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 18, 2025
Stablecoins Are Really 'Central Business Digital Currencies' — VC
Venture capitalist Jeremy Kranz of Sentinel Global warned that stablecoins operate effectively as "central business digital currencies," meaning they concentrate monetary power with private issuers and require scrutiny of terms and collateral. He urged investors to be discerning and read the fine print, highlighting risks tied to issuer controls, redemption mechanics and reserve backing that can vary widely. The characterization underscores growing regulatory and systemic concerns as stablecoins scale, with implications for financial stability, payment markets and how governments may respond.
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 18, 2025
'Great Hackers, Terrible Traders': How Exploiters Panic Sold and Lost $13M During Market Chaos
Six wallets tied to crypto hackers panic‑sold 7,816 ETH during the Oct. 10 market crash and then rebought the same amount at higher prices, resulting in roughly $13.4 million in net losses, according to blockchain tracker Lookonchain. The attackers dumped...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 18, 2025
'Deploying More Capital — Steady Lads': Bitcoin Treasury Companies Struggle to Halt Plunge
Public companies that hold bitcoin as their treasury asset have seen steep share-price collapses, driven partly by an 11-day bitcoin drop from a Oct. 3 peak above $126,000 to about $106,801.68 and by preexisting investor skepticism. Selected bitcoin-treasury companies have...
By CoinDesk
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Key Crypto Highlights You Missed This Week
Crypto things you might have missed week of 10/13/2025 #cryptonews #crypto #cryptowendyo
By Wendy O
News•Oct 18, 2025
The $17 Billion Lesson: How Retail Turned Bitcoin Proxy Plays Into Pain Trade
A 10XResearch report finds retail investors have collectively lost about $17 billion by buying listed “digital asset treasury” companies and other securities marketed as indirect Bitcoin exposure. These proxy plays—packaged and securitized on public markets—traded at premiums to Bitcoin and...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin-Holding Institutions Seeking Yield, DeFi Capabilities
Institutional holders of Bitcoin are increasingly pursuing Bitcoin-native yield and DeFi capabilities through platforms like Rootstock and Babylon, shifting the narrative from passive “digital gold” to a productive asset. New infrastructure enables staking, restaking and BTC‑backed stablecoins or collateralized products...
By CoinDesk
Social•Oct 18, 2025
ZEC Teeters at Critical Support; Bounce Fuels Continuation
$ZEC is at a critical spot. Previous resistance is now being tested as support. EMA20 + 0.618 Fib lining up nicely, bulls need to hold this zone. Only caveat is the MACD is flirting with a crossdown. Bounce here = continuation setup. Lose it, and...
By Lark Davis
News•Oct 18, 2025
Can Bitcoin Recover as Gold Plunges From Record Highs? Analysts Weigh In
Bitcoin's outlook brightened as the bitcoin-to-gold ratio fell to historic lows after gold retreated from record highs, a technical signal that analysts say has historically preceded major BTC bull runs. Past troughs in the ratio have preceded rallies of roughly...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Hedera Goes Live on Ledger with New DeFi Listing
HEDERA LIVE ON LEDGER NEW LISTING AND HBAR DEFI! Week of 10/18/2025 #crypto #cryptocurrency #hedera #hbar #defi #cryptowendyo #bitcoin #ethereum #xrp #solana #xrpcommunity #finance
By Wendy O
News•Oct 18, 2025
Crypto Biz: 'Sound Money' Meets a Sound Beating as Binance Pledges Bailout
Crypto markets plunged this week, prompting Binance to pledge a bailout or liquidity support for affected firms as contagion fears mounted. Major players moved to shore up market access and adoption — JPMorgan announced plans to offer crypto services to...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin's Blueprint: Engineered Sound Money Redefines Finance
The Blueprint for a New Financial System Michael Saylor, founder and Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy, returns to explain how Bitcoin is transforming global capital markets and redefining the future of wealth creation. Drawing from his background in science and engineering, Saylor...
