News•Oct 15, 2025
China Merchants Bank Tokenizes $3.8B Fund on BNB Chain in Hong Kong
China Merchants Bank International (CMBI) has tokenized a HK$3.8 billion (about $3.8B) fund on Binance’s BNB Chain in Hong Kong, marking a high-profile move into blockchain-based asset tokenization. The initiative follows CMBI’s prior tokenization with Singapore’s DigiFT on Solana in August, underscoring the bank’s multi-chain approach to digital securities. The deal signals growing institutional adoption of tokenized funds in Asia, promising greater liquidity and secondary-market access while raising regulatory and custody considerations for traditional asset managers and investors.
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 15, 2025
XRP Price Shows Promise at $2.50: Is 57% Rally Still Possible?
XRP traded around $2.50 as analysts signaled a bullish macro outlook, saying a breakout could be triggered if the token reclaims key support levels. Price analysts cited technical targets implying as much as a 57% rally from current levels if...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 15, 2025
Bitcoin Metric Shows ‘Euphoria’ as $112.5K BTC Price Squeezes New Buyers
Bitcoin’s price surge to about $112,500 has triggered a short-term holder squeeze and pushed a key supply-ownership metric into levels historically associated with euphoria and bull-market tops. New buyers are struggling to realize profits as on-chain data shows concentration and...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 15, 2025
Analysis: DATs Keep Buying Bitcoin, Outperforming ETFs Is the Hard Part
Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) continue to accumulate bitcoin but have largely failed to outperform holding spot BTC or ETF products, with most corporate treasuries—including MicroStrategy and GameStop—lagging Bitcoin’s roughly 23% year-to-date gain. Only a few outliers, such as Twenty One...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 15, 2025
Nansen and Sanctum Launch Solana Liquid Staking Token
Nansen and Sanctum launched nxSOL, a Solana liquid staking token that lets users earn SOL staking rewards while keeping liquidity to withdraw or deploy in Solana’s DeFi ecosystem. The move arrives as Solana’s TVL tops $13 billion, Sanctum’s TVL has...
By The Defiant
News•Oct 15, 2025
Are Miners Now Net Accumulators? Marathon Adds 400 BTC After the Crash
Marathon Digital Holdings bought 400 BTC for about $46 million on Oct. 13, taking advantage of a market crash three days earlier and increasing its treasury to 53,250 BTC. That holding is now valued at over $6 billion, according to...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 15, 2025
The Crypto Liquidation Crisis Highlighted OTC Desks as Crucial Shock Absorbers, Finery Markets Says
A sudden crypto sell-off that saw Bitcoin tumble from about $122,000 to $103,000 and a brief USDe depeg to $0.65 on Binance triggered widespread altcoin losses, but Finery Markets says over-the-counter (OTC) desks absorbed much of the shock. The firm...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 15, 2025
Crypto Crash Unlikely to Have Derailed ‘Uptober,’ Analysts Say
Crypto markets rebounded to about $4 trillion following the largest liquidation event in history, and analysts say the sell-off is unlikely to derail an anticipated October rally dubbed ‘Uptober.’ Despite the shock, analysts point to structural supports—renewed inflows, stronger on‑chain...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 15, 2025
BlackRock CEO Sees ‘New Wave of Opportunity’ in Tokenization
BlackRock CEOsaid tokenization represents a “new wave of opportunity,” signaling the world’s largest asset manager is betting on digital securities to reshape capital markets. The firm, which manages $13.46 trillion in assets and holds about $104 billion in crypto-related assets,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 15, 2025
Crypto Maturity Demands Systematic Discipline over Speculation
Lucas Kiely argues that crypto remains fundamentally speculative because most tokens lack quantifiable fundamentals like earnings or cash flow, leaving prices driven by sentiment and traders rather than intrinsic value. Unfettered leverage on crypto exchanges has amplified this risk, contributing...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 15, 2025
Tom Lee, Arthur Hayes Double Down on $10K Ether This Year
Market bulls Tom Lee and Arthur Hayes publicly reiterated bets that Ether will reach $10,000 this year, with Lee saying a move as high as $12,000 would represent fresh price discovery rather than a blow-off top. The duo cited ongoing...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Japan Is Working on New Rules to Crack Down on Crypto Insider Trading
Japan is set to amend its rules, which would empower its securities regulator to investigate and punish those involved in crypto-related insider trading.
