Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 3h agoBitcoin 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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By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
News•Oct 21, 2025
Binance’s $33M Charity Gift Becomes Malta’s Political Minefield
Malta’s Finance Minister Clyde Caruana publicly supported a government-run charity’s decision to reject a $33 million donation from crypto exchange Binance, citing reputational risks. The move has turned the high-value gift into a political flashpoint, exposing tensions between Malta’s pro-business positioning and growing concerns about crypto firms’ regulatory and legal baggage. The rejection raises questions about future ties with Binance, potential loss of investment or philanthropic funding, and broader political fallout as authorities balance economic benefits against reputational and compliance risks.
By Cointelegraph
Blog•Oct 21, 2025
Insiders Speak Out Against Ethereum Foundation
Senior Ethereum developers publicly criticized the Ethereum Foundation, with Geth lead Péter Szilágyi publishing a letter to EF leadership that spotlights disputes over the foundation’s leadership, decision-making and evolving role in the network. Insiders allege governance overreach and operational opacity,...
By Laura Shin
News•Oct 21, 2025
The P2E Apocalypse Is Gaming’s Best News
The collapse of play-to-earn (P2E) gaming — marked by plunging token values, player churn and failing tokenomics — is framed not as an industry crisis but a corrective reset. It exposes unsustainable financial-extraction models and will pressure developers and publishers...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Gov Waller Admits Fed Error, Restores Bank Access
THANK YOU, Gov Waller, for realizing the terrible mistake the Fed made in blocking payments-only banks from Fed master accounts, and re-opening the access rules the Fed enacted to keep @custodiabank out. The Fed told courts that such firms would...
By Caitlin Long
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Starknet Earn Launches: One-Click Bitcoin Strategy Management
Yahoo! Starknet is launching Earn! 🧡 One click, easy access. You can now connect your wallet and manage your BTC strategies directly from Starknet Earn. Starknet fam 🧡 you get special treatment with Starknet wallets to be the first to access Earn. (EVM wallets, you’ll...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
News•Oct 21, 2025
Will Solana Price Bounce Below $180? Double Bottom Hints at 40% Rally
Solana appears to have formed a bullish double-bottom near $174–$180, signaling a technical buy-the-dip opportunity and setting a target rally to about $250—roughly a 40% upside from the recent low. Analysts point to price-action confirmation and momentum indicators supporting a...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 21, 2025
Maple and Aave Team Up to Bring Institutional Assets to DeFi Lending Markets
Maple Finance, which manages roughly $3.1 billion in assets, will integrate its institutional-grade syrup tokens (starting with syrupUSDT and syrupUSDC) into Aave’s $40 billion decentralized lending protocol to channel curated institutional yield into Aave liquidity pools. The partnership aims to...
By The Defiant
News•Oct 21, 2025
U.S. Surging in Crypto Activity Under Trump: TRM Labs Report
A TRM Labs report finds U.S. crypto activity surged under President Trump, with transaction volumes in the first half of 2025 topping $1 trillion—about a 50% increase year‑over‑year. TRM attributes the jump to a more favorable political and regulatory environment,...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 21, 2025
‘Keep Pace’ or Fall Behind: CryptoUK Says US-Aligned Rules Key to UK Crypto Revival
CryptoUK urged UK regulators to align new stablecoin rules with the US as the Bank of England launches a consultation mirroring Washington’s framework for fiat‑pegged crypto assets. The proposed rules target stablecoins used in payments and aim to provide clearer...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 21, 2025
VET Poised for Breakout Amid Post‑Crash Recovery
The markets saw a massive crash ten days ago, and that provides the window of maximum financial opportunity. Projects that keep delivering are the ones to look out for. One of them is $VET. They are still on strong, technical support levels and...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Oct 21, 2025
Bitcoin Crash to $104K Was ‘Flush,’ Not Crypto Cycle ‘Failure’
Bitcoin plunged to $104,000 in a four-day sell-off that Glassnode characterizes as a “flush” rather than a failure of the crypto cycle, signaling a healthy market reset. On-chain data show increased selling by long-term holders, constraining momentum until that supply...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 21, 2025
SpaceX Moves $257M in Bitcoin, Reignites Questions over Its Crypto Play
SpaceX transferred roughly $257 million worth of Bitcoin from wallets linked to the company, marking its second large-scale BTC movement in three months and fueling speculation the firm may be monetizing crypto holdings. The move—timed amid renewed competition in the...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Ethereum Turmoil, Coinbase's $400M Echo Deal, Ethena Hiring Surge
In today's Unchained Daily: • Ethereum's core devs air dirty laundry — and it's messy • ️ Coinbase revives Up Only and bags Echo for $400M • Ethena's hiring spree hints at two big new launches Read today's must-know crypto news…...
