Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin crashes below $65,000 amid $1.86B liquidations and Saylor sell‑off
Bitcoin slipped under the $65,000 psychological barrier on June 3, sparking a 12% weekly decline. The drop triggered roughly $1.86 billion in leveraged futures liquidations and a $2.97 billion outflow from spot Bitcoin ETFs over ten sessions. Michael Saylor added pressure by selling 32 BTC, valued at about $2.5 million.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
#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 and digital assets, positioning USD‑pegged and branded stablecoins for widespread corporate adoption. The discussion also covers the importance of regulatory clarity—highlighting the GENIUS and STABLE Acts—and the need for privacy protections for stablecoin users, underscoring Nassim’s expertise in security and infrastructure from his roles at a16z Crypto, Facebook, and Apple.
Crypto Community's Support Fuels CoinDCX's Next Chapter
A big thank you to the global and Indian crypto community for all the love yesterday! 🙏 We received over a thousand messages, more than a hundred calls, more than hundred media stories, and countless good wishes. In the startup world, the...
How Deep Could BTC Crash If Bulls Fail to Defend $107K–$110K Support Zone?
Bitcoin is perched just above a critical $107,000–$110,000 support zone around the $111,700 mark, and analysts warn that failure to hold that band could trigger a sharp sell-off and volatile price swings. A break below the zone would likely force...
Bitcoin Needs a Fresh Catalyst to Avoid a ‘Deeper Correction’ — Analysts
Analysts warn Bitcoin needs a fresh catalyst to push past recent resistance and avoid a "deeper correction," with the cryptocurrency facing potential volatility in the coming month. Market observers point to slowing momentum after failed attempts to reclaim key levels...
Australia’s Financial Watchdog Could Gain Power to Ban Crypto ATMs
Australia’s government is not seeking an immediate ban on crypto ATMs but is proposing draft laws to give financial watchdog AUSTRAC the discretionary power to prohibit them. Minister Tony Burke said the change would allow a targeted ban where ATMs...
Trust, Security, Policy: Keys to India's Crypto Future
The crypto industry in India is growing rapidly, but it remains an emerging sector. I strongly believe that a combination of Trust + Security + Policy = the formula shaping India’s crypto future. Shared some thoughts with @CointelegraphIN recently on why I...
Banks Fumble TXs Too; at Least Paxos’ $300T Error Was Transparent
Paxos accidentally minted $300 trillion of its PayPal USD stablecoin on Oct. 15, an "internal technical error" that the blockchain made visible and allowed to be fully burned within 22 minutes. Industry executives say the episode underscores blockchain’s advantage over...
European Banks Choose Polygon for Euro Stablecoin
Polygon is absolutely crushing it in Europe. I think Polygon’s dominance in Europe is as strong as in SEA and LATAM. Welcoming ODDO BHF, 175 yr old Banking Giant from France who launched their Euro backed stablecoin, “exclusively on Polygon” Banks...
Bank of England Clarifies Plan to Limit Stablecoins Is Temporary
The Bank of England said its proposed limits on stablecoins are temporary, seeking to reassure markets after industry groups warned the measures would stifle innovation and signal the UK is unfriendly to crypto. The draft limits would have constrained stablecoin...
New Consensus Rule Caps Bitcoin Withdrawals per Block
Re: hourglass, you can limit rate of ₿ withdrawal by making the consensus rule be that only one output is allowed to have a different scriptPubKey, and that output can have a maximum N ₿ value; other outputs have the...
Altcoins Are Still Discounted—Buy Now
ALTCOINS ARE STILL ON SALE! 🚀 https://t.co/7MloQZpupq
95% of Corporate ETH Buys Happened in Q3 — Start of Ether Supercycle?
Corporate buyers concentrated 95% of their Ether purchases in Q3, a surge market observers say, alongside growing ETF accumulation and rising volumes of ETH locked in staking. Crypto executives are projecting up to 200% upside for Ether by year-end, citing...
Binance FUD Signals Market Bottom, Not Panic
Binance FUD usually marks the bottom.
Meet Frax at Money2020 Vegas for Stable
Who's going to @money2020 Vegas to talk stablecoins this year? If you are hit me up, @Frax and I will be there! 💵
Blackrock's COMPLETE 180 On Bitcoin (THEY ARE BUYING)
The episode examines BlackRock’s sudden reversal on Bitcoin, detailing why the asset manager is now purchasing the cryptocurrency and what that signals for the broader market. It highlights the potential impact of institutional buying on Bitcoin’s price trajectory over the...
