The Ghost of Mt. Gox Will Stop Haunting Bitcoin This Halloween
After more than a decade of uncertainty, the Mt. Gox rehabilitation process is approaching completion with a court-approved deadline this Halloween that will largely resolve creditor repayments and end the lingering legal and market overhang from the once-largest Bitcoin exchange collapse. The move follows years of asset recovery, legal wrangling and high-profile episodes such as the “Tokyo Whale” trades, and will distribute recovered bitcoin and cash to creditors under the trustee’s plan. Clearing this long-standing cloud should reduce systemic risk and market uncertainty around dormant Mt. Gox holdings, potentially unlocking supply that could influence Bitcoin liquidity and price dynamics.
Decentralized Compute Networks Will Democratize Global AI Access
AI compute capacity remains concentrated in developed countries, limiting global access and creating bottlenecks for model training and deployment. Proponents say decentralized blockchain-based compute networks can aggregate and monetize idle GPUs, expanding capacity, lowering costs, and distributing infrastructure beyond hyperscale...
Japanese Mega Banks to Jointly Issue Yen-Pegged Stablecoin: Report
Japan’s largest banks are set to jointly issue a yen-pegged stablecoin on MUFG’s Progmat platform to modernize domestic payments and corporate settlement flows. The initiative, led by mega banks collaborating on a single digital token, aims to streamline real-time transfers,...
How to Catch Market Manipulation in Altcoins Before They Crash
The article warns that crypto market manipulation—including pump-and-dump schemes, spoofing and wash trading—regularly inflates altcoin prices and misleads retail traders about true value. It highlights telltale metrics such as sudden volume spikes, order-book anomalies, concentrated whale wallets, and coordinated social-media...
Fear Returns to the Crypto Market as $230B Vanishes Overnight
Crypto markets plunged as $230 billion in market value evaporated overnight, driving the industry fear index down to 28 and signaling a sharp shift to bearish investor sentiment. The sudden rout wiped out gains across major tokens, intensified liquidation risks...
France Turns up Heat on Binance and Rivals Amid EU Power Struggle
France’s banking watchdog ACPR has launched audits of Binance and other crypto exchanges as Paris presses to take a leading role in enforcing the EU’s upcoming MiCA regulations. The inspections signal heightened scrutiny of compliance, anti-money-laundering controls and consumer protections...
Top Five Ethereum Block Explorers for Tracking Transactions in 2025
A new roundup ranks the top five Ethereum block explorers for 2025—led by incumbents such as Etherscan and including alternatives like TokenView—highlighting differences in features, API access, multi-chain support and user interfaces. Reviewers note trade-offs across analytics depth, transaction decoding,...
Bitcoin Hits 15-Week Low Under $105K as US Regional Bank Woes Echo 2023
Bitcoin plunged to a 15-week low below $105,000 as renewed stress among US regional banks reverberated into crypto markets, echoing the contagion seen in 2023. Traders zeroed in on the $100,000 psychological support level as liquidity thinned and volatility spiked....
Uniswap Adds Solana Support on Web App in $140B Opportunity
Decentralized exchange Uniswap has added Solana support to its web app via integration with Jupiter’s Ultra API, opening access to more than one million Solana tokens. The move positions Uniswap to tap into what it and market watchers describe as...
Ripple Seeks to Buy $1 Billion XRP Tokens for New Treasury: Report
Ripple Labs is reportedly seeking to purchase about $1 billion worth of XRP to create a new corporate treasury, signaling a major on‑balance-sheet acquisition. The move comes as Ripple already holds roughly 4.5 billion XRP with an additional 37 billion...
‘Ethereum Could Flip Bitcoin’ Like Wall Street Flipped Gold: Tom Lee
Tom Lee of BitMine argued that Ethereum could eventually “flip” Bitcoin to become the larger cryptocurrency by market capitalization, even though Ethereum is currently roughly five times smaller than Bitcoin. He cited structural advantages—programmability, decentralized finance and staking economics—that he...
‘ETFtober’ Gets Bigger, More than 5 New Crypto ETFs Filed This Week
More than five new crypto exchange-traded funds were filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week, including VanEck’s Lido staked Ethereum ETF and 21Shares’ leveraged Hyperliquid fund. The filings—spanning staking and leverage strategies—landed on the SEC’s desk even...
Ghana Central Bank Targets December to Have Crypto Regulations in Place
Ghana’s central bank said it aims to have a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in place by December, signaling a move to formalize oversight of digital assets. The announcement comes as an estimated 3 million Ghanaians—about 8.9% of the 34 million...
