Bitcoin Shines as a 'Liquidity Barometer,' Not an Inflation Hedge, NYDIG Says
NYDIG research finds bitcoin does not function reliably as an inflation hedge, with monthly correlation data showing an inconsistent and weak relationship to inflation; gold likewise displays often negative and fluctuating correlations with inflation. Both assets are instead more strongly driven by real interest rates and money supply, and bitcoin’s inverse relationship with real rates has strengthened as it becomes more integrated into financial markets. The findings challenge the widespread “digital gold” narrative and imply investors and institutions should position bitcoin based on liquidity and rate dynamics rather than as a direct inflation protection.
Bitcoin Price Starts $112K Breakout as Fed Rate-Cut Odds Pass 98%
Bitcoin surged past a breakout level around $112,000, trading near $113,000 as markets closed the week amid bullish momentum. The move coincided with market-implied Fed rate-cut odds topping roughly 98%, reinforcing risk-on positioning ahead of a pivotal week for U.S....
CZ’s Pardon Came After Costly Binance Lobbying Push in Washington: Politico
Politico reports that Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s presidential pardon followed a targeted Washington lobbying campaign that paid $450,000 to Trump-linked lobbyists and $290,000 to former SEC chair contender Teresa Goody Guillén. The expenditure-backed push came as Binance faced intense...
How JPMorgan’s Bitcoin Collateral Plan Could Unlock $20 Billion in Liquidity
JPMorgan is preparing to allow institutional clients to pledge Bitcoin and Ethereum as collateral for cash loans, a marked shift toward integrating major cryptocurrencies into mainstream banking. The move could unlock roughly $20 billion of liquidity by tapping client crypto...
Coinbase’s X402 Transactions Explode over 10,000% in a Month
Coinbase’s x402 protocol, which allows AI agents to transact autonomously over the internet, experienced a roughly 10,000% surge in transaction activity over the past month. The explosive month-over-month growth highlights rapidly rising usage of autonomous agent infrastructure on Coinbase’s platform,...
Crypto Under Pressure: What the U.S. Shutdown Tells Us About Market Resilience
The U.S. federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1, 2025 forced the SEC into contingency staffing and left nearly 100 crypto ETF decisions in limbo while key economic-data releases from the BLS and Census were delayed. The bottleneck has stalled...
Kyrgyzstan Launches Stablecoin on BNB Chain, Confirms Future CBDC Rollout
Kyrgyzstan has launched a national stablecoin on the BNB Chain and confirmed plans to roll out a central bank digital currency (CBDC), following talks with Binance founder and strategic adviser Changpeng Zhao. The move signals a state-backed push into tokenized...
Bitcoin Options Market Cautious as Traders Hedge Against Volatility
Traders in the Bitcoin options market are showing caution, increasingly buying downside protection and hedges even as BTC recovers from an early-October rout that wiped out tens of billions in leveraged bets. Options metrics — including a bias toward puts,...
ISM Manufacturing PMI Suggests Bitcoin Cycle May Extend Beyond Historical Norm
Weak ISM manufacturing data is signaling that economic headwinds may persist, suggesting Bitcoin’s market cycle could stretch beyond its historical durations. The report’s softness points to slower business recovery and prolonged macro pressure on risk assets, which can delay a...
SOL Now on Fidelity’s Retail Platform as Price Tests $195 While $188 Support Draws Focus
Solana (SOL) was added to Fidelity’s U.S. retail platform and gets a branded push from Gemini’s new Solana edition credit card as the token’s price tested resistance near $195 while traders focus on a key support cluster around $188. CoinDesk’s...
Ledger’s New Multisig Interface Sparks Backlash over 'Cash Cow' Fees
Ledger launched an upgraded multisig interface that brings technical improvements to security and user experience, but the rollout has provoked strong community backlash over newly introduced transaction fees described by critics as a “cash cow.” Users and developers say the...
Bitcoin Is Trading at a 30% Discount Relative to Nasdaq Fair Value
Bitcoin is trading about 30% below a Nasdaq 100‑implied “fair value,” according to ecoinometrics data, marking a pronounced discount versus the tech-stock benchmark. That gap underscores a sharp relative decline in BTC prices and, historically, such divergences have signaled deep...
