketCap's most viewed list. And a handful of altcoins are managing to outperform while the rest of the market looks absolutely battered. We will cover social buzz, today's winners and losers, new listings and our Moonshot Radar. Then, a major development in the multi-billion dollar Binance hack. Before we get into it, a quick word from Kraken. If you are new to Kraken, check the link in our description for our 20 XRP sign up offer, subject to the offer's terms and eligibility. It supports this independent ad-free show. As always, crypto is risky, and nothing here is financial advice. First, the market. At our latest CoinMarketCap check, Bitcoin was trading around $68,600.

ETH was around $1,930.

XRP was close to $1.03, Solana near $80, and BNB roughly $630.

Prices are moving quickly, so treat these as a snapshot, not a tradable quote. Total crypto market value has fallen to roughly $2.3 trillion, with Bitcoin controlling close to 60% of it. In a speculative boom, money often rotates into smaller coins. Right now, traders are doing the opposite, cutting exposure, reducing leverage, or favoring Bitcoin. And sentiment is brutal. The widely followed fear and greed index is around 20 out of 100, firmly in extreme fear. It stood at 28 yesterday.

Fear by itself does not mean the bottom is in.

It tells you traders are frightened, which is precisely when liquidity can disappear and sharp moves can become even sharper.

Now for the social picture. In a tracked sample of Reddit and Crypto forum discussion this week, Bitcoin is comfortably the most mentioned coin, followed by ETH and XRP.

Bitcoin mentions have risen by roughly 91% from last week, while XRP mentions have climbed about 63%.

But here is the catch. Both coins have fallen in price.

This is a social attention versus price divergence, not proof that buyers are piling in. In a crash, people debate support levels, share liquidation screenshots, and announce they are buying the dip, whether or not they do. A surge in conversation is valuable information, but it is not automatically bullish information. And these figures are from a limited forum sample, not a verified ranking of every tweet on X. That takes us to CoinMarketCap's most viewed page. Number one, surprisingly, is XDC Network. Ahead of Bitcoin. Ahead of XRP. Ahead of ETH. XDC is trading around three cents, with a market value in the hundreds of millions, not the hundreds of billions.

High page views relative to size make it a name to watch, but they do not tell us that institutions are accumulating it. Bitcoin is second on that list. XRP third, ETH fourth, and Solana fifth. Then comes Zcash, Hyperliquid, Pepe, Pi, and Nier Protocol. People are also watching privacy coins, derivatives platforms, memes and smaller networks for signs of resilience.

Zcash remains widely viewed despite a painful weekly decline. Hyperliquid also deserves attention. Derivatives activity can surge during falling markets. Heavy trading does not necessarily mean confident buying. Sometimes it means liquidations. One derivatives dashboard reported roughly $8.4 billion in hyperliquid perpetual trading over a day, almost 40% above the previous period. That is significant activity, but it still cannot tell you whether the next big move will be up or down. On CoinGecko's search rankings, NiHowCat and Sanctum have also attracted significant attention, with Sanctum showing an extraordinary triple-digit daily gain at one morning snapshot. Those are searches, not endorsements. The question is whether attention brings sustained buying, deeper liquidity and real users, or merely spectators watching the drama. And that brings us to today's winners. On CoinMarketCap's Top 100 leaderboard, Injective has been a standout gainer, showing a rise of around 8% at our check. LayerZero, Lighter, InternetComputer, Neer, and even Pepe have also appeared on the positive side during a deeply negative session. That is notable. But it is not an invitation to chase green candles. A coin that gains 3% after losing 15% can still be in a powerful downtrend.

What matters is whether it holds the move when Bitcoin stops falling, whether the volume is genuine, and whether it can attract buyers for more than a few hours. Injective operates in crypto-financial infrastructure. But one green day does not validate an investment thesis. LayerZero raises another question. Will demand for cross-chain technology create lasting token value? Good technology does not automatically mean a good investment. On the losing side, Aerodrome and Ether.fy have been among the harder-hit names, while Uniswap has also come under pressure. Bitcoin and ETH themselves appear among the top 100 daily losers. That is unusual enough to underline the point. This is not simply a tiny altcoin shakeout. The biggest, most liquid coins are absorbing serious selling too. The broader problem is forced selling. Friday reports describe over a billion dollars in liquidations across some 24-hour windows, mostly bullish positions. US spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen repeated outflows. GlassNote also reported a $14.2 billion contraction in stablecoin supply over 30 days, suggesting that liquidity is leaving the system. Forced liquidations create selling regardless of anyone's long-term conviction. Higher borrowing costs, a stronger dollar, and Federal Reserve uncertainty are also pressuring speculative assets. This is why we connect crypto to the wider economy. Bitcoin does not trade in isolation, and neither do the altcoins in your portfolio. Now to new listings, where a flashy debut is easily mistaken for opportunity. CoinMarketCap's new arrivals include Big Guy or Big on Solana, and MowCat or Mow, which would again exceed 50% in one snapshot. Both deserve scrutiny rather than automatic excitement. There is also a more important structural story on the new listings page. Tokenized stock products.