Cohort selling and long-term holder distribution add to ongoing pressure.
XRP’s price action in September 2025 is shaping up to be crucial, as the token consolidates near key support levels that could define its next major move. Market participants are closely watching how XRP reacts to liquidity shifts and buying pressure, with momentum building around its long-term structure. A decisive rebound from current ranges could …
Bitcoin and Ethereum traders remain optimistic about the market’s trajectory even after this week’s price corrections rattled digital assets across the board. According to Derive.xyz, an on-chain derivatives platform, market participants are assigning a 22% probability that Ethereum will surpass $5,000 by Oct. 31. Bitcoin is viewed even more favorably, with traders pricing in a […]
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The mechanism is designed to reduce cross-chain fragmentation and is being adopted by teams including LI.FI and Rhinestone.
Which treasury strategy is gaining ground in 2025: Bitcoin as digital gold or Ether as a yield engine?
The cryptocurrency market faced a sharp sell-off over the past three days, wiping out weeks of gains and causing panic among traders. While some analysts call this a “sell the news” reaction following the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting, historical seasonal trends suggest this dip could create the perfect setup for a strong fourth-quarter crypto rally. …
Chalom and SOL treasury firm DeFi Development Corp's Dan Kang said their treasury firms are ready to weather a potential bear market.
In a major step towards reaching another milestone, Pi Network’s native token Pi has been listed on Payochain. It is a mobile-blockchain dapp designed for empowering mobile blockchain cryptocurrencies. This makes Pi the first coin to be added to the platform, signalling a slight hope for a rise. Payochain Lists Pi Coin Pi Network’s mission …
A new smart contract on Securitize's platform enables investors to swap shares for RLUSD, creating a 24/7 stablecoin off-ramp for tokenized treasuries.
Pantera Capital founder Dan Morehead believes a geopolitical shift in reserve management will push adversaries of the United States into Bitcoin at massive scale, calling it “inevitable” that China and Russia eventually hold “trillions of dollars” worth of the asset. Speaking on Blockworks’ Empire podcast released this week, the billionaire framed the prediction as part of a longer-term rotation in global reserve assets and a response to sanction risk embedded in dollar-denominated holdings. “I think it’ll take a decade or two,” Morehead said, adding that the first movers will likely include US-aligned Gulf states before “the big one” arrives with countries “antagonistic to the United States, like China or Russia.” Why Russia And China Will Adopt Bitcoin Morehead anchored his argument in the historical cadence of reserve transitions and the vulnerability of holding claims on a rival’s financial system. “You gotta remember, the reserve currency’s changed every 80 or 100 years… no one’s ever really lasted for more than, let’s call it 100, 110 years,” he said. While calling it “inconceivable that the dollar will be supplanted” overnight, he warned that countries with large US Treasury positions face concentrated political risk. Citing China’s portfolio, he argued: “It’s really pretty crazy to have your entire country’s life savings in an asset that your potential adversary could literally just cancel.” In his view, that calculus makes it “inevitable” that such countries “will have started to save in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies” within the next decade. Related Reading: Bitcoin Dip-Buy Calls Spike: Why This Could Actually Be Bearish The provocation lands amid measurable changes in how major economies hold US debt. Official Treasury data for July 2025 show China’s reported Treasury holdings at $730.7 billion, the lowest since 2008 and down markedly over the past decade, a decline often read as gradual diversification of reserves rather than abrupt abandonment. JUST IN: BILLIONAIRE DAN MOREHEAD JUST SAID IT’S “INEVITABLE” CHINA AND RUSSIA WILL HOLD TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN #BITCOIN NATION STATE GAME THEORY. IT’S HERE ???? pic.twitter.com/tOQO9tHYNi — The Bitcoin Historian (@pete_rizzo_) September 23, 2025 Japan remains the largest holder at roughly $1.15 trillion, with the United Kingdom near $900 billion. The broader pool of foreign-held Treasuries nonetheless hit a record in July. These figures illustrate that while the dollar system remains deep and liquid, China’s share is slipping at the margin—the exact dynamic Morehead argues could accelerate alternative reserve strategies over time. Morehead’s timeline also intersects with a flurry of policy proposals that, if enacted, would normalize sovereign Bitcoin exposure. In March, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a national digital asset stockpile. Wyoming legislators separately advanced a bill to permit limited Bitcoin investments—capped at 3%—within certain state funds, an incremental step toward institutional reserve management in digital assets at the state level. Related Reading: Bitcoin Falls Below $113,000, But This Indicator Says It’s Time To Buy Outside the US, Gulf governments are already experimenting at the edges of sovereign crypto exposure—another plank in Morehead’s thesis. The United Arab Emirates’ has launched state-backed mining initiatives and disclosures suggesting several thousand BTC accumulated on the balance sheet via those operations. Skeptics will note that moving “trillions” of dollars into Bitcoin would require not only policy shifts but also market structure capable of absorbing sustained sovereign demand without disorderly volatility. Liquidity depth has improved with US spot ETF adoption and growing derivatives markets, yet Bitcoin’s free float, custody frameworks, and cross-border payment rails still face periodic stress. Morehead, however, situates the thesis in a long arc rather than a short-term trade. “I don’t think it’s gonna happen overnight,” he said, emphasizing a horizon of “a decade or two” and a phased path in which US-aligned adopters pave the way for politically non-aligned states that prize censorship resistance and sanction insulation. For China and Russia specifically, the impetus would be as much strategic as financial. China’s willingness to chip away at Treasuries aligns with its broader push to diversify reserves into gold and other assets, while Russia’s post-2014 and 2022 sanctions experience has already driven a dramatic reconfiguration of its reserve composition. At press time, Bitcoin traded at $112,639. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The London-based firm says the deal underscores growing institutional demand for blockchain oversight as banks move deeper into digital assets.
