Switzerland's investment proposal may ease trade tensions and address market imbalances, but economic challenges could hinder implementation.
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New blockchain forensics reveal how a Moscow-linked network allegedly used $8 billion in crypto to evade sanctions and influence elections in Moldova
Bitcoin opened the week with a strong rally above $114,000, and these three developments could send BTC price back to its monthly range highs
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The Pi Network, a blockchain project often described as community-first, is again under the spotlight. A lawsuit filed in 2020 by former executive McPhilip has resurfaced online, raising questions about leadership, transparency, and internal governance. The case, which centered on alleged conflicts between co-founders Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis and Fan, was mostly dismissed in 2023 and …
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested that spot crypto ETFs withdraw their 19b-4 filings. The U.S. SEC is ostensibly anticipating the fund managers seeking to offer spot Litecoin (LTC), XRP, Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and Dogecoin (DOGE) to withdraw their respective 19b-4 filings. Why Has the U.S. SEC Requested Fund Managers …
For much of its history, XRP’s fate seemed tied to Ripple’s actions and its high-profile legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This week, however, three developments unrelated to Ripple have raised a new question within the community: is XRP beginning to stand on its own? BlackRock’s Interest in XRPL The first …
A recent rule change allows exchanges to list crypto ETFs without individual SEC review, streamlining the process, with approval potentially happening any day.
A maker mapped neural inference into Minecraft’s redstone circuits, creating a 5-million-parameter “ChatGPT” in a sandbox world—and proving computation is substrate-agnostic.
According to reports from Egrag Crypto, a statistical model now being applied to XRP points to a wide range of possible outcomes — from a modest climb to an extreme rally. The coin is trading near $2.86 and has fallen about 2% over the past week, which the firm says sits it near an important junction on a long-term trend line. Related Reading: Eric Trump Steps Into Market Talk, Says ‘Buy The Dips’ Let’s check these numbers: a monthly linear regression plotted on a logarithmic scale, with an R-squared of 0.847. That figure is being used to argue that the model explains roughly 80% of past price movement. Monthly Regression Model On Log Scale Egrag’s model is statistical and simple in form, but it is plotted in a way traders often use to read long-term cycles. According to Egrag, XRP has touched the upper limit of that regression channel on three separate occasions, and those past touches inform the present forecast. #XRP – Hit, Miss, or Over Shoot? ( $27, $18 Or $200)???? The chart below is based on the monthly time frame and reflects our analysis of hits, misses, and overshoots using linear regression on a log scale. This analysis is grounded in a 2-standard deviation model. Key Info -… pic.twitter.com/x6M7gEx5Jg — EGRAG CRYPTO (@egragcrypto) August 27, 2025 In one cycle, XRP overshot the channel by 570% during the 2017–2018 run. In contrast, the 2021 peak landed about 45% below the same boundary. Those past outcomes are being translated into three possible paths for the current phase: a standard hit to $27; a repeat of the 2021 shortfall to about $18; or an extreme overshoot that would push the price toward $200. Three Potential Price Paths The math makes the scale of those options clear. Moving from $2.86 to $18 would mean a rise of about 530%. A leap to $200 would imply a gain of roughly 6,890%. At $200, XRP’s market capitalization would sit near $12 trillion under current supply assumptions; a $27 level would imply a market cap north of $1.6 trillion. Those headline numbers have prompted sharp pushback online, with critics calling the most ambitious forecasts unrealistic given current adoption and liquidity conditions. Crypto Expert’s View Placed In Context Meanwhile, market observers have pointed to XRP’s unusual longevity. Vandell Aljarrah, co-founder of Black Swan Capitalist, reminded readers that XRP traded around $0.00589 in August 2013 and still ranks among the larger tokens today at about $2.78 in recent posts. XRP traded at just $0.00589 in August 2013. 10 years later, still a top-10 asset at $2.78. Most tokens die within a cycle. This kind of resilience doesn’t happen by accident. Assets that survive this long don’t disappear, they usually compound. That’s called staying power. — Vandell | Black Swan Capitalist (@vandell33) September 27, 2025 Reports of that long track record are being used to argue that XRP has a level of staying power many other projects lack. That history does not prove future gains, but it does add a practical footnote when weighing bold forecasts against plain skepticism. Related Reading: When Will XRP Reach $25? Bitcoin Investor Shares A Bold Prediction Possible Outcomes And Market Reality The range from $18 to $200 captures both conservative and extreme views. Based on the regression, EGRAG treats the mid and lower outcomes as the more likely of the three, while the $200 case is cast as a best-case overshoot that would depend on factors far beyond the model itself. Featured image from Meta, chart from TradingView
Bitcoin’s swift rally to $114,000 shows bulls are back, but a CME gap near an underlying support could see a retest of $111,000 before Uptober really starts.
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Stellar’s token rallied from $0.36 to $0.37 in a 24-hour window, fueled by dual breakout phases and explosive final-hour trading volume.
Gold's surge highlights its role as a safe haven amid geopolitical tensions and inflation, with potential for further gains influencing global markets.