By Laura Shin
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Tower Token Launches CeDeFi on OKX for US Users
.@TowerToken from @animocabrands coming to @okx with the new CeDeFi product starting with priority access to U.S. users at OKX. Very much within the vision of $TOWER that was one of the very first fair launches on @Uniswap back in...
By Yat Siu
News•Oct 21, 2025
Why Yat Siu Believes Altcoins Will Surpass Bitcoin
Animoca Brands co‑founder Yat Siu outlined a plan to tackle Web3’s identity and trust problems by building a reputation layer using zero‑knowledge proofs and a Mocaverse loyalty SDK that ties staking power and airdrops to verifiable, cross‑chain identities. He revealed...
By The Defiant
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Echo Sold to Coinbase for $375M Despite Odds
when i started building echo 2 years ago, i knew it had 95% chance of failing. to be honest, i couldnt really imagine any other outcome, but i thought at least it may be a noble failure worth attempting. i certainly...
By Cobie (Jordan Fish)
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Top Trade Setups Across BTC, ETH, SOL, ZEC, BNB
BTC + ETH + SOL + ZEC + BNB... Scanned every major coin on my watchlist. Here are the best setups I'm looking to trade🧵:
By Koroush Khaneghah
News•Oct 21, 2025
How Crypto Investors Protect Wealth with a Family Office
As crypto holders cross seven-figure thresholds, many are turning to family offices to safeguard gains, manage taxes, address custody and legal risks, and formalize governance and succession. The trend reflects demand for bespoke services—asset diversification, institutional custody, regulatory compliance and...
By CryptoSlate
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Fed Explores Payment Accounts for Crypto and Fintech Access
💥BREAKING: 🇺🇸 FEDERAL RESERVE LOOKS INTO “PAYMENT ACCOUNTS” THAT WOULD GRANT CRYPTO AND FINTECH COMPANIES ACCESS TO FED PAYMENT RAILS. https://t.co/EOYvgKl9Be
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Earn 4% SOL Back + 6% APR Auto‑Staking
Meet The Gemini Credit Card, Solana Edition. The first credit card that earns you up to 4% SOL back instantly. Now with auto-staking, your rewards can earn an additional ~6.12% APRY. Our most powerful credit card yet. https://t.co/O3HGXhlrt5
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News•Oct 21, 2025
Tether’s $181B Paradox: How USDT Keeps Growing as Its Market Share Collapses Under MiCA
Tether’s USDT has seen its market share slide from about 70% in November 2024 to 59.9% by October 2025 even as its total supply hovers near $181 billion, while Circle’s USDC rose from 20.5% to 25.3% over the same period....
By CryptoSlate
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Tether USDT Hits Half‑Billion Users Milestone
💥BREAKING: Tether $USDT reaches 500M users. https://t.co/Hp3qI76UGQ
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Aave Powers Future Finance with $3T Liquidity Layer
Over five years ago, we launched Aave. Today, over $3T in deposits have flowed through the protocol. Aave isn’t a bank or fintech, it’s the liquidity layer that will power all finance, from crypto and debt to equities and real...
By Stani Kulechov
News•Oct 21, 2025
How to Use Grok 4 for Smarter Crypto Research Before You Invest
XAI's Grok 4 offers crypto investors a workflow to turn noisy social and on‑chain data into repeatable, ranked investment signals by combining real‑time X mentions, DeepSearch web context and higher‑reasoning summaries. The tool automates sentiment and velocity scans, white‑paper and...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Bitcoin's LMACD Turns Bearish, Echoing Past Market Tops
Bitcoin LMACD turns bearish. Historically, this aligns with bear markets or major cycle tops. Be honest, should we be worried? https://t.co/LyCa7Z7kWC
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
AIXBT Agent Shares Exclusive YGG Insight
.@aixbt_agent has the alpha on $YGG
By Gabby Dizon
News•Oct 21, 2025
Crypto, Fintech Push Back Against Banks’ War on Open Banking
Major crypto and fintech trade groups including the Blockchain Association and the Crypto Council for Innovation urged the CFPB to finalize an open-banking rule that would ensure consumers — not banks — control access to their financial data. The letter...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Greed, Not Bad Coins, Costs Crypto Traders
Most people lose money in crypto not because they bought bad coins… But because they: - Chased green candles - Held red bags - Refused to take profit Crypto punishes greed harder than any other market. Learn to sell and learn to wait.
By Layah Heilpern
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Is Blofin Chart Request Day: Submit Your Tickers
🚨 TUESDAY IS @BLOFIN CHART REQUEST DAY 🚨 Tomorrow I will take a look at your favorite #Crypto and #Stock charts! I'll share my analysis of as many as I can get to. Retweet and reply with your favorite...
