The government shutdown stalls financial regulatory progress, creating uncertainty and potentially delaying diversification in retirement investments.
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Set against recurring billion-dollar ETF inflows, Asia’s mid-caps are starting to look like the next structural bid for bitcoin’s free float. Japan’s Metaplanet has surpassed 30,00 BTC on its balance sheet, and Korea’s Bitplanet initiated a supervised, rules-based accumulation program. What began as isolated treasury experiments, such as Nexon’s 2021 purchase and Meitu’s short-lived holdings, […]
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The stablecoin issuer saw strong growth in the third quarter, reporting a $17 billion increase in circulating USDT and $135 billion exposure to U.S. Treasuries.
What to Know: The crypto market dropped to $3.59T on October 30 A recovery pattern is beginning to form as it climbs to $3.69T the day after Crypto should still be relatively undervalued in the dip We’ve identified $PEPENODE, $HYPER, and $LINK as the best altcoins to buy The market cap for crypto fell below $3.59T on October 30, sparking concerns of a new crypto dip. However, for savvy buyers, it’s a chance to buy the best altcoins. While Bitcoin is holding steady above $110K, the overall crypto market cap fell to $3.59T on October 30. It has since rebounded to $3.69T, adding $100B back into the crypto market. One of the biggest losers during this decline was Pump.fun, which experienced a drop of over 20% from an intraweek high of $0.0053 to below $0.0042. Sustaining above $110K will be key for Bitcoin to drive the broader recovery of the cryptocurrency market. If it does, we may have already seen the worst of the dip, but there’s still plenty of time to scoop up cheap crypto before the market returns to normal. That’s why we’re taking a closer look at three altcoins we believe are undervalued at the moment. Let’s check out why PEPENODE ($PEPENODE), Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER), and Chainlink ($LINK) are the current best altcoins to buy. 1. PEPENODE ($PEPENODE) – Earn Your $PEPENODE with this World First Mine-To-Earn Meme Coin PEPENODE ($PEPENODE) is for everyone who wants to experience the feeling of building a crypto mining empire without needing the time and money required to make a real-world server farm. It’s a virtual crypto mining simulator with its own meme coin, $PEPENODE. Servers you buy through the PEPENODE project are all stored on-chain and passively generate $PEPENODE over time. You can access them through your own customizable virtual server room through the PEPENODE game by an in-browser interface. Each server node you buy adds to your overall hash rate, which generates passive $PEPENODE for you over time. More expensive servers offer a better hashing rate, but you’ll need to select the right combination to maximize your investment in $PEPENODE. The $PEPENODE token keeps the game’s economy running. While you’ll want most of your $PEPENODE invested in servers to keep your hash rate high, if you need to cash out or upgrade your servers, you can sell your nodes for a return in $PEPENODE. The more $PEPENODE you have invested, the better your returns will be. Investing from the start gives you an advantage over later players, and the best way to ensure you have enough $PEPENODE to spend on your first server farm is with the $PEPENODE presale. Getting to the top of the PEPENODE leaderboards could reward you with airdrops in other meme coins, including $PEPE and $FARTCOIN. Any $PEPENODE purchased during the presale can be staked for rewards of up to 642% annually, significantly increasing your initial stack as soon as the game goes live. That’s why $PEPENODE has already raised over $2 million in presales, pushing the price to $0.0011272. Join the PEPENODE project before the game goes live. 2. Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) – A Hypercharged Solana-Based Layer-2 Upgrading Bitcoin’s Capabilities Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is revolutionizing the way we perceive the Bitcoin network. It’s upgrading Bitcoin’s transaction speeds and lowering clearing fees with a Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) using zK rollups. Buying Bitcoin is an excellent idea if you need a long-term investment asset that you won’t be trading frequently. However, if you want to make a time-sensitive $BTC transaction, you’re going to be paying excessive transaction fees – and you’ll still have to wait at least ten minutes. However, Bitcoin Hyper aims to reduce transaction friction for Bitcoin to comparable levels with Ethereum and Solana. Instead of using Layer-1 for transactions, Bitcoin Hyper uses a