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Jump Crypto’s Firedancer development team has submitted a proposal, known as SIMD-0370, that would remove the block-level compute unit limit.
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The probability of a US government shutdown has climbed to levels not seen in years, with prediction market Kalshi pricing a 73% chance that lawmakers fail to pass a funding bill before the Oct. 1 fiscal deadline. The sharp increase reflects weeks of gridlock in Congress and President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel budget negotiations […]
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Charles Edwards, founder and CEO of Capriole Investments, has issued his starkest warning yet on quantum computing, arguing that Bitcoin must migrate to post-quantum signatures on an accelerated timeline or face existential risk later this decade. “We need to upgrade Bitcoin to be Quantum proof next year. 2026. Otherwise we are fucked,” Edwards wrote on X early Monday, escalating a series of posts in which he contends “Q-Day is this decade.” Could Bitcoin Crash To $0? Edwards’ thesis hinges on the rapid compression of resource estimates required to run Shor’s algorithm against Bitcoin’s elliptic-curve digital signatures (ECDSA/Schnorr on secp256k1). Pushing back at skeptics who “handwave Quantum as being 20+ years away,” he argued that only “~2,000 logical qubits” may be sufficient to break ECC-256 within a practical time window, placing a credible attack in “2–6 years.” In a separate exchange he framed the stakes bluntly: “Do you want $1M Bitcoin in 5 years, or $0?” Related Reading: Bitcoin To $200K? Galaxy Digital CEO Reveals The ‘Biggest Bull Catalyst’ Edwards’ timeline closely tracks a fresh line of research and industry messaging from Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Démers, founder of Pauli Group, a startup focused on quantum-resistant money. In an August research preprint and public thread, Dallaire-Démers and co-authors introduced graded ECDLP challenges on Bitcoin’s curve and, after translating logical circuits to physical costs across several error-corrected architectures, placed “cryptanalytically relevant” ECC-256 attacks in a “roughly 2027–2033” window—emphasizing wide error bars and sensitivity to hardware assumptions. Pauli Group summarized the upshot plainly: “The first attack on 256-bit ECC will plausibly happen between 2027–2033.” The firm also provocatively stated via X: “PQC BTC will go to $1M+ by 2030. ECC BTC won’t.” The core risk vector is well-established: once a Bitcoin address reveals its public key on-chain—by spending from it or by using legacy formats that expose the key outright—a sufficiently powerful quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm could, in principle, derive the private key quickly enough to steal funds. Security researchers and industry teams note that coins in already-exposed keys are the first in line, while coins still sitting behind hashed (unrevealed) public keys are safer until they move. Several analyses estimate that a non-trivial share of outstanding BTC resides in exposed-key outputs, including early “pay-to-pubkey” era coins often associated with Satoshi. Edwards leaned into that tail risk, claiming “Satoshi’s coins will be market dumped” absent a migration. Related Reading: Bitcoin On The Brink: Analyst Warns This Key Level Must Hold Not everyone agrees on the clock speed. Some conservative estimates still point to millions of error-corrected qubits for practical, fast ECDSA breaks, and standards bodies have published transition guidance that implicitly assumes a longer runway. In late 2024, material circulated in the NIST/PQ ecosystem sketched migrations away from vulnerable algorithms by roughly 2035—a horizon many security engineers view as realistic for broad IT systems, even if niche breakthroughs arrive sooner. The spread between the “thousands” versus “millions” of logical qubits camps reflects fast-evolving algorithmic optimizations, differing error-correction models, and varied assumptions about gate speeds and code distances. Notably, Edwards is taking the message to TOKEN2049 this week, where he is slated to present “DOUBLE THREAT: Quantum & the Treasury Bubble” on Wednesday, October 1 at 10:45 a.m. local time—positioning quantum compromise and a growing “Bitcoin Treasury Bubble” as the two dominant downside risks for BTC over the next cycle. At press time, BTC traded at $112,150. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
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The liquidation of short positions underscores the inherent risks and volatility in crypto trading, potentially deterring bearish market strategies.
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Following last week's big swoon, crypto markets returned to tracking gains in stocks and gold.
A recent debate on Twitter sparked a discussion about the role of newer networks like XRP in the crypto space and how they compare to Bitcoin. While Bitcoin remains the most well-known digital asset, networks like the XRP Ledger aim to address some of its limitations. Two prominent voices, David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, and …
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has slipped to its lowest level since March, raising fresh concerns over investor confidence even as Bitcoin and Ethereum attempt a recovery. Data shared by CryptoQuant analyst JA Maarturn on Sept. 29 showed sentiment falling from a neutral 40 in August to an extreme fear level of 28. The index […]
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The SEC's shift to generic listing standards for crypto ETFs could streamline market entry, fostering innovation and regulatory efficiency.
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Bitcoin hit $114,000 at Monday’s Wall Street open, but a CME gap made traders cautious, instead expecting a BTC price correction to $110,000.
The hire marks a push to scale Algorand’s tech stack and deepen the company's U.S. presence.