What's happening: Bitcoin ETF Custody Concentrates Power, Raising Systemic Risk
Spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded funds now hold over $54 billion, roughly 1.5 million BTC. The ETF structure places the underlying coins in a trust controlled by a handful of custodians, with Coinbase identified as the dominant custodian, creating a single point of operational failure.
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Bitcoin surged past $112,000 and traded near $114,500 after a sharp short squeeze, with CoinGlass showing $393.74 million of liquidations in 24 hours—about $319.18 million from shorts. Heavy volume accompanied a technical breakout that sent intraday activity roughly 318% above average, and traders are eyeing the $115,000–$116,000 area for confirmation. The move comes as markets digest U.S.–China consultations and a potential Trump–Xi meeting on Oct. 30, along with an upcoming FOMC decision, underscoring how geopolitics and policy risk are amplifying crypto volatility. The combination of forced short-covering and macro headlines could sustain upside momentum or trigger sharp reversals around key levels.

Western Union said it will pilot stablecoin-powered transfers as part of an effort to tap “significant opportunities” in using stablecoins for cross-border sending and receiving of money. The move positions the 170-year-old money-transfer giant to test faster settlement and lower-cost...

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Bitcoin rallied past the $112,000 resistance over the weekend, trading around $113,724 and breaching the $113,000 level for the second time this week as it retraced nearly half of the losses from October’s crash. The move—which saw a comparable print...

Solana co‑founder Anatoly Yakovenko publicly disputed the common industry claim that Ethereum layer‑2s inherit Ethereum’s security, arguing L2s suffer from significant security flaws and centralization risks—including sequencer control and limited economic decentralization—even though they settle on ETH. He warned these...
I'm currently down ~60% on the #Altcoin portfolio. That's not great, it's been worse, we've been down 70%. The thing is: It will be terrible for a long time, and then, it will be great in a short period of time. Sentiment...

Bitwise analyst André Dragosch warned that the Bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) model is a flawed forecasting tool and investors should be cautious about relying on it to predict BTC prices. Dragosch argued S2F omits key drivers such as demand dynamics, macroeconomic...

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.@cemozer_ red pilled me on sovereign rollups. We are basically talking about the same thing, but a sovereign rollup is a really nice encapsulation because everything that a trust minimized bridge needs is defined within the rollups STF. ...

Perpetual decentralized exchanges recorded $1.049 trillion in monthly volume as of Oct. 24, with DefiLlama reporting roughly $1.241 trillion in 30-day volume — the first time on-chain derivatives have topped the $1 trillion mark. The surge, driven by elevated market...
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A proposed Batch amendment (XLS‑56) for the XRP Ledger would add atomic transaction batching, enabling multi‑operation transactions—most notably seamless NFT‑to‑NFT swaps processed as a single all‑or‑nothing action. A validator testing the feature on dev net demonstrated peer‑to‑peer barter‑style trades (e.g.,...
2 key elements that are hard to achieve together: - Performant - Meaning, it can process a massive amount of txs at a sufficient speed - Succinctly verifiable - Meaning, anyone can verify the network and make sure it executes txs correctly...

The Machine Economy. That's where we're heading to with Robotics AI #Crypto. $PEAQ is basically the $ETH of that ecosystem, as they have the biggest partnerships and most projects within that ecosystem. Great bounce from support and it's looking primed...

Major cryptocurrencies climbed ahead of a widely expected 25‑basis‑point Fed rate cut to 4% this week, with bitcoin up 1.7% to $113,600 and XRP rising past its 200‑day moving average to about $2.65; ether and solana each gained roughly 3%...

Looks like people lining up to buy gold last week might've been the local top. Gold is down 5% on the week. Bitcoin’s up 3%. Rotation starting? Maybe. If $BTC absorbs even a fraction of gold's market cap, it could mark the...

Decentralized finance is gaining momentum as DeFi trading volumes reach record proportions relative to centralized exchanges, driven by improved infrastructure, liquidity primitives and growing regulatory clarity. The shift is powering transparent, code-driven marketplaces that reduce counterparty risk and lower barriers...
One thing to understand about DeFi, crypto, and future mass adoption: The people already using crypto and DeFi are those who didn’t give up on it because of complex UX. But when mass adoption finally happens, it would be on apps...