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Binance Rolls Out $400M Program for Traders Hit by Friday’s Downturn
Binance and BNB Chain have pledged a total of $728 million in support for traders following the sell-off, but the exchange maintains it is not responsible for users’ losses.
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
US Representative Seeks to Turn Trump’s 401(k) Crypto Executive Order Into Law
The bill, if passed, would codify US President Donald Trump's executive order allowing retirement plans to include "alternative assets," including cryptocurrencies.
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
UK Politics Attempts to Copy £5B Trump Crypto Script, without His Levers or Power
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has proposed a crypto-friendly platform that includes a £5 billion state Bitcoin reserve and a flat 10% capital gains tax on digital assets, directly mirroring policies from Donald Trump's crypto campaign. This plan, however,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 14, 2025
Yei Finance Token Soars 250% on Launch Day
Yei Finance's CLO token surged 245% on its launch day, skyrocketing its market capitalization from $17.5 million to $61 million. With 13% of the total supply in circulation, the token boasts a fully diluted valuation of $475 million. Yei Finance...
By The Defiant
News•Oct 14, 2025
OhBaby Games NFT Mint Offers GameFi Bulls a Glimmer of Hope
OhBaby Games launched its flagship NFT collection, the OhBaby Pass, on October 8, achieving a remarkable 500% surge from its initial mint price of 0.1 ETH ($410) to a peak of 0.5 ETH ($2,000) shortly after the mint, before stabilizing...
By The Defiant
News•Oct 14, 2025
Solana Traders’ Favorite Metric Flashes, but Is $300 SOL by December Possible?
Solana's native token, SOL, has rebounded above $200 after a drop to $167 but faces significant hurdles to achieving a $300 price target due to weak on-chain activity and increasing competition from rival blockchain networks. Despite a lack of bearish...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Crypto Continues to Offer Superior Returns and Diversification: Franklin Templeton
Franklin Templeton's latest report highlights the compelling performance of digital assets, which have outperformed traditional markets in eight of the past eleven years, attributing this trend to rising institutional adoption and innovative tokenized products. The digital asset market has surged...
By The Defiant
News•Oct 14, 2025
NYC Mayor Establishes Digital Assets and Blockchain Office
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has established the Office of Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology, an initiative aimed at enhancing the city’s engagement with emerging digital financial technologies. This move, occurring just three months before Adams departs from office,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Tether Settles Celsius Claims for $300M, Raising Stablecoin Liability Concerns
Tether has agreed to a $299.5 million settlement with the Celsius Network bankruptcy estate, addressing claims related to Celsius's 2022 collapse and raising concerns about stablecoin liability. The settlement concludes a protracted dispute over Bitcoin collateral and comes amid broader...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
US Gov’t Seeks to Add $14B to Crypto Reserves as Part of Forfeiture Case
The U.S. government is seeking to add $14 billion in Bitcoin to its crypto reserves as part of a forfeiture case linked to a Cambodia-based company, contingent on the conviction of the alleged ringleader. This move underscores the government's aggressive...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Ethereum's Fusaka Upgrade Goes Live on Sepolia Ahead of December Mainnet Launch
Ethereum has successfully launched its Fusaka upgrade on the Sepolia testnet, a crucial step in enhancing the network's scalability and performance ahead of a mainnet launch scheduled for December. This upgrade, which follows the Holesky testnet activation, aims to increase...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Metamask to Integrate Polymarket
Metamask, the leading Ethereum wallet by Consensys, has announced a strategic integration with Polymarket, the largest on-chain prediction market, enhancing its offerings in decentralized finance (DeFi). The partnership, alongside the introduction of in-app perpetual futures and a forthcoming rewards program,...
By The Defiant
News•Oct 14, 2025
Stocks Vs. Bitcoin in the AI Era: Which Will Survive the Next 50 Years?
