Bank Leumi Partners With Galaxy for Bitcoin, Ether, Solana Trading

Bitcoin held almost dead flat at $63,072.31, up a fraction of a percent, while ether slipped 0.06%. That calm at the top masked a rougher day underneath: 84 of the top 100 coins finished lower, with KAITO the worst of them, down 10.77%. ETHFI bucked the trend, climbing 5.52% to lead the gainers.

The bigger story came from traditional finance. Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank, is partnering with Galaxy to let customers buy, hold and sell bitcoin, ether and solana through its investment app starting early 2027, pending regulatory approval. It would be a first for a major Israeli bank.

Washington kept busy too. Galaxy Research cut its odds of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 to just 10%, pointing to unresolved ethics and stablecoin yield disputes and a narrow Senate window. Meanwhile Trump is expected to meet Coinbase, Ripple and other crypto executives at the White House, alongside the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting.

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Bitcoin and ether are basically unchanged today, up 0.04% and down 0.06% respectively, so this isn't really a down day at the top of the market. What's dragging on sentiment is breadth: 84 of the top 100 coins are trading lower, with KAITO down 10.77% leading the losses.

Days like this usually trace back to a mix of profit-taking after recent rallies, thinner liquidity in smaller-cap tokens, and traders rotating out of altcoins while majors hold steady. When breadth is this weak but bitcoin and ether barely move, it often means capital is consolidating rather than fleeing.

Regulatory uncertainty can also weigh on sentiment even without moving prices much. Galaxy Research's cut to CLARITY Act odds, down to 10% for 2026 passage, is the kind of headline that makes traders cautious on riskier altcoins without necessarily hitting bitcoin.

None of this points to panic. It looks more like a market catching its breath while bigger structural stories, like Bank Leumi's move into crypto trading, play out over a longer horizon.

Crypto isn't up today in any meaningful sense: bitcoin is essentially flat at $63,072.31 with a 0.04% gain, and ether is down 0.06%. Calling this an up day would be a stretch given 84 of the top 100 coins are in the red.

On genuine up days, the pattern tends to look different: broad participation across both large and small caps, positive regulatory or institutional news landing all at once, and short covering that pushes momentum higher across the board.

Today only had isolated pockets of strength. ETHFI gained 5.52%, the best performer in the top 100, but that kind of single-asset move doesn't signal a market-wide rally.

The bigger catalysts in play right now, like Bank Leumi's partnership with Galaxy and the White House meeting with crypto executives, are more about longer-term institutional adoption and regulation than a same-day price surge.

Of the 90 calls settled yesterday on BitPredict, 42.2% landed correctly, and the standout was a LINK up call that gained 6.78%.

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