Today's Crypto Pulse

Pepeto token tops $10M raise as Bitcoin stalls near $64,000
The new Pepeto token has raised over $10 million in its presale, eclipsing the usual Bitcoin headlines as BTC hovers around $64,000. The surge highlights a shift in market attention toward emerging altcoins beyond Bitcoin.
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By the numbers: Standard Chartered acquires Zodia Custody

Core Scientific Upgraded to Outperform Following Failed CoreWeave Merger: Macquarie
Macquarie upgraded Core Scientific (CORZ) to Outperform from Neutral and lifted its price target to $34, roughly a 90% increase from the prior $18, after the CoreWeave merger collapsed. The failed deal gives the bitcoin‑miner‑turned‑AI‑infrastructure firm flexibility to lease its 1.5 GW power portfolio to other AI tenants, and management aims to sign at least one new colocation customer by Q4. Shares rose about 4.5% to $21.70 in early trading. Jefferies also maintains a Buy rating with a $28 target, emphasizing revenue diversification away from CoreWeave.

TGA Buildup Signals Upcoming Liquidity Surge, Market Rally
Every time the Treasury General Account (TGA) drains, liquidity flows back into markets, and risk assets pump. Currently, the TGA is climbing because of the U.S. government shutdown. Gov closed = cash piles up Gov reopens = liquidity boost Keep an eye on...

APT Undervalued Now, Poised for $5‑6 Rally
During market corrections, projects are massively mispriced. It will take some time, but then, they'll come back to their fair value. $APT is one of them. They are on the lowest valuation in the past four years, however, they keep expanding...

Flutterwave and Polygon to Launch Africa-Wide Stablecoin Payments
Nigeria’s fintech leader Flutterwave has partnered with Polygon Labs to launch a stablecoin‑based cross‑border payment network covering 34 African countries. The platform will use Polygon’s Ethereum‑compatible infrastructure to accelerate transaction speed and slash settlement costs, with the aim of bypassing...

Meteora MET Flop & Heavy Baggage
Meteora, the dominant liquidity engine on Solana, operates a suite of AMMs—including DLMM, DAMM v2, and a Dynamic Bonding Curve— that routes the majority of the chain’s trading volume and generates continuous fee revenue. The protocol launched its native MET token...

Base to Reach 10k‑20k TPS, Ethereum Scaling Boom
With Ethereum's december upgrade to fusaka Base will be able to scale to 400-500 mgas by early 2026 Base at 10k-20k tps in a few months Wild Actually read the entire Base scaling post This is one of the best and most well funded...

Western Union Files ‘WUUSD’ Trademark After Solana Stablecoin Reveal
Western Union filed a trademark for “WUUSD” one day after announcing its USDPT stablecoin on the Solana blockchain, covering digital‑wallet software, stablecoin payment processing and crypto‑trading services. The company plans to launch USDPT in early 2026 through Anchorage Digital Bank,...

If Web3 Is Decentralized, Why Do DeFi dApps Still Break when the Cloud Goes Down?
On Oct. 20 a failure in Amazon’s US‑EAST‑1 region cascaded through the crypto ecosystem, causing degraded service at Coinbase, timeouts at Infura and Alchemy, and stalls in several roll‑up sequencers. The outage did not affect blockchain consensus but exposed the heavy...

Ethereum Set to Dominate $2 Trillion Tokenized Asset Market: Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered projects the market for tokenized real‑world assets to swell from about $35 billion today to $2 trillion by 2028, with the bulk of that growth expected on Ethereum because of its reliability and network effects. The bank forecasts roughly $750 billion...

Brazil’s OranjeBTC Joins Wave of Struggling Crypto Treasury Firms Turning to Buybacks
Brazil's OranjeBTC, the country's largest bitcoin treasury firm, repurchased 99,600 shares for 1.12 million reais (about $220,000) to narrow the discount between its market price and the net asset value of its 3,708 bitcoin holdings, worth roughly $409 million. The buyback follows...
AI‑Powered Validators Signal Ethereum’s Leap Into Self‑Defense
deep future when we get to the point where an autonomous AI agent can run an ethereum validator we will have crossed a significant milestone ethereum is a property rights system for humans and AI validators are the military AI's joining the army to...

BTR Poised for Breakout Amid Bitcoin Ecosystem Mispricing
This one remains one of the strongest set-ups. Immediately reversing after the correction yesterday and on edge of a breakout upwards. It's $BTR. I've mentioned it several times, but the #Bitcoin ecosystem is a strong one to be keeping an eye on. I think...