Choosing One Path: Bitcoin’s Future Development Direction
If Bitcoin development had to go in a single direction, which one would you pick?
Bitcoin's Greatest Threat Is the Attack You Ignore
The best attack on Bitcoin is one you don’t think is an attack.
Nasdaq-Listed Zeta Network Raises $230M in Bitcoin-Backed Private Sale
Nasdaq-listed Zeta Network raised $230 million in a private share sale in which investors paid with Bitcoin and SolvBTC, adding those crypto assets to the company’s corporate treasury. The deal marks a direct infusion of digital-asset exposure onto Zeta’s balance...
Cramer Dismisses $500k Bitcoin, but Bottom Approaches
BULLISH 🚨 JIM CRAMER SAYS BITCOIN WILL NEVER REACH $500,000! BOTTOM IS IN 🚀 https://t.co/h7YmD3baJg
Bitcoin Consolidates After Recent Rally
Bitcoin consolidation! 👀 https://t.co/Zqejw7DTv5
High-Leverage Crypto Trader James Wynn Liquidated Again, This Time for $4.8M
Pseudonymous high-leverage crypto trader James Wynn was liquidated for about $4.8 million one day after opening new positions, Lookonchain reported. Wynn had deployed $197,000 in stablecoins into a 40x long on 34 BTC (~$3.85M), a 10x long on 122 million...
Embedded Wallets Now Available for All Coinbase Apps
Embedded wallets now live for everyone on Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP)! Easily add crypto wallets to your app. Works great with our Onramps product and other APIs too.
Ethereum, BNBchain, Arbitrum Go Live on SunWukong D
Ethereum and BNBchain and Arbitrum are live now on @sunwukong_DEX 孙悟空！
Ripple CEO Calls for Parity in Treatment of TradFi, Crypto Companies
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse urged regulators and the press to hold crypto firms to the same AML, KYC and sanctions standards as banks while granting them equivalent access to banking infrastructure such as Fed master accounts, as Ripple awaits an...
Top Crypto Listing Is Essential for Exchange Growth
Woke up to this. Thanks for the support from industry peers. Listing a 3rd largest market cap crypto should be a no-brainer. Excellent liquidity, volume and ecosystem. Not listing it is a loss for the exchange themselves. #BNB, keep building!...
W Stock Near Strong Support, Poised for Bounce
I don't think $W will go much deeper here. We are at a huge support box, send it higher! https://t.co/bQAVdvUGDY
Sierra Labs - Redefining Digital Money
In this episode, Mitchell Nicholson, founder of Sierra Labs, explains the SIERRA Liquid Yield Token (LYT) and its aim to unify user experience across DeFi, CeFi, and traditional finance. He details how LYT provides seamless yield generation, liquidity, and easy...
BoE to Lift Stablecoin Limits After Risk Passes
THE BANK OF ENGLAND WILL REMOVE STABLECOIN HOLDING LIMITS ONCE DIGITAL ASSETS NO LONGER THREATEN THE ECONOMY Labelling the restrictions as “temporary” https://t.co/QDpZFZ2XfK
Bitcoin Knots vs Core Debate Launches Oct 16
Tomorrow Oct 16th, we will do a #Bitcoin Knots vs Core Discussion w/ @jimmysong & @adam3us... * This will likely to be Part I in a multi part series to try and explain the controversy!!! 👉 https://t.co/8sgmgUyCLL https://t.co/eWu7IJKfSe
CME Futures Open Interest Flips Binance: Does Wall Street Fully Control Crypto Now?
After last week’s flash crash that wiped out about $74 billion in leveraged positions and triggered roughly $19.2 billion in reported liquidations, CME’s futures open interest in BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP climbed to $28.3 billion—surpassing Binance’s $23 billion and...
