Ledger and Trezor 2025 Hardware Wallets Released: What’s New for Users?
Ledger and Trezor each unveiled flagship 2025 hardware-signers aimed at upgrading usability and future-proofing self-custody: Ledger launched the Nano Gen5 (priced $179/179€) with a larger screen, Bluetooth, and its Ledger Recovery Key while rebranding devices as “Ledger signers.” Trezor introduced the Safe 7 (249€), featuring dual secure elements, Bluetooth, wireless charging and a “quantum-ready” architecture able to receive post-quantum updates. The releases underscore a competitive split—Ledger prioritizes affordability and design, Trezor emphasizes high-assurance security—and, while both firms say older devices remain supported, the new models are likely to shape buyer preferences and upgrade cycles in the hardware-wallet market.
Blockchain.com Secures MiCA License, Hires Malta Insider to Head EU Expansion
Blockchain.com has secured a Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation (MiCA) license from Malta’s Financial Services Authority, allowing it to offer custody and wallet services across 30 EEA countries and to expand into institutional products such as treasury management. The company has...
Bitcoin Whales Add 40X Leverage BTC Shorts Ahead of Trump Announcement
Large Bitcoin holders opened fresh 40x-leveraged short positions ahead of a scheduled announcement from former US President Donald Trump, signaling a bet on near-term downside volatility. The move concentrated risk in derivatives markets, heightening potential for sharp price swings and...
These Key Support Levels Can Help Bitcoin Avoid a ‘Bear Flag’ Crash to $88K
Bitcoin is trading about 13% below its $126,000 all-time high as analysts warn that failure to hold key support levels could trigger a rapid ‘bear flag’ decline to roughly $88,000 within days. Traders point to specific short-term support bands as...
BNB Wins ‘Uptober’ Amid Binance Market Crash Scrutiny
BNB staged a notable rally in October, turning a sluggish month for Bitcoin into a breakout as demand for memecoins and higher on-chain fees boosted activity. The token’s upside was further aided by the ascent of Aster, with trading volumes...
Identity Systems Must Work for the Disconnected
A new analysis warns that current digital identity systems systematically exclude roughly 2.7 billion people who lack smartphones, creating a large disconnected population unable to access financial, governmental, and commercial digital services. The piece argues for practical solutions—offline attestations, peer-signed...
Berachain Joins Race for Real-Time Blockchains with Sub-Second Transactions
Berachain has proposed a pre‑confirmation layer (BRIP‑0007) that would cut transaction inclusion times from about two seconds to roughly 200 milliseconds by using a lightweight sequencer that publishes partial blocks for near‑real‑time feedback while leaving full finality on the existing...
From Taylor Swift to Rate Cuts, RedStone Brings Real-World Bets Onchain with Kalshi
Data oracle provider RedStone has partnered with regulated event-exchange Kalshi to bring legally verified, real-world event outcomes onchain, enabling DeFi markets to settle on outcomes ranging from Taylor Swift ticket events to Federal Reserve rate moves. The integration will push...
A16z Eyes $10B in New Funds, but Leaves Crypto Behind Despite Bullish Talk
Andreessen Horowitz is reportedly seeking roughly $10 billion in new funds concentrated on artificial intelligence and defense, allocating about $6 billion for later‑stage investments, $1.5 billion each to AI applications and AI infrastructure, and just over $1 billion to a...
Turkey’s $200B Crypto Boom Is Built on Speculation, Not Adoption: Chainalysis
Chainalysis says Turkey dominated MENA crypto activity in 2025 with almost $200 billion in annual transactions, nearly four times the volume of the UAE, but the surge is driven largely by speculative altcoin trading rather than sustainable payments adoption. The...
Ripple Co-Founder Keeps ‘Cashing Out’ at the Highs: Will It Hurt XRP Price?
Ripple co‑founder and former CEO Chris Larsen has been selling XRP holdings intermittently since 2018, realizing millions in profits that coincide with recent price recoveries. Those regular cash‑outs, disclosed through on‑chain tracking and wallet analyses, raise concerns that concentrated selling...