By Michael Saylor
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin Bear Market Confirmed: Strategies for the Coming Months
I talk about whether Bitcoin has confirmed a Bear Market and share some strategies on how to make the most of these next crucial months. 🚀Follow @rektcapital for more level-headed insights on Bitcoin
By Rekt Capital
News•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin Price ‘Lines up Nicely’ for $95K Drop Next Despite Bullish RSI Data
Bitcoin steadied into the weekend even as momentum metrics like the RSI turned increasingly bullish, but technical analysts warn the setup still favors a corrective move toward roughly $95,000 — a dip below the $100,000 threshold. Traders point to chart...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 18, 2025
Why the Price of Gold Is Rising While Bitcoin Is Struggling
Gold has surged to an all-time high—reaching $4,376 per ounce on Oct. 17—as rising geopolitical tensions and renewed trade disputes drive investors back to traditional safe havens. Bitcoin, long touted as “digital gold,” has underperformed amid the risk-off shift, losing...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 18, 2025
State of Crypto: How to Square Decentralized Finance With Regulatory Compliance
At D.C. Fintech Week a panel of industry and regulatory experts debated whether decentralized finance can be made compliant without undermining decentralization, focusing on developers' potential liability and practical tools for risk management. Panelists — including BIS Innovation Hub’s Maha...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 18, 2025
L1 Is the New Battleground, and the Playing Field Isn’t Even
Major corporations are increasingly launching proprietary layer-1 blockchains, transforming what was once neutral infrastructure into strategically guarded platforms that confer regulatory and competitive advantages. This shift concentrates control and economic rents with established firms, tilting the playing field against independent...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 18, 2025
What if Quantum Computers Already Broke Bitcoin?
Researchers and commentators warn that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm could derive Bitcoin private keys from public keys and clandestinely steal coins while the blockchain continues to operate normally. The vulnerability chiefly affects addresses that have already...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 18, 2025
Robinhood Tokenizes Nearly 500 US Stocks, ETFs on Arbitrum for EU Users
Robinhood has tokenized nearly 500 U.S. stocks and ETFs on Arbitrum for European users, creating over $8.5 million of tokenized assets as part of its broader push into real-world assets (RWA). The move extends Robinhood’s crypto-enabled brokerage offerings by bringing...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Perps' Hedges Failed, Revealing Exchange Risk Pricing Flaw
Think your hedge will save you? Think again. On Bits+ Bips, YQ says during the crash, perps failed to keep their hedges — exposing a deeper flaw in how exchanges price risk ⚠️
By Laura Shin
News•Oct 18, 2025
JPMorgan: Crypto-Native Leverage Drove Sell-Off; ETFs Barely Flinched
JPMorgan says the recent Bitcoin and Ethereum sell-off was driven primarily by crypto-native leverage unwinding rather than institutional exits, with perpetual futures markets undergoing sharp deleveraging while spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed only minimal forced selling. Bitcoin fell about...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 18, 2025
Will Interest Payments Make Stablecoins More Interesting?
Global stablecoin rules are converging on requirements for high‑quality reserves, audits and explicit bans on issuers paying interest, but those prohibitions may be porous in practice as exchanges already market “rewards” and users can route coins into DeFi yield instruments....
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 18, 2025
OpenSea Rejects Pivot From NFTs, Says It’s Evolving to ‘Trade Everything’
OpenSea’s CEO Devin Finzer denied that the company is abandoning NFTs, saying the marketplace is “evolving” into a universal on‑chain trading platform that can handle tokens, collectibles and physical assets. The company reported October trading volume above $2.6 billion—more than...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 18, 2025
CoinDCX Opens Indore Office, Seeks Next City
.@CoinDCX has offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, and even in the UAE (via @BitOasis). Happy to share that we launched an office in Indore today! Our goal is to make crypto mainstream in India, and we are just getting started! 🙏 Which...
By Sumit Gupta
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Don't Bet Against Q4; Bitcoin and Crypto Will Explode
Don’t bet against Q4. Bitcoin and crypto are set to explode. We’re all going to make it. Any questions? https://t.co/Dd77hhZsWR
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Uptober Returns with 20‑25% Daily Gains Expected
Uptober will return. 20-25% daily gains will become the norm again. Don't sell too early!
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Ethereum’s Massive TAM Makes Tempo Seem Uniquely Bearish
The only reason why anyone thinks Tempo is uniquely bearish Ethereum is because of how uniquely large Ethereum’s TAM is Other ecosystems just not registering
By David Hoffman
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Ethereum Open Interest Returns to Pre‑Rally Levels, Hinting Pump
Ethereum open interest has reset to levels seen before the previous insane rally 👇 Another pump incoming ? https://t.co/X01vvfutMp
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Join Me at Zebu Live London, Oct 21‑22
Excited to be speaking at @Zebu_live in London next week! Make sure you join me there on October 21-22th 👏 Details for tickets below in reply👇
By Dan Held
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Gemini & Solana Stream 48 Hours to Raise $50K
GEMINI X SOLANA We partnered with @Solana to stream on X for 48 hours nonstop with the goal to raise $50,000 to help treat childhood cancer via @StJude ❤️ Live from the Gemini HQ in NYC 10/21 at 9am ET 🧵 https://t.co/V2gtsDlE3z
By Tyler Winklevoss says: Gemini won't hire ex-SEC chair's students
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin Poised to Outpace Gold—Reallocate Now
Bitcoin won’t lag behind gold for much longer. Allocate accordingly. https://t.co/L45HTKgbZZ
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Hackers Panic‑sell 7,816 ETH, Lose $3.37 M
WHEN THE MARKET DROPPED, THESE HACKERS PANIC SOLD 7,816 #ETHEREUM AND LOST $3.37M! https://t.co/X6NwFKIMJD
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Crypto Market Cap Undergoing Routine Correction
The total market capitalization of #Crypto is just having a normal correction. https://t.co/0BMFDKRkeI
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Crypto Sees $228M Liquidation, Bitcoin Steadies Above $107K
In the last 24 hours $228.74M has been liquidated from the crypto markets. $130.06M in shorts. Bitcoin is trading at $107,000 despite hitting a low of $103,000 yesterday. https://t.co/aNTSOxAxeU
By Wendy O
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Skip the Shills—Just Buy BTC, ETH, Use Products
Tired of shills? So is @NTmoney 😤 ‘99% of guests just sell narratives. Buy BTC, buy ETH, use products.’ https://t.co/p9kFv26gcB
By Laura Shin
Social•Oct 18, 2025
ETH Hits $5k, Altseason Officially Begins
Once $ETH breaks $5,000... ALTSEASON STARTS.