H.C. Wainwright Turns Bullish on Coinbase, Double Upgrades to Buy With $425 Target
H.C. Wainwright upgraded Coinbase (COIN) to a buy rating from sell and lifted its price target to $425, up from $300, just before the exchange released its third‑quarter results. Coinbase reported $1.9 billion in revenue, beating the $1.8 billion consensus, driven by...
Gold's 6,000‑Year Bubble: Central Banks Should Sell, Stablecoins Rise
Gold = a 6,000-year bubble? 😳 Ex-Citi Chief Economist Willem Buiter joins @bitsandbips to explain: 💰 Why central banks should sell their gold 🪙 Why he thinks Bitcoin still isn’t money 🏦 Why CBDCs and stablecoins may win the future Timestamps: 💰 0:00 Introduction 🏺 0:28 Is...
Crypto's Volatility Fades; Corporations Now Drive Growth
I keep seeing takes like this and I basically agree. if you want volatility go trade publicly traded quantum sh*tters. but it also conveys a deeper truth. crypto is boring because so many of the open questions have been answered....

Unveiling GoDark: Crypto’s New Institutional Dark Pool Backed by Copper, GSR, Others
GoDark, launched by GoQuant and backed by custodians Copper, GSR and a roster of institutional investors, is the first dedicated institutional dark pool for crypto, offering ultra‑low‑latency spot trading with plans to add futures, options and other derivatives. The platform...
India's Amravati Adopts Polygon for Transparent Land Records
Major digital transformation happening in India! So bullish on local governments using Polygon to improve security and transparency 🇮🇳 By putting land titles, property records, tax data etc on chain, Amravati will: - improve administrative efficiency for bureaucrats - make it easier for citizens...

Are Bitcoin Miners Becoming AI Utilities? The Math Says Yes
The April 2024 Bitcoin halving cut block rewards from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC, slashing the hash‑price and squeezing miner margins. In response, leading mining firms are repurposing excess hash power and data‑center capacity for artificial‑intelligence workloads, signing long‑term power‑lease contracts...
Journal Small Trades Now, Profit in 2026
Only 2 months left in 2025. If you've spent the year waiting for "altseasons" or chasing hyped memecoins, you're likely still unprofitable. Here’s how to make more progress now than you did all year: - Start fresh - Journal 30-100 trades on a small...
Tokenizing Everything: Watch Top RWA Crypto ETFs
Larry Fink wants to tokenize everything. Therefore, I pay attention to the top RWA crypto projects that will be or are ETFs. It's very simple.

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Slips, Altcoins Slide as AI Spending Concerns Hit U.S. Equities
Bitcoin slipped 0.2% to just under $110,000 while the CoinDesk 20 Index fell 1.7% as a broader sell‑off in U.S. equities was triggered by Meta and Microsoft raising AI‑spending forecasts, sparking overspending concerns. Ether dropped 1.3% to $3,871 and a...
ZEC Aims for Strong Presence at Zillions Event
Zillions. Will try to have a ZEC presence at this as much as possible
Bitcoin's Revolutionary Ideas Fit in Nine Pages
Fun fact: the bitcoin whitepaper is only 9 pages long. https://t.co/EM9LwpmNkB

TAO Poised to Break Resistance with Strong Momentum
$TAO Strong. Hopefully it can finally close above resistance https://t.co/WWSTEtHCfZ

Unchained Live: Stablecoin Craze Discussion at 11:30 ET
Unchained is live today at 11:30am ET! Tune in as @HadickM and @hexonaut join the show to discuss the continuing stablecoin/stablechain craze 🔥 📺: X, YouTube, PumpFun, Twitch
Unified API and App Simplify Multi‑Chain Asset Trading
Developer friendly API that abstracts chains, gas and allows to operate with assets. User friendly app to hold and trade all assets with any wallet provider or PassKey. Growth.
Three Proven Crypto Business Models: Issuance, AUM, Volume
3 business models that work in crypto: * asset issuance * assets under management * volume
Earn $5 Bitcoin with Steak N Shake Burger
🚨 Bitcoin & Burgers 🍔 @fold_app has partnered w/@SteaknShake for new Bitcoin Burger rewards program Customers who purchase a Bitcoin Burger or Bitcoin Meal can redeem their receipt on Fold for $5 in bitcoin while supplies last 🔥 https://t.co/36xmhKO19e
Waiting for a Total Crypto Crash Before Re‑entering Market
Btw at this point in the cycle I'm waiting for a devastating crash before I start buying again... When I say devastating I mean when people genuinely think crypto cannot recover, its over. Until then, I'm watching closely and sitting tight.
1M TPS Runs on Just 10 Gbps Links
6m tps would run on 40gbps. Firedancer demo last year sustained 1mtps with full global replication on 10gbps links. Not even dual 20s or anything fancy. My grandma has 10gbps at ho me.