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Fed Convenes Leading Fintech Giants at Payments Innovation Conference
💥BREAKING: The Federal Reserve is hosting its Payments Innovation Conference, Featuring top executives from Chainlink, BlackRock, Coinbase, Google Cloud, BNY Mellon, Circle, Paxos, Franklin Templeton, ARK Invest, Stripe, Fifth Third Bank, DolarApp, Lead Bank, Fireblocks, DRW, and JPM Kinexys.
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Ethereum Set to Skyrocket While Bitcoin Climbs Modestly
Bitcoin will pump, but Ethereum will absolutely explode. https://t.co/Kpsk40Q6ZT
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Onchain Privacy Remains Complex; Zashi Tackles Solutions
Achieving onchain privacy is one of the most complicated problem spaces out there thanks to designs like this Love that Zashi is working on some fixes
By Jill Gunter
Social•Oct 21, 2025
PLUME Rebounds to Support, Offering Fresh Growth Chance
After the major crash in crypto $PLUME is now giving us a huge opportunity again. It's back at its major support range and they are BUILDING like never before. https://t.co/nj8e6XOFAp
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Ethereum Exchange Reserves Plummet, Signaling Upcoming Price Surge
$ETH reserves on exchanges are PLUMMETING. What's next is obvious... https://t.co/BJgbLcyfyF
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Wrapped Bitcoin Now Available on Tron Network
WBTC on Tron 👏
By Justin Sun
Social•Oct 21, 2025
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Active daily in my VIP Telegram group. Sharing market updates and my trades. Apply now to stay ahead: 👇 https://t.co/5JKYrm7MWu https://t.co/4urHVKO2RL
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Quick Crypto Sentiment Pulse: How Are You Feeling?
Quick sentiment check How are you feeling about crypto right now?
By Lark Davis
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Bitcoin's Resilience Proves It's Bulletproof
₿ulletproof. https://t.co/5ygoIUjp4k
By Michael Saylor
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Bitcoin Poised for Major Upward Move Soon
A big Bitcoin push to the upside is coming. The only question that remains is when... https://t.co/Ti1ae5TZmK
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Whale Snaps up $45.6M ETH, Confirming Bullish Sentiment
A WHALE HAS BOUGHT 11,860 $ETH WORTH $45.6 MILLION IN THE PAST WEEK! SMART MONEY IS STILL BULLISH ON ETHEREUM! 🚀 https://t.co/OOMfjyDJcU
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Soft CPI Fuels Fed Cuts, Sparking Altcoin Surge
To be honest, I think that we're going to see a very soft print on the CPI, and then, going towards 50-75bps rate cuts of the FED into the end of the year. We're at the start of the #Altcoin...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Bitcoin Lagging Now, Catch‑up Expected Soon
Bitcoin is lagging behind. Catch-up SOON! https://t.co/cRGWjWTZyd
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Smart Money Is Piling Into sUSDS
Smart money accumulating sUSDS What do they know!??!?!?
By Rune Christensen
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Shift SKY, Earn 17% SPK Rewards, Borrow at 6
Someone moved a lot of SKY from earning SPK to earning USDS, and this caused the SPK Staking Rewards rate on SKY to go up to 17% APY And you can borrow against these staked positions at 6.5% APY https://t.co/KcRbKQfF3a
By Rune Christensen
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Coinbase Acquires Echo to Broaden Token Access
Coinbase has acquired @echodotxyz. Onchain capital formation is a vital and unique part of the crypto ecosystem. Excited to be adding Echo and Sonar to Coinbase to give our customers new token access opportunities. https://t.co/3XIjxMu8cW
By Brian Armstrong
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Coinbase Buys Echo for $375 Million
💥BREAKING: COINBASE ACQUIRES ECHO FOR $375M!
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Gold's 9‑Week Rally Signals Imminent Bitcoin Euphoria
9 consecutive green weekly candles for gold. This is what peak euphoria looks like. Bitcoin will experience this soon too. https://t.co/JbWwmFctVW
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Two‑Thirds of Institutions See Bitcoin Reaching $130K Soon
67% OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS PREDICT BITCOIN WILL HIT $130K WITHIN 3–6 MONTHS! https://t.co/lEiOBzwnRw
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 21, 2025
Polymarket Predicts Shutdown Ends November 6, Market Optimism Rises
Polymarket traders now predict the U.S. government shutdown will end on November 6th. Bullish for the markets! https://t.co/7eWXda4uH9
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 21, 2025
USDS Gains $1B Credit-Enhanced Backing From Major Brands
USDS is now backed, in part, by 1 billion dollars of highly credit enhanced loans to businesses such as Caesars Entertainment, Burger King and Virgin Media
By Rune Christensen