Brian Armstrong wrapped Coinbase’s third-quarter earnings call on Oct. 30, with a line that instantly resolved live prediction market contracts on Polymarket and Kalshi. The episode sparked debates about whether the industry’s most visible CEO had just mocked a niche betting venue or crossed a line that regulated financial executives shouldn’t approach. Armstrong said in […]
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With S2F in the rearview, the live power-law channel indicates that BTC is roughly 20% below fair value, but ETF flows could push it to either extreme. Bitbo’s implementation of Giovanni Santostasi’s model places the price near $109,700, the fair value near $136,100, the support near $48,300, and the resistance near $491,800, which frames the current cycle […]
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For more than a decade, October has been one of Bitcoin’s easiest months to be bullish. Historically, it has delivered average gains of about 22.5%, helped by post-summer liquidity, year-end portfolio positioning, and, more recently, steady demand from US investment products. As a result, confidence in that pattern was high again this year. And true […]
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Solana spent years building a staking culture in which over two-thirds of the circulating supply is delegated to validators, earning roughly 6% annually from inflation and fees. Non-staking Solana ETFs might just change this dynamic. Now that reflexive on-chain participation faces a new competitor: exchange-traded funds that either cannot or will not stake. Hong Kong’s […]
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The Federal Reserve just cut the policy rate by 25 basis points, moving the target range to 3.75% to 4.00%. However, futures markets have now removed the prospect of a further cut in December. Before yesterday’s FOMC meeting, many traders expected a third rate cut because inflation had gradually eased, the labor market showed signs […]
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China has again made its position on stablecoins unmistakably clear. At a recent financial policy forum, Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), described stablecoins as a “new source of vulnerabilities” within the global financial system. He warned that they could undermine smaller economies’ monetary sovereignty and enable illicit financial flows. According […]
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MetaMask spent years as the default gateway to Ethereum, the browser extension that turned “connect wallet” into muscle memory for millions of users. Now Consensys is betting that same reflex can work across blockchains. In late May, MetaMask flipped the switch on native Solana support, letting its 30 million monthly active users manage SOL and […]
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MetaMask spent years as the default gateway to Ethereum, the browser extension that turned “connect wallet” into muscle memory for millions of users. Now Consensys is betting that same reflex can work across blockchains. In late May, MetaMask flipped the switch on native Solana support, letting its 30 million monthly active users manage SOL and […]
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The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points today and hinted that its balance-sheet runoff may soon end, arguably the bigger story for Bitcoin. With the overnight reverse repo facility nearly empty at roughly $14 billion, any further quantitative tightening now drains bank reserves directly. That shift means even small tweaks to QT have […]
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For years, Solana was seen as crypto’s fast but fragile alternative to Ethereum, which was admired for its speed but dismissed as untested. However, that perception shifted dramatically this week. Record launch On Oct. 28, Bitwise’s Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) debuted with $69 million in first-day inflows, the strongest launch among roughly 850 ETFs introduced […]
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Zcash (ZEC) was little more than a historical footnote for most of the past years. The digital asset was seen as a relic of crypto’s cypherpunk age, forgotten amid the rise of AI tokens, restaking narratives, and layer-2 rollups. Yet, it has become 2025’s most surprising comeback story almost overnight. CryptoSlate data shows Zcash surged […]
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For decades, Europe’s wealth was measured in gold and bonds. Now, two of its largest economies are preparing to add something new to their strategic vaults. This week, news has emerged that political leaders in Germany and France have each introduced proposals to establish a national Bitcoin reserve in a move that could redefine the architecture […]
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Yesterday, Oct. 28, Metaplanet authorized a share buyback program disclosing a Bitcoin (BTC)-secured credit facility of up to $500 million. This capital allocation tool works best when the stock trades below its market-to-net-asset-value ratio, amplifying gains in Bitcoin rallies and magnifying losses in drawdowns. The Tokyo Stock Exchange filings set a buyback cap of ¥75 billion, […]
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NFT trading activity showed signs of life in Q3 2025, breaking a long stretch of decline that defined the post-hype years. After two years of contraction and shifting narratives, on-chain markets found a new footing, not in blue-chip collectibles or speculative art, but in cheaper rails, loyalty programs, and sport-linked assets that traded more on […]
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Over the past year, Bitcoin’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) boom has been celebrated as proof that Wall Street has finally embraced crypto. Yet the numbers reveal something far more fragile. On Oct. 28, Vetle Lunde, head of research at K33 Research, noted that US-traded Bitcoin ETFs have attracted about $26.9 billion in inflows year-to-date. However, that […]