Revolut Secures MiCA License in Cyprus to Launch Europe-Wide Crypto Services
Revolut has secured a MiCA license in Cyprus, clearing the way to offer regulated crypto services across the EU and scale its digital-asset business continent-wide. The firm also unveiled a Crypto 2.0 platform featuring more than 280 tokens, zero-fee staking...
WazirX Bets on Zero-Fee Crypto Trading to Drive Relaunch After Long Hiatus
WazirX is staging a phased relaunch beginning Friday, offering 30 days of zero-fee crypto trading as it seeks to rebuild liquidity and customer trust after a long hiatus. The temporary fee waiver is aimed at jump‑starting trading volume and regaining...
CZ Calls Peter Schiff’s Tokenized Gold a ‘Trust Me Bro’ Asset
Binance co‑founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao criticized Peter Schiff’s planned gold‑backed token as a “trust me bro” product, arguing tokenized gold relies on third‑party custody rather than on‑chain ownership and is vulnerable to custody failures over time. Schiff unveiled a vault‑backed...
Bunni DEX Becomes Second Crypto Project to Shut This Week
Bunni DEX announced it will re-license its v2 smart contracts from a restrictive Business Source License to the permissive MIT license, effectively opening its full feature set to developers. The move removes prior usage restrictions and has drawn praise from...
Bitcoin ETF Apathy Is Pressuring a Key Bitcoin Support Level
Bitfinex analysts warn that apathy toward Bitcoin ETFs—marked by a lack of sustained inflows—is putting pressure on a key Bitcoin support level and creating “demand-side fragility.” The absence of steady ETF-backed buying risks weakening order books and could make BTC...
Bitcoin Miner Debt Surges 500% as Miners Beef up for the Hashrate Fight
Bitcoin miners have increased debt by roughly 500% to $12.7 billion as they borrow heavily to buy new mining rigs and invest in AI infrastructure to compete in the global hashrate race. The surge in leverage reflects a capital-intensive push...
ARK Invest-Backed Firm Becomes Largest ETH Hoarder Outside the US
ARK Invest-backed Quantum Solutions has become the largest Ether treasury holder outside the United States, signaling a major institutional accumulation of ETH. The firm has set an ambitious 100,000 ETH treasury target, underscoring a strategic bet on Ether as a...
Hyperliquid Strategies Wants $1B to Buy Further Into the HYPE
Hyperliquid Strategies, the firm formed from the Hyperliquid merger, has filed to raise up to $1 billion through a stock offering to beef up its crypto treasury and buy additional HYPE tokens. The proposed capital raise signals a major push...
Jupiter Eyes Full Launch of Its New Predictions Market Before 2026
Solana decentralized exchange Jupiter has launched a beta predictions market built with CFTC-regulated Kalshi, allowing users to wager on real-world outcomes as it tests the new product. The beta is currently live on Jupiter’s platform with a planned full rollout...
Bitcoin May 'Final Flush' To $104K Before the Bull Market Returns
Crypto analysts warned Bitcoin could undergo a “final flush” down to roughly $104,000 — near its 50-week moving average — before resuming a broader bull market, citing elevated leverage and historical support dynamics. The prospective pullback is framed as a...
Another ‘Legacy’ Asset Manager Enters the Crypto ETF ‘Land Rush’
T. Rowe Price, the $1.8 trillion asset manager, filed to list its first US-listed Active Crypto ETF, marking the firm's initial formal entry into the crypto ETF market. The unexpected move by a long-established legacy manager underscores growing institutional interest...
‘Crazy Stuff’ Needed for Bitcoin to Reach $250K This Year: Novogratz
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said it would take “crazy stuff” for Bitcoin to reach $250,000 by year-end, casting doubt on bullish predictions from other high-profile advocates. His comments contrast a cohort of optimists who cite strong institutional demand and...
Young Australians’ Biggest Financial Regret: Ignoring Bitcoin at $400
A new report finds many young Australians say their biggest financial regret is not buying Bitcoin when it traded around US$400 a decade ago, believing crypto gains could have significantly accelerated their property purchases. Respondents say missed crypto returns left...
