Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Upgraded to Buy on AI Data Center Boom: H.C. Wainwright
The investment bank upgraded the stock to buy from neutral and set a new price target of $25.
Citi Says Crypto’s Correlation With Stocks Tightens as Volatility Returns
The bank noted that bitcoin and ether are once again moving in step with U.S. equities and gold.
Circle, Issuer of USDC, Starts Testing Arc Blockchain With Big Institutions Onboard
Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has launched a public testnet of its Arc blockchain and is already engaging major financial and technology firms such as BlackRock, HSBC, Visa, Amazon Web Services and AI startup Anthropic. The testnet’s early...
Has Bitcoin Peaked This Cycle or Is There More Fuel in the Tank?
Bitcoin is approaching what many analysts consider the apex of its current market cycle, with historical price patterns suggesting a peak is near. However, recent market structure—such as sustained buying pressure, narrowing volatility, and bullish order flow—indicates the rally could...
Crypto Staking Company KR1 Plans to List on the London Stock Exchange: FT
Isle of Man‑based crypto staking firm KR1, currently trading on the small‑cap Aquis exchange, announced plans to uplist to the London Stock Exchange’s principal market. The move aims to broaden its investor base and enhance liquidity for its token‑backed equity....
Bitcoin Slips Ahead of Fed Week, DOGE, ETH Lead Losses as Traders Price in 4.25% Rate Cut
Bitcoin slipped as investors headed into the Federal Reserve’s policy week, while dogecoin and ether posted the steepest declines, reflecting market pricing in a projected 4.25% rate cut. Open interest surged from $25 billion to nearly $30 billion, signaling fresh leveraged inflows...
How a Bot Glitch Sent Hyperliquid’s HYPE Token Soaring to $98
A trading bot malfunction on the Lighter decentralized exchange caused Hyperliquid’s HYPE token to surge to nearly $100, reaching $98 before correcting. The price spike was not driven by a large whale order but by an automated error that temporarily...
Dogecoin Consolidates Below $0.21 With Cup-and-Handle Pattern Emerging
Dogecoin has held steady below the $0.21 level as a classic cup‑and‑handle chart pattern began to form, hinting at a potential upside breakout. Institutional wallets have been net‑longer on the meme coin, and derivatives data show a 9% rise in...
XRP Edges Higher to $2.63 as Volume Surges Signal Growing Trader Interest
XRP rose to $2.63, buoyed by a sharp increase in trading volume that points to heightened trader interest. On‑chain metrics reveal a 3.36% decline in exchange‑held reserves since early October, a pattern historically linked to accumulation phases. The drop in...
Preliminary Consensus on U.S.-China Trade Deal May Unlock Bitcoin Upside, Exchange Says
Flows have largely leaned bearish since the Oct. 10 crash.
Asia Morning Briefing: Crypto Markets Brace for a Pivotal Week as Trump–Xi Talks and Fed Decision Loom
Asian crypto markets are poised for a decisive week as traders anticipate a possible diplomatic breakthrough between former President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and a dovish pivot by the Federal Reserve, which they hope will reignite the...
Chainlink's LINK Gains as Whales Accumulate $188M After October Crypto Crash
Chainlink’s native token LINK rallied after a wave of whale activity that moved roughly $188 million worth of LINK into wallets, while large holders pulled nearly 10 million tokens from Binance. The inflow came in the wake of the October crypto market...
Saylor's Strategy the First Bitcoin Treasury Company Rated by Major Credit Agency
S&P Global has assigned a B‑minus rating to the debt of Saylor’s Strategy, making it the first Bitcoin‑focused treasury company to receive a credit rating from a major agency. The rating reflects S&P’s view that the firm’s sizable Bitcoin holdings...
ICP Faces Downward Pressure but Traders Eye Relief Bounce Near $3.15
Internet Computer (ICP) slipped to $3.19, breaking a key support level and sparking concerns of further downside. Technical traders, however, see a potential relief bounce near $3.15, a price that previously acted as a floor. Trading volume remains modest amid...
BONK Battles Back After Breaking Support; Traders Eye $0.000015 Rebound
BONK fell through the $0.000015 support level, triggering a sell‑off that pushed the token lower on the chart. The breach was accompanied by a sharp rise in trading volume, suggesting heightened market activity. Analysts note that the price action could...
South Korean Crypto Exchanges See 1,400x Jump in Flows Linked to Sanctioned Cambodian Entities
South Korean crypto exchanges reported a 1,400‑fold surge in fund flows tied to entities in Cambodia that are subject to U.S. sanctions. Bithumb handled the bulk of the activity, with 12.4 billion won transferred, while Upbit saw 366 million won and smaller...