Entrepreneur and author Jeff Booth urged individuals to shift more of their time and attention into Bitcoin, arguing that the combination of rapid technological advancement and mounting global debt makes traditional monetary frameworks increasingly fragile. Booth, known for warning about...

Gold’s eight‑week rally paused as spot gold slid more than 6% from its $4,380/oz high to around $4,120 amid profit‑taking, heavy ETF outflows and easing U.S.–China trade tensions ahead of the Fed meeting. Traders now expect another 25 basis‑point cut,...

Marinade Labs CEO Michael Repetny says Solana’s upcoming Alpenglow upgrade could sharply lower the cost of running a validator by slashing vote fees — today roughly $5,000/month to start with about $4,000 (80%) attributed to vote fees. Solana’s active validator...

Everytime when there's such a massive wick, that's the bottom on the #Altcoin markets. If $APT closes above this crucial treshold, I assume we'll start to have a green period from here and that we're looking at a bottoming procedure. If...
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Build this on NEAR - CDP style stablecoin that holds shielded ZEC All tech is there: Chain Signatures to hold shielded ZEC, ZEC liquidity on Intents, OmniBridge to bring these tokens to all chains and Intents to make this stable...
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This is actually going to create a new “C-SCAM” attack: if you want to cheat on an exchange, do a deposit and simultaneously do a transaction with some “cheese-pizza” image in it. If it confirms, withdraw from the exchange, and wait...
1/ I'VE BEEN THINKING about Fed Gov Waller's Tuesday speech introducing "skinny Fed master accounts" for payment-only banks. (This is what @custodiabank proposed to the Fed in June 2020, but I digress.) This 🧵discusses implications for the banking system. https://t.co/ByF8ZQNfcg
Zelle expands to Stablecoins When Zelle expands to Bitcoin payment I will use Stablecoins or cash.
This. BIP-444 creates a “C-SCAM” attack where you use censoring reorgs to double spend.

Luke is being very clear the the expects his soft-fork to get adopted due to legal threats. https://t.co/17lkaxKnz1
The people calling #Altcoins dead and calling that there won't be an altcoin run anymore are the same people shouting their coin into oblivion when they are up heavily. Do the contrary. Buy #Altcoins now, sell when your barber discusses...

#BTC Bitcoin is enjoying a strong rebound from the Macro Range Low Still just Macro consolidating inside this Monthly Range In fact, Bitcoin has a chance to turn the September Monthly Highs into new support by the end of the month $BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin...
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BREAKING 🚨 SHARPLINK GAMING JUST BOUGHT 19,271 $ETH FOR $78.3 MILLION https://t.co/0E5WnRdHMV
Has any Bitcoiner read 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin yet? How is it?
I wonder if the Hyperliquid spot ZEC market is gonna do more volume than the Solana spot ZEC market

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A perfect representation of crypto circa 2025. “Waiting for altcoin season” https://t.co/Dp0qsKbgXU
A key observation I've made in the last year: It's not helpful for traders to think of crypto in terms of Bull VS Bear markets. Instead, start thinking in terms of market activity: High vs Low volatility environments. Then aggressively trade when your...

$ZEC Did not see this clean bull pennant breakout. Wowzer https://t.co/cQUUY7sjfm
One of the best side effects of the rise of prediction markets is that they will help substantially improve financial literacy in society Seeing percentages regularly, and every once in a while thinking something is mispriced, will work be great for...
Private internet money is a strong thesis for ZEC. Bitcoin becoming so institutionalized that self custody becomes marginalized is an even stronger thesis.

#BTC needs a weekly close above $113.4k to close above the 20W SMA https://t.co/H2TGaywjqb
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It's not a coincidence, right. The markets have the heaviest liquidation ever on Binance, days before CZ gets pardonned and, probably, weeks before Binance is operating in the U.S. again. And then, out of nowhere, #Altcoins are surging massively. Very...
This week is going to be wild for crypto, expect volatility: - Fed rate decision - Trump and Xi meeting - Powell press conference - Rate decision for ECB, Canada and Japan. Friday: - Deadline for US China trade deal before 100% tariffs begin Nov...

Fixed supply meets infinite demand. 🚀 @LawrenceLepard explains why Bitcoin's fixed supply + growing demand = price can never stop rising. The math is simple. The implications are profound https://t.co/rMox3n9h9Z