separate Layer-2 with an SVM to temporarily record trades in a ledger. These transactions are then written back to the Layer-1 when congestion is low, offloading pressure from the Bitcoin network. This Layer-2 also supports smart contracts, allowing you to use DeFi services, trade NFTs, and swap crypto with $BTC. $HYPER is the lifeblood of the Bitcoin Hyper network. The official utility token grants you access to the Bitcoin DAO as well as exclusive features on select dApps running on the Bitcoin Hyper network. Best of all, it reduces the fees you pay when trading crypto using Bitcoin Hyper, where you can vote on the project’s future. The $HYPER presale is still live, having raised over $25.3M in token presales. It’s now $0.013195 per token, but if you buy now, you can lock in up to 46% in staking rewards. We’ve put together a quick ‘How to Buy Bitcoin Hyper’ guide if you need more information. Get your $HYPER tokens today and earn up to 49% in staking rewards. 3. Chainlink ($LINK) – Bridging the Gap Between On-Chain Trust and Off-Chain Data $LINK is the native token of Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network that enables blockchain developers to build smart contracts that securely connect with external data sources. Developing infrastructure for Web3 is very different from working with the rest of the internet. You can assume that the data sources you’re working with are verified on-chain and thus trustworthy, but that’s not true if the data you need to process comes from off-chain sources. Chainlink solves this problem by providing tamper-proof information provided by a decentralized network. Each Chainlink operator runs nodes that can be asked for data by other blockchain programs. The node fetches the data from the internet, which is then presented back to the chain. If the data provided is validated by the rest of the nodes in the network, the Chainlink operator is rewarded with $LINK. $LINK is currently trading at $17.22, representing a 45% increase over the last year. Although October was a difficult month for $LINK, it remains the 13th largest cryptocurrency by market cap at $12 billion. Additional institutional investment into $LINK could see the token jump to over $20. For example, JPMorgan completed its first inter-chain fund transfer this year after using Chainlink to facilitate a trade between its internal Kinexys blockchain and the Ondo Finance chain. News of this boosted the coin’s value by $4 in May 2025. You can purchase $LINK through any major CEX or DEX. All crypto products are volatile. Be sure to always do your own research before investing – and only invest what you’re prepared to lose. This article is not financial advice. Authored by Aaron Walker, NewsBTC – https://www.newsbtc.com/news/crypto-market-is-down-smart-money-buys-dip-best-altcoins/
The company also holds nearly $13 billion in precious metals and $10 billion in Bitcoin as exposure to US Treasuries hit $135 billion.
FIL has support at the $1.48 level and resistance at $1.52.
Square's Bitcoin incentive could accelerate crypto adoption in commerce, potentially reshaping payment systems and merchant-customer interactions.
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Bitcoin mining is entering a new era in Japan, where it’s no longer viewed as an energy drain. The transformation is being spearheaded by Canaan (CAN), a forward-thinking initiative that integrates BTC mining into Japan’s renewable energy ecosystem to balance power demand and supply. This Is How Bitcoin Fits Into National Energy Policy In an X post, crypto analyst TheGentleTraveler has shed light on a significant and innovative development at the intersection of Bitcoin mining and energy infrastructure. CAN (Canaan Inc.) has announced a 4.5 MW smart BTC mining deployment set to power Japan’s energy grid. Related Reading: China’s Bitcoin Mining Isn’t Dead — It’s The World’s No. 3 Contributor According to TheGentleTraveler, CAN has secured a 4.5 MW contract in Japan to deploy its advanced Avalon A1566HA hydro-cooled mining servers for power-grid load balancing and energy-efficiency optimization. The project, which runs in collaboration with a major Japanese utility, will use Canaan’s smart-control chip capable of dynamically adjusting frequency, hashrate, and voltage in real time. This flexibility helps to stabilize the grid amidst rising AI and residential power demand. The GentleTraveler noted that this initiative reflects Canaan’s expanding strategic role, which combines BTC mining with renewable energy and AI infrastructure. Furthermore, it aligns seamlessly with Japan’s recent crypto-asset regulatory reforms. Canaan CEO Nangeng Zhang emphasized that this technology allows utilities to utilize BTC