Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 1h agoBitmine Immersion Technologies snaps up $98M of ETH, boosting holdings to 4.47M tokens
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced a $98 million purchase that raised its ether holdings to 4.474 million tokens, about 3.71% of Ethereum’s total supply. The firm now has 3.04 million ETH staked, valued at roughly $6 billion, generating $172 million in annualized staking revenue, potentially rising to $253 million at full capacity.
Also developing:
By the numbers: FundBank acquires Irish blockchain startup Trrue Chain for €10M
Podcast•Oct 18, 2025•25 min
The 5 Most Important Stories in Crypto Last Week
NLW and Scott Melker recap the week’s biggest crypto headlines, from Binance’s internal conflicts and regulatory scrutiny to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s push for tokenizing assets. They analyze how these developments signal shifting market dynamics, with Binance’s dustup highlighting governance challenges and Fink’s call underscoring institutional interest in blockchain. The hosts also discuss the broader implications for investors, noting the tension between decentralized innovation and growing mainstream adoption.
By The Breakdown
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bullish on Belgrade’s DeFi Talent After Aave V4 Brainstorming
Dedicated my Friday to flying to Belgrade to meet the @DeFiSaver team, some of the best builders in DeFi and a team we’ve been working with since 2020. We brainstormed Aave V4, and I have to say, a lot will...
By Stani Kulechov
News•Oct 18, 2025
UK Tax Authority Doubles Crypto Warning Letters in Crackdown on Unpaid Gains
HMRC sent nearly 65,000 warning letters to crypto investors last year—more than double the prior year—as part of an intensified drive to unearth undeclared cryptocurrency capital gains. The surge reflects wider use of data-sharing and tracing tools to match transactions...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 18, 2025
XRP Stabilizes After Early Dip, Traders Eye $2.40 Breakout
XRP steadied after an early-session dip to $2.19, recovering to about $2.33 as institutional buyers absorbed selling and trading volume spiked to 246.7 million—nearly triple the 24‑hour average. The token traded in a $2.19–$2.35 range (7% intraday) as markets positioned...
By CoinDesk
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Perps on Ethereum Mainnet: No Bridges, CEX Disruption
Forget L2s? Kain Warwick's building perps right on Ethereum mainnet On Unchained: ⚙️ How the "optimistic order book" actually works Why traders won't need to bridge His "super app" thesis for killing CEX dominance https://lnkd.in/e6pMzcxC
By Laura Shin
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Report Cryptographic Overhead Ratios, Not Just Ops per Second
I wish more ZK and FHE people would give their overhead as a ratio (time to compute in-cryptography vs time to compute raw), rather than just saying "we can do N ops per second" It's more hardware-independent, and it gives a...
By Vitalik Buterin
News•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $1.2B in Red Week, but Schwab Remains Bullish
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds suffered $1.22 billion in outflows this week as the price of BTC declined, marking a sharp pullback for crypto ETPs. Despite the red week, Charles Schwab reported that its clients now hold 20% of all U.S. crypto...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin Signals Start of New Bear Market
In case you missed it... New YouTube video is live! Did Bitcoin Just Confirm a New Bear Market? Check it out here: https://t.co/hk1vwXjFoV Enjoy and Subscribe! #BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin
By Rekt Capital
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Short Sellers Lose $224M in One Day
$224M IN SHORT POSITIONS LIQUIDATED IN PAST 24 HOURS! https://t.co/NyLYC2nZWS
By That Martini Guy
News•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Weakens but RSI Mirrors April Bottom Zone
The Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index slipped into negative territory as BTC’s 14-day RSI fell to its weakest level since April, signaling softer demand on the U.S. exchange relative to offshore venues. The divergence highlights reduced domestic buying pressure and growing...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Ethereum MACD Flips Bearish, Signaling Possible Trend Shift
ETHEREUM MACD TURNS BEARISH! 🚨 Both bullish and bearish scenarios are on the table. Choose your side. https://t.co/SuocfNysOm
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Walmart Will Start Accepting Bitcoin via OnePay Cash
WALMART TO ACCEPT BITCOIN AND CRYPTO VIA ONEPAY CASH STARTING NEXT MONTH! https://t.co/SzdMIywZi9
By That Martini Guy
News•Oct 18, 2025
NAV Collapse Creates Rare Opportunity in Bitcoin Treasurys: 10x Research
A sharp collapse in net asset value (NAV) premiums among bitcoin treasury firms wiped out billions in retail investor value, according to 10x Research, as frothy retail demand reversed. The reset has forced valuations back toward underlying bitcoin holdings, creating...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Crypto Market Sees $106 B Inflow in 24 Hours
BULLISH 🚨 OVER $106 BILLION WAS ADDED TO THE CRYPTO MARKET IN THE PAST 24 HOURS https://t.co/nU9tdFiwG2
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Liquidity Piling Above Bitcoin Signals Imminent Downside Move
New liquidity clusters forming above Bitcoin. All the liquidity is concentrating on the topside. What comes next is obvious. https://t.co/IKiwayW6jc
By Crypto Rover
Podcast•Oct 18, 2025•17 min
XRP AND ETHEREUM INVESTMENTS ARE ABOUT TO SURGE!