In a new analysis, experts explore the future of stocks versus Bitcoin in the era of artificial intelligence, suggesting that while both investment vehicles face challenges, their fates may diverge. Stocks, particularly those of businesses that harness AI for innovation,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
U.S. Targets Cambodian Pig Butchering, Takes $14B in Bitcoin as Biggest Ever Seizure
U.S. authorities have launched a major crackdown on the Prince Group, a Cambodian conglomerate linked to forced-labor scams, including notorious "pig butchering" schemes that defraud Americans. The Justice Department has indicted the group's leader, Chen Zhi, for money laundering and...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 14, 2025
Citigroup CEO Backs Tokenized Deposits, Says Too Much Focus on Stablecoins
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser has endorsed tokenized deposits as the future cornerstone of digital finance, arguing they offer superior infrastructure and compliance advantages over stablecoins. Speaking during the bank's third-quarter earnings call, Fraser highlighted that Citi's tokenized services can now...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 14, 2025
XLM Suffers Massive Sell-Off on Heavy Volume Spike
Stellar's XLM token experienced a significant sell-off, plunging 8% from $0.36 to $0.33 on October 14, 2025, amid a spike in trading volume to 63.1 million tokens, surpassing its 24-hour average of 36.85 million. The decline intensified after XLM broke...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 14, 2025
US to Add $14 Billion BTC to Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Seized From Chinese Scammer
The U.S. government plans to seize 127,271 Bitcoin valued at approximately $14.2 billion, linked to a fraudulent scheme orchestrated by Chinese national Chen Zhi. This seizure is expected to bolster the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a move aligned with an...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 14, 2025
Bitcoin Threatens $107K Next as Yearly Open Becomes Key BTC Price Floor
Bitcoin's price has retreated to multi-week lows, hovering around $110,000, as a significant whale continues to short the cryptocurrency, exacerbating bearish sentiment. With the price dropping over 3% following a failed rebound at $116,000, $107,000 is emerging as a critical...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
How $800 Hardware Can Sniff Bitcoin Miner Traffic via Satellite
Researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Maryland have revealed that approximately 50% of geostationary satellite downlinks transmit data unencrypted, making them vulnerable to interception using just $800 in consumer hardware. Their findings include the ability to capture...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 14, 2025
Ethereum Drops 8%, but Traders Say ETH Price Breakout to $10K Is ‘Loading’
Ethereum's price fell by 8%, potentially approaching a retest of the $3,800 support level, as market volatility continues to influence trading sentiment. Despite this recent decline, traders remain optimistic, suggesting that a breakout toward a new all-time high of $10,000...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
How a Crypto Trader Turned $3K Into $2M After CZ Mentioned a Memecoin
A crypto trader transformed an initial investment of $3,000 into $2 million after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) endorsed the memecoin “4” following a significant hack on the BNB Chain. The surge highlights the volatile nature of memecoins and the...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Monad Opens Airdrop Portal Ahead of Token Launch
Monad Foundation has launched its airdrop portal ahead of the highly anticipated MON token launch, allowing users to verify eligibility until November 3, 2025. The initiative targets approximately 230,500 individuals, including 5,500 core community members and 225,000 broader crypto users,...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 14, 2025
Elon Musk Touts Bitcoin as Energy-Based and Inflation-Proof, Unlike ‘Fake Fiat’
Elon Musk has positioned Bitcoin as a superior alternative to traditional fiat currencies, highlighting its energy-based economic model and resilience against inflation. He argues that the current trend of fiat debasement, driven by the escalating costs associated with AI development,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
The Oracle Problem Is Political
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols face significant risks due to their reliance on a limited number of oracle networks for essential pricing data, raising concerns about centralization that contradicts the foundational principles of decentralization in blockchain technology. This reliance can lead...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
From $10 to $10,000: How Dollar-Cost Averaging Works in Crypto
A new analysis highlights the effectiveness of dollar-cost averaging (DCA) in cryptocurrency investments, illustrating how an initial investment of $10 can grow to substantial sums, such as $10,000, over time. The piece discusses critical aspects of DCA, including its implementation,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
‘Pixnapping’ Android Attack Could Expose Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases
Researchers have identified a significant Android vulnerability, dubbed "pixnapping," which enables malicious applications to capture and reconstruct sensitive on-screen information, including cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases and two-factor authentication codes. This security flaw poses a severe risk to users' digital assets,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Is the Korean Kimchi Premium Still Front-Running Bitcoin Price?