The Ethereum co-founder warned that closed systems breed abuse and monopolies, urging open-source, verifiable infrastructure for healthcare, finance and voting.
Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of MicroStrategy and one of Bitcoin’s strongest supporters, is once again urging the U.S. to think bigger about digital assets. Saylor believes the U.S. should treat Bitcoin not just as an investment, but as a national digital reserve. In a recent CNBC interview, he said Bitcoin could start rising sharply …
CAKE, the native token of PancakeSwap, has ignited fresh excitement in the crypto market following a price breakout. With the CAKE price surging to $2.81, up 5.01% in the past 24 hours, traders are closely eyeing whether this momentum can deliver a sustained bullish rally. Successively, backed by a $966.98 million market cap and a …
What is India’s levy crypto tax, and how does it apply across various types of transactions, such as trading, selling or spending your crypto?
Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the fight for crypto in the United States is "far from over,” as the exchange looks to back pro-crypto policy.
On September 23, both spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded a second straight day of net outflows. Data from SoSoValue shows Bitcoin ETFs lost $103.61 million, while Ethereum ETFs saw outflows of $140.75 million. Bitcoin ETF Breakdown Bitcoin ETFs posted a total outflow of $103.61 million. Fidelity’s FBTC led withdrawals at $75.56 million. Ark & …
The Bitcoin price crash began over the weekend and has since seen he digital asset break below the $112,000 support level. Interestingly, this crash was called by a couple of crypto analysts who had pointed out the weaknesses surrounding Bitcoin over this time. As their predictions begin to play out, this report takes a look at the complete forecasts, with most showing that the Bitcoin price crash is far from over and must proceed deeper before finding a bottom. Bitcoin Price Is Headed Below $100,000 Crypto analyst HAMED_AZ had previously pointed out that the Bitcoin price was moving within a descending channel. Since this was a bearish trend, it was expected that the Bitcoin price would begin to crash, and this was the case. There is also the fact that the Bitcoin price had broken its short-term ascending trendline. At the same time, it had also reached the upper boundary of the descending channel, meeting resistance at $117,000-$120,000. As the bears pushed back on the price, the fall had begun. Related Reading: Analyst Predicts XRP Price Will Definitely Reach $10,000, Gives Reasons Why It didn’t help that the resistance was sitting a the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level, one of the factors that triggered the corrective move. As the short-term ascending trendline was broken, it empowered the bears to take control of the digital asset once again. Despite the already notable decline, the crypto analyst says that as long as the price stays below $118,000-$120,000, then the bearish pressure will continue. The possible target here is below $106,000, but the descending trendline points to a bottom as low as $96,000 in the worst-case scenario. Bears Are Still In Control Another pseudonymous crypto analyst on the TradingView website has also outlined why the Bitcoin price is bearish. The fact that the digital asset had broken below the ascending trendline, as well as the Ichimoku cloud, suggests that the momentum has turned bearish from here. Related Reading: Solana Faces Deadly Selling Pressure After 312,233 SOL Deposit Into Coinbase – Here’s The Value With the support of $113,00 already lost, the next targets are on the downside. Prices are expected to keep crashing as low as $108,000 before finding a bottom. However, there could be redemption on the horizon if the bulls are able to reclaim the support between $113,000 and $114,500. But a more definite close above $115,000 would completely invalidate the current bearish move. Meanwhile, crypto analysts like CrypFlow on X are more bullish after the decline. The analysis shows that the Bitcoin Bollinger Bands are being squeezed again. There is also a bullish Stochastic RSI cross and a momentum explosion. With all of these developments so close together, the analyst believes that it is only a setup for the Bitcoin price to rally higher. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
It came as part of its proposed merger with M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp, a Nasdaq-listed blank-check company.
Cloudflare and Coinbase are launching the x402 Foundation to promote adoption of the x402 protocol, a framework for agentic payments.
Aster, a fast-rising decentralized exchange on Binance Smart Chain, has shocked the market with a massive 2347% jump in just one week, hitting a new all-time high of $2.12. Despite such a massive pump, well-known crypto analyst Kyle Chasse sees more room for the Aster token to surge; he sees the Aster token could still …
As a seasoned observer in the ever-evolving crypto landscape, I can’t help but note that FTX Token has stormed back to life. Clocking a jaw-dropping 20% daily price jump to $0.9789 and a weekly gain of 21.92%. Fueled by surging trading volume, up more than 500% and a bustling social media rumor mill, FTT’s comeback …
Strategy chair Michael Saylor says Bitcoin will gain after “macro headwinds” subside as treasury companies and ETFs put upward pressure on the cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin’s Bollinger Bands compressed to record-tight weekly levels, with analysts predicting inevitable volatility expansion and major price movement.
