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
News•Oct 17, 2025
Ondo Finance to SEC: Hold Off on Nasdaq’s Tokenized Securities Plan
Digital-asset manager Ondo Finance asked the SEC to pause Nasdaq’s plan to list and trade tokenized securities, arguing in a formal letter that key settlement and custody details are undisclosed and could structurally advantage large players. Ondo flagged opaque settlement mechanics, potential conflicts of interest and concentration risks that it says could harm market integrity and retail/institutional access. The challenge could slow Nasdaq’s tokenization rollout, shape the SEC’s review and influence whether tokenized listings become a broadly competitive market or consolidate power among incumbents.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Fees, Kickbacks, Retail Dumping Contradict Crypto Ethos
Listing fees, token kickbacks, and dumping on retail — Nick Tomaino says this is antithetical to crypto's ethos.
By Laura Shin
Social•Oct 17, 2025
BlackRock Revamps Money Market Fund to Embrace Stablecoins
BlackRock Redesigns Money Market Fund for Stablecoins https://lnkd.in/erqG_HHz
By Laura Shin
News•Oct 17, 2025
What Is EtherHiding? Google Flags Malware with Crypto-Stealing Code in Smart Contracts
Google disclosed a new malware campaign dubbed “EtherHiding” that uses compromised websites to trigger malicious Ethereum smart contracts which siphon crypto from unsuspecting users. The attack unfolds in two phases: site compromise delivers code that calls a hidden contract, and...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Patience Pays: Bitcoin, ETH Rise, Altcoin Surge Ahead
There's not much to worry. The only thing you should do, as an holder of your assets, is to be patient. The 4-year cycle theory is dead. #Bitcoin would never be $100k+ if it wasn't without the ETFs. That means, that we're...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Holds $105K as US Bank Stocks Recover, Trump Truce Lifts Sentiment
Bitcoin slipped below $105,000 amid renewed US banking stress, but broader risk appetite improved as regional banks posted stronger-than-expected earnings and US bank stocks recovered. A reported political détente around former President Trump also lifted sentiment, helping equities and crypto...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Government Uses Crypto Regulation to Entrap, DOJ Investigates Debanking
I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT something I learned during #dcfintechweek: the Biden/Warren crew had a *strategy* of telling #crypto companies to get regulated solely as a means to gain information they could use to kill us with prosecutions, defamatory denials...
By Caitlin Long
News•Oct 17, 2025
Babylon Claims Breakthrough in Using Native Bitcoin Collateral in DeFi: Finance Redefined
Babylon unveiled a proof-of-concept that allows native Bitcoin to be used directly as collateral in decentralized finance lending, a move that could reduce reliance on wrapped BTC and unlock fresh on-chain liquidity. The announcement comes alongside major updates from BNB...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 17, 2025
Your Company's Balance Sheet Is Doomed Without Bitcoin
In an opinion piece, Musqet founder David Parkinson argues that corporate treasuries must adopt Bitcoin to protect balance sheets from monetary debasement, warning that traditional cash-heavy strategies risk underperformance and potential fiduciary breaches. He notes public companies now hold over...
By CoinDesk
Podcast•Oct 17, 2025•1h 3m
🚨 Bitcoin Warning! (This COULD Get MUCH WORSE)
The episode warns that a recent on‑chain Bitcoin signal indicates heightened risk, with traders facing worsening macro pressures and potential market downturns. It breaks down the data behind the signal, highlighting on‑chain metrics and broader economic factors that could amplify...
By The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
Social•Oct 17, 2025
From Bali to Global Crypto Events: Year-End Trading Surge
Final night in Uluwatu, Bali. What's next? --> London - Zebu Live --> New York - Smartcon --> Netherlands - #Bitcoin Amsterdam --> Dubai / Abu Dhabi - Binance Blockchain Week / Solana / Abu Dhabi Finance Week Good and busy year's end coming up,...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Oct 17, 2025
Price Predictions 10/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, LINK, XLM
Cryptocurrency markets slid further into the second half of October as Bitcoin, Ether and the majority of major altcoins — including BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LINK and XLM — pushed toward fresh lows, denting hopes for an “Uptober” rally....
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 17, 2025
Swiss Regulator GESPA Takes Aim at FIFA’s NFT Platform in Formal Complaint
Switzerland’s nationwide gambling regulator GESPA has filed a formal complaint against FIFA’s NFT platform, arguing that its user rewards incorporate elements of chance and therefore constitute gambling under Swiss law. The complaint centers on reward mechanics that GESPA says resemble...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 17, 2025
TRON Strengthens Its Role as Global Settlement Infrastructure in Q3 2025, Reports CoinDesk, Nansen, and Particula
CoinDesk Data, Nansen and Particula each released independent Q3 2025 on‑chain analyses finding that TRON further consolidated its role as global settlement infrastructure, driven by rising transaction volumes, growing stablecoin flows and increased share of cross‑border settlement activity. The reports...