XRP Price Eyes Rally to $3.45 After Ripple CEO Tells Investors to ‘Lock In’
XRP is targeting a breakout toward $3–$3.45 as renewed bullish momentum is driven by firm technical support and an intensifying institutional push from Ripple, amplified by CEO Brad Garlinghouse urging investors to “lock in.” Analysts point to chart patterns and...
HMRC Tightens the Net: UK Crypto Investors Face Crackdown on Unreported Gains
HMRC is ramping up enforcement on UK cryptocurrency investors, signaling a crackdown on unreported gains as the tax authority closes loopholes and tightens reporting expectations. The move includes stricter compliance checks, greater data-sharing and likely penalties for undeclared crypto income,...
Don’t Just Tokenize Assets, Build the Institutions to Back Them
Tokenization of real-world assets is advancing beyond pilot projects as regulatory clarity and growing institutional adoption are building the legal, custody and compliance infrastructure needed to scale. While critics warn of hype and unresolved legal questions, proponents point to pilot...
Bitmine’s Tom Lee Sees Crypto Rally Into Year-End, Says S&P 500 Could Climb Another 10%
Tom Lee said on CNBC that U.S. stocks and crypto are set for a year‑end rally, projecting the S&P 500 could rise 4%–10%—potentially topping 7,000—as Fed cuts and lingering investor skepticism fuel late‑year gains. He flagged Oct. 10 as a...
Countries Across Africa Approve New Crypto Laws as Adoption Grows
Governments across Africa are enacting new cryptocurrency laws to attract industry investment while addressing consumer protection and anti-money‑laundering concerns. Regulators are moving from outright bans to frameworks that offer legal clarity and favorable conditions for crypto businesses as adoption and...
No HMRC Letter? UK Crypto Investors May Still Owe Taxes, Expert Warns
HMRC has sent 65,000 letters warning UK crypto investors about potential unpaid taxes, but tax experts caution that absence of contact does not guarantee compliance or immunity from liabilities. The agency’s outreach targets suspected under-reporting, and HMRC has signaled it...
Ferrari to Launch Digital Token to Let Fans Bid on Its Le Mans-Winning Race Car
Ferrari will issue a digital “Token Ferrari 499P” in partnership with fintech firm Conio, enabling members of its 100‑member Hyperclub to trade tokens and bid in a limited auction for the Le Mans‑winning 499P slated to coincide with the 2027...
The 5 Unbelievable Crypto Comeback Stories that Changed the World Forever
CryptoSlate highlights five dramatic comeback stories that reshaped the crypto industry, profiling assets, platforms and protocols that were written off—then revived by legal rulings, code updates, and market momentum. The piece traces recoveries from bankrupt exchanges and imploded tokens to...
Spot Ether ETFs See Outflows for Second Consecutive Week Amid ‘Cooling Demand’
Spot Ether ETFs recorded outflows for a second consecutive week as demand for Ether-based products cooled, marking a pullback in institutional interest after initial post-approval momentum. By contrast, spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $446 million in weekly inflows, underscoring a divergence...
Rumble Partners with Tether to Add Bitcoin Tips for Content Creators
Video platform Rumble has partnered with stablecoin issuer Tether to roll out Bitcoin tipping for creators, with the feature slated to launch in early to mid-December. The integration will allow viewers to send Bitcoin-based tips to content creators via Tether’s...
Bitcoin Miners Build on Gains After Jane Street Discloses Stakes
Shares of leading publicly traded Bitcoin miners climbed after Jane Street disclosed new stakes Thursday, extending a months-long rally across the sector. The disclosure of institutional holdings signaled renewed investor appetite for crypto mining equities and lifted market sentiment for...
Bitcoin Price Compression Will Spark Expansion: Will BTC Explode Toward $120K?
Bitcoin has traded in a tight range this week with sellers capping rallies near $112,000 while buyers defend dips around $107,000–$108,000, a pattern analysts call “compression before expansion.” Positive on‑chain signals — including $477 million of spot ETF inflows during...