September 24, 2025 06:07:53 UTC Powell Flags High Stock Valuations, Markets React Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell highlighted that stock prices are “fairly highly valued,” acknowledging elevated asset levels during a Providence speech. While emphasizing that financial stability risks remain low, Powell noted the Fed monitors overall financial conditions to ensure policy effectiveness. Following the …
Brazil’s central bank (BCB) is moving to tighten oversight of the foreign exchange market with a new set of proposed rules. While the framework is primarily aimed at electronic forex platforms (eFX), the ripple effects could reach far beyond traditional finance—potentially reshaping how cryptocurrency exchanges operate in Brazil. New Oversight Rules for Brazil’s Forex Market …
Liquidity trends and buy-the-dip mentions point to potential for a deeper sell-off.
The long-running FTX bankruptcy case has entered a new chapter. The FTX Recovery Trust is now suing crypto mining company Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) in an effort to claw back more than $1 billion. The lawsuit highlights how deeply Sam Bankman-Fried’s financial decisions continue to impact creditors two years after FTX’s collapse. Lawsuit Claims Inflated …
Solana started a fresh decline from the $250 zone. SOL price is now showing bearish signs and might even decline toward the $200 support. SOL price started a fresh decline below $240 and $230 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $220 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance at $222 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could extend losses if it stays below $215 and $222. Solana Price Dips Again Solana price failed to stay above $250 and started a fresh decline, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. SOL traded below the $240 and $232 support levels to enter a bearish zone. The bears even pushed the price below $220 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. A low was formed at $207 and the price is now consolidating losses below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $254 swing high to the $207 low. Solana is now trading below $220 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. Besides, there is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance at $222 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair. If there is a recovery wave, the price could face resistance near the $215 level. The next major resistance is near the $220 level or the trend line. The main resistance could be $230 or the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $254 swing high to the $207 low. A successful close above the $230 resistance zone could set the pace for another steady increase. The next key resistance is $242. Any more gains might send the price toward the $250 level. More Losses In SOL? If SOL fails to rise above the $222 resistance, it could continue to move down. Initial support on the downside is near the $207 zone. The first major support is near the $202 level. A break below the $202 level might send the price toward the $200 support zone. If there is a close below the $200 support, the price could decline toward the $184 support in the near term. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for SOL/USD is gaining pace in the bearish zone. Hourly Hours RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for SOL/USD is below the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $202 and $200. Major Resistance Levels – $215 and $222.
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, has found himself at the epicenter of a new controversy following a recent report by the Financial Times regarding his Web3 and artificial intelligence (AI) venture, YZi Labs. CZ Denies Financial Times Report The report suggested that Zhao was planning to open a substantial $10 billion portfolio to outside investors, a claim that has sparked a vigorous denial from the former executive of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Related Reading: Bitcoin, Ethereum, And XRP In Freefall: What’s Driving The Current Crypto Slump? According to the Financial Times, Ella Zhang, head of YZi Labs, acknowledged strong interest from potential investors, even mentioning that US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins had requested a private demonstration of the fund’s capabilities. The Financial Times report indicated that approximately 70% of YZi Labs’ portfolio consists of digital assets, with more than 50 token proposals reviewed over the summer. However, the former Binance executive took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to vehemently dispute the Financial Times’ claims, labeling the report as “complete false news” filled with what he described as “fake, wrong, and made-up information.” Zhao made several specific assertions in his posts. He stated that YZi Labs is not currently raising an external fund, nor is there any planned demonstration for investors. CZ expressed confusion over the concept of a “demo” for a fund and clarified that there has never been a pitch deck for YZi Labs, nor has the organization pursued any external investment discussions since its rebranding. YZi Labs Not Linked To Binance In his response, CZ further stated that YZi Labs operates independently from cryptocurrency exchange Binance and refuted claims that it was “spun out” of the exchange after his legal troubles with US authorities in November 2023. Addressing regulatory concerns, Zhao pointed out that he has only been cited for a single violation related to the Bank Secrecy Act, which he clarified involved a failure to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering program. He sated: I plead to a single violation of BSA, failure to maintain an adequate ANTI-money laundering program. Contrary to what FT characterized as “money laundering” violations. Related Reading: Why Aren’t Institutions Adopting XRP ‘Massively’? Pundit Answers The former Binance CEO stressed that his legal situation should not be conflated with accusations of money laundering, a distinction he feels is often misrepresented in traditional media. Zhao also noted that the Financial Times had previously attempted to arrange a lunch interview with him, promising positive coverage. After canceling the meeting, he expressed his regret about the situation, suggesting that the resulting article was not the narrative he had hoped for. At the time of writing, Binance’s native token, Binance Coin (BNB), trades above the $1,000 milestone, recording gains of 15% during this month’s uptrend. Featured image from BBC, chart from TradingView.com