'Millisecond' Preconfirmations Make It to Ethereum via New RPC
Infrastructure provider Primev announced a “FAST RPC” that enables Ethereum mainnet transfers to reach effective block times as low as ~200 milliseconds by issuing millisecond-scale preconfirmations. The RPC preconfirms transactions before final inclusion in blocks, cutting user-facing latency from seconds...
Citadel CEO Discloses Massive Stake in Solana Treasury Company
Citadel founder Ken Griffin and Citadel disclosed multimillion-dollar stakes in DeFi Development Corp., a treasury company tied to the Solana blockchain, marking a notable institutional bet on Solana-linked assets. The filings show sizable investments by one of Wall Street’s largest...
Congress Moves to Revamp Bank Secrecy Act’s Reporting Thresholds After 50 Years
Senators led by Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott introduced the STREAMLINE Act to modernize the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act by raising reporting thresholds — boosting the Currency Transaction Report trigger to $30,000 from $10,000 and lifting Suspicious Activity Report bands...
Stablecoins Become ‘Global Macroeconomic Force’ as Transactions Reach $46T: Report
A new a16z report finds stablecoins have become a "global macroeconomic force," with transactions totaling about $46 trillion and supply now exceeding 1% of US dollars in circulation as institutions and fintechs increasingly adopt them. The report highlights growing institutional...
BNB Treasury Race Accelerates as Applied DNA, CEA Industries Expand Holdings
Applied DNA Sciences struck a $27 million deal to add Binance’s native token BNB to its treasury while mining firm CEA Industries surpassed 500,000 BNB, underscoring an accelerating trend of public companies diversifying corporate treasuries with Binance token holdings. The...
UK Cracks Down: Hundreds of Crypto Exchanges Hit with FCA Warnings in Oct.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority intensified enforcement in October, issuing hundreds of warnings to unregistered crypto exchanges — including Elite Bit Markets, Nexure Gainbit, Plux Crypto and HTX — and filing a lawsuit against HTX for promoting services to UK...
How to Spot Bull and Bear Market Traps in Crypto Before They Catch You
Crypto markets are prone to frequent bull and bear traps because 24/7 trading, thin off‑hour liquidity and heavily used perpetual leverage make small imbalances trigger sharp, short moves. Traders should rely on confirmation—higher‑timeframe closes, clean retests and volume—while reading leverage...
If Bitcoin Isn’t ‘Crypto,’ What Makes It Different?
Jack Dorsey’s viral X post — “bitcoin is not crypto” — reignited a debate that Bitcoin should be treated as money with fixed, conservative rules rather than part of the broader, fast‑changing token ecosystem. Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million cap, predictable...
Bitcoin Closes $107K CME Gap as Focus Shifts to Friday's Key CPI Print
Bitcoin rallied to roughly $106,000–$107,000 to close a weekend CME futures gap and erased a recent divergence with gold, but the price move failed to generate strong trader conviction. Volume and market reaction remained muted, leaving positioning largely unchanged going...
Gold’s Worst Dip in Years Wipes $2.5T: How Does Bitcoin Match Up?
Gold posted its worst drop in years, erasing roughly $2.5 trillion of market value — a decline roughly equivalent to the entire market capitalization of Bitcoin — underscoring that traditional safe-haven assets can suffer acute volatility. The selloff highlights shifting...
BNB Price Analysis: Here’s Why Bulls Must Hold $1K
BNB faces a critical technical test as dwindling buyer participation and weakening momentum mean bulls must defend the $1,000 support level or risk a deeper correction. Analysts point to deteriorating price structure and lower on-chain demand that increase the likelihood...
China’s Budget AIs Are Trouncing ChatGPT and Grok at Crypto Trading
Chinese low-cost AI trading models outperformed established Western models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Grok in crypto trading tests, with DeepSeek—built on the smallest development budget—being the only model to post a positive return on Wednesday. Competing AIs incurred losses...
Bitcoin Price to 6X in 2026? M2 Supply Boom Sparks COVID-19 Comparisons
Analysts are warning that a renewed surge in M2 money supply could rekindle the 2020-style Bitcoin rally, with some price models projecting as much as a 6x upside by 2026 if the historical BTC–M2 correlation holds. The argument rests on...