Florida Lawmaker Reboots Crypto Reserve Bill After the First One Flopped
Florida lawmaker has reintroduced HB 183 to revive a push allowing businesses to hold up to 10% of reserves in digital assets, after an earlier version failed. The reboot tightens custody, documentation and fiduciary requirements for crypto holdings, aiming to...
After a Rough Year, Blockchain Gaming Sees a Glimmer of Hope
Blockchain gaming, after a year of sharply reduced funding, showed signs of recovery in Q3 with a measurable uptick in investment and user activity, according to DappRadar. A spate of recent title launches and on-chain play-to-earn activity helped boost metrics...
Ethereum Attracted More than 16K New Devs over 9 Months
The Ethereum Foundation says more than 16,000 new developers joined the Ethereum ecosystem between January and September, bringing its total active developer base to 31,869 and outpacing Solana (17,708) and Bitcoin (11,036). The Ethereum figure includes layer‑1 plus layer‑2 networks...
Investors Are Getting Better at Spotting Bad Bitcoin Treasuries: David Bailey
Investors are becoming more adept at identifying weak or poorly structured Bitcoin treasury strategies, increasing pressure on firms to demonstrate a clear competitive edge, David Bailey says. As debate over a possible Bitcoin bubble intensifies, treasury operators without differentiated risk...
Bitcoiners Louden Call for Signal to Adopt BTC in New Campaign
A new “Bitcoin for Signal” campaign is urging encrypted messaging app Signal to integrate Bitcoin, with high-profile backers including Jack Dorsey and developer Peter Todd publicly supporting the push. Advocates argue adding BTC would enable private, peer-to-peer payments and broaden...
Dubai Moves to Regulate Machine Economy with DePIN Peaq Network
Dubai has partnered with DePIN builder peaq to regulate and build infrastructure for a nascent “machine economy,” integrating onchain robotics, AI and tokenized real-world assets. The collaboration centers on deploying peaq’s decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) to enable connected machines...
Bitcoin Options Markets Highlight Mounting Fears as Traders Brace for More Pain
Bitcoin options markets are signaling rising fear as traders brace for further downside, with the spot price repeatedly testing $107,600 amid elevated implied volatility. The pullback has been exacerbated by miner outflows and broader macroeconomic pressures, prompting heavier demand for...
Tether Seeks Juventis Footprint with Nomination of Executive to Club’s Board
Tether has nominated an executive to join Juventus’ board of directors, confirming plans to deepen its stake in the Italian football club roughly eight months after making an initial investment. The move formalizes the stablecoin issuer’s bid to build a...
Crypto Execs Fork over Cash at Trump’s Ballroom Fundraiser: Report
Senior executives from Gemini, Coinbase and Ripple attended a White House fundraising dinner hosted by President Trump to solicit pledges for a proposed $250 million, roughly 90,000-square-foot ballroom expansion. The Wall Street Journal reported the crypto firms were among a...
Andreessen Horowitz’s A16z Crypto Invests $50M in Solana Liquid Staking Protocol Jito
Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm a16z Crypto led a $50 million investment in Jito, a liquid staking protocol on the Solana network, signaling a major bet on Solana’s staking infrastructure. The funding deepens a16z’s exposure to liquid staking products that let...
Ether Retail Longs Metric Hits 94%, but Optimism Could Be a Classic Bull Trap
Retail long positions in Ether jumped to about 94%, signaling broad optimism among small traders, even as technical indicators show warning signs of a potential reversal. Despite the retail euphoria, institutional investors have continued to buy dips, providing some support...
Daylight DePIN Raises $75M to Power Decentralized Solar Energy Grid
Daylight, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) for solar power, has raised $75 million to accelerate development of a distributed solar-plus-storage grid. The funding is intended to remove the high upfront costs of installing panels and batteries that have limited...
Bitcoin Fear Index Hits Yearly Low, but It’s Time to Accumulate, Not Panic: Bitwise
Bitcoin’s fear index has fallen to its lowest level of the year, reflecting a significant slump in investor sentiment, but Bitwise argues the drop should prompt accumulation rather than panic. The asset manager frames the subdued sentiment as a potential...
Ethereum Confirms Bearish Signal that Last Time Led to ETH Dropping 60%
Ethereum is showing a bearish technical signal — a moving-average cross that historically preceded steep declines — which last occurred before ETH fell between 46% and 60%. The same cross has reappeared this October, raising concerns among traders about renewed...