By CryptoSlate
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Traditional Finance’s “Shitcoins” Lack Premium Despite Cash Flow
Surprise surprise, shitcoins also exist in tradfi Wrapped dog shit is still dog shit CDO ^2 vibes with many of these DATs Some DATs will have viable cash flowing businesses with staking, validating, and other DeFi activities But none have much traction to...
By Santiago Santos
Podcast•Oct 17, 2025•47 min
The AI CEO Era: Breaking Build Bottlenecks with Vibe Coding | Ahmad Shadid
In this episode, host Vinny interviews former quant trader and Vibe Coding founder Ahmad Shadid about his vision for an AI‑CEO framework that can autonomously govern, fund and scale projects, leveraging a decentralized GPU network and zero‑knowledge proofs. Shadid explains...
By The Defiant – DeFi Podcast
Social•Oct 17, 2025
DraperTV Launches Live Stream on Pump.fun with Rewards
DraperTV is Now Live Streaming on @pumpdotfun At @StreamDraperTV, we’re always looking to explore new frontiers, and that includes experimenting with emerging crypto platforms that bring creators and communities closer together. You can now watch all our content on @pumpdotfun - https://t.co/Tm8OnpRKGB For...
By Tim Draper
News•Oct 17, 2025
Stellar Lumen's XLM Token Down 6% Amid Heavy Sell Pressure
Stellar Lumens (XLM) fell about 6.25% to roughly $0.303 amid heavy institutional selling and algorithmic liquidation, with trading volumes spiking to roughly 89–91 million tokens during peak liquidation hours. Analysts say coordinated corporate profit-taking and treasury rebalancing set systematic resistance...
By CoinDesk
Podcast•Oct 17, 2025•34 min
Weekly Roundup 10/17/25 (Flash Crash, Pig Butchering Scam Busted, Erebor Charter Granted) (EP.678)
Matt and Nic break down the recent flash crash, explaining the market structure flaws that triggered the rapid sell‑off, and discuss the fallout involving Binance and Ethena. They highlight Palmer Luckey’s new bank, Erebor, which secured an OCC charter, and...
By On The Brink with Castle Island
News•Oct 17, 2025
Is Institutional Adoption Ethereum’s ‘Worst Enemy’?
A debate has emerged over whether growing institutional adoption—ETPs, corporate treasuries, and massive staking—threatens Ethereum’s open, cypherpunk ethos by increasing traditional finance’s influence on governance and protocol choices. ETH ETFs have seen rapid inflows (net assets doubled to $26.5 billion...
By The Defiant
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Dominance Mirrors Q3‑2019, Paving Way for ETH Surge
#Bitcoin dominance is comparable to the stage of Q3 2019. First breakdown and structure break. Final painful correction on the markets, #Altcoins also vanished away during that period. Bitcoin dominance bounces up towards 20-Week MA. Similarly right now, we're almost at the resistance point....
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Oct 17, 2025
From South Park to Wall Street: Are Prediction Markets Going Mainstream?
Prediction markets are edging into mainstream finance as platforms that let users bet on event outcomes gain traction, with an industry expert arguing their straightforward mechanics could make them the first decentralized finance product to achieve mass adoption. Growth is...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 17, 2025
ETH Tests Crucial Support; Bounce or Drop Ahead
Ethereum pulling back into a key zone here. Price is testing the weekly 20 EMA — lined up perfectly with horizontal support and the 0.382 Fib. Either this area holds and sends it back up, or we start eyeing the next leg...
By Lark Davis
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Prioritizing Ethereum over Solana to Retain Users
Lots of people overthinking the solana integration We have a frontend product with users of that want access to solana tokens Ignoring them loses us users, to absolutely no ones benefit Vast majority of our resources are on EVM - unichain, v4...
By Hayden Adams
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Sentora Introduces Real‑World Asset Strategies on Aave
Sentora launches RWA strategies on Aave.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Oct 17, 2025
NEAR Intents: The Must‑Have Tool of 2025
If you haven’t tried NEAR Intents, you are not living in 2025
By Illia Polosukhin
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Introducing Details of Our New Buyout Fund
Here is the ☕️ on our new buyout fund.
By Arthur Hayes
Social•Oct 17, 2025
First Fundraise Tokens Highlight FT's Chain‑wide Exchange Vision
Great analysis. Risk disclosures. And even criticism. Worth mentioning this is the first time I raised funds and first time I have tokens @stacy_muur. Everything before I had no economic alignment. FT will transform each chain into a full featured...
By Andre Cronje
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Glorious Bitcoin Era Ahead, Yet We Endure Pain
The rotation from Gold to Bitcoin will be glorious. But until then, we chop and suffer.
By Lark Davis
Social•Oct 17, 2025
AquaBitcoin: Top Privacy Wallet with Full Functionality
.@AquaBitcoin is the most privacy preserving wallet with the most functionality on the market. Just privacy by default, everywhere.
