The round was led by Borderless Capital with participation from Strategic Cyber Ventures, CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures, Bloccelerate VC and In-Q-Tel.
Gold has been hitting record highs, inching closer to the $3,800 mark. It is up over 40% year-to-date. The precious metal is experiencing a rally driven by factors like global economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, weakening US Dollar and the expectations of a rate cut by the Fed. Analysts are now eyeing a similar surge for …
The Taiwanese celebrity closed his position at a $4.5 million loss as Hyperliquid’s market share continued to lose ground to other decentralized exchanges.
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Arthur Hayes predicts that if the Federal Reserve adopts large-scale money printing under President Trump’s yield curve control plan, combined credit creation could exceed $15 trillion by 2028. This massive monetary expansion could potentially push Bitcoin’s price to $3.4 million, far above its current price of around $115,000. Hayes emphasizes his projection as a directional …
The record gold prices highlight growing economic instability and a shift towards de-dollarization, impacting global financial strategies.
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Ostium Research’s latest weekly note opened with Bitcoin under pressure after a swift selloff into the new week, describing “a mass liquidation event” that pushed price as low as $111,761, after rejection near resistance in the mid-$117,000s. The team frames the drawdown as part of a previously flagged “window of weakness… into early October,” while stressing the higher-timeframe uptrend remains intact unless key weekly levels fail. The report, published September 22, 2025, sets out both the technical map and the event calendar that could govern path-dependency over the next several sessions. Bitcoin Crash To $99,000 Looms On the weekly chart, Ostium notes last week’s consolidation around the August open and a wick into “key resistance… at $117.5k,” followed by a close marginally below the open. Early-week price action then carried price beneath reclaimed support into the $111k handle, with the analysts highlighting “over $1.6bn in longs liquidated so far today.” Two structural inflection zones anchor the bearish risk: “Acceptance below $107k on a weekly close would open up more downside into $99k,” whereas on the topside “the weekly high at $115.3k… is at least revisited some time later in the week.” Related Reading: Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Signals ‘Fear’ As Price Falls To $112,000 On the daily timeframe, the August open at $115.7k is the pivot the market must reclaim to reassert momentum. As the authors put it, “that August open at $115.7k [is] a key level to flip into support to resume bullishness.” The immediate battleground is the prior all-time high at $112k, where “a reclaim of $112k as support” would tilt probabilities toward a higher low and force shorts to cover into a move back through $115.7k. Their base case, however, is for additional chop “between $112k-$115k before a second push lower below today’s low,” which will determine whether the market undercuts the June swing at $107k or marks out a bottom sooner. Tactically, Ostium lays out both long and short triggers with unusual clarity. On the long side: “a sweep of today’s low early this week and then a reclaim of $112k as support,” riding momentum “back into the weekly high.” On the short side, they float what they call “a really nice short setup… a sharp v-reversal… back above the weekly high… before… rejecting and breaking back below $115.3k,” which would then target “$112k and lower.” In other words, a squeeze-then-fade path that punishes both late longs and late shorts. Related Reading: Bitcoin Stuck In Neutral While Markets Roar — Analyst Explains Why Positioning and derivatives breadth round out the near-term blueprint. The note shares snapshots of 3-month annualized basis, Bitcoin versus altcoin open interest, and one-week/one-month liquidation maps, underscoring how quickly liquidity pockets can flip into magnets in thin conditions. This informs their near-term expectation that “the next leg lower or second liquidation event this week [could] be a high probability low,” followed by a retest of $115.3k that will act as the tape’s verdict on whether another down-leg or a bear-trap reversal is in play into quarter-end. The house view remains probabilistic rather than doctrinaire. If $107k fails on a weekly close, the weakness window could extend into “$99k”; if it holds—and especially if the market can “flip $115.7k into support”—the higher-low narrative stays alive. In the authors’ words, for Ethereum “nothing about this higher timeframe structure or momentum is currently giga-bearish,” and, by analogy, Bitcoin’s structure is best judged by the reaction around $111.7k–$112k this week. Whether today’s flush proves to be prelude to capitulation or the trap before new highs, Ostium’s bottom line is clear: “we move much higher from early October” unless those weekly thresholds are accepted lower. At press time, BTC traded at $113,002. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
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Hackers breached UXLink’s multisignature wallet to steal about $30 million in assets and mint 10 trillion UXLINK tokens, but later got nabbed in a phishing scam.
Fnality raised $136 million in a round led by Bank of America, Citi and WisdomTree to expand its blockchain settlement network.
The National Bank of Kazakhstan has started a pilot for Evo (KZTE), a stablecoin pegged to the local tenge currency. It is issued by crypto exchange Intebix and Eurasian Bank, built on the Solana blockchain. Mastercard is helping make the stablecoin compatible for global payments. This project within Kazakhstan’s Digital Assets Regulatory Sandbox aims to …
Ether is clinging to a key trendline support that has historically fueled rallies of 90%–125%, which has made this a crucial level to watch over the next few days.
Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, is once again stirring the crypto world with a jaw-dropping prediction. According to him, the combination of U.S. Federal Reserve policies and large-scale money printing could create a financial storm like never before, and Bitcoin could emerge as the ultimate winner, potentially soaring to a mind-blowing $3.4 million by 2028. …
Bitcoin has grown from just being a digital currency into a treasury asset now, attracting attention from investors, institutions, and innovators alike. Building on this momentum, CfC St. Moritz, a premier digital assets conference for investors and industry leaders, has announced a Bitcoin reserve. CfC St. Moritz Partners with Sygnum Bank For Bitcoin Reserve The …
The new Solana-based Evo stablecoin pegged to Kazakhstan’s national currency, the tenge, aims to bridge the crypto market with traditional finance.
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Reports have disclosed that Deutsche Bank research sees room for Bitcoin to sit alongside gold on some central bank balance sheets by 2030. The bank’s paper says that both assets can act as hedges against certain risks and that the path Bitcoin would follow mirrors gold’s slow adoption into official reserves. Related Reading: Dogecoin Warning: Double Top Formation Hints At Decline – Analyst Central Banks Could Add Bitcoin According to Deutsche Bank, Bitcoin’s market traits are shifting. Short-term volatility has fallen recently, and prices even topped $123,000 in the run-up to the report, signals the bank flagged as part of Bitcoin’s maturing profile. While gold keeps drawing strong official demand, the report says central banks may begin treating Bitcoin as a complementary store of value rather than a replacement for existing reserve assets. The Bank’s View On Gold And Money Deutsche Bank points out that gold buying by official institutions remains robust. In fact, the bank has moved its own gold forecasts higher as bullion rallies, noting demand from some countries is running well above past averages. This stronger taste for bullion is one reason the bank sees space for two scarce assets — physical gold and Bitcoin — to coexist in official portfolios. Volatility And Supply Points Based on reports, one part of the argument rests on supply dynamics. Bitcoin’s fixed maximum supply — 21 million coins — and growing institutional accumulation have tightened available market supply in recent periods. At the same time, the study notes Bitcoin’s 30-day volatility recently hit historic lows, a fact that analysts say reduces one major hurdle to reserve adoption. Still, big price swings remain possible and would be closely watched by any central bank considering a holdings shift. How Adoption Might Happen Deutsche Bank compares Bitcoin’s likely adoption path to how gold entered reserves: slowly, with legal and operational processes built around custody, accounting and valuation. Reports say the US dollar would remain dominant as the world’s main reserve currency, but some diversification into non-dollar assets could push officials to explore alternatives including Bitcoin. Related Reading: Bitcoin Is ‘Digital Capital’ That Outpaces Traditional Assets—Michael Saylor Policy And Practical Hurdles Legal and technical issues are still on the table. Custody solutions must meet the security standards central banks require. Rules in many jurisdictions would need updating to allow sovereign institutions to hold crypto. Political views will matter too; recent debates about central bank independence and rate policy have added friction to major reserve decisions, including concerns raised around actions by US President Donald Trump that some analysts say could influence monetary policy. Featured image from Meta, chart from TradingView
The hacker who drained UXLINK in a high-profile exploit has ironically become a victim of crypto crime himself. On Sept. 23, blockchain security platform Scam Sniffer reported that the attacker lost roughly 542 million UXLINK tokens, valued at more than $50 million, to a phishing scheme executed by another bad actor. SlowMist co-founder Yu Xian […]
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What to Expect from Jerome Powell’s Speech Today All eyes are on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech today, as he is set to speak at 12:35 PM ET at the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce. Investors and crypto traders are watching closely to see whether Powell signals more interest rate cuts or maintains a …
The latest Bitcoin price pullback toward $112,000 was likely a buy-the-dip opportunity with BTC set to recover, several key market metrics suggest.
XRP, as we are all aware, powers fast, low-cost cross-border payments and maintains a multi-billion-dollar market capitalization. While XRP Ledger has been one of Ripple’s strengths, the team could add another feather to its crown. This could be the approval of more ETFs. For those new to the space, ETF, which stands for exchange-traded fund, …
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The crypto market is tense today. Hours before U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers a key speech at 11:30 a.m. ET, investors pulled hundreds of millions from Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, signaling a clear risk-off mood. With Bitcoin already struggling near support levels, Powell’s words could decide whether the market steadies or sinks further. …
The bears had a significant impact on the cryptocurrency markets during the past weekend, causing a major pullback recently. This impacted Dogecoin (DOGE) adversely as the price slashed before entering the pivotal resistance zone between $0.2935 and $0.3089. However, the bulls have held the price above an important support zone as the growing adoption and …