How Grayscale Brought Crypto Staking to Wall Street for the First Time
Grayscale has introduced regulated crypto staking yields to mainstream Wall Street investors by integrating staking rewards into its new spot crypto ETFs, marking the first broad offering of this kind in regulated U.S. markets. The product pairs traditional ETF structures...
Bitcoin Trader Says 'Lock In' As Dip-Buyers Enter Below $110K
Bitcoin briefly slipped below $110,000 before retesting support as on-chain data showed smaller retail investors buying the dip while large holders (whales) dialed back an extended sell-off. The move highlights renewed demand around the $110k level and a cooling of...
Ocean, Fetch.ai Feud Escalates to Legal Threats as Binance Restricts Deposits
A public feud between Ocean Protocol and Fetch.ai escalated into legal threats after Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh accused Ocean of mishandling ASI tokens and pledged to bankroll class-action suits to “expose the truth.” The dispute intensified as Binance temporarily restricted...
Trustless, with Caveats: Babylon’s Big Bitcoin DeFi Claim
Babylon Labs says it has built a BitVM3-based system that lets native Bitcoin serve as trustless collateral for borrowing on Ethereum, claiming cross-chain Bitcoin lending without wrapped tokens. The design reportedly enables direct BTC-backed loans on Ethereum but has raised...
France’s New Tokenized Stock Exchange Wants to Reinvent IPOs
France’s Lightning Stock Exchange announced plans to launch the first tokenized IPO in Q1 2026 as it seeks to become Europe’s first fully tokenized equity exchange. The platform will trade blockchain-based shares, promising faster settlement, 24/7 trading and broader retail...
Lost Your Bitcoin in California? You Might Get It All Back
California has enacted a law barring the state from immediately selling abandoned Bitcoin, pausing escheat sales and creating a clearer path for owners to reclaim crypto assets. The measure obliges state agencies to hold digital assets rather than liquidate them,...
Wealth Managers Must Adapt to the Greatest Capital Transfer in History
Wealth managers face a pivotal shift as an estimated $83 trillion in assets will transfer to digital-native generations, forcing firms to adopt tokenization and other digital asset capabilities or risk losing business to more tech-savvy competitors. The scale of the...
‘Dino Coin’ Season: Why Are Zcash and Dash Seeing Biggest Rebounds?
Zcash and Dash have posted some of the largest recent rebounds among cryptocurrencies as a renewed privacy-coin narrative helps these older “dinosaur” tokens break multi-year downtrends. Traders are rotating into ZEC and DASH amid broader altcoin strength and speculation that...
Privacy 2.0: Encrypted Computing’s Blockchain Revolution
Blockchain privacy is entering a new phase as encrypted computing, zero-knowledge proofs and multiparty computation enable “Privacy 2.0” — shared encrypted states that let chains compute over sensitive data without exposing it. Arcium CEO Yannik Schrade says this approach can...
170-Year-Old Bank Now Holds OKX Institutional Clients’ Crypto in Europe
OKX has struck a custody arrangement with 170-year-old Standard Chartered to hold its institutional clients’ cryptocurrencies in Europe, marking a major traditional bank entry into crypto custody for institutional flows. The tie-up comes after October’s market crash and is positioned...
Memecoins Rewind to July Levels as Markets Struggle to Recover
Memecoin prices plunged nearly 40% intraday before a modest rebound, wiping gains back to levels last seen in July as broad market sentiment remains weak. Major tokens Dogecoin and Shiba Inu led the declines, trading deep in the red and...
Trump’s Second Term Fuels a $1B Crypto Fortune for His Family: Report
A report says the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures—centered on World Liberty Financial and memecoins such as TRUMP and MELANIA—have generated more than $1 billion in profits. The gains stem from token launches, trading activity and ancillary services tied to the...
From Coffee Shops to Airlines: Who Accepts Bitcoin, Ether and XRP in 2025
By 2025 Bitcoin, Ether and XRP have moved from niche assets to practical payment options across coffee shops, fast-food chains, major retailers and travel services, supported by gift-card schemes and third-party processors. Notable examples include Starbucks via Bitrefill, Sheetz and...
SEC Chair: US Is 10 Years Behind on Crypto, Fixing This Is ‘Job One’
SEC Chair Paul Atkins warned the U.S. is roughly a decade behind in crypto development and said establishing a clear regulatory framework to draw innovation and capital back to the country is “job one” for the agency. He called for...
Strive’s Crypto Merger with Semler Scientific Faces Shareholder Revolt
A Semler Scientific shareholder filed suit seeking to block the company’s proposed stock-for-stock merger with Bitcoin treasury firm Strive, alleging the board misled investors and omitted material financial disclosures in its proxy, violating Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...