The internet is not dead, but it may be rotting. New research by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, and Purdue University finds that large language models exposed to viral social media data begin to suffer measurable cognitive decay. The authors call it “LLM brain rot.” In practice, it looks […]
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Bitcoin and Ethereum fell sharply Tuesday, erasing weekend gains as traders assessed whether the market’s bounce formed a lower high.
Ark Labs also unveiled Arkade Assets, a multi-asset framework designed to bring stablecoins and other tokens to the offchain execution layer.
Bitcoin’s four-day crash has initiated a healthy reset among investors, with momentum limited until long-term holders stop selling their BTC, according to Glassnode.
After weeks of sharp swings, the broader crypto market appears to be entering a phase of cautious stability. Bitcoin price continues to trade resiliently above the $100,000 mark, while Ethereum and major altcoins remain range-bound amid cooling market momentum. Investor sentiment has shifted from extreme optimism to measured consolidation as traders reassess their positions following …
The SpaceX-labelled wallets made their second large-scale Bitcoin transfer in three months, raising speculation of a sale as the company faces growing competition.
The crypto market is at a crossroads, trapped between fear and opportunity. After weeks of selloffs and volatility, Bitcoin’s dominance has started to cool, and analysts now believe the altcoin bull run of 2025 could be on the horizon. While some traders believe the 2025 peak has already passed, others argue the four-year cycle is …
The Chainlink price appears to be regaining strength after weeks of sluggish performance, as multiple on-chain metrics reveal signs of accumulation among investors. Data from Glassnode’s cost basis distribution heatmap shows that $16 has become a crucial accumulation point, where roughly 54.47 million LINK tokens have been added. This zone now serves as a strong …
Coinbase's acquisition of Echo signifies a strategic expansion, enhancing its ecosystem and institutional offerings in the crypto market.
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Your day-ahead look for Oct. 21, 2025
October was a turbulent month for crypto, with prices swinging on a mix of macro data, Fed signals, and global events. Bitcoin and altcoins came under heavy pressure, and the market also saw a staggering $19 billion in liquidations that rattled traders. However, traders are now eyeing November closely, which is historically one of Bitcoin’s …
Incubated by Bybit, Printr enables token creators to launch memecoins on multiple blockchains simultaneously.
Elon Musk’s casual post about his dog sent shockwaves through meme-coin markets on Monday, with FLOKI jumping roughly 27% in minutes. Related Reading: Bitcoin Whale Goes Big — $255M Longs Opened Before Trump–China Summit According to reports, Musk posted “Flōki is back on the job as X CEO!” alongside an AI-made clip showing his Shiba Inu in a suit. The token’s price moved from about $0.0000657 to roughly $0.0000847, and some sources recorded intraday highs near $0.00009 after traders piled in. Musk Post Sparks Rally Based on market coverage, the move was quick and driven by social media momentum. Traders who watch meme tokens said the tweet and the short video triggered a buying wave that pushed prices up by about 20–29% depending on the exchange. Volume surged at the same time. The overall memecoin market cap rose nearly 6% to close to $64 billion as speculative bets picked up. Flōki is back on the job as ???? CEO! pic.twitter.com/Zu29Dos24r — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 20, 2025 Market Activity And Metrics Activity was heavy across spot and derivatives markets. Reports show derivatives volume spiked roughly 660% to $280 million while open interest climbed about 165% to $37 million. That kind of move suggests many traders were not only buying the token but also opening leveraged positions. Some exchanges flagged fast order flow and a quick rise in short-term trading volumes. Community Buzz And Immediate Reaction The Floki project has built a large online community that watches every mention of the name closely. Messages and posts amplified Musk’s share, and that amplification helped fuel the rapid price rise. But it wasn’t a universal buy signal; certain wallets moved to take profits during the rally. Based on on-chain snapshots, a number of large holders sold small slices as the price spiked. Derivatives Surge Raises Questions Analysts and market watchers warned that heavy derivatives activity can push prices both ways. When leverage flows into a small market, moves can be magnified. A rapid inflow of speculative money can lift prices fast, and it can also trigger sharp drops when traders unwind positions. Several analysts suggested that gains tied to a single social post are fragile without steady buying behind them. Related Reading: ‘Buy Of The Century’: Cardano Could Be The 2026 Game-Changer Under $0.20 — Analyst Exchange Listings And Liquidity Notes Liquidity varied between venues. Some smaller platforms showed deeper price swings because their order books are thin. Larger exchanges saw volume rises but less dramatic price gaps. Based on figures, traders on decentralized platforms captured most of the early moves, while centralized venues absorbed the later orders. Featured image from Gemini, chart from TradingView
Argo Blockchain will delist from the London Stock Exchange after its main creditor, Growler Mining, seized control through a debt-for-equity swap.