Open Banking Will Keep America at the Forefront of Financial Innovation
Sen. Cynthia Lummis argues that robust open banking rules—rooted in Section 1033 of Dodd‑Frank and reinforced by Wyoming’s 2024 pro‑fintech law—are essential to keep the U.S. competitive in digital assets, payments and fintech. She says the Biden administration’s 2024 open...
Aave DAO Proposes $50M Annual Token Buyback Using DeFi Revenues
Aave DAO has proposed making a $50 million annual AAVE token buyback a permanent program, funded from decentralized finance revenues generated by the protocol. The move formalizes and expands on earlier one-off buybacks aimed at using protocol income to repurchase...
Bitcoin Risks Drop Toward $100K as ‘Insider’ Whale Moves BTC to Exchanges
A single large Bitcoin holder moved roughly $588 million of BTC onto exchanges, triggering market concern that the transfer—seen as an ‘insider’ whale move—could presage significant selling pressure. The shift has renewed fears of a deeper drawdown that might push...
Arthur Hayes Calls for $1M Bitcoin as New Japan PM Orders Economic Stimulus
Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled stimulus measures including energy subsidies and regional grants to cushion inflation, a move traders say could presage more monetary easing. BitMEX co‑founder Arthur Hayes seized on the package to predict renewed fiat printing...
Stablecoins Quietly Become Gaming’s Hidden Engine: BGA Report
A new report from the Blockchain Gaming Alliance finds stablecoins are quietly becoming a core payment and settlement tool for game studios, offering predictable value unlike volatile play-to-earn tokens. The BGA says that predictability helps studios plan long-term monetization, payroll...
FalconX Acquires World’s Largest Crypto ETP Issuer 21Shares
FalconX has acquired 21Shares, the world’s largest issuer of crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs), marking its third major deal of 2025 after purchases of derivatives platform Arbelos Markets and a majority stake in Monarq. The deal instantly boosts FalconX’s footprint in...
Bitcoin’s MVRV Ratio Hints at ‘Cyclical Bottom’ Forming Below $110K
Bitcoin’s market-value-to-realized-value (MVRV) ratio signaled that BTC has entered an “undervaluation phase,” suggesting a cyclical local bottom forming beneath the $110,000 level. The indicator points to a growing gap between market price and realized value, implying heightened probability of a...
Prediction Markets Hit New High as Polymarket Enters Sam Altman’s World
Polymarket launched a Mini App integration in Sam Altman’s World as prediction markets hit a new high, pushing weekly trading volumes to about $2 billion and surpassing 2024 records. The move embeds a leading prediction market directly into a mainstream...
$19B Market Crash Paves Way for Bitcoin’s Rise to $200K: Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered strategist Geoff Kendrick told Cointelegraph that a recent $19 billion crypto market crash could be a buying opportunity and paves the way for Bitcoin to reach $200,000 as volatility subsides over the coming weeks. Kendrick framed the sell-off...
How to Find Coins Before They Get Listed on Binance or Coinbase
Crypto traders can gain an edge by spotting tokens before major exchange listings using a mix of social monitoring, launchpad/presale tracking, on‑chain analytics and AI tools. Practical signals include social buzz on X/Reddit/Discord, DEX volume spikes (e.g., >200% hourly), rapid...
Why Most ‘Crypto Cities’ Flop — and the Blueprint Execs Say Might Work
Efforts to build “crypto cities” — jurisdictions or developments anchored on blockchain-based identity, payments and governance — have largely failed due to regulatory resistance, unrealistic timelines, and the high cost and complexity of integrating decentralized tech with public services. Executives...
Bitcoin Chart Is Echoing the 1970s Soybean Bubble: Peter Brandt
Veteran trader Peter Brandt warned that Bitcoin’s price chart is mirroring the 1970s soybean bubble, drawing parallels between the cryptocurrency’s rapid ascent and the extreme volatility that drove soybeans sharply higher before a dramatic collapse. Brandt’s comparison implies Bitcoin may...
Major Crypto Wallets Raise Defense Network as Phishers Jack $400M
MetaMask and several major crypto wallet providers have launched a real-time phishing defense network intended to stem a wave of scams that has siphoned about $400 million from users. The system lets wallets share phishing signatures and blocklists instantly and...