What's happening: Bitcoin ETF Custody Concentrates Power, Raising Systemic Risk
Spot Bitcoin exchangeâtraded funds now hold over $54âŻbillion, roughly 1.5âŻmillion 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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The episode warns that a megaâcrash in gold prices may be underway and suggests Bitcoin is poised for a retaliatory rally, framing it as a "vengeance" against the weakening metal. Host analysis covers the macro forces driving goldâs decline, the potential upside for Bitcoin, and offers listeners resources such as a trading Discord, taxâprotection services, and coldâstorage wallets. Throughout, the show stresses that the commentary is personal opinion, not financial advice, and urges listeners to do their own research.

An $11 billion crypto whale opened a new $235 million, 10xâleveraged short on Bitcoin as the asset traded around $111,190, currently carrying a $2.6 million unrealized loss and set to be liquidated if BTC tops $112,368. The position follows a...

Galaxy Digital posted a $505 million profit for Q3, driven by a 140% surge in trading volumes as institutional demand for crypto assets strengthened. The results reflect broad market activity that boosted trading revenue and underscored the firmâs role as...

Bitcoin traders are bracing for the Sept. U.S. Consumer Price Index on Oct. 24 â the first major CPI print since the federal government shutdown and the first Friday CPI release since January 2018 â which analysts say could trigger...

Owners of Bitcoin, Ether and other digital assets are being urged to create formal crypto inheritance plans because losing private keys or seed phrases can render holdings permanently unrecoverable. The article highlights stark metricsâabout 1.57 million BTC (roughly 7.5% of...

Aaveâs governance token rebounded above $230, rising about 2.5% to $232 after confirming a doubleâbottom reversal with support at $220â$221.13 and an 87% surge in trading volume that pushed it above $224.50 resistance. The price move coincided with a strategic...
A discussion about the future of Bitcoin: payments, stablecoins, AI integrations and how it will surpass gold. Available on YouTube, X and all podcast platforms. https://lnkd.in/gUnxEMm5

Hyperliquid is extending its lead beyond perpetuals trading into an expanding HyperEVM DeFi ecosystem thatâs generating robust activity and upcoming token events, including recent HyperSwap airdrops. The HYPE token, which peaked at $59 in September, trades around $37 with a...
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Is the Gold To Bitcoin Rotation Starting Soon? h/t @ColinTCrypto https://t.co/FstVUkvLaa

Large Bitcoin holders are quietly moving billions of coins into spot ETFs such as BlackRockâs iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) after a recent SEC rule change enabling inâkind creations and redemptions, which makes large conversions more efficient and potentially more taxâfriendly....
Invisible Bitcoin moving money in realtime across borders, payment systems, currencies, and banks. Slowly, and then all at once. Giddy up indeed!
Going live on @tbpn to talk about our acquisition of @echodotxyz. Bringing capital markets onchain. https://t.co/45Af7R349G

HBAR fell 4.3% to $0.1725 after a 71% surge in volume signaled institutional selling that breached the $0.1720 support, briefly driving the token to $0.1688 before a lateâsession rebound to $0.1745. Morning turnover hit 67.16 million tokens, while recovery buying...
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Chat, will we break 1 million total raised on https://t.co/drmxW6pYQF in the next 48 hours?

The Federal Reserve is considering creating limited âskinnyâ master accounts to give fintech and crypto firms direct access to U.S. payment rails, a move aimed at easing the sectorâs chronic banking access problems. The proposal would permit restricted payment and...
I feel like Iâve never heard anything good about pump dot fun Site seems like a disaster
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Huge increase in phishing emails claiming hardware wallet security upgrades or verification processes. Ignore any such messages you receive unless you can independently confirm them and NEVER enter a hardware wallet's seed phrase into anything other than the hardware wallet.

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$HBAR AND $XRP ARE BOTH IN THE PROSHARES COINDESK CRYPTO 20 ETF!!!!
Hearing CorpChains are trying to create FUD with regulators and financial institutions about open, truly decentralized blockchains on compliance and more. Hate to break it to you guys, but it wonât work. The time of reg-capture by closed, corp-controlled money...
LIVE NOW: @Steven_Ehrlich and @arjunsethi discuss @krakenfx's IPO and Black Friday https://t.co/UgaVWwFxkZ

Will $ETH follow Bitcoinâs 2024 path? https://t.co/eP8xvURjHY
Your weekly Starknet-is-breaking-scaling-records update:
Had my eye on @EnginesOfFury for years & now they are officially launching! They have a 1 MILLION $FURY prize pool at launch just as the $BNB narrative heats up. Wishlist on Epic games now, play it tomorrow! https://t.co/pGGXAQIjda
Been telling you for months not to fade $floki
Weâre exploring ideas to make Unchained more interactive across all crypto platforms. The goal: stronger connection with our audience, better journalism. Iâm live right now â come say hi! đ https://t.co/UgaVWwEZvr
Web2âs model is broken. Creators get likes, platforms get paid. Thatâs upside down. If crypto can rebalance that, I want to experiment with it. https://t.co/UgaVWwFxkZ
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Tech isnât good or bad â itâs how itâs used. Yes, bad things have happened on PumpFun. But code is neutral. Itâs people who make it good or bad. https://t.co/UgaVWwEZvr
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Unchained is already on Zora, Pods, and Fountain... and now PumpFun! If crypto is reinventing media, I want to see it firsthand. Weâre live, come chat about it! đŹ https://t.co/IJLueBibYc

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Our move to @PumpFun stirred up a lot of debate đ Hereâs why Iâm doing it â and why I think it matters for crypto media. Weâre live now... bring your questions! đđ https://t.co/IJLueBibYc
At @lightspark we â¤ď¸ @privy_io. Thanks @henri_stern for demoâing how easy it is to spin up a @spark embedded wallet with Privy last week at our partner event!
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đĽ BREAKING: You can now bet on 15 minute price movements up or down on Polymarket! In collab with Chainlink
Gold it tanking Bitcoin is pumping Alts next!
Top 33% of solana validators should be dapps or devs or the job is not done

đĽBREAKING: $ETH HITS $4,100! https://t.co/1VhOJwj37l
Crypto neobanks are now offering debit and credit cards đł But how do those relationships with Visa and Mastercard actually work, and do they care if the money sits in DeFi? We are live! https://t.co/UgaVWwEZvr
There's still no major stablecoin on Cardano... đ¤Ą
Everyoneâs making tier lists of âcrypto neobanks,â but what even is one? đŚ Are they just fintech apps with a DeFi backend, or something entirely new? LIVE NOW! https://t.co/UgaVWwFxkZ
Gold wonât go to zero. But bitcoin is better.
Traditional neobanks disrupted banks. Crypto neobanks are coming for them. 𧨠LIVE NOW: what happens when checking accounts meet DeFi yield? https://t.co/UgaVWwFxkZ
If you arenât working on your next consensus upgrade before youâve even shipped the first one what are you even doing

BITCOIN VERY GREEN TODAY!!!! OOOOOH YESSSSSS ROCKET BOOOOSTER ENGAGING @PeterSchiff gold rotating into btc??? LFG! https://t.co/hJZpIAvmjG
Big cloud hosting needs to die? But big banks need protection from DeFi Makes no sense