The WSJ report says Coinbase is using a combination of cash and stocks to fund the acquisition, with details to be revealed later today.
Echo's platform allows startups to raise funds directly from their communities, and will remain a standalone platform.
BTC slips below $108,000 and trades between major moving averages, with crucial support and resistance levels now in focus.
More than $320 million in liquidations hit as bitcoin slipped under $108,000 and total crypto market value fell 3.2%
The U.S. government shutdown, now stretching into its fourth week, might finally see a resolution. According to Trumps advisors Kevin Hassett, the shutdown is could end this week, clearing the way for pending crypto decisions like the XRP ETF ruling. Trump Advisor Signals End Of U.S. Government Shutdown On Monday, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told …
Record debt and convertible note issuances signal a strategic shift as miners chase growth beyond bitcoin, but execution risk and revenue generation now take center stage.
Bitcoin’s violent futures deleveraging earlier this month reset market positioning but did not break the broader bull trend, according to Julio Moreno, Head of Research at CryptoQuant. Speaking on the Milk Road podcast on October 20, Moreno argued that the path to fresh highs remains open if spot demand stabilizes and the macro overhang from US–China tariff negotiations clears. The key inflection he’s watching is Bitcoin reclaiming its on-chain traders’ realized price near $115,000. “The resistance will be around $115K,” he said. “If the price goes above that… the range that we could expect is $150–$195K. To the downside… it’s around like $100K.” Bitcoin Bull Run Is Reset Moreno characterized the October 10 deleveraging as the largest dollar liquidation in the history of Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetuals, with roughly $20 billion in open interest wiped out in a single day as total OI fell from an all-time high near $78 billion to around $58 billion, later hovering closer to $56 billion. He noted that in unit terms the event was “a little bit short of the FTX liquidations,” but emphasized that the dollar magnitude reflected today’s larger derivatives base, not a structural break. The relative resilience of spot price—Bitcoin “only got to… $110,000” that day, after a wick to “103,000” two days prior—underscored, in his view, that demand and the cycle’s price floor sit well above prior cycles even amid forced unwinds. “It doesn’t put you in a bearish market,” Moreno said, adding that buyers still absorbed supply quickly enough to avert a trend break. Related Reading: Bitcoin Enters ‘Disbelief Phase’ – Could Short Sellers Face The Next Squeeze? CryptoQuant’s composite “bull score” of ten on-chain indicators had already rolled over before the crash, dropping from roughly 80 to 40 by October 6 as momentum cooled and spot demand began to contract. After the liquidation, the score slid toward 20, which Moreno described as “on the bearish side right now.” He stressed that on-chain metrics are not price predictors so much as risk gauges: “It’s going to signal to you the risks… when all these metrics… converge into telling you there’s increasing risks, then it’s when you have to be more careful.” Several datapoints pointed to a market that was stretched into the shock. Total crypto open interest set a record near $78 billion just before the event, a classic over-leverage tell. Profit-taking surged above $3 billion in early October as spot neared the prior all-time high in the $124K–$126K zone, fitting CryptoQuant’s “profit–pause–push” framework in which aggressive realization precedes cooling. Moreno also highlighted that spot demand flipped from growth to contraction around October 6—days before tariff headlines and the liquidation—helping explain why the risk backdrop was deteriorating even without the macro spark. “We were starting to see some high profit taking… not only because of the macro events,” he said. Who’s Selling, Who’s Buying Bitcoin? The compositional flow of coins during the drawdown supports the view of a rotation rather than a structural buyer strike. Moreno said “OG” whales and early miners—an aggregate cohort he estimates hold roughly 600,000 BTC excluding Satoshi—resumed distribution as prices pushed past $100K, a recurring dynamic in every cycle as supply migrates to new hands. Institutional demand, by contrast, remained steady. Related Reading: Bear Market Alert: Top Expert Claims Bitcoin Price Fate Hangs On $101,700 Support Level Because ETF custodial