2025 Is the Year ‘Crypto Went Mainstream’: A16z
Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Crypto declares 2025 the year crypto ‘went mainstream,’ citing a total market value above $4 trillion, mobile wallet users up 20%, an estimated 40–70 million active users (roughly +10 million year‑over‑year), and on‑chain holdings rising to $175...
Inflation to Set up Bitcoin Melt-Up as Rates to Fall to 2.75% by Next October
US headline and core CPI both printed 3.0% year‑over‑year in September, with gasoline the main monthly driver, and markets still price a 25‑bp Fed cut next week and a glide of policy to roughly 3.0% by October 2026. Futures and...
Price Predictions 10/24: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, LINK, XLM
Bitcoin’s short‑lived relief rally is meeting selling near $112,000, with $107,000 the key support that, if lost, could trigger a deeper correction toward $100,000 and potentially $87,801. Analysts (including Bitfinex and Galaxy Digital’s CEO) characterize October’s ~18% peak‑to‑trough drawdown as...
Stable Controversially Pre-Fills $825 Million Vault
Stable, a Bitfinex‑backed stablechain, launched a capped $825 million public deposit vault that was revealed to be nearly full at announcement time after $500 million (60%) had already been pre‑deposited by ten wallets tied to the vault owner. On‑chain evidence...
Bitcoin’s Bull Market Is Intact, but Key Levels Signal Risk, Says Galaxy Digital Analyst
Galaxy Digital’s head of research told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin’s broader bull market remains intact but the market is at a pivotal juncture where breaches of key technical levels would increase the risk of a deeper downturn. He highlighted that on‑chain...
$19B Crypto Crash Opens Door to $200K Bitcoin in 2025: Finance Redefined
A $19 billion crypto liquidation has prompted a modest market rebound and prompted Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick to forecast Bitcoin could climb to $200,000 by year‑end, with a bear‑case floor above $150,000 if Fed rate cuts materialize — though...
Crypto.com Pushes for Federal Footing with US Trust Bank Charter Application
Crypto.com has applied for a US National Trust Bank Charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to offer federally regulated custody and staking services for institutional clients, ETFs and corporate treasuries nationwide. The charter, which would let...
Zelle Fires up Stablecoins to Fuel Faster Cross-Border Payments
Early Warning Services, owner of Zelle, said it will integrate dollar‑pegged stablecoins into its payments platform to accelerate cross‑border flows into and out of the U.S., leveraging Zelle’s existing near‑instant rails used by banks including Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Capital One...
GENIUS Has Yet to Take Effect, Despite Some Firms Claiming to Be ‘Regulated’ and ‘Compliant’
Although the GENIUS Act was signed into law on July 18, 2025, it has not yet taken effect and remains in a public comment period running through Nov. 4, 2025, meaning no stablecoin issuer is currently regulated under it. Firms...
How XRP’s Renewed Role Is Driving Crypto-Fiat Settlement and Innovation Worldwide
After years in the shadows of Bitcoin and Ethereum, XRP and the XRP Ledger are re-emerging as practical infrastructure for crypto-fiat settlement, with proponents saying the protocol’s low-cost, fast transactions and expanding on‑ and off‑ramps are driving real-world payment use...
WazirX Shutdown Ends, UK Watchdog Targets HTX: Global Express
Indian crypto exchange WazirX said it will resume trading on Oct. 24 after a year‑long hiatus following a July 2024 hack that stole roughly $230–240 million — the platform will offer zero‑fee trading for 30 days and reintroduce rupee trading...
How Retail Altcoin Traders Lost $800 Billion Betting Against Bitcoin
Retail crypto traders who positioned for an “altcoin season” instead of Bitcoin missed roughly $800 billion in potential gains, according to a 10x Research report showing altcoins materially underperformed Bitcoin this cycle. The $800 billion figure captures the scale of...
JPMorgan Upgrades Coinbase, Sees Potential $34B Opportunity in Base Token
JPMorgan upgraded Coinbase to overweight from neutral and raised its December 2026 price target to $404, citing new monetization levers and reduced risks that make the exchange more attractive than peers; shares rose about 4% in early trading. The bank...