The persistent phenomenon known as the "kimchi premium," where Bitcoin prices in South Korea exceed those in the US, continues to attract attention as a potential indicator of market trends. Recent analysis suggests that this premium, often associated with heightened...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 14, 2025
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Plunges 6.2% as All Constituents Trade Lower
The CoinDesk 20 Index has experienced a significant decline of 6.2%, dropping to 3683.7 as of Monday afternoon, with all constituent cryptocurrencies trading lower. Bitcoin fell 3.9% and Bitcoin Cash dropped 5.6%, while NEAR and SUI were notable laggards, decreasing...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 14, 2025
Russia’s Central Bank Considers Tokenizing Russian Stocks, But for Foreigners
Russia's Central Bank is exploring the possibility of tokenizing domestic company shares to facilitate foreign investment, despite ongoing sanctions from the EU and U.S. The initiative, announced by Bank of Russia first deputy governor Vladimir Chistyukhin, hinges on the cooperation...
By The Defiant
News•Oct 14, 2025
UK Moves to Allow Asset Managers Use Blockchain for Fund Tokenization
The UK’s FCA has outlined a roadmap to help asset managers adopt blockchain and tokenization, aiming to boost efficiency and competition.
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Is Elon Musk Getting Interested in Bitcoin Again?
Elon Musk has reignited interest in Bitcoin, suggesting a renewed focus on its energy-based value during a recent online discussion. This comes after Tesla's significant $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin in 2021, followed by a withdrawal from accepting it as...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 14, 2025
Circle Can Withstand Rate Cuts as Stablecoin Demand Grows: Bernstein
Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, is projected to maintain profitability despite potential revenue pressures from declining U.S. interest rates, according to Bernstein. The firm estimates a 9% revenue drop for every 25 basis points cut, yet anticipates robust...
By CoinDesk
News•Oct 14, 2025
S&P Global Taps Chainlink to Rate Stablecoins’ Ability to Retain Peg
S&P Global Ratings and Chainlink have partnered to provide onchain stablecoin risk profiles for TradFi players looking to enter or expand into the $300 billion market.
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Bitcoin-Gold Correlation Increases as BTC Follows Gold’s Path to Store of Value
Bitcoin's correlation with gold has surged above 0.85, indicating a growing alignment between the two assets as investors increasingly view Bitcoin as a store of value. This trend highlights a shift in market sentiment, with both cryptocurrencies and precious metals...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Frozen $200K Binance Donation for Cancer Patients in Malta Now Worth $37M
A $200,000 cryptocurrency donation made by Binance to a cancer charity in Malta in 2018 has appreciated to a staggering $37 million, yet the funds remain inaccessible due to ongoing verification disputes. The situation underscores the complexities surrounding crypto donations...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
BNB Price Drops 12% From All-Time Highs: Is the Bull Run Over?
BNB, the cryptocurrency associated with Binance, has seen a 12% decline from its all-time highs, raising questions about the sustainability of the current bull run. Technical indicators such as an oversold Relative Strength Index (RSI) and emerging bearish patterns suggest...
By Cointelegraph
News•Oct 14, 2025
Bitcoin Falters Again Causing $200B Wipeout: Will BTC Hold $110k or Break to $104k?
The cryptocurrency market experienced a significant decline, losing nearly $200 billion in value amid rising trade tensions between China and the United States, which heightened global risk aversion. Bitcoin, struggling to maintain momentum following a record $19 billion in liquidations...
By CryptoSlate
News•Oct 14, 2025
Monad Co-Founder Flags Telegram Ad Scam in Official Channel Ahead of Airdrop
Monad co-founder Keone Hon issued a warning to users about a scam involving fraudulent links appearing in Telegram ads within the project's official announcements channel. This alert comes ahead of an anticipated airdrop, highlighting the potential risks for users and...
By Cointelegraph