wallets often bucket between 100 and 1,000 BTC per address for security, CryptoQuant tracks that “dolphins” cohort as a proxy. “That cohort… is still buying,” Moreno said, adding that whales increased their accumulation “during this correction,” with year-over-year holdings expanding “above trend.” Liquidity conditions corroborate the bid: stablecoin market caps, led by USDT, continued to expand through the drawdown, a pattern he would not expect “if we are… in a bear market.” Altcoins were far more fragile around the shock. Transactions sending altcoins to exchanges spiked to year-to-date highs during the liquidation, signaling a scramble for exits across low-liquidity names. Moreno cautioned that this cycle has been notably selective across sectors rather than a blanket “alt season,” and reiterated a theme that has become more obvious in 2025: robust protocol activity and fee generation no longer translate mechanically into token outperformance without explicit economic linkage. “Even if the protocol is doing well doesn’t necessarily mean that the token is going to do well,” he said. What To Expect From Q4 And 2026 Macro remains the wild card for Q4. Moreno believes rate-cut expectations are largely embedded—“the market already… has priced what the Fed will do”—and that only an unexpectedly large cut would be a fresh positive catalyst. By contrast, the US–China tariff trajectory is front-and-center. “If we get that out of the way then… a really positive Q4 can resume,” he said, noting that tariff headlines were the proximate trigger for October’s deleveraging and were also behind a sharper demand contraction back in March–May. Until clarity returns and spot demand re-accelerates, he expects chop around well-defined levels. That leaves Bitcoin boxed between a tactical resistance and a psychological floor. Moreno pegs the traders’ on-chain realized price near $115,000 as first resistance and the $100,000 area—where short-term holders sit on roughly a 10% unrealized loss—as the downside line where forced selling typically abates in bull markets. A decisive reclaim of $115K would, in his model, validate a run toward $150,000–$195,000. “We’re not that far… from the previous all-time high,” he said, adding that new highs in Q4 are plausible if the tariff overhang resolves. As for the cycle peak, he leans against an extended mania deep into 2026 or 2027, citing CryptoQuant’s diminishing-intensity bull readout even as price has risen. “I would not expect… more than Q1 2026,” he said, with the caveat that timing tops remains guesswork. “Probably we all are going to be wrong.” At press time, BTC traded at $108,187. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Tether’s USDT fell from 70% market dominance in November 2024 to 59.9% by October 2025, the second sub-60% reading in a single year, while Circle’s USDC climbed from 20.5% to 25.3% over the same span. The shift coincides with Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation enforcement, but the dynamics tell a more complex story than […]
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On October 20, both US spot crypto ETFs saw a sharp decline in inflows. According to SoSoValue, Bitcoin ETFs dropped to $40.47 million outflows, while Ethereum ETFs reported $145.68 million. Bitcoin ETF Breakdown Bitcoin ETFs recorded $40.47 million in outflows led by BlackRock IBIT’s $100.65 million withdrawal. Other than that, five ETFs posted small inflows …
Pi Network is evolving beyond its initial phase as a mobile mining experiment into a fully unified blockchain ecosystem. The latest developments support real-world finance, gaming, and technological applications. A crypto expert argues that for Pi to achieve long-term growth and stability, it must expand its platform-level applications to align directly with the broader crypto …
Ether ran into resistance at $4,000 as the absence of new buyers and weak spot Ethereum flows threatened ETH price dropping to $3,100 next.
Arkham data also reveals this transfer is the first material change to the company's total bitcoin holdings since June 2022.
A Solana Treasury company has recently announced a bold step that sets it apart from other DATs. Solana Company, formerly known as Helius Medical Technologies, has announced that it will move forward with making its resale registration effective, a process that lets early investors sell restricted shares on the open market. The company said that …
Crypto groups are pressing the administration to back a rule that holds sway over consumers' ability to share their financial data.