Valve’s Counter-Strike 2 Update Crashes $5.8B Economy, Revives NFT Debate
A major Counter‑Strike 2 update that changed the trade‑up system—letting players convert five low‑rarity skins into previously rare knives or gloves—wiped roughly $2 billion from an estimated $5.78 billion skin market, triggering sharp price shifts and liquidations. The shock move...
What Trezor’s New “Quantum-Ready” Hardware Wallet Really Means for Bitcoin
Trezor unveiled the Safe 7 hardware wallet, setting a Nov. 23, 2025 ship date and marketing the device as “quantum-ready.” The designation refers specifically to the wallet’s ability to support post-quantum cryptography for firmware verification and device attestation once those...
Can the Biggest Bitcoin Whales Really Decide when the Market Turns Green or Red?
Since 2024, spot‑ETF flows — not single “whale” wallet moves — have become the dominant driver of Bitcoin’s daily direction, with US ETFs now custodying roughly 1.66 million BTC (about 6.4% of supply) and BlackRock’s IBIT holding ~800,000 BTC. Tradable...
Thai Regulators Raid World Iris Scanning Site in Latest Headache for Sam Altman
Thai regulators raided an iris‑scanning site tied to World (formerly Worldcoin), with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau alleging the WLD exchange service was operating without a license and making arrests in the probe. The company...
Dogecoin Price Chart Projects 25% Gains, but First, This Must Happen
Analysts say Dogecoin must clear the $0.20 resistance to signal easing selling pressure and open the way for a roughly 25% advance toward $0.25. The $0.20 level has been a key technical ceiling; a sustained break and volume pickup would...
USD.AI Bridges DeFi and AI by Turning Stablecoins Into Loans for Nvidia GPUs
USD.AI is a new stablecoin protocol that channels roughly $345 million of on‑chain liquidity into loans for NVIDIA GPUs by tokenizing hardware as legally backed NFTs and using curators and a queue‑based liquidity mechanism. The platform pays stakers 13–17% yields...
How an Anonymous Trader Made $192M Shorting One of the Biggest Crypto Crashes
An anonymous trader correctly anticipated one of the largest recent crypto sell-offs and engineered a massive short position that yielded about $192 million in profit in a matter of hours. The windfall, reportedly executed via leveraged derivatives during the crash,...
Crypto Spot Trading on CEXs Recovers by 31% in Q3 After Sharp Drop
Crypto spot trading on the top 10 centralized exchanges rebounded sharply in Q3 2025, with volumes rising 30.6% to $4.7 trillion after steep declines earlier in the year, driven by renewed investor interest as Bitcoin rallied above $123,000. Derivatives trading...
Binance Founder CZ’s Presidential Pardon Is Not an Acquittal
A presidential pardon shields Binance founder Changpeng Zhao from criminal punishment but does not overturn his conviction, meaning the guilty verdict stands and appellate remedies are foreclosed. The pardon thus preserves prosecutors’ findings and leaves CZ and Binance exposed to...
Dormant Bitcoin Whale With $442M Awakens for First Time in 14 Years Amid Quantum Fears
A 14‑year‑dormant bitcoin miner wallet holding about 4,000 BTC (roughly $442 million) moved 150 BTC (≈ $16.6 million) on Oct. 24, marking its first activity since 2011. The transfer dovetails with a wider wave of early “OG” holders consolidating or...
Is Solana Ready for Institutions? $700M Real World Assets and No Downtime
Solana is pitching itself as institution-ready after attracting roughly $700 million in real-world assets, onboarding blue-chip issuers natively on its rails, and showing no downtime during the Oct. 20 AWS outage. Validator infrastructure is shifting toward bare-metal setups and more...
Worst Uptober Ever? Bitcoin Price Risks First ‘Red’ October in Years
Bitcoin is at risk of logging its first negative October in more than a decade, trading narrowly between roughly $107,000 and $111,500 and needing only a 4% monthly decline to become its worst October since 2013. Historically October has averaged...
US Energy Secretary Floats Faster Direct Grid Access for AI and Crypto Miners
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright urged FERC to adopt rules that let large electricity users—notably AI data centers and Bitcoin miners—secure expedited, direct connections to the high‑voltage transmission grid. Wright proposed standardized procedures with reviews completed within 60 days for...