US Treasury Chief Meets Singapore PM to Promote Crypto Adoption
𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: Treasury Secretary Bessent just met with Singapore Prime Minister to boost adoption of crypto and stablecoins. https://t.co/OnlWmI5DlF

Update TA Levels with New Data or Lose Trades
Adjusted VS Non-Adjusted TA levels: When new data comes in, you have to update your levels, as the same levels might not be tradeable anymore. Example👇 https://t.co/S6keNYYBBR

Record $72M Daily Volume Highlights Latin America Surge
Reached 2025's highest daily payment app volume last week at $72M! More and more growth happening in Latin Amerca with @aveniaio driving $25M in volume in a single day Looking forward to meeting Latin American builders at Money Rails at DevCon Sign up...

Satoshi's White Paper Revolutionized Money, Solving Double‑Spend
17 years ago Satoshi published the Bitcoin white paper and forever changed the way we think about money and solved the double-spend problem. Happy Bitcoin Day 🧡 https://t.co/Dm3Z1Z4Tze

Ethereum to Double L2 Capacity Again by January
Ethereum will 2x L2 capacity again by January This will be the second 2x since May Shipping. Scaling. Staying decentralized. https://t.co/cWNcBffqeW

Ticket Prices Rise Tonight—Use HODL for Discount
Ticket prices go up tonight for Bitcoin Amsterdam! Don’t miss this fantastic conference and the chance to hear Jack Mallers, Tyler & Cameron Winklevoss, Saifedean, Adam Back and many more speakers! Use code HODL for discounted passes. Link in thread. https://t.co/GM5e3SrD9N

Bitcoin White Paper Turns 17: Money’s Most Impactful Blueprint
Happy 17th Bitcoin white paper anniversary! Undeniably the most consequential money paper ever written in history. https://t.co/r1oAgGl40G

KARRAT Hits Fresh All‑time Low
$KARRAT New lows ✅ https://t.co/PzLn1ZbLRw

Will $PUMP Repeat Altcoin 99SMMA Sell‑off Pattern?
$PUMP We've seen a lot of altcoins lose 99smma support, pop back above as a deviation and then continue to sell off further. Is PUMP destined for the same? https://t.co/Ijh3M54UUB
Crypto Becomes AI’s Payment Layer
Crypto is the payment layer for AI

Bitcoin Defies Bears: 10 of 12 Candles Green
10 of the last 12 six month #Bitcoin candles have been green. $BTC Perma-bears picked the wrong asset. https://t.co/I29egdobkJ
Spotting Profit Opportunities in a Heavy Crypto Market
The markets look heavy. BTC...ETH...BNB...SOL...ZEC... Scanned every coin in my watchlist. Here's where to look if you actually want to make money🧵:
MegaETH Innovates with Fresh Apps, Avoids DeFi Copycats
i like that megaeth is building new apps not just copy pasting ethereum defi
Bitcoin
17 6,205 148,920 8,935,200 536,112,000 Whether you measure in years, days, hours, minutes or seconds, we are still so very early in Bitcoin time… 🧡 ⏰ 🚀
Privacy and Composability Are Possible, Though Not Trivial
Question: Can we have both privacy and composability? Could 2 apps be composable if both were private? The answer is: It's not trivial but yes. Or Yes, but it's not trivial (depends on the type of person you are) https://t.co/r3DEiSBBCA
Ethereum Reveals Crypto's Decentralization Race: Bitcoin Holds Steady
When you understand Ethereum you realize nothing in crypto is close. Other chains are chasing slot times and TPS. Only bitcoin and ethereum are chasing decentralization. And bitcoin has decided (so far) not to upgrade to snarks cryptography and scale. End game bullish.

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Boost Your Earnings with $STRC Token
Stretch your income. $STRC https://t.co/RuBZOUYjNt
Visions Mint Live: 0.075 ETH Steals Fine Art
I was mistaken... the mint is still live for the ground breaking Visions series by @orkhan_art ! Mint page below 0.075ETH is basically stealing fine art...
Celebrating the Bitcoin Whitepaper's Birthday with the Community
Happy #whitepaper birthday, #bitcoiners!🎂 https://t.co/5JV1QMDzfb