mining as a digital load balancer. Zhang confirmed that similar deployments have already been launched in the Netherlands, with further expansions planned for 2026. Despite this groundbreaking news, CAN’s stock is currently down – 7% after the announcement. This short-term dip is attributed to a combination of the general weakness in the broader BTC sector and the At-The-Market (ATM) announced by Canaan last Friday. How Bitcoin Miners Become Long-Term Investors A key observer in the Bitcoin landscape, GoMining, has stated that every block mined secures the network and strengthens BTC’s role in the modern economy. GoMining has highlighted several standout developments from the past week that collectively underscore this accelerating trend of institutional and sovereign adoption. Related Reading: Bitcoin Miner Selloff: BTC.com Pool Sent 186,000 BTC To Binance In October The expert first draws attention to the strategic actions of mining companies in the US, exemplified by American Bitcoin Corp boosting its reserves to 3,865 BTC. According to GoMining, this is proof that miners are not just securing the network; they are becoming long-term institutional holders. Meanwhile, France’s National Assembly has advanced a bill to create a national BTC reserve, a signal that sovereign adoption is moving from concept to policy. Furthermore, GoMining explains that the public companies now collectively hold over $117 billion in BTC, representing a substantial 38% increase in Q3 alone. Such a surge indicates a growing trend where corporate balance sheets are becoming part of BTC’s security layer. GoMining concluded that every hash is a vote for an open institutional future. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
Transaction revenue hit $1.05 billion, but price targets range from $266 to $510 as Wall Street debates whether growth can outpace rising costs.
This trend towards self-custody may signal growing distrust in centralized exchanges, potentially impacting market liquidity and stability.
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This month saw the first “Uptober” in seven years to finish with Bitcoin in the red. Meanwhile, BNB takes off thanks to memecoins.
Analysts highlighted Coinbase’s diversification beyond trading, citing momentum in derivatives, stablecoin revenue, and its Base network.
Prenetics' Bitcoin strategy may influence other healthcare firms to consider crypto assets for treasury management, impacting industry norms.
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The bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure play has more than 50% upside, said the bank.
Bitcoin's retest of a critical cost-basis band could signal significant market shifts, influencing future price trends and investor strategies.
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Banks may soon take a softer stance on crypto as the Basel Committee prepares to revise its 2022 guidance on banks’ exposure to digital assets, according to Bloomberg.
The deal could hinder EDF's technological advancements and competitiveness in AI and cloud sectors, impacting France's digital economy.
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The Ethereum price prediction 2025 narrative is heating up again, as the second-top crypto faces intense short positioning. On-chain analysts suggest this shorting is increasing market fear. This setup is evident, as it creates opportunities for the upside, as the market does the opposite of what bearish expectations would suggest. This is historically evident in …
On Oct. 20, a hiccup in Amazon’s US-EAST-1 region set off a chain reaction across the crypto industry. Coinbase reported degraded service, Infura and Alchemy posted AWS-related incident notes, and several wallets and rollups began timing out. None of these failures came from the blockchains themselves. Consensus was fine. The problem was everything wrapped around […]
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Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan is now applying his long-standing Bitcoin framework to Solana — and he’s calling the setup “explosive.” In an October 29 memo, Hougan says the best trades in crypto are the ones where you get “two ways to win” with one position. For Bitcoin, he defines those two bets as: “1) The global ‘store of value’ market will grow. 2) Bitcoin will take an increasing share of that market.” He says only one of those outcomes has to be true for Bitcoin to work. Hougan sizes that “store of value” market at roughly $27.5 trillion today, including about $25 trillion in gold and $2.5 trillion in Bitcoin. He argues investors focus too much on Bitcoin replacing gold and not enough on the overall market itself expanding. Related