Crypto Stocks Climb Alongside Bitcoin and Nasdaq on Chinese Trade Talk Optimism
Crypto‑related equities rose in tandem with Bitcoin and the Nasdaq as investors cheered optimism around renewed China‑U.S. trade talks. Robinhood Markets led the gains among brokerage platforms, with its stock outperforming peers. Meanwhile, the Trump‑aligned American Bitcoin ETF jumped about...
PEPE Drops Nearly 2% as Memecoins Struggle, Late-Session Bounce Hints at Buyer Support
PEPE, a leading meme‑coin, slipped almost 2% in the latest session as broader memecoin weakness persisted. The decline was accompanied by trading volume only 7.55% above the weekly average, indicating that the move was driven largely by routine profit‑taking rather...
Bitcoin Lender Ledn Hits $1B in Loan Origination This Year as BTC Credit Market Picks Up
The crypto lender also crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, the firm reported.
How October Was the Most Destructive Month in Recent Memory for at Least Some Crypto Traders
October began with a rally in bitcoin but turned into a severe sell‑off, wiping out roughly $19 billion in crypto derivatives positions and driving the flagship cryptocurrency down about 17 percent by month‑end. The losses were concentrated among leveraged traders and funds...
Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Added Another $320M in Ether, Bringing Overall Holdings Above $14B
Tom Lee's crypto investment firm BitMine Immersion has added roughly $320 million worth of Ether, bringing its total holding to over 3.31 million ETH valued at more than $14 billion. The purchase moves the firm closer to its stated goal of owning 5%...
IBM Unveils Digital Asset Platform as Demand for Tokenization, Stablecoins Grows
IBM launched the IBM Digital Asset Haven, developed with security firm Dfns, offering a full‑stack platform for token custody, governance and compliance aimed at banks, governments and enterprises. The product responds to rising demand for tokenization and stablecoins by bundling...
David Beckham-Backed Prenetics Raises $48M to Advance Bitcoin Treasury
David Beckham–backed health tech firm Prenetics raised $48 million in a financing round led by crypto firms Kraken and Exodus, a deal that could swell to $216 million with additional closings. The company said proceeds will finance an expansion that...
TZERO Plans Public Listing as Tokenization Push Gains Steam
tZERO announced plans for a public listing to scale its regulated tokenization platform across securities, real estate and digital assets as industry momentum builds behind tokenized assets. The move aims to expand market access and liquidity for traditionally illiquid assets...
Bitcoin Treasury Company Strive Surges Additional 30%, Nearly Doubling in Two Sessions
Shares of Bitcoin Treasury Company surged an additional 30%, nearly doubling over two trading sessions after investors responded to a perceived cheap valuation, a bullish tweet from a high-profile investor, and a firmer bitcoin price. The rally highlights how social-media...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Jumps 4.5% as All Constituents Climb Higher
The CoinDesk 20 index rose 4.5% over the weekend as all 20 constituents advanced, signaling broad-based strength across major crypto assets. Bitcoin Cash led gains with a 12.7% surge and Aptos climbed 6.5%, contributing materially to the index's upward move....
Filecoin Gives Back Most of Early Gains, Remains Barely Higher
The token has support at $1.625 and resistance in the $1.634-$1.685 zone.
BNB Jumps Over 3% After $1.69B Token Burn, Overtakes XRP's Market Cap
XRP now has a market cap of $157.6 billion, slightly behind of BNB's $161 billion.
ClearBank to Join Circle Payments Network, Expanding Access to MiCA-Compliant Stablecoins
U.K. clearing bank ClearBank will join Circle’s Payments Network, linking its cloud‑native banking platform to Circle Mint to enable near‑instant, lower‑cost cross‑border transfers using MiCA‑compliant USDC and EURC. The deal makes ClearBank one of the first European banks integrated with...
Fed Interest Rate Decision and a Potential Merger: Crypto Week Ahead
This week’s crypto calendar centers on the Federal Reserve’s Oct. 29 interest‑rate decision — markets expect a 3.75–4.0% Fed funds target range — which is poised to be the primary macro driver for digital assets as bitcoin trades near $115,307...
Alibaba Affiliate Ant Group Files ‘AntCoin’ Trademark in Hong Kong, Hinting at Crypto Ambitions
Ant Group affiliate has filed a trademark for “AntCoin” in Hong Kong, signaling preparatory steps toward a possible crypto-related product tied to its Alipay ecosystem. The filing stops short of confirming a token launch but indicates legal groundwork to integrate...