By Samson Mow
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Negative Bitcoin Funding Rates Signal Bullish Momentum
Negative funding rates for Bitcoin. This makes me bullish! https://t.co/foAJbmhJq8
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Mirrors Nasdaq Now, Eyes Gold Correlation Ahead
Bitcoin might be tracking the Nasdaq for now... The real fun begins once it starts following gold again! https://t.co/JVZ6gjj8bP
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Inflation's Horror Outshines Bitcoin's Volatility
If you think bitcoin is scary, just wait until you learn about inflation
By Hailey Lennon
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin's Next Move: Could This Time Be Different?
Bitcoin – Will it be different this time? https://t.co/HxuYUp692Y
By Lark Davis
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Barista Grace Starts Accepting Zcash Tips Locally
Welcome to Grace, the newest Zcasher! She’s a barista at the local coffee shop and she takes tips in Zcash. https://t.co/JR8LneA06k
By Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Solana Reports Mixed Q3 Results, Earnings Call Live
Mixed quarter for Solana Some good Some okay Q3 Solana Earning call live now! https://t.co/jZPNPrYBVD
By David Hoffman
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Aave Integrates with ShapeShift for Mobile Earn and Borrow
Aave is now integrated into @ShapeShift. Users can now earn and borrow directly on Shapeshift mobile app powered by @aave.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin’s Simplicity Limits Human Error versus Government Mismanagement
What about adjusted for gov mismanagement? Btc has the fewest people in the loop to make mistakes
By Anatoly Yakovenko
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Trapped in Fake Breakouts Within Macro Range
#BTC Bitcoin experienced a fake-breakout earlier this month, producing a long upside wick beyond Range High resistance And most recently, Bitcoin produced a fake-breakdown below the Range Low Bitcoin has been see-sawing in its Macro Range all month $BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin https://t.co/kvCU1jfSVi
By Rekt Capital
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Must Hold $107k Support to Preserve Range
#BTC Bitcoin is still holding the Monthly Range Low as support Macro-wise, Bitcoin is still technically consolidating, despite the downside wick below the base of the Range Overall, needs to hold the $107k Range Low as support to preserve the Range $BTC #Crypto...
By Rekt Capital
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Huobi Founder Li Lin Launches $1B Ethereum Treasury Firm
💥BREAKING: HUOBI FOUNDER LI LIN TO LAUNCH $1B ETHEREUM TREASURY COMPANY! https://t.co/RMh3wvvTRf
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 17, 2025
2025 Crypto Investor: Brace for Wild Market Swings
POV: You're a crypto investor in 2025 https://t.co/fS3fiU80ay
By Lark Davis
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Weekly Altcoin Newsletter Spotlights Six Promising Tokens
I've published a new Altcoin Newsletter 🔥 I share my charts & analysis on 6 Altcoins These Altcoins are $LINK $TAO $SUI $BEAM $WU $XLM I share an Altcoin Newsletter like this every Friday Sign up & read here: https://t.co/pyrut5SXYe #BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin
By Rekt Capital
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Crypto Greed Fuels Ever‑higher Bitcoin Price Expectations
People in crypto are greedy and spoilt. Literally a few years ago we were begging bitcoin to be above $100,000. Now everyone is bored! Soon we will bored with bitcoin at $1,000,000. Watch this space. Sooner than you think!
By Layah Heilpern
Social•Oct 17, 2025
BNB Chain's Prediction Markets Signal Oracle Opportunity
Just quickly reviewed more than 20 prediction markets startup projects on #BNB Chain. There might be an opportunity for someone to build a prediction market specific oracle. Not sure how big the TAM is, but might worth a try.
By Changpeng Zhao
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Will Become the Internet's Unstoppable Real‑time Value Transport
I can now see it more clearly than ever before. Realtime Bitcoin serving as neutral value transport on the Internet will be the standard, and nothing can stop it.
By David Marcus
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Ethereum Quarterly Update: Strong Performance Highlights
Join @JustDeauIt and I for a quarterly update on Ethereum. Going live now. Let's cope together! jk it was a good quarter. On X: https://t.co/1TBcT2a6Ka On YouTube: https://t.co/uI0oYoTv9d
By David Hoffman
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Bitcoin Hits $105k Amid October Crypto Turmoil
Bitcoin is trading at $105,000 The entire crypto market cap is worth $3.5T UPTOBER has been a disaster. Things could be worse and, I’m grateful to be here. https://t.co/jda8MDdvc3
By Wendy O
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Midnight’s Glacier Drop: Largest Cardano MainNet App on Hydra
Did you know Midnight's Glacier Drop runs on Hydra? It's the largest Cardano MainNet Application running right now
By Charles Hoskinson
Social•Oct 17, 2025
Wall Street Embraces Upcoming Market Volatility, Says Jamie Coutts
Wall Street is 100% ready for this Volatility!🔥🔥📈 Full Interview w/@Jamie1Coutts @RealVision 👇 https://t.co/sJxInixhQ8 $ETH $SOL $SUI $BTC https://t.co/KW2JVOCal1
By Paul Barron