Solana Tops All Chains with $6.16B 24‑hour DEX Volume
UPDATE 🚨 SOLANA LEADS ALL CHAINS WITH $6.16B IN 24H DEX VOLUME! https://t.co/x7sA1Slns5
Polymarket Introduces Up/Down Equity Betting Markets
POLYMARKET LAUNCHES UP/DOWN EQUITY MARKETS! Users can bet on stock price movements, with Wall Street Journal and Nasdaq as resolution sources https://t.co/8D3f2nV4lx
Core Should Drop Dust Limit to Match Real Usage
The dust limit is just a filter. To maintain consistency with what they’ve said before, Core should remove this limit to align with actual network usage. 🙃
Greg Maxwell Defends Free, Market‑driven Resource Allocation over Censorship
Greg Maxwell defends a principled commitment to freedom and open market-based resource allocation against the populist desire to censor the Current Hated Thing.
Public Companies Own 95% of All ETH in Q3
BREAKING 🚨 PUBLIC COMPANIES ACCUMULATED 95% OF THEIR TOTAL ETH HOLDINGS JUST IN Q3 2025 27 firms now hold 4.63M $ETH worth $19B https://t.co/DVDTOqcKD4
Four Launchpad Games Offer Quests for Points
Special shout out to our YGG Play game partners on launch - @LOLLandGame, @GIGACHADBAT, @playgigaverse, @PirateNation PoP Arcade - a platform is nothing without its content. You can play quests on these 4 games to get points for the launchpad...
Ethereum L1 Could Hit 10k TPS by 2029
At 3x per year scaling Ethereum L1 would reach 10k TPS by april 2029. Aggressive but possible in our zkEVM world. h/t @mteamisloading https://t.co/9hgKsEPxST
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Another Trezor Giveaway Coming Soon, Stay Tuned
Man it's really been a long time since I did a Trezor giveaway..... Guess I'll have to do another one soon 😎
Top Player Earned Rank Before Token Airdrop
Thanks for being a dedicated player and providing feedback, what I'm happiest about our #1 player @MagoDi_NFT is that he reached this *before* knowing that there would be a $LOL token and airdrop to our players. The $LOL P2A Season 1...
Ripple Expands XRP Custody Network to New Country
XRP RIPPLE JUST EXPANDED ITS CUSTODY NETWORK TO THIS COUNTRY! 10/15/2025 #crypto #xrp #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #ethereum #ripple #solana #xrparmy #cryptowendyo #wendy #xrpcommunity #finance #blackrock
Solana's Stats Are Bogus, MEV Profits Remain Massive
lol. No users but somehow users are generating millions of mev. While the mev is a whopping TWO basis points of the volume onchain.
Read Full Conversation via Links, UI Hinders Navigation
This is an interesting conversation between Bill Hughes, ZachXBT, julia27eth, and Mike Mosier. However, I don’t think the https://t.co/3V9SrTRAt1 UI will let you follow the conversation (Xdotcom is busy trying to enrage you for clicks), so read all these links...
Crypto Leaders Praise Zcash as Socially Positive Community
Thread of crypto industry folks who see Zcash as a socially-positive community:
Future Shareholder Governance on X Powered by Solana
It’s insane that @elonmusk ’s pay package is going to be approved/rejected in 2025 via this. Internet Capital Markets provide the foundation to fix shareholder governance. Just imagine when you can engage in shareholder governance directly from X, powered by...
Crypto Crash Proves Need for Market Structure Legislation
Crypto’s biggest crash just proved one thing: without real market structure rules, it’ll happen again 🔁 On @bitsandbips, @Steven_Ehrlich breaks down why legislation matters now. https://t.co/aE1D2oa0A3
Last Day: 15% Off Bitcoin Summit Tickets
🚨Last day to grab a ticket to the Bitcoin Financial Services Summit in Denver! Use code NATALIE to get 15% off your tickets! Go hear from @samcallah @ejuline @BitcoinPierre @ericyakes @AndrewHohns and more! Kicks off with a round of golf tomorrow! ⛳️ https://t.co/Qvo2EeVUm1...
Ethereum Gas Limit Could Triple Yearly, Boosting TPS Dramatically
Someone create a website that shows Ethereum TPS over the next 5 years if Ethereum does indeed 3x gas limit every year starting now
Central Banks Poised to Treat Bitcoin Like Gold
Just wait until Central Banks start buying Bitcoin.
Uniswap FC Adds Second BanklessHQ Member for Cup
The @Uniswap FC team has drafted their 2nd @BanklessHQ team member for the @EFDevconnect Uniswap Cup