Reading: Solana Eyes $210 Before Its Next Major Move—Uptrend Or Fakeout Ahead? He notes that this market has already grown by roughly 10x in the last 20 years, from under $3 trillion in 2005 to $27.5 trillion today. In his view, if that repeats, Bitcoin can 10x without needing to fully displace gold. If, on top of that, Bitcoin also closes the gap with gold and ends up with half of the total store-of-value market, “every bitcoin would be worth $6.5 million.” He adds, “I’m not saying that will happen,” but he uses the math to show how powerful the dual-bet structure can be. Solana’s Dual Growth Could Mirror Bitcoin Hougan now argues Solana fits the same model. “When I invest in Solana, I am also making two bets at once,” he writes. Those two bets are: “1) The stablecoin and tokenization infrastructure market will grow. 2) Solana will win an increasing share of that market.” He defines that market as the set of blockchains that power stablecoin payments and asset tokenization today. He names Ethereum as “the market leader,” and lists Tron, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain as major challengers in stablecoins. Together, he says, those networks represent $768 billion in market value. Solana’s share of that is $107 billion, or roughly 14%. For Hougan, that is the opening. He says he has “a lot of confidence that the stablecoin and tokenization infrastructure market will grow,” and argues most people “significantly underestimate how much these technologies will remake markets.” His long-run claim is blunt: “Over time, I suspect nearly all payments will be in stablecoins and nearly all assets will be tokenized.” If that plays out, “the blockchains that facilitate this growth will be extremely valuable.” He calls it “easy to imagine this market growing by 10x or more.” Related Reading: Bitwise CIO Predicts Solana Staking ETF Will Be ‘Huge’ As First Day Volume Hits $56M The second part, in his view, is Solana’s ability to capture more of that expansion. He calls Solana “fast” and “user-friendly,” backed by a community with a “ship-fast attitude.” He also notes that Solana is still “playing catch-up” in winning institutional mandates, but says that is starting to change. As an example, he cites Western Union’s announced stablecoin effort this week, and points out that Western Union chose Solana as the underlying blockchain. Hougan’s argument is that if the overall market for stablecoin settlement and tokenized assets 10xes, and Solana grows its share of that market from 14%, the result is not linear — it compounds. “If I’m right,” he writes, “the combination of a growing market and a growing share of that market will be explosive for Solana. Just as with bitcoin.” He closes with a note on positioning. Crypto, he says, rewards humility because “even the most seasoned experts don’t know exactly how things will play out.” But he says you can still tilt odds in your favor by owning assets that embed two high-conviction bets at once. In his view, Bitcoin already fits that profile. Solana now does too. At press time, SOL traded at $186. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The move is part of a growing trend among DAT companies, including ETHZilla, Metaplanet, Sequans, and Empery Digital.
Like early email protocols, DeFi remains complex and isolated. Bridging DeFi and TradFi through hybrid payment solutions could unlock crypto’s mainstream potential.
The Kansas City Fed President said lower rates can't do a lot to improve what he calls "structural changes" in the labor market.
Ether.fi has proposed a $50 million ETHFI buyback program, joining Aave and OpenSea as token buybacks surpass $1.4 billion in 2025.
Sui (SUI) was also a top performer, gaining 6.6% from Thursday.
Anticipation of Ripple’s annual event failed to lift investor sentiment as XRP price risked dropping to $2 in the coming days or weeks.
T3 Financial Crime Unit, a coalition of Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs, has frozen over $300 million in illicit crypto assets since its 2024 launch. Collaborating with law enforcement in 23 countries, T3 targets money laundering, fraud, and cybercrime. The unit is recognized for aiding major cases like Brazil’s Operation Lusocoin, involving billions in frozen …
The review of crypto banking rules could reshape financial stability and innovation, impacting how banks engage with digital assets globally.
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Bitcoin has become a $2 trillion asset in the 17 years since Satoshi Nakamoto published the white paper, but it faces its first red October since 2018.
Fold, which trades under the ticker FLD, allows users to earn bitcoin cashback on everyday purchases at select retailers.