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Bitcoin (BTC) briefly breached $116,000 for the first time in two weeks as traders positioned for a dovish Federal Reserve decision and fresh capital flowed back into digital asset products following October’s risk-off stretch. As of press time, Bitcoin traded at $114,683.03, up 0.15% over 24 hours. The move reflects a convergence of macro tailwinds […]
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Four altcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) begin trading on Oct. 28, marking the first wave of non-Bitcoin, non-Ethereum spot crypto ETFs in the US and potentially catalyzing rotation into altcoin after months of consolidation. Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas confirmed that NYSE and Nasdaq posted listing notices for the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF. A few […]
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Mt. Gox just pushed its repayment deadline again from this Friday to Oct. 31, 2026, with court approval. The one-year extension, effectively diffuses near-term sell pressure, turning what could have been a sharp supply event into another drawn-out administrative cycle. Much like prior phases, repayments are expected to filter through exchanges, custodians, and OTC venues […]
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Bitcoin, the world’s largest and oldest blockchain, is confronting an existential question of how much data should live on its ledger. A new proposal, Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 444 (BIP-444), seeks to roll back a recent OP_RETURN upgrade that allowed users to attach text, images, and digital signatures to transactions. Its supporters call it a necessary […]
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Crypto markets started this new week with a surge powered by a rare alignment of favorable macroeconomic shifts. According to CryptoSlate data, Bitcoin climbed to a fresh intraday high above $116,000 before stabilizing near $115,587 as of press time. Notably, this is its highest price level in weeks and shows that it is within sight […]
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For a market supposedly in a bull run, it doesn’t feel like one. Sure, Bitcoin may have set a couple of record highs this cycle, but the rallies have been uneventfully yawn-inducing, and the corrections have been savage. Altcoins are down 90% or more. Retail has vanished. And even the diehards are wondering if this […]
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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded past the $112,000 resistance level over the weekend, trading at $113,724 at the time of writing, according to CryptoSlate data. Bitcoin’s price breached the $113,000 mark for the second time this week—on Oct. 21, BTC was trading at $113,678. The latest price movement has helped Bitcoin’s value recover nearly […]
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Iran’s financial system just suffered one of its most dramatic implosions in years. The country’s Central Bank declared Ayandeh bank, one of its largest private lenders, bankrupt and its assets were absorbed by the state. Founded in 2012 with over 270 branches nationwide, Ayandeh bank had accumulated $5.2 billion in losses and nearly $3 billion in debt, […]
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After years of tension between crypto and traditional finance, a symbolic shift is taking shape inside the world’s largest bank. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is reportedly preparing to let institutional clients use Bitcoin and Ethereum as collateral for cash loans. This means the bank’s borrowers can pledge the two top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, which […]
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Bitcoin is currently trading at a roughly 30% discount compared to its Nasdaq 100-implied fair value. While any high-conviction Bitcoiner already knows how cheap the asset is right now, this ratio highlights the knock-down BTC price in proportion. And it’s a divergence that has historically implied a deep undervaluation. According to data from ecoinometrics, based […]
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Crypto is nothing if not cyclical. Every cycle births icons, wrecks them, and sometimes resurrects them. What was once written off as dead can roar back to life with a vengeance, reshaped by regulation, technology, or sheer market gravity. From courtrooms to codebases, from bankrupt exchanges to blockchains that refused to quit, the industry’s best […]
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For nearly a decade, XRP has been the underdog of the digital-asset world, overshadowed by Bitcoin’s narrative dominance, Ethereum’s developer gravity, and Solana’s speed headlines. Yet while most of the market debated ETFs and exchange listings, XRP’s core network, the XRP Ledger (XRPL), kept quietly evolving in the background. It is now re-emerging as an […]
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Solana is making an institutional case built on real world asset inflows, changes in validator infrastructure, and zero downtime during the Oct. 20 AWS outage. The chain’s RWA footprint sits near the top of its range, blue-chip issuers have gone live natively on Solana rails, and validators are skewing toward bare-metal and diverse data centers, […]
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The US has never owed more money that it does today, and some believe the solution isn’t political reform or higher taxes but Bitcoin itself. America’s national debt has crossed $38 trillion, surpassing the country’s annual GDP by nearly 31%. Notably, the figure also marks one of the fastest periods of debt accumulation in modern […]
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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao confirmed in an Oct. 23 post on X that he has received a pardon from US President Donald Trump. He said: “Deeply grateful for today’s pardon and to President Trump for upholding America’s commitment to fairness, innovation, and justice. Will do everything we can to help make America the Capital of Crypto […]
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