The episode spotlights major institutional moves in crypto, including Ripple Labs’ $1 billion XRP treasury raise and Li Lin’s $1 billion Ethereum trust initiative, signaling a surge in large‑scale XRP and ETH investments. It also covers Ondo Finance’s Nasdaq tokenization, Stripe’s Tempo...
By Thinking Crypto News & Interviews
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Bitcoin Teeters at Crucial Support Level
BITCOIN HANGING ON CRITICAL SUPPORT! https://t.co/8ULFelw4pQ
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Oversold Bitcoin/Gold Levels Signal Generational Bottoms
WE’VE SEEN THESE OVERSOLD BITCOIN/GOLD LEVELS ONLY A FEW TIMES IN HISTORY. EACH TIME IT MARKED A GENERATIONAL BOTTOM FOR BITCOIN! https://t.co/RHekZCOGus
By Crypto Rover
News•Oct 18, 2025
‘Bitcoin Smells Trouble’ as Banks Are Stressed and ‘Yields Are Puking’ - Strike CEO
Strike CEO Jack Mallers warned that recent banking stress and volatile bond markets are signaling trouble for Bitcoin, as regional bank shares including Zions and Western Alliance plunged and BTC slid to a four-month low. The sell-off coincided with sharp...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Long‑awaited $SEA Finally on the Horizon
Been waiting for $SEA for a while now!
By Gabby Dizon
Social•Oct 18, 2025
UK Targets 2026 Stablecoin Rules to Match US
💥BREAKING: 🇬🇧 UK AIMS TO FINISH STABLECOIN RULES BY 2026 TO KEEP PACE WITH US CRYPTO POLICY. https://t.co/ESXK4P1Ksm
By Crypto Rover
Podcast•Oct 17, 2025•6 min
TINY Altcoin Landing GIANT AI Partnerships (Origin Trail Breakdown)
In this brief episode, Deezy examines the recent surge in Origin Trail (TRAC), highlighting strong bullish momentum and the catalyst of emerging AI partnerships. He breaks down the technical and market factors driving the price pump, including increased demand from...
By The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
Social•Oct 18, 2025
BlackRock Dumps $268.6M in Bitcoin
💥BREAKING: BlackRock sells $268.6M worth of #Bitcoin. https://t.co/oebyji9EK4
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Seeking YGG Staking Tutorial, 100 YGG Bounty Offered
Anyone with an easy tutorial for YGG staking on @YGG_Play Launchpad? I'll give 100 $YGG as bounty!
By Gabby Dizon
Podcast•Oct 17, 2025•8 min
🚨Bitcoin DOOM Indicator Signals DISASTER (Altcoin CARNAGE Next?)
The episode warns that a newly‑flashed Bitcoin doom indicator—historically linked to market tops—could herald a sharp downturn for Bitcoin and trigger a cascade of losses across major altcoins such as Ethereum, Solana, and Chainlink. Host analysis focuses on the technical...
By The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
Social•Oct 18, 2025
16% of Y
16% of the free floating $YGG tokens on @AbstractChain are now staked on the @YGG_Play Launchpad earning points for their $LOL token contribution. Get started here: https://t.co/ZKuGpP6B0s
By Gabby Dizon
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Midnight Targets Global Smart Contract Dominance by 2026
Every week more aggressive. Midnight needs to be the largest private smart contract system in the world by the end of 2026. https://t.co/bm7GABiwUf
By Charles Hoskinson
Podcast•Oct 17, 2025•1h 15m
BlackRock DUMPING Bitcoin! (Elites HORRIBLE Plan EXPOSED)
The episode examines recent allegations that BlackRock is offloading large amounts of Bitcoin, suggesting this could be part of a broader strategy by financial elites to destabilize the crypto market. Host analysis links the potential dump to upcoming regulatory moves...
By The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
Social•Oct 18, 2025
Chain Abstraction Goes Live: Pay, Trade, Anywhere
Chain Abstraction is already live @brian_armstrong through NEAR Intents. Pay in anything, trade anything, any wallet provider. Your move.
