🎯Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 1h agoWhat's happening: Bitcoin 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.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
News•Oct 16, 2025
Ocean, Fetch.ai Feud Escalates to Legal Threats as Binance Restricts Deposits
A public feud between Ocean Protocol and Fetch.ai escalated into legal threats after Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh accused Ocean of mishandling ASI tokens and pledged to bankroll class-action suits to “expose the truth.” The dispute intensified as Binance temporarily restricted ASI token deposits, limiting liquidity and raising trading frictions for affected users. The clash risks reputational damage for both projects, potential legal costs, and wider market uncertainty for token governance and exchange custody practices if litigation proceeds.
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
Trustless, with Caveats: Babylon’s Big Bitcoin DeFi Claim
Babylon Labs says it has built a BitVM3-based system that lets native Bitcoin serve as trustless collateral for borrowing on Ethereum, claiming cross-chain Bitcoin lending without wrapped tokens. The design reportedly enables direct BTC-backed loans on Ethereum but has raised...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
France’s New Tokenized Stock Exchange Wants to Reinvent IPOs
France’s Lightning Stock Exchange announced plans to launch the first tokenized IPO in Q1 2026 as it seeks to become Europe’s first fully tokenized equity exchange. The platform will trade blockchain-based shares, promising faster settlement, 24/7 trading and broader retail...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
Lost Your Bitcoin in California? You Might Get It All Back
California has enacted a law barring the state from immediately selling abandoned Bitcoin, pausing escheat sales and creating a clearer path for owners to reclaim crypto assets. The measure obliges state agencies to hold digital assets rather than liquidate them,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
Wealth Managers Must Adapt to the Greatest Capital Transfer in History
Wealth managers face a pivotal shift as an estimated $83 trillion in assets will transfer to digital-native generations, forcing firms to adopt tokenization and other digital asset capabilities or risk losing business to more tech-savvy competitors. The scale of the...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
‘Dino Coin’ Season: Why Are Zcash and Dash Seeing Biggest Rebounds?
Zcash and Dash have posted some of the largest recent rebounds among cryptocurrencies as a renewed privacy-coin narrative helps these older “dinosaur” tokens break multi-year downtrends. Traders are rotating into ZEC and DASH amid broader altcoin strength and speculation that...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
Privacy 2.0: Encrypted Computing’s Blockchain Revolution
Blockchain privacy is entering a new phase as encrypted computing, zero-knowledge proofs and multiparty computation enable “Privacy 2.0” — shared encrypted states that let chains compute over sensitive data without exposing it. Arcium CEO Yannik Schrade says this approach can...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Crypto Poised to Outpace Gold’s Historic Rally
The current chart of Gold reminds me of #Bitcoin in 2017 or the peak in 2021. The fact that people are lining up to be buying Gold is the same retail mindset as people buying #Bitcoin during the peak in...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Podcast•Oct 16, 2025•12 min
The Tokenization Era Begins (Says Fink)
The episode highlights BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s claim that tokenization of all asset classes—from real estate to ETFs—is already underway and urges Washington to speed up digital‑asset regulation. It also covers the Department of Justice’s unprecedented $14 billion Bitcoin seizure and...
By The Breakdown
News•Oct 16, 2025
170-Year-Old Bank Now Holds OKX Institutional Clients’ Crypto in Europe
OKX has struck a custody arrangement with 170-year-old Standard Chartered to hold its institutional clients’ cryptocurrencies in Europe, marking a major traditional bank entry into crypto custody for institutional flows. The tie-up comes after October’s market crash and is positioned...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Q1 Volatility Trading Delivers 11% Net Return
A great first quarter, in which we've established a net return of 11% for our investors trading the volatility of #Bitcoin and #Ethereum. The first quarter with the first OTC trade and we scaled our volatility trading up in the previous...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Crypto Chaos: Paxos Mint Error, BNB Perks, $3
In today's Unchained Daily: • Paxos fat-fingers $300 trillion mint • 睊 Coinbase gives BNB the blue-carpet treatment • ️ Typus Finance drained of $3.4M on Sui ⚡ Read today's biggest crypto news… and subscribe for more! https://lnkd.in/ePqBH2k6
By Laura Shin
News•Oct 16, 2025
Memecoins Rewind to July Levels as Markets Struggle to Recover
Memecoin prices plunged nearly 40% intraday before a modest rebound, wiping gains back to levels last seen in July as broad market sentiment remains weak. Major tokens Dogecoin and Shiba Inu led the declines, trading deep in the red and...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
Trump’s Second Term Fuels a $1B Crypto Fortune for His Family: Report
A report says the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures—centered on World Liberty Financial and memecoins such as TRUMP and MELANIA—have generated more than $1 billion in profits. The gains stem from token launches, trading activity and ancillary services tied to the...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
From Coffee Shops to Airlines: Who Accepts Bitcoin, Ether and XRP in 2025
By 2025 Bitcoin, Ether and XRP have moved from niche assets to practical payment options across coffee shops, fast-food chains, major retailers and travel services, supported by gift-card schemes and third-party processors. Notable examples include Starbucks via Bitrefill, Sheetz and...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 16, 2025
SEC Chair: US Is 10 Years Behind on Crypto, Fixing This Is ‘Job One’
SEC Chair Paul Atkins warned the U.S. is roughly a decade behind in crypto development and said establishing a clear regulatory framework to draw innovation and capital back to the country is “job one” for the agency. He called for...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Coinbase Urged to List BNB Chain Projects for Inclusivity
Moreover, I would urge Coinbase to list more @BNBChain projects. @Binance has listed several Base projects. Don't think Coinbase has listed a single @BNBChain project yet. And it's a more active chain. Not a trade. Just recommending, given we are on...