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Deleveraged Crypto Market Signals Long-Term Bullish Trend
The crypto market has been deleveraged. This is bullish in the long run. Most people don’t get it. https://t.co/q2t22qiwyh
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin as Global, Real‑Time, Low‑Cost Money Protocol
My keynote at @Lightspark Sync earlier this week. Learn how we built products and technologies to make Bitcoin the standard open protocol to move money (fiat, stablecoins, and ofc BTC) 24/7, in realtime globally, at the lowest cost. https://t.co/tt3glMrkhC
By David Marcus
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Looped SKY Staking Delivers 23.2% Effective Yield
You can stake SKY and earn 15.8% APY, and borrow and loop at a cost of 7% APY with an effective leverage of about 1.8x Fully looped staked SKY right now earns an effective yield of 23.2% https://t.co/uhJPKqGzFG
By Rune Christensen
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin's Inverse Parabolic Pattern Signals Upcoming Surge
Inversed parabolica for Bitcoin! https://t.co/IAeZkDZdRv
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin Poised for $110K Breakthrough Despite Low Liquidity
It's very important for #Bitcoin to break the $110K mark. Right now, liquidity is simply gone, through which it will take time before we're going to have a new pattern/ATH, but it's not far away. https://t.co/Ija1ZUubXQ
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Gap Turns Negative
Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Gap flips negative. 🚨 https://t.co/6Zk9ItpFKF
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Aave V4 Expands Collateral to All Asset Classes
Aave V4 will unlock an entirely new universe of collateral for DeFi, including: Crypto Equities ETFs Funds Bonds & Fixed Income Private Credit Real Estate & Mortgages Commodities Receivables Over the next five years, Aave will redefine finance.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Oct 18, 2025
NEAR Intents Enable Universal Liquidity Across the Union
Should just use NEAR Intents and unite liquidity across the Union. Universal Liquidity Layer.
By Illia Polosukhin
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Upcoming QE Boosts Bitcoin and Crypto Prospects
QE could start soon. This is mega bullish for Bitcoin and Crypto. https://t.co/EcJ1kpIuCr
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Altcoins Still Have Upside—Patience Over Premature Peaks
No, I don't think we've peaked. No, I don't think #Altcoins have seen their run. No, I don't think the 4-year cycle is active at all anymore. Just be patient.
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Wormhole Bridge $W Still Undervalued, Launches Portal Swap
Wormhole $W is the 1st bridge with over $55B, and the price is still super undervalued. Now they're launching Portal Swap, entering $6.5T DEX market, we are only getting started. Bullish on $W
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
60% of Institutions Predict Bitcoin New All‑Time High by 2026
💥BREAKING: 🇺🇸 COINBASE SURVEY REVEALS THAT OVER 60% OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS EXPECT BITCOIN TO HIT A NEW ALL-TIME HIGH BY 2026 https://t.co/Fr46TSH1Qr
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin Hashrate Nears All‑Time High at 1,104 EH/S
BREAKING 🚨 BITCOIN HASHRATE REACHES RECORD LEVELS! $BTC total hashrate nears all-time high at 1,104.55 eh/s as of October 17 https://t.co/UaB2QIB3iv
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Gold Peak Could Trigger Trillions Into Bitcoin
IF GOLD JUST TOPPED HERE, TRILLIONS COULD SOON FLOW INTO BITCOIN! https://t.co/XlL6JFxXkw
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Million-Dollar Crypto Entry Plan Offered via Private Telegram
I’ve got $1,000,000 ready to deploy into Bitcoin and Ethereum. My exact entry levels are shared exclusively in the private Telegram group. Apply for access now 👇 https://t.co/5JKYrm7f6W https://t.co/RQfsdpLL8W
By Crypto Rover