By Illia Polosukhin
Social•Oct 18, 2025
BTC Must Hold $100K 50‑Week Line After 200‑Day Dip
$BTC lost the 200D, now to see if it can hold the 50W (~$100K), which we have held since the bull began. If you're a bull, that's the line you need to hold. https://t.co/E5bW4ep3oJ
By Chris Burniske
News•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Slides Below $107,000 as Crypto Market Hits Four-Day Losing Streak
Bitcoin fell below $107,000 to $106,400 on Friday as the crypto market extended a four‑day losing streak, with Ether down about 3.2% to $3,830 and total market cap sliding 1.5% to $3.70 trillion. Roughly $972 million of crypto positions were...
By The Defiant
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Ethereum Must Scale Now to Avoid Future Irrelevance
"the current way of doing things is likely to make Ethereum irrelevant over the next 5-10 years." I'm now reading Dankrads post from April as his Ethereum exit interview. I know there are pieces here and there. But I really want to see...
By David Hoffman
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Significant Funding Fuels Bitcoin Soft‑Fork Development
Do you know that there are a lot of resources and capital allocated for Core devs to work on soft-fork initiatives to make Bitcoin more programmable?
By Samson Mow
News•Oct 17, 2025
ETH Bulls Unmoved by Surprise Sell-Off Below $3.7K: Here’s Why
Ether plunged 9.5% to retest the $3,700 level, triggering roughly $232 million in leveraged long liquidations over 48 hours, but whale positioning suggests limited conviction in a deeper sell‑off. Derivatives metrics show caution rather than panic: the 25‑delta options skew...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Earn YGG Points to Boost $LOL Token Rewards
Stacking my @YGG_Play points for the $LOL token contribution. I've staked $YGG and been playing some @LOLLandGame quests. How many points have you gotten so far? https://t.co/Kx9mf8KUzZ
By Gabby Dizon
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Eric Trump Predicts Crypto Will Replace Traditional Finance
BULLISH 🚨 ERIC TRUMP SAID LIVE ON FOX TV THAT #BITCOIN AND CRYPTO WILL REPLACE THE TRADITIONAL FINANCE SYSTEM 🚀 https://t.co/6uJ9ruJsut
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Build on NEAR for Universal Web3 Access
As NEAR becoming Universal Liquidity Layer - building on NEAR means you get access to all assets and all users across web3 and new users via PassKey/FastAuth. There is no reason to limit your target audience when you can access everyone. NEARio
By Illia Polosukhin
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Crypto's Private Market Valuations Consistently Rank Near Top
Private market valuations like these have always come near the top for crypto.
By Chris Burniske
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Fans Celebrate First YGG Play Ecosystem Tier List
This is the first @YGG_Play ecosystem tier list I've ever seen, love it!
By Gabby Dizon
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Seamless Wallet Integration Critical for L1 Liquidity Growth
Ease of exchange & wallet integration is hugely important for developing liquidity, many L1s have faced this issue.
By Chris Burniske
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Ethereum Secures Another $1 Billion Treasury Company
Ethereum getting another $1 billion ETH treasury company. Bullish. https://t.co/ghoU4Jg8aL
By David Hoffman
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Tempo Prioritizes Its Own Growth Over Ethereum
I'm not sure who needs to hear this but. Tempo is 1 thousand percent going to maximize for Tempo not for Ethereum, not for ETH. That's already they're already doing - by launching an L1, by hiring Ethereum talent.
By David Hoffman
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Embrace Market Volatility: Reward Awaits Patient Investors
Volatility is a gift to the faithful.
By Michael Saylor
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Four-Point Strategy to Navigate Bear Markets
The four point bear market plan: 1) I 2) B 3) R 4) L Thank you for your attention to this matter
By Anatoly Yakovenko
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Leads Liquidity Crises, Poised to Outperform
Remember, Bitcoin is the most sensitive to liquidity. It moves first. It’s a truth machine. Yields are puking, spreads blowing out, and banks are stressed. Bitcoin is working. It smells trouble. When they’re forced to print, it’ll move first again, and outperform everything....
By Jack Mallers
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Explore Ink's Expanding Ecosystem with TydroHQ and Aave
Ink growing the tentacles. If you are exploring Ink, try @tydrohq, powered by @aave.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Horizon Expands Real-World Asset Scaling Capabilities
Horizon scales RWAs.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Beta Testers Spend $350K—Time Preference Needs Reducing
#DolphinCard beta testers have spent almost $350k already. Lower your time preference guys! 😆
By Samson Mow
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Altcoin Rally Still Possible Before Q4 Ends
Q4 IS NOT OVER YET, ALTCOIN HOLDERS! https://t.co/IKDd6zKLMb
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Hedera Opens Doors for Developers: Major HIP
Hedera is for the developers too. MAJOR HIP.
By Wendy O