Japan's New Yen Stablecoin Is Asia’s Only Truly Global Fiat-Pegged Token
Japan's JPYC has launched the world's first yen‑pegged stablecoin, fully redeemable and backed by domestic deposits and Japanese government bonds, with revenue derived from JGB interest rather than transaction fees. The yen's long-standing convertibility and role in global FX markets...
Dogecoin Breaks Multi-Month Range as $0.21 Resistance Flips to Support
Dogecoin has broken a multi-month trading range after the $0.21 resistance level flipped to support, marking an early breakout in the token's price structure. Trading volume has risen to nearly 10% above weekly averages, indicating accumulation and increased market participation....
Bitcoin Set for Massive Surge as Bank Reserves Near 'Danger Zone,' Says Adam Livingston
Bitcoin could be poised for a sharp rally after bank reserves at the Federal Reserve fell to about $2.93 trillion, a level analyst Adam Livingston says is “within five weeks of the danger zone.” Livingston argues shrinking reserves—driven by Treasury...
Bitcoin Rebounds as $319M in Shorts Are Liquidated While Traders Eye U.S.-China Talks
Bitcoin surged past $112,000 and traded near $114,500 after a sharp short squeeze, with CoinGlass showing $393.74 million of liquidations in 24 hours—about $319.18 million from shorts. Heavy volume accompanied a technical breakout that sent intraday activity roughly 318% above...
XRP Ledger Validator Sees NFT-to-NFT Trading Potential in Proposed 'Batch' Amendment
A proposed Batch amendment (XLS‑56) for the XRP Ledger would add atomic transaction batching, enabling multi‑operation transactions—most notably seamless NFT‑to‑NFT swaps processed as a single all‑or‑nothing action. A validator testing the feature on dev net demonstrated peer‑to‑peer barter‑style trades (e.g.,...
Bitcoin Bid, XRP Retakes 200-Day Average as Fed Rate Cut Looms; 'Mag 7' Earnings, Trump-Xi Summit Eyed
Major cryptocurrencies climbed ahead of a widely expected 25‑basis‑point Fed rate cut to 4% this week, with bitcoin up 1.7% to $113,600 and XRP rising past its 200‑day moving average to about $2.65; ether and solana each gained roughly 3%...
Gold’s Pause Is Bitcoin’s Pulse as Risk Appetite Returns Ahead of the Fed Week
Gold’s eight‑week rally paused as spot gold slid more than 6% from its $4,380/oz high to around $4,120 amid profit‑taking, heavy ETF outflows and easing U.S.–China trade tensions ahead of the Fed meeting. Traders now expect another 25 basis‑point cut,...
Solana's Marinade Labs CEO Eyes Lower Barrier to Entry for Validators After 'Alpenglow' Upgrade
Marinade Labs CEO Michael Repetny says Solana’s upcoming Alpenglow upgrade could sharply lower the cost of running a validator by slashing vote fees — today roughly $5,000/month to start with about $4,000 (80%) attributed to vote fees. Solana’s active validator...
Teucrium CEO: 'Enormous Interest' In XRP, 'Extraordinary’ Success for Firm's XRP ETF
Teucrium Trading CEO Sal Gilbertie said investor demand for the firm’s 2× Long Daily XRP ETF (XXRP) has been “enormous,” bringing in “hundreds of millions” of dollars in about 16 weeks and making it the company’s most successful launch to...
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...
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...
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...
Tether Eyes Fresh Investments to Push USAT Stablecoin to 100M Americans at December Launch
Tether said it will launch a U.S.-focused stablecoin, USAT, in December through Tether America (a joint venture with Anchorage Digital) and is seeking fresh investments to scale distribution to 100 million American users. The plan hinges on leveraging Rumble —...
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...
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...
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...
Swiss Bank Sygnum to Launch Bitcoin-Backed Loan Platform With Multi-Sig Wallet Control
Swiss digital-asset bank Sygnum and non‑custodial lending startup Debifi will launch MultiSYG in H1 2026, a bitcoin‑backed loan platform that lets institutional and high‑net‑worth borrowers retain partial control of BTC via a five‑party multi‑signature wallet requiring three signatures to move...
How Much Could Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Solana Move After the U.S. Inflation Report?
September U.S. CPI is forecast at 3.1% year‑over‑year, the highest in 18 months, a print that analysts say is unlikely to derail a Fed quarter‑point rate cut next week but could strengthen the dollar if hotter than expected. Options markets...
DOGE Breaks $0.195 Level on Heavy Trade, Wyckoff Setup Points to Next Leg Higher
Dogecoin surged 2.4% to $0.1957 on Friday, breaking the $0.1953 resistance on trading volume of 483 million—about 68% above the 24‑hour average—signaling heavy institutional buying. Analysts say the price structure and volume profile resemble a Wyckoff accumulation phase, with a...