By Changpeng Zhao
Social•Oct 16, 2025
BlackRock Moves $48M Bitcoin to Coinbase
BREAKING 🚨 BLACKROCK HAS TRANSFERRED $48.05M IN BITCOIN TO COINBASE TODAY https://t.co/6mfBK4nrSO
By That Martini Guy
Podcast•Oct 16, 2025•36 min
#483: Nassim Eddequiouaq, CEO of Bastion, on The 10/10 Crypto Crash, The Future of Stablecoins, and Enterprise Stablecoin Adoption
In this episode, Nassim Eddequiouaq, CEO and co‑founder of Bastion, breaks down the 10/10 crypto crash, identifying the primary winners and losers and how the event reshaped market dynamics. He explains how Bastion’s NYDFS‑certified, enterprise‑ready stablecoin infrastructure bridges traditional finance...
By CryptoNews Podcast
Social•Oct 16, 2025
IWM Leads, ETH Poised to Follow
$IWM is leading again. $ETH is primed to follow. https://t.co/LO3JEJyGu2
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 16, 2025
UEC Hits New All‑time High Today.
$UEC New ATH again today 🔥 https://t.co/ADk1mH5v9H
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Whale Purchases 1,000 BTC on Binance, Signaling Confidence
A WHALE JUST BOUGHT 1,000 BITCOIN WORTH $110.65M ON BINANCE! What do they know?! 🤔 https://t.co/u8qvmHAgVz
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Crypto Wealth Flows to Elites as Retail Loses
Online rumors circulate the Trump family has made close to $1B from crypto. Traditional finance are reporting record number for spot bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Yet most retail in crypto have lost money this cycle.
By Wendy O
Social•Oct 16, 2025
YGG Play Launch Party Hits Seoul Tomorrow
We will have our exclusive YGG Play launch party in Seoul tomorrow! 🇰🇷 https://t.co/EH5GGsYQtQ
By Gabby Dizon
Social•Oct 16, 2025
MSTR, NVDA, and BTC Lead Digital Market Gains
The top three performers on this chart represent Digital Credit $MSTR, Digital Intelligence $NVDA, and Digital Capital $BTC. https://t.co/cdSa9f3HVG
By Michael Saylor
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Community Chooses Solana Chinese Names, Trend Performance Required
谢谢大家的热情！我个人观点是索拉娜不错，索拉拉挺可爱的，唢呐也挺逗的
By Anatoly Yakovenko
Social•Oct 16, 2025
SharpLink Secures $76.5M, Targets $79M to Boost ETH per Share
SharpLink just raised another $76.5 million The company plans to raise another $79M All to stack more $ETH per share for $SBET holders. https://t.co/4fHstzUFsW
By Lark Davis
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Bitcoin Turns Bearish; Altcoins Stagnate—How to Profit Now
Bitcoin is starting to look bearish. That's why altcoins aren't pumping like most expected. Here's what to do if you actually want to make money right now: https://t.co/8EZ1rQ7ZSV
By Koroush Khaneghah
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Novogratz Returns for Another Insightful Conversation
My next guest needs no introduction: My great friend @novogratz returns... Please enjoy!! https://t.co/Lyifo7sa1d
By Raoul Pal
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Privacy: Not Binary, It's a Spectrum of Control
Privacy isn't a 'yes or no' feature, it's a 'how much?' feature.
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Bitcoin Outlook 2025 Discussed on NFA Live
NFA Live! Bitcoin in 2025 w/ @NewsAsset and @coinbureau https://t.co/0Dd3K17Sj8
By Benjamin Cowen
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Is the Bull Market Already at Its Peak?
What do you think, has the bull market already topped out? https://t.co/hiHRWmeCP9
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 16, 2025
BlackRock Launches Genius Act‑compliant Stablecoin Custody Fund
💥BREAKING: 🇺🇸 BLACKROCK LAUNCHES GENIUS ACT COMPLIANT FUND THURSDAY TO STREAMLINE STABLECOIN RESERVE CUSTODY!
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Fed's Miran Calls for 50bps Cut, Bull Run Continues
BREAKING 🚨 THE FED’S MIRAN PUSHES FOR A 50BPS RATE CUT THIS MONTH! THE BULL RUN IS NOT OVER 🚀 https://t.co/4okze2DIMm
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Solana Staking ETP Reaches $100M; Ethereum Tops $300M
BITWISE REVEALS SOLANA STAKING ETP HITS $100M IN ASSETS, WHILE ETHEREUM STAKING ETP SURPASSES $300M https://t.co/6sdFmH8sGS
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Speak Plainly, Keep Privacy: Crypto Terms Still Matter
Crypto language: Scale, decentralization, account abstraction, finality, trustless, permissionless Normie language: Fast, cheap, secure, unlimited, free, easy, independent Dilemma: We should speak more Normie, absolutely. But on the other hand, sometimes the technical terms do matter. The rare exception: Privacy is privacy in crypto and...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Square Launches First Bitcoin‑accepting Terminal via NEAR Standards
Instantly interoperable with NEAR Intents products.
By Illia Polosukhin
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Make Expired UTXOs Removable to Prune Bitcoin's State
A much better idea is to make UTXOs eventually become undependable, allowing them to be removed from the UTXO set. E.g. zero value UTXOs could last a year or two (CSV timeouts have similar max time-frames).
By Peter Todd
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Funding Rates Turn Slightly Negative, Binance Leads Dip
Funding rates flipped negative, but only slightly on the aggregate. Most of the negative funding is coming from Binance. I still think one more dip lower remains possible. https://t.co/5ZXbygXERW
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Early Daily Bullish Divergence Signals Potential Bitcoin Upswing
#BTC Very early-stage Bitcoin Bullish Divergence developing on the Daily timeframe Price needs to Daily Close just like this to crystallise it $BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin https://t.co/Hq6txrzpo3
By Rekt Capital
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Backing OrnnExchange: New Price Index Launching Soon
excited to back @wayne_nelmz and @bavaria_kush as they build @OrnnExchange check out the price index - https://t.co/bKwkelTkzP coming soon to markets near you 👀 https://t.co/ZhF3QfyC1t
By Meltem Demirors
Social•Oct 16, 2025
U.S. Treasury Holds $35.9B in Bitcoin, Among Top Holders
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT NOW HOLDS 316,760 $BTC WORTH $35.9B, MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST KNOWN BITCOIN HOLDERS! https://t.co/vyQCQq5HQ3
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Bancorp Unveils $400B Crypto Unit Targeting Bitcoin
$400B U.S. BANCORP LAUNCHES NEW UNIT FOCUSED ON BITCOIN AND CRYPTO! https://t.co/Bty69rHHac
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Trade Instantly via Chat with Clean, Fast Bot
I've been testing the @pp_trading bot and it’s clean, fast, and built for real traders Join the squad and start sending orders straight from chat! 👉 Try it now: https://t.co/zNfT6A7JdY
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Bitcoin Forms Descending Triangle, Signaling Potential Downtrend
Bitcoin descending triangle formed now. 👇 https://t.co/2QQQXj7pRB
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Bitcoin Crashes Daily, Wyckoff Pattern Signals Decline
BITCOIN WYCKOFF ON DAILY 🚨🚨🚨🚨 AMMMAAAGAAAAADDDDDD https://t.co/5OCDTJcB7L
By Ivan on Tech
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Eric Trump Says Family Crypto Gains Likely Top $1 Billion
BREAKING 🚨 ERIC TRUMP CLAIMS THE FAMILY’S BITCOIN & CRYPTO PROFITS ARE “PROBABLY MORE” THAN $1 BILLION https://t.co/LbLYC0T26n
By That Martini Guy
Social•Oct 16, 2025
BTC Monthly Chart Shows Steady Uptrend—Buy the Dip
If we look at the monthly chart of $BTC. It's pretty much fine, no peak, no bear market, no excessive vertical charts. It's just uptrending and there's nothing to worry at this point. Just buy the dip. https://t.co/DDnl4JO1uT
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Altcoins Are Still Discounted—Buy Now
ALTCOINS ARE STILL ON SALE! 🚀 https://t.co/7MloQZpupq
By Crypto Rover
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Binance FUD Signals Market Bottom, Not Panic
Binance FUD